Olympic facts and figures
Features
A rundown of fascinating olympic statistics
Source: scenta
Date Published: December 22, 2004
Olympics: CAS steps in to stop players heading to Beijing
Features
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that European clubs have the right to prevent their players from travelling to the Beijing Olympics. Barcelona, Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen disputed Fifa's position that it was "mandatory" to release all players aged 23 or under. However, CAS found in favour of the clubs, deciding Fifa's rule was not enforcable as the Olympics is not a featured event on the Fifa official calender.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: August 06, 2008
Olympics: Christie has had his cold turkey and should not be on the run
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Darren Campbell remembers the day in 1999 when he heard that Linford Christie had tested positive for nandrolone. "We were in Sydney, getting ready for a training run," Campbell said in Beijing yesterday. "Linford said, 'Let's go for a walk.' I said, 'What?' I'd known him for 10 years and we'd never gone for a walk before. But we walked down the beach at Manly and he said to me, 'I've tested positive for nandrolone.' I'd never heard of nandrolone."
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: August 19, 2008
Green Olympics
Features
How organisers, sports entities and society are working to make the Olympic Games exo-friendly.
Source: scenta
Date Published: April 03, 2006
Get your Beijing Olympics fix here
Features
There are thousands of websites covering the Beijing Olympics, and many people will turn to the ones run by their favourite newspaper, TV channel or local Olympic association. In the UK, for example, we have the British Olympic Association's site for Team GB supporters. But over the course of the games tens or even hundreds of millions of people will visit the official Beijing Olympics site. Is it up to the job?
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: August 11, 2008
Turbo Genset on track for Beijing Olympics contract
News
Turbo Genset — the UK designer and manufacturer of power systems — has secured a $1.5m (£800,000) contract with rail giant Bombardier Transportation for work on a major Chinese project.
Source: The Engineer
Date Published: May 23, 2006
Olympics: Football quarter-finals round-up - Italy crash out to Belgium but Brazil scrape through
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Belgium reached the semi-finals of the Olympic football, defeating Italy 3-2, despite conceding two penalties and playing more than half the match with 10 men. The Young Devils are now within a victory of winning their first Olympic football medal since taking gold in 1920.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: August 16, 2008
