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China eyes amateur league for next year

Sports | Boxing
2009-8-26

CHINA is hoping to build on its success in the ring at last year's Beijing Olympics by launching the country's first national amateur league next year, the Chinese Boxing Federation has announced. Boxing does...

Olympic treasure up for auction

National
2009-7-28

MORE than 20 Beijing Olympics memorabilia items, from an autographed torch to a barbell that was kissed by a Chinese weight-lifting champion, will go under the hammer next month to commemorate the first anniversary...

Hoff misses out on Rome worlds berth

Sports | Swimming
2009-7-9

BEIJING Olympics silver medallist Katie Hoff failed to qualify for the world championships in the 400 meters freestyle when she finished sixth in the final at the US Nationals in Indianapolis on Tuesday. Hoff,...

2008 Olympics posts 1.2b yuan operating profit

National
2009-6-20

THE 2008 Beijing Olympics pulled in an operating profit of 1.2 billion yuan (US$176 million) -- nearly three times earlier forecasts, the state audit office said yesterday, adding that the Games venues are still generating...

Teacher to sell Olympic torch to help husband

National
2009-5-19

A BEIJING Olympics torch carrier has decided to sell her torch to raise money for her husband's medical treatment. Song Fangrong, vice education director of a small county in central China's Hubei Province, got...

US$16 million profit forecast for Games

National
2009-3-6

A BEIJING Olympics official yesterday said the Games would make a profit of US$16 million, Beijing-based media reported today. Sponsors had ensured the financial goals of the Beijing Olympics, Jiang Xiaoyu, Executive...

Olympic drums for sale

National
2009-3-2

THE fou drums with which performers spelled out the countdown numbers at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games are to be auctioned off from this month, according to the China Beijing Equity Exchange. A...

Rusty Phelps ready for the long haul

Sports | Swimming
2009-1-14

FOUR months after clinching a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, US swimmer Michael Phelps is set to return to training braced for pain but eager to douse any thoughts of retirement. "My shape is...

Cheerful Liu leaves US hospital

Sports | Athletics
2008-12-8

CHINESE hurdler Liu Xiang was released from the hospital yesterday after surgery on Friday for the foot injury that forced him out of the Beijing Olympics. Liu left the hospital in Texas, United States, yesterday...

Retesting of Beijing samples to take time

Sports | Olympics
2008-11-27

ATHLETES anxious about the retesting of their doping samples from the Beijing Olympics will be kept hanging for a while longer. The International Olympic Committee says it will be several more weeks before scientists...