HONG KONG: When the Hong Kong Observatory issued cyclone warning No 8 as tropical storm Pabuk bore down on the city last Friday, no group was more nervous than organizers of next year's Olympic equestrian events.
NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal will give Yao Ming 24-inch car rims as a wedding gift when China's Houston Rockets star celebrates his third wedding ceremony later this year.
A victorious national coach has joined World Rowing officials to hail Chinese rowers as future world beaters after the youth team of the 2008 Olympic hosts dominated the World Rowing Junior Championships in Beijing.
It will take a stroke of luck to edge past China and the US on the gold medal table at the Beijing Games but Russia thinks it's a chance as the 2008 Olympics' dark horse.
If organizing an Olympic event was just about getting the venue right, the Beijing 2008 rowing competition could be counted a success already.
The Australian hockeyroos struck a double blow yesterday at the "Good Luck Beijing" International Hockey Tournament, where both the men's and women's teams defeated their hosts in the title games.
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