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Thirty runners disqualified from Chinese marathon for cheating
Despite what their PE teachers might have told them, for many of those who competed in a Chinese marathon earlier this month, it was not the taking part but the winning that counted. Almost a third of the runners who finished in the top 100 have s...
China beats Thailand to earn second victory in GP Macao leg
China rallied from one set down to win over Thailand 3-1 to clinch its second victory at the World women's volleyball Grand Prix Macao leg here on Saturday.
China: 2008 quake killed 5,335 students
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A magnitude-7.9 earthquake that struck southwestern China last year killed 5,335 students and left an additional 546 children disabled, state media reported.
China's first report on city distribution competitiveness released
China's first report on city distribution competitiveness was published in Beijing on March 26.
China tests gambling on horses, once a major vice
Organized gambling on horse races has returned to mainland China for the first time since the ruling Communist Party seized power in 1949, state media reported.
China dismisses speculation over Yao "retirement"
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese basketball officials have denied local media reports that NBA All-Star Yao Ming is set to retire from international basketball.
China Gymnasts 'Were Old Enough'
China's Olympic gold medal winning gymnasts did not lie about their age, an international inquiry has found.
Paralympics torch shows the way
THE 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games torch relay began in the city this morning.
Premier Wen lights Beijing Paralympic flame at Temple of Heaven
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao lit the Beijing Paralympic flame at the ancient Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off the torch relay across China before the 13th Paralympics opens on Sept. 6.
Premier Wen lights Beijing Paralympic flame at Temple of Heaven
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao lit the Beijing Paralympic flame was at the ancient Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off the torch relay across China before the 13th Paralympics open on Sept. 6.
One last look as the circus pulls out
BEIJING: There is one expression in English that every Beijinger seems to know. You heard it from bus drivers as they opened the door, from volunteers as they ushered the last journalists out of the work room at a venue at 3 a.m. and from taxi dri...
Proud China brings curtain down on epic Games
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China.
Olympic closing show, Beijing is a big party
BEIJING - A Spanish tenor, a British soccer star and a throng of kung-fu fighters are among the scheduled closing-ceremony attractions Sunday night as China concludes its first Olympics and hands over the role of Summer Games to London.
Kenya's Wanjiru triumphs in final day marathon
BEIJING (Reuters) - Kenya's Sammy Wanjiru led an African sweep of the marathon medals on the final day of the Olympics on Sunday, lifting his arms in triumph as he accelerated around the Bird's Nest stadium for the last lap.
Hong Kong fail to win any Olympic medals
Hong Kong will leave the Olympic Games in Beijing without winning a single medal.
International Olympic Committee launches probe into He Kexin's age
The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into mounting allegations that Chinese authorities covered up the true age of their gold-medal winning gymnastics star because she was too young to compete.
Show stopper
China looks set to give lip-synching Lin Miaoke and the little girl who gave her a voice equal star billing at Sunday's glittering closing ceremony in Beijing's Bird's Nest Stadium.
IOC president criticises Usain Bolt for lack of respect
Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has accused Usain Bolt of showing a lack of respect to fellow competitors following his record-breaking gold medal performances in Beijing.
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor win second consecutive gold
They beat China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie in a soggy final, 21-18, 21-18.
HK table tennis players advance
Two of Hong Kong's table tennis players have moved into the fourth round of the women's singles competition.