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Flair and lovely, China set for diving sweep

For practitioners of a routine that is so repeatedly and so perfectly rehearsed, Chinese divers show more individual flair...

Saina not looking back in anger

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...
Paes-Bhupathi recreate the magic, but long road ahead

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...
Abhinav India Bindra

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...
When shooting for glory, every half-millimetre counts

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...
Worth the weight... in gold

Monday , 11 August '08

The shuttle from the media centre to the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on this windy...
Influencing the weather gods, and a dash of politics

Monday , 11 August '08

As Sunday dawned grey and wet, flipping the tennis schedule into delays, there came official word that authorities did in...
Mini Kapoor
With medal No 1 up for grabs, India’s first disappointment

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...
Mini Kapoor
Phelps eases to Olympic mark

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...
Mini Kapoor
Magic, Made In China

Saturday , 9 August '08

At a time and date considered auspicious, China began perhaps the most keenly watched Olympic Games in history.
Archers bank on experience

Saturday , 9 August '08

For a skill that has been tested from the beginning of human interaction to establish prominence...
Mini Kapoor
US vs China: Yao flags off games today, slam dunk on Sunday

Friday , 8 August '08

One of the big secrets of tomorrow’s opening ceremony of Beijing 2008 was revealed today.
Shot and sweet

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...
Chinese basketball star Yao Ming mobbed by fans in Beijing. <I>AP</I>
For over a century, Beijing’s been preparing for 08/08/08

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 itself
Eye on medal, ear for music, Akhil & Co pack a punch

Thursday , 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.
Running on water, walking on air

Thursday , 7 August '08

The National Aquatics Centre is a stadium of the night. Affectionately called the Water Cube...
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