For practitioners of a routine that is so repeatedly and so perfectly rehearsed, Chinese divers show more individual flair...
Thursday , 14 August '08
Badminton came late to the Olympics, at Barcelona in 1992. But the Games can change the institutional memory of a sport...Wednesday , 13 August '08
For all we know Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon harbour an intense dislike of each other. It may just be that a language...
Tuesday , 12 August '08
Make no mistake. Abhinav Bindra has lived the last four years for this moment. But once India’s first ever individual gold...Tuesday , 12 August '08
So what is it that Abhinav Bindra did on Monday to get India its first individual Olympic gold, and in fact the country’s first...Monday , 11 August '08
The shuttle from the media centre to the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on this windy...Monday , 11 August '08
As Sunday dawned grey and wet, flipping the tennis schedule into delays, there came official word that authorities did in...
Sunday , 10 August '08
Shooting is not an obviously entertaining sport, the air rifle even less so. At least trap, with the boom of the shotgun being fired...
Sunday , 10 August '08
Michael Phelps brought everyone to the edge of their seats this evening in the first heats of the Beijing Games to be settled at the Water Cube...
Saturday , 9 August '08
At a time and date considered auspicious, China began perhaps the most keenly watched Olympic Games in history.Saturday , 9 August '08
For a skill that has been tested from the beginning of human interaction to establish prominence...
Friday , 8 August '08
One of the big secrets of tomorrow’s opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 was revealed today.Friday , 8 August '08
The first gold on offer at the Olympics will once again be the women’s 10m air rifle. The Chinese contingent...
Thursday , 7 August '08
Step out of the airport terminal, look at the stilled cranes and you know Beijing is not yet done re-imagining itselfThursday , 7 August '08
You’d think that all a boxer needed to gear up for a big competition was a heavy bag (punching bag to most of us) or a sparring partner.Thursday , 7 August '08
The National Aquatics Centre is a stadium of the night. Affectionately called the Water Cube...