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Korean TV station leaks Beijing Olympics opening ceremony rehearsal - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 31 (ANI): Korean Television station SBS has broadcast a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games', taking place at the Beijing... no immediate response to the leak.  Sun Weide, the chief Olympics spokesman

Overcast but favourable weather for Olympics' opening ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
(CMA) has said that the weather at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony..., the opening ceremony will be broadcast world-wide and will see more than 100,000 athletes, performers and spectators attending the ceremony in the National Stadium

Beijing Olympics opening ceremony too robotic - 01 Jan 2008
opening ceremony for being "too robotic" and extravagant. One of the world's most accomplished long distance runners, Clarke has attended 20 Olympic opening ceremonies since 1956. He said Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was spectacular

London beckons while Beijing bids farewell to Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
. On August 8 at the opening ceremony a promise was made, and tonight... Olympics Games tonight shimmering with all its splendour.  The 16-day Olympics splendour got a befitting signing off and the Olympic flag was handed over

Serial killer's painting to sell 2012 London games raises a stink - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 25 (ANI): London 2012 Olympic organisers were embroiled..., Boris Johnson, the London mayor, Tessa Jowell, the Olympics minister, and Sebastian Coe, chairman of London 2012.  The 11ftx 9ft image of Hindley, who

Olympic organisers promise dazzling closing ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
dress on-site rehearsals, quite unlike the opening ceremony.  The ceremony... on the closing day. The London 2012 team would also be allowed time... that the electronic "scroll", which unfurled China's history in the opening ceremony with Chinese

Beijing airspace will remain closed during Olympics opening ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): The airspace over the Chinese capital, Beijing, will be closed for about five hours during the Olympics opening ceremony on August 8... to the Olympics will not be allowed to take off or land between 8:00 p.m. and midnight

Grand opening ceremony marks start of Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
and the world of sports at a hugely colourful and gala extravaganza of 24th Olympics... in the grand inaugural ceremony, which left spectators and dignitaries awestruck and mesmerized. The 17-day Beijing Olympics will witness sportspersons from 205

Cutting-edge technology marks Beijing Olympics opening ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
' opening ceremony. According to the China Daily, this was thanks to the efforts of Yu Jianping, director of the technology group for the opening ceremony, who... system, the creation team worked hard to ensure that the whole ceremony went

Becks wants to coach Team Great Britain for London Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 25 (ANI): England midfielder and global sports icon David Beckham kicked off the countdown to the London Olympics, and revealed that he could be a coach for Team Great Britain in 2012.  Beckham sent 91,000 spectators

Olympics opening was a 'nerve wrecking' experience for show's helmer - 01 Jan 2008
the extravagant Olympics opening ceremony, has said that he was in buddle of nerves throughout the show.  The opening ceremony, which took place inside the new... of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paralympics after the Olympics, which

Olympic opening ceremony a huge success because of cutting-edge technology - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, August 11 (ANI): The opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics... for the opening ceremony, who led a 500-strong team of experts.  From the elevated...' opening ceremony was some of the most complicated in history," said Yu. "One

Beckham and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page to close Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug.14 (ANI): England football star David Beckham will star at the Olympics closing ceremony in Beijing as the handover to London 2012 gets under way... as the countdown to 2012 begins. At the end of each Olympics, the next host puts

Baseball and Softball out, cricket may be in for London Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 26 (ANI): The list of sports played at the London 2012 Olympics... Olympics Committee decided they had little international appeal.  Baseball... ball, at least until a possible reinstatement for the 2016 Olympics. 

China will artificially change its weather if rain interrupts Beijing Olympics' opening ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
weather threatens the opening ceremony of Beijing's Olympic Games on August 8th... during the opening ceremony is slimmer than reported earlier, but thunderstorms... observatory, the closest to the "Bird's Nest" where the opening ceremony

Beijing praying Rain Gods don't play spoilsport on Friday's Opening Ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
on the Opening Ceremony this Friday. Deputy Director of the Beijing Meteorological... the rainfall before it reaches Beijing's National Stadium, where the ceremony is slated... that there was a 41 percent chance of rains on the Opening day. During a visit

Beijing Olympics kicks-off with a grand ceremony (lead: Beijing Olympics) - 01 Jan 2008
with a spectacular opening ceremony in the Bird's Nest, China's national stadium.  After years of planning by officials and training by athletes, the ceremony began... are attending the ceremony.  China's most successful film director Zhang Yimou has

Airplanes and rockets used to disperse rain at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
airplanes and rockets to disperse rain at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony... was at a higher level than at the time before the opening ceremony and would... of the opening ceremony of the Games. (ANI) 

Olympics arrives with a spectacle display - 09 Aug 2008
The spectacular four-hour long opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics... the ultimate one. With this giant inaugural ceremony in which an estimated £... in this ceremony marking the fortnight long biggest sporting extravaganza on the earth

S. Korean TV in tight spot over Olympics opening rehearsal - 01 Jan 2008
Olympics opening.   "We are disappointed they did that, but the fragments cannot give the audience a full picture of the opening ceremony," said Sun Weide... 8," he said at a press conference.  The three-and-a-half-hour opening

Tickets for the Beijing Olympics sold out - 01 Jan 2008
Beijing, July 27 (ANI): Tickets for the Beijing Olympics have nearly been sold out as the opening ceremony of the game draws near.  By Saturday evening, 16 of the 19 ticket booths, which started the fourth, or the final, phase

Musharraf to visit China today, may meet Bush on the sidelines of Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
Islamabad, Aug 6 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is expected to leave for China today to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics... them on the sidelines of the opening ceremony. "The participation

Chinese guides for opening ceremony had to strip to get job: Report - 01 Jan 2008
Melbourne, Aug 15 (ANI): The 200 female guides who led athletes into the Opening Ceremony had to strip naked to get the job, local media is reporting.  The Beijing News said that thousands of young dancers and students had to strip so

Bronze medal winners to aim for gold in London Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
laurels in next Olympics to be held in London in 2012. "I will do preparations for the 2010 commonwealth games, Asian games and London Olympics," he added... the duo said that they are aiming to win gold in London Olympics also. Speaking

Michael Phelps receives warm welcome in London - 01 Jan 2008
in the next host city, London. The crowd had gathered in front of Buckingham Palace for the Visa London 2012 party after the Beijing Olympics came to an end. ... concerts throughout the day. The London crowd also watched the closing ceremony

Rare Olympics coin collector - 01 Jan 2008
of such priceless treasure has already started preparations for London Olympics in 2012... of collecting Olympics coins and is a proud owner of an array of over 300 Olympics coins. He has never gone to any Olympic meet, but his Olympics coin

Led Zeppelin's rendition of 'Whole Lotta Love' to be cut for Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
the 2012 Olympics in the city, that Lewis asked for the words of the third verse... is reportedly set to be shortened, as Olympics organisers have found... the closing ceremony. And bosses of the sporting event have claimed

Chinese guards, farmers train their guns on clouds to ensure dry Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
or retain their rain - before the opening ceremony of the Games on August 8.  ...London, June 28 (ANI): Believe it or not, China has a Home Guard shooting at the sky to ensure that the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing stay dry 

Exiled Tibetans observe Olympics with silence and candles - 01 Jan 2008
Dharamshala/Shimla/Varanasi, Aug 9 (ANI): As China opened the Olympics with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony on Friday, hundreds of exiled... of Tibetans. "People of China (have) every right to host (the Games/Olympics

Musharraf's visit to China re-scheduled for tomorrow (Lead: Musharraf) - 01 Jan 2008
to leave for China on Thursday to attend Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing. ... the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics," The News quoted Muhammad Sadiq... expected to meet US President George W Bush on the sideline of the Olympics

Shanghai Disneyland likely to be opened by 2012 - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Shanghai Disneyland, 20 minutes' drive from Pudong International Airport, is likely to be opened for visitors as early as 2012. ... announcement on the decision will be made around the time of the Beijing Olympics

Alba catches Olympics fever! - 01 Jan 2008
of the 2008 games. Cash and I have been glued to the Olympics. How amazing was the opening ceremony?!? I still don't know how they co-ordinated 2008 people to move... with the ongoing Olympics Games, that she has started writing about them in her blog. 

Adebayor commits himself to Arsenal till 2012 - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug.2 (ANI): Emmanuel Adebayor, who scored 30 goals for the Arsenal Football Club last season, has decided to remain with the "Gunners" till 2012. "When the manager and I started talking about my contract, I never told him I

China denies reports of snubbing Manmahon Singh - 01 Jan 2008
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh by not inviting him for the Olympics opening ceremony, and added that Indian leaders were welcome to the event.  Beijing... Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to the opening ceremony

Beijing all set to host Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
the opening ceremony China is highlighting two themes one is their old civilization... Village, as the Beijing Olympics scheduled for August 8 has exactly one month... the National Stadium 'the Bird's Nest' where the mega opening would take place

Prachanda to visit China today - 01 Jan 2008
Kathmandu, Aug 23 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda is scheduled to leave for Beijing today to attend the Olympics closing ceremony.  During his... representative to Olympic opening ceremony due to political stalemate, Nepalnews reported

Musharraf's visit to China cancelled - 01 Jan 2008
Islamabad, Aug 6 (ANI): President Pervez Musharraf, who was earlier expected to leave for China today to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics... W Bush on the sideline of the Olympics. The President was also scheduled

Exercise mimicking pills - a threat to Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 1 (ANI): With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, there's a new threat looming over the Games - two new undetectable drugs that could make... for the opening of the Olympics in Beijing in two weeks' time. A spokeswoman

Beckham hopes Beijing gold rush will inspire kids to embrace sports - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 27 (ANI): Football icon David Beckham hopes that Britain's huge medal haul at the Beijing Olympics will inspire youngsters to bring laurels to the country in 2012. East London born Beckham, 33, is passionate that his home

Prachanda to visit China to attend Olympic concluding ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
'Prachanda' will visit China on Saturday to take part in the concluding ceremony... and invited him to visit China to attend the concluding ceremony of the Olympic Games. Nepal could not send its top state representative to Olympic opening

China fired 1,000 rain dispersal rockets to keep Olympic ceremony dry - 01 Jan 2008
away rain clouds for the smooth opening ceremony of the 29th Olympic Games... as the biggest threat to the Olympic opening by chief director of the ceremony Zhang... that such technology has been used to ensure the weather condition for Olympic opening

IIFA Awards Ceremony begins in Yorkshire - 07 Jun 2007
Academy IIFA, award ceremony which starts from today in the beautiful Yorkshire city... London (2000), Sun City (2001), Malaysia (2002), Johannesburg (2003), Singapore... to popularize Bollywood Cinema and Indian Culture as a whole. The main award ceremony

Beijing all set to host Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
Stadium, which is referred to as the "Bird's Nest". The opening of the Olympics...Beijing July 9 (ANI): With exactly one month to go before the opening of the Beijing Olympics (August 8), preparations are focussed on the last round of touch

Kolkata's Chinese gear up for Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
up to celebrate the opening day of the Beijing Olympics. The migrant Chinese..., they are excited about the opening day, which falls on Friday.  The President.... "We as the Chinese community, are really excited about it as the Olympics

BBC banned but pornography for sale in Beijing Olympics village - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 29 (ANI): Athletes staying in the Beijing Olympics athletes village will be able to purchase a wide variety of soft pornography, but cannot watch... Chinese life.  Athletes can enjoy a traditional tea ceremony, acupuncture

Brit Muslim found guilty of child cruelty during Shia ceremony - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug.28 (ANI): A Brit Muslim has been found guilty of child cruelty... ceremony.  According to The Times, Syed Mustafa Zaidi made the boys, aged 13... ceremony commemorating the death of a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.  

China opposes connecting Tibet issue with Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
that he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if the latest... with the Beijing Olympics and politicising the Olympics," the spokesman said. 

Jhulan does India proud; Australians rule the roost in ICC Awards ceremony - 11 Sep 2007
at the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards ceremony 2007, as they picked up five... India’s side in the awards ceremony Australian Captain Ricky Ponting had a double... it to the Test and ODI teams of the year. Australian opening batsman Matthew

Used Olympics tickets may turn out to be long -term investments Home - 01 Jan 2008
to the opening ceremony might bring its owner thousands of yuan," Xinhua quoted... to the opening ceremony. Cao Xuetao, owner of an online store at Taobao.com, said ticket... impossible to have a complete Olympics ticket collection.  He advised

Jordan to run London Marathon for charity - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 19 (ANI): English glamour model Katie Price a.k.a Jordan revealed that she is planning to run in the London Marathon to raise thousands...-riding contest at the Olympics, but she has now changed her mind and revealed during

President inaugurates 4th Military World Games in Hyderabad - 15 Oct 2007
while showcasing diverse cultural heritage of the country marked the grand opening ceremony of the 4th Military World Games here on Sunday evening. The President... Olympics. This is the first time in the history of the Military World Games that more

Chinese President lights up Olympic torch to mark official start - 31 Mar 2008
arrives at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug 8, 2008 for the opening ceremony...The sporting biggest carnival Olympics got an official start for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after Chinese President Hu Jintao re-lit Olympic torch at a grand

English, Welsh, Scottish flags banned at Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 6 (ANI): With just two days for the Olympics to begin, Chinese authorities have banned the use of English, Welsh and Scottish flags during the games. In the latest ruling, flags of nations that are not competing

Sonia, Rahul leave for Beijing - 01 Jan 2008
ceremony of the Olympics 2008 on Friday. The Congress and the Communist Party... by the CPC leadership to attend the inaugural ceremony of Beijing Olympics, a gesture... are expected to attend the gala opening ceremony, which is billed as one

Beijing Olympics an opportunity for China, world: Hu Jintao - 01 Jan 2008
for foreign leaders and other VIP guests who will attend the Games's opening ceremony on Friday evening, including IOC President Jacques Rogge and Honorary

Beijing Olympics most watched event in U.S. TV history - 01 Jan 2008
Olympics has been declared the most watched event in U.S. TV history.  ... time-the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. While the Beijing games blew the Atlanta Olympics by 5 million viewers, it surpassed Athens by 11 million. 

New PC game shows London swamped by flood - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 6 (ANI): Computer gaming experts have launched a new online game which shows how London could look if hit by a major flood. The game shows how... the 2012 Olympic village look drowned in flood. Government-backed Floodsim lets

Relay commences with lit of Olympic torch - 24 Mar 2008
for the Olympics opening ceremony on Aug 08... with the opening of the Games’ ceremony. The torch was primarily lit... torch in a ceremony on Monday in ancient Olympia, Greece, which will be carried

Olympic 'Sacred Flame' re-lit at Beijing - 31 Mar 2008
and then it will arrive at the National Stadium in Beijing on August 8 for opening ceremony...The Olympic torch has been re-lit in Beijing on March 31, in a grand ceremony... the ceremony in Greece was marred by the Tibetans protesters. The ceremony was held

Hi-tech robo-athletes are having their own Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, August 25 (ANI): While all eyes were set on the athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics, a Japanese firm was organising an athletic competition for radio-controlled humanoid robots in Tokyo.  Participants in the Robot

Public workers' Beijing trip to cost taxpayers 7 m pounds! - 01 Jan 2008
for London 2012 will cost around 240,000 pounds. Besides, the London...London, Aug 8 (ANI): Taxpayers will splash a whopping seven million pounds to send around 600 public workers to Beijing for Olympics. The public workers

Beijing Olympics torch creator reveals its intricate secrets - 01 Jan 2008
to let air come in. "At the opening ceremony, it took a few seconds for Li... that produced about 26,000 Beijing Olympics torches would be destroyed after the Games

Unmanned drones to ensure security during Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
to patrol the skies over the Olympics venue Qingdao City, to watch for suspicious... for 11 sailing events. It is also the only host city beside Beijing to hold opening.... "They are expected to be used by the security forces during the Beijing Olympics," Dai

Beijing Olympics set to improve West's view of China: Survey - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug.9 (ANI) A survey from a landmark conference on China held in London has opined that the Beijing Olympics could very well improve or have a positive... in Western perceptions after the Beijing Olympics, while 62 percent think China

Paes ready to pair Bhupathi for Beijing Olympics - 20 Dec 2007
Paes ready to pair Bhupathi for Beijing Olympics Dec 20:  To compete in Olympics Bhupathi has to at least play for India once in 2007 or 2008... and Bhupathi, former world No. 1 team, had finished fourth at 2004 Athens Olympics

Beijing Olympics stifling security measures could threaten event's fun element - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 19 (ANI): With just three weeks to go before the Olympics get... the checks that some observers have already dubbed the 2008 Olympics as the "no-fun.... The Olympics are only special if there is a festival outside the venues

Wrestler Sushil Kumar wins bronze medal at Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
in the Helsinki Olympics in 1952. Though Sushil Kumar went down in the opening round... international glory to India by winning the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics...;This is India's second medal in the on going Olympics after shooter Abhinav

Countdown begins for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games - 01 Jan 2008
with her family to witness the opening ceremony of the Olympics... Minister M S Gill will be attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games...Beijing, Aug 8 (ANI): The countdown has begun for the gala opening

British, US pro-Tibet activists locked to chairs during marathon Chinese interrogation - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 27 (ANI): British and American activists arrested by the Chinese for protesting about Tibet during the Olympics have said that they were locked... from Bristol, were sent home on Sunday during the games closing ceremony.  

Convocation ceremony for young buds - 07 Jul 2008
Noble Education Foundation (NEF) is organising CONVOCATION CEREMONY for the students which provided one month Free Training Classes on Personality Development... such selfless service in the capital. The Convocation ceremony for the students

Tibetan exiles in India continue to protest against Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
even as Beijing hosts Olympics 2008. While the people in Beijing... Olympics that are taking place in China. Lots of people were killed since March... illegal occupation of their homeland as Beijing is staging the Olympics 2008. 

Beijing Olympics turned Chinese citizens into an 'army of couch potatoes' - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 10 (ANI): Despite hopes that the 2008 Olympics would instill a healthy new appetite for sport lovers, the event has been able to inspire only one form of exercise among the people in Beijing: reaching for the remote control

An IPL match was fixed in 2012: Delhi Police - 17 May 2013
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) An IPL match played between Delhi Daredevils and Rajasthan Royals in 2012 may have been fixed, police said here Friday.During... that the last two overs of that 2012 match were spot-fixed."The match was played in Delhi

'Food prices to remain high until 2012' - 01 Jan 2008
Amsterdam, July 13 (ANI): World Bank president Robert Zoellick has said that he expected food prices to remain above 2004 levels until at least 2012.  He repeated that with food and fuel prices in a "danger zone" there was a need

Industrialist arrested in 2012 horse trading case - 14 May 2013
Ranchi, May 14 (IANS) The CBI Tuesday arrested industrialist R.K. Agrawal, who contested the 2012 Rajya Sabha poll as an independent candidate. The poll was countermanded by the Election Commission after Rs.2.15 crore in cash was recovered

President awards excellence in Guwahati - 17 May 2013
Guwahati, May 17 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Asom Ratna Award for 2012 on writer late Mamoni Raisom Goswami and Sharmila Tagare for thier... the closing ceremony of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Pandu College

J&K recorded 36 percent decline in violence in 2012: Abdullah - 15 May 2013
Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) There was a 36 percent decline in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir during 2012 as compared to 2011 and 54 security forces' bunkers were removed from public places here in 2012, Chief Minister Omar

Kapil Kumar claims opening day honours - 23 Apr 2008
Promising junior Kapil Kumar came up with a score of one-under par 71 under scorching heat to claim the opening-day honours in the LG ITC Classic Open Amateur... on the opening hole but soon messed it up with successive bogeys on the next two

'Aurangzeb' mints Rs.3.75 crore on opening day - 18 May 2013
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Arjun Kapoor-starrer "Aurangzeb" has drawn a decent response at the box office with an opening day collection of Rs.3.75 crore.The film, made on a budget of Rs.25 crore has managed good business in Delhi, Uttar

Kochi hosts photo exhibition on Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
during the Olympics. The 8th day of the 8th month has been chosen as the opening... Olympics for us even in Kochi, Kochi is not a very big you know city as compared...," said George, a visitor. China is scheduled to host Olympics in August

Abhinav Bindra happy with his performance in Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
medals in the Olympics. "The Indian Olympics association and Sports Authority... Olympics; Bindra said that without serious Olympics programme India won't... and unless we have as serious Olympics programme supporting athletes right form

Athletes urged to use "T" signs to show concern for Tibet during Beijing Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 11 (ANI): After China prohibited political banners and flags showing solidarity towards the Tibet issue during the Beijing Olympics beginning August 8, human rights activists and those running the 'Free Tibet Campaign', have

Sonia will leave for Beijing on August 7 - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): Congress President and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, will leave for Beijing on August 7 to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The Games, which are to commence

French Prez Sarkozy warned not to meet Dalai Lama - 01 Jan 2008
Paris, July 9 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who confirmed he would attend the opening ceremony of Beijing's summer Olympic Games, has been warned by China not to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in France

Tribal girl marries by ancient Swayamvar ceremony in Chattisgarh - 01 Jan 2008
Durg (Chattisgarh), July 9 (ANI): Swayamvar, an ancient wedding ceremony.... Swayamvar is an ancient ceremony in which marriageable maidens, brides... her bridegroom-to-be through the Swayamvar ceremony held at their village

India to account for nearly 20 percent of global WiMAX subscribers by 2012 - 01 Jan 2008
Portland (United States) Aug 13 (ANI/Business Wire India): The WiMAX Forum(R) projects that more than 27.5 million Indians will be WiMAX users by 2012... percent of the forecasted WiMAX subscribers by 2012 will utilize mobile and portable

The spectacular 'sex fest' that followed the Olympics! - 01 Jan 2008
as a commentator, as writing in the Times of London. "Olympic athletes have

IOC gives â??provisional statusâ?? to cricket - 12 Dec 2007
at the Olympics in 2020 since the mandatory period won’t be over by the end of 2008 Beijing Olympics. The status could only be reviewed following the 2012 London Games since the Olympic programme is chalked out seven years ahead

"Blade Runner" fails to qualify for the Olympic games in Beijing - 01 Jan 2008
. He now plans to work towards qualifying for the 2012 Olympics in London. (ANI...London, July 19 (ANI): An amputee sprinter, who's nicknamed the "Blade Runner", has failed in his bid to qualify for this summer's Olympics in Beijing, after

Learning Chinese harder than winning gold: Phelps - 01 Jan 2008
will be back for the 2012 London Games, where he says he wants to train for some new events...Beijing, Aug. 20 (ANI) America's ace swimmer Michael Phelps has said that winning a record eight golds at the Beijing Olympics has been easier than learning

Beijing's other "gold rush" is on at the Silk Street clothing market - 01 Jan 2008
for the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and the teams of Canada and Spain ordered tailored sportswear. "The Olympics brought us a rare opportunity and will push...New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): With just less than a week left for the Olympics

China to prohibit illegal broadcasts during Olympics - 01 Jan 2008
become commonplace since the Olympic torch gathering ceremony on March 24

Beijing Olympics menu to include `dog's brain' soup - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug.5 (ANI): Olympic hopefuls are likely to get a shock if they choose to have a Chinese meal in Beijing. They could end being served dog brain soup. Athletes and tourists are also likely to be offered pans full of seahorse

AIIMS convocation ceremony today - 23 Oct 2007
to award degree certificates to its students at a convocation ceremony scheduled... to prior arrangements of Health Minister the ceremony was postponed to Oct 23... that the September 25 ceremony was scheduled without the consent of the ministry

Author Jenny Colgan's book named 'Romantic Novel of the Year' - 17 May 2013
London, May 17 (ANI): Jenny Colgan's 2012 book 'Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams' has won the romantic novel of the year award.According to the Romantic Novelists Association, it was a close competition, but the British author

Chinese violence against Tibetans may erupt again after Olympics: Paper - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug.22 (ANI): A resigned anger and long-term hopelessness seems... the Olympics in Beijing, but critics says that this feel good factor may not last... and Chinese security forces.  But with the beginning of the Olympics

US, Russia, Iran join hands to keep wrestling in Olympics - 15 May 2013
wrestling in the Olympics, reports Xinhua.The Executive Board of the International... of the Olympics in 2020. A final decision on the programme of the 2020 Olympics will be made... in the 2020 Olympics, wrestling is unique and if the worst happens, the Olympics

Hindu wedding ceremony for Ben Lee, actress Ione Skye - 01 Jan 2008
Melbourne, Aug 1 (ANI): Australian singer Ben Lee is set to tie the knot with US actress Ione Skye in a traditional Hindu ceremony. According.... Lee said that the colourful ceremony outside the city of Chennai

Peaches Geldof's snap 15-minute wedding with rocker beau in L A - 01 Jan 2008
London, Aug 13 (ANI): Peaches Geldof has married rocker boyfriend Maxwell Drummey in a hush-hush ceremony in Las Vegas. The 19-year-old daughter of Sir... in a quick 15-minute ceremony.  According to a statement released by Geldof's

Michael Phelps reveals the strange things that drove him to success - 01 Jan 2008
London, August 27 (ANI): Golden boy Michael Phelps might have become a world... the Beijing Olympics, but people hardly know that the real purpose behind his learning to swim was not to become a champion.  Phelps, who was in London as a member