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Rio de Janeiro bags hosting of 2016 Olympic games

October 7th, 2009 at 4:57 pm » Comments (0)

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro will host the 31st Olympic Games in 2016 as last week it has knocked out the competitor cities Madrid, Tokyo, and Chicago. Chicago, Obama’s favorite, also lost the opportunity. For the first time an American President has ever staked his prestige in this matter. In a disappointment to the US and [...]



Beijing 2008 Olympic Games :: The End

August 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm » Comments (0)

Today the Olympic games has came to an end in Beijing. Google has also changed its logo on the home page. The logo represents the celebration after grand success in Olympic Games. It was an exceptional Olympic where US swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt created history. Beijing said goodbye to the world [...]



Sushil Kumar wins bronze medal for India

August 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm » Comments (3)

I can’t believe, India has won second medal in 2008 Beijing Olympic games. After Abhinav Bindra’s gold medal, the first ever individuals Olympic gold for India, this is for the first time after 56 years that the Indian contingent will return from Olympic Games with more than one medal. Today wrestler Sushil Kumar has won [...]



Usain Bolt is the fastest man on Earth

August 17th, 2008 at 9:45 am » Comments (0)

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is now the fastest man on this planet. He has won the men’s Olympic 100 meters in great style. He broke his former world record of 9.72 seconds. He completed the race in only 9.69 seconds which is a new world record. Trinidadian Richard Thompson got second place and won silver medal. [...]



Baseball fan died after defeat of his team

August 16th, 2008 at 5:35 pm » Comments (0)

Today a shocking news came from Beijing Olympic Games. A Taiwanese baseball fan died of a heart attack after his favorite team faced humiliating defeat to China in the Olympic baseball competition. The person who died was 74-year-old pensioner from Kaohsiung. The news channels identified the person with surname Huang. He was a big baseball [...]



Can You bend your arm like this?

August 16th, 2008 at 1:14 pm » Comments (0)

This week Janos Baranyai, a Hungarian weightlifter in news but not for good reason. Actually he injured his right arm as he was competing in the Group B men’s 77kg category at Beijing Olympics here on Wednesday. However there is no fracture, just dislocation of two bones. He has also participated at 2006 World Championships [...]



Phelps has become the most successful Olympian

August 14th, 2008 at 2:27 am » Comments (3)

23-year-old American swimmer Michael Phelps has won two more gold and surpassed Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis to become the all-time most successful Olympian. Now he is winner of 11 Olympic Gold medals. He has already world record of winning maximum number of Gold medals in one Olympic games. He won 8 Gold medals in [...]



Olympic Games in a communist nation

August 12th, 2008 at 2:30 am » Comments (3)

In spite of heavy criticism throughout the world, the Olympic games are going on smoothly in China. Still this country has no democracy. They are following one party system and whose chief is regarded as supreme ruler of the nation. Some people call it murderous military dictatorship where the government kills members of the opposition [...]



Congratulations Abhinav, You have done it

August 11th, 2008 at 4:03 pm » Comments (0)

India has entered the medals tally with a Gold medal, thanks to Abhinav Bindra. Today Abhinav Bindra has won India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medal with a sensational victory in the men’s 10m air rifle. Bindra was on fourth position after qualifying round but in final round he showed his real talent and hit [...]



Will China win more Gold Medals than USA?

August 11th, 2008 at 2:49 am » Comments (1)

China is the largest country in the world in terms of population. So this time are they ready to show their strength? Will China win more Gold Medals than USA? I would say “Yes”. There are two reasons for my positive answer. The first one is home advantage of China and the other is China’s [...]



How to watch Olympic Games online?

August 10th, 2008 at 3:12 pm » Comments (6)

For the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, NBC, the official media partner of Olympics is providing latest highlights on internet. So you can easily watch Olympics online. So for this Olympics, it is possible to watch Live Streams and On-Demand Highlights on internet. Moreover you have many Peer-to-Peer Options and also you can easily record your [...]



Enjoy Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with Google

August 9th, 2008 at 3:41 pm » Comments (1)

The whole world is watching Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Sports fans are updating their information with all the latest news and performances of their countries. The web search giant Google is also looking at the Olympics as a huge opportunity that can’t be missed. Google has changed the logo on its homepage. Also they have [...]



Tiger is sleeping, Dragon is flying

August 9th, 2008 at 9:13 am » Comments (1)

India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with athlete Norman Pritchard winning two medals in athletics. Up till now India has won a total of 17 medals, most of them are in hockey. The Indian men’s hockey team won eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980, which also include six successive [...]



Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Promotions

August 9th, 2008 at 2:45 am » Comments (0)

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games have already started. It is the largest gathering of most talented players of the world who share the same goal and enthusiasm. Every sports person wants to return to his or her country with gold medal. These Olympic games are big achievement for China as the Chinese government is expecting [...]



2008 Beijing Olympic Games started

August 8th, 2008 at 5:47 pm » Comments (0)

Today the 2008 Olympic Games started in Beijing, China. Beijing was elected the host city on July 13, 2001, during the 112th IOC Session in Moscow, beating Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and Osaka. It will continue uptill August 24. 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than [...]