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Beijing 2008
Hawkes Bay set to welcome golden twins home
Hawkes Bay set to welcome golden twins home
Hawkes Bay is set to welcome home its gold medal winning residents Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell with open arms, a red carpet and a permanent marker to their Olympic achievement.
China sentences 10 foreign protesters
China sentences 10 foreign protesters
Chinese police have sentenced at least 10 foreigners to 10 days of detention for protesting during the Olympic Games, an activist group and officials said.
Bolt's diet secret revealed: chicken nuggets
Bolt's diet secret revealed: chicken nuggets
Usain Bolt had a double gold sewn up coming into this morning's 200m final, so he made the Olympics even more magical by conjuring up a world record to emulate the record he set in the 100.
Whirlwind week for Phelps' mother
Whirlwind week for Phelps' mother
Debbie Phelps sat in a luxury hotel suite with a view of the Manhattan skyline on Wednesday, a parade of TV cameras passing through to interview her.
Afghan medallist wins bronze - and a house
Afghan medallist wins bronze - and a house
Noor Ahmad Gayezabi said a silent prayer while watching the small family TV with his 13-year-old son. "Help Nikpai. Help Nikpai. Help Afghanistan."
Hackers target Brazil Olympic Committee website
Hackers target Brazil Olympic Committee website
Disgruntled hackers targeted the Brazilian Olympic Committee's website to complain about the country's poor performance at the Beijing Games.
Phelps sparks interest in swimming
Phelps sparks interest in swimming
In the wake of Michael Phelps, America is getting ready for a swimming boom. Swim clubs and coaches across the nation say there's been a surge of interest since Phelps began collecting his eight gold medals.
Brazilian football fans hang heads in shame
Brazilian football fans hang heads in shame
Brazilians hung their heads in shame today in the wake of their Olympic football team's 3-0 drubbing by archrival Argentina.
Embattled nations savour Olympics
Embattled nations savour Olympics
An Iraqi sprinter whose coach had to bribe militiamen so she could train. A Palestinian swimmer unable to use the Olympic-size pool nearest her home. A pioneering runner from war-wracked Afghanistan who placed last in the 100m.
Free condoms shunned by Olympic athletes
Free condoms shunned by Olympic athletes
If the amount of free condoms being handed out is any indication, it seems the sex life of Olympic athletes isn't what it used to be.
Two more protesters arrested in Beijing
Two more protesters arrested in Beijing
An activist group says police have detained two foreigners who unfurled a "Free Tibet" banner on an Olympic billboard in the latest protest in the Chinese capital.
Kiwi link to Olympics stabbing
Kiwi link to Olympics stabbing
The fatal stabbing of the father-in-law of Kiwi volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon at a Beijing landmark cast a sad shadow over the first full day of Olympic competition, just hours after China's jubilant opening of the Summer Games.
Two die in crash near Olympic rowing venue
Two die in crash near Olympic rowing venue
Two of the people involved in a crash near the Olympic rowing venue have died, the Beijing Olympic organising committee said today.
China's Olympics kid-switch: one had the looks, one had the voice
China's Olympics kid-switch: one had the looks, one had the voice
One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice.
Up to eight detained after Olympics protest
Up to eight detained after Olympics protest
An activist group says up to eight pro-Tibet protesters have been detained by police near an Olympics venue in the Chinese capital.
Renewed China violence kills three
Renewed China violence kills three
Attackers jumped from a vehicle and slashed at civilian guards at a roadside checkpoint in China's far west overnight, killing three and extending a surge of violence that has accompanied the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Security tightens in Beijing
Security tightens in Beijing
Security has lifted a notch in Beijing, with armed guards at the Olympic Village, extra airport-style screening at entrances and the unusual sight of a light armoured vehicle parked outside the Main Press Centre.
Condition of Olympics stabbing victim improves
Condition of Olympics stabbing victim improves
The condition of the American mother of a former Olympian who was stabbed on the opening day of Olympics competition was improving today, a spokesman for the U.S. Olympics Committee told the AP.
South Korean arrested in China bomb threat
South Korean arrested in China bomb threat
A South Korean man has been arrested for allegedly threatening via an e-mail to blow up Air China planes, which forced a passenger jet to return to Japan last week and caused delays for four other flights, Japanese police said today.