Torrential summer rainstorms aren't affecting the sleep of Beijing Olympic organizers even after they promised this month's Olympic test events wouldn't be marred by sodden grounds.
SHENYANG, Liaoning Province: The hearts of Chinese soccer fans sank with Shenyang's hallowed Wulihe Stadium when it was demolished in February, but now the newly built Olympic Sports Center not far from the old site has set pulses racing again.
It is said nowadays the economic success of a coastal city is judged not by the number of chimneys but yacht masts.
Team USA has adopted a venture capitalist approach to improve underperforming Olympic sports by looking to see what it can learn from China in a bid to top the gold count again next summer, USOC Chief of Sport Performance Steven Roush said Thursday.
SHENYANG, Liaoning Province: Olympic soccer coach Ratomir Dujkovic has confirmed he will not don another hat as the temporary head of China's national squad for October's Asian zone World Cup qualifiers.
A top Chinese Olympic official has admitted that a sports development program implemented to yield ultimate glory in Beijing next year had been a complete flop.
China's Olympic coach Ratomir Dujkovic wants to take over the country's senior squad after next year's Beijing Games, according to local media.
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