Nigeria has decided to pull out of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games on Saturday after the other two West African countries Sierra Leone and Liberia had already withdrawn from the Games.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday met with Prince Albert II of Monaco in Nanjing who was here to attend the opening ceremony of the second Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad was stripped of the 3,000 metres steeplechase gold medal after performing a shirtless celebration down the final straight at the European Athletics championships on Thursday.
Brittany Dutton of Australia took the first gold medal of the 2nd summer Youth Olympic Games by winning the women's triathlon Sunday morning.
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, works on a piece of Suzhou embroidery with the wives of foreign leaders who are here to attend the opening ceremony of Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, during their visit to the Nanjing Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Aug 16, 2014.
The opening ceremony of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be "very different" from that of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, according to Chen Weiya, general director of both events.
Athletes of the Netherlands show their calligraphy works in the Chinese traditional culture room at the Youth Olympic Village in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday encouraged Chinese young people to work together with global companions to address poverty, climate change and other critical issues that the world is facing at the moment.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he believes the Summer Youth Olympic Games will be a grand, wonderful gathering with Chinese characteristics.
The 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games opened in China's Nanjing on Saturday evening with more than 3,700 athletes from around the world taking part in.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday discussed several hot issues, including Ebola, Ukraine and Iraq, in their fourth meeting this year.
Flag raisers from the honour guard hoist the national flag of the People's Republic of China during the opening ceremony for Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 16, 2014.
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