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SPORTS / NEWS Mon Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- A lavish ceremony has been held to welcome the Olympic torch to Beijing, which is due to host the Olympic Games in August. President Hu Jintao took part in the televised event at Tiananmen Square, holding the torch aloft before passing it to Chinese sp.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Tue Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- Tickets to the Beijing Olympics went on sale in China on a first-come, first-served basis on Tuesday, but overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system. More than eight hours after ticket sales began, the online ticketing site had a note sayin.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Thu May 8, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games. The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadca.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Beijing has moved to reassure Olympic officials the troubled torch relay will now go smoothly, after being marred in three countries by anti-China protests. The International Olympic Committee, which met Chinese officials in Beijing, said it hoped the.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

BBC News -- The head of the International Olympic Committee has said anti-China protests had created a "crisis" but that the Games in Beijing would "rebound". Jacques Rogge told a meeting of national Olympic committees in Beijing that the Games would succeed. B.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Beijing has said "no force" can stop the Olympic flame relay, as it faces protests on the US leg of its journey. Seven demonstrators have already been arrested in San Francisco after tying "Free Tibet" banners to the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge... Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Tue Mar 18, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- World record holder Haile Gebrselassie has again ruled out competing in the marathon at the Beijing Olympics, telling a Spanish newspaper that he would be "committing suicide" by running in unfavorable conditions. Gebrselassie, who suffers from asthma, to.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Thu Mar 13, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- Chinese Olympic officials have dismissed Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie offer to run in the marathon in Beijing if the venue could be switched. "The course for the marathon has been fixed and there are no plans to change it," said Sun We.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Wed Jan 30, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- British pair Nic Asher and Elliott Willis scored a superb victory in the 470 world championship but will not be able to complete a golden double at the Beijing Olympics later this year. Asher and Willis were overlooked for the British team for the Game.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- The International Olympic Committee said Thursday that Beijing's air pollution problem means some outdoor events may be postponed for a day or two at next year's Olympics. With 10 months to go before the Summer Games, air pollution has emerged as one of B.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- The Olympic torch will not pass through Taiwan because negotiators could not resolve differences with the Beijing authorities, officials have confirmed. The two sides disagreed over the route the torch should take on its way to the Beijing Games in 200.. Read More

SPORTS / NEWS Thu Apr 26, 2007 @ 10:05pm neoform

SF Gate -- San Francisco was selected Thursday to represent the United States when the Olympic torch makes its way around the world next year during the city-to-city relay leading up to the summer games in Beijing, the U.S. Olympic Committee said. Organizers of t.. Read More