China finalized its team yesterday for the 2008 Beijing Wushu Tournament to be run in conjunction with the Olympics.
Luan Jujie can cause quite a stir, even at age 50.
Roger Federer admitted on Thursday that he needs to win either the Olympic Games or next month's US Open to save his troubled season.
A history of upsets and a top-order shake-up show that at the Olympic tennis tournament, only one thing can be expected: The unexpected.
LISBON: Manchester United's star player Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed in Portuguese newspaper Publico that he will play for the European Champions "for at least another year".
A peloton containing some of the world's biggest cycling names will become the most privileged tourists in Beijing on Saturday.
When China and the US get ready to face off in their first Olympic basketball match, you may see one player firing up his iPod and bumping Kanye West's "Stronger" as he laces up his pair of Nike Hyperdunk sneakers - but it might not be Kobe Bryant.
When Charles Barkley was asked in 1992 if he knew anything about Angola, the US basketball team's first Olympic opponent, he famously replied: "I don't know anything about Angola, but I know they're in trouble."
A fit-again Manu Ginobili has given Olympic men's basketball champion Argentina a huge morale boost before the start of the Beijing Games.
Any misconceptions about women's basketball have been crushed by Australian superstar Lauren Jackson, who warned of black eyes and broken bones when the Olympic competition starts.
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