Swimming and most gymnastic finals will be held in the mornings at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced Thursday, in a partial concession to U.S. broadcaster NBC and its lucrative American television market.
Senior officials from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have cautioned Beijing's Olympic organizers about potential challenges arising over the next two years.
China has now fulfilled almost all the pre-conditions for successfully hosting the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and is confident it can present a high-quality sports event in a uniquely Chinese way.
Some 160 ethnic workers at Chinese Ethnic Culture Park participated in a rich and colorful folk sports activity Monday morning in response to Beijing Olympic organizers' call for a nationwide body-building campaign to await the upcoming Games.
The Beijing Olympic Games organization committee released a set of symbols representing each of the sports for the 2008 Games on Monday, one day before its two-year countdown to the opening ceremonies.
A total of 374 volunteers were selected for the International Softball Federation (ISF) XI Women's World Championship, organizers said on Monday.
There will be more than 7 million tickets available for sale, head of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) has said.
Like many other metropolises, Beijing has long been plagued with serious traffic congestions, but the 2008 Olympic chief believes that new roads and subways and better traffic management would ensure a smooth Olympics.
The head of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) has said there will be more than 7 million tickets up for sale and most of the tickets will be cheap.
The "Olympic Cultural Square" program, a component of the fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival, concluded on Sunday night with thousands of Beijingers participating in the Olympic-related cultural activities.
Throughout Olympic music history, a spectacular anthem still remains fresh in our mind even 20 years had vanished. It was "Hand in Hand" of 1988 Seoul Games, produced by Italian composer Giorgio Moroder.
The Fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival was brought to an end at a grand ceremony, with over a dozen of winning songs of the third Olympic song solicitation campaign premiered
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