Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), inspects the security check procedure at the Hong Kong Olympic Equestrian Venue (Beas River) in Hong Kong, south China, July 28, 2008. Tsang inspected the preparation work for the Olympic Equestrian competition on Monday.(Xinhua Photo)     The current security measures in place […]

Border police alight from a train at Shenzhen Railway Station on Sunday night. A total of 43 Shenzhen border police were sent to Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, one of the Olympic host cities, to help ensure sports events went smoothly. During their stay of more than two months, they detained 11 people who were found to […]

      Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson celebrate after the 470 women’s medal race at Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center in Qingdao yesterday.SD-Agencies AUSTRALIAN crews won both the men’s and women’s two-person 470 dinghy races in Qingdao yesterday to register the country’s first sailing Olympic gold medals of the Beijing Games. Three-time 470 world champions Nathan […]

Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce celebrates with his MVP trophy after winning Game 6 of the NBA Finals basketball championship in Boston，June 17, 2008. Celtics clinched the NBA Finals champion, routing the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 to win the best-of-seven NBA Finals four games to two. (Xinhua Photo) 

THE Phoenix Suns traded guard D.J. Strawberry to the Houston Rockets on Monday for rookie guard Sean Singletary. “Sean gives us depth at the point guard spot,” Suns general manager Steve Kerr said. “We like his instincts and his ability to run a team. He also puts a lot of pressure on the ball.” Singletary […]

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT Claude-Louis GALLIEN (FRA) Born on August 26th, 1942. Married, two daughters. Education PhD in Biology, State Doctorate in Natural Sciences. Career Professor at Université René Descartes, Paris – Laboratory of Neurobiology, Developmental Biology and Muscular Differenciation (1972 – present) e-mail [email protected]  

“ONLY 15 days left!” Ma Xiaogang, a middle-school student in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, yelled as he counted down the days to the Beijing Olympic Games. Several months ago, the teenager assumed he would just be watching the long-dreamed of Games on television at his home, a small village in the arid region. […]

Park She-jik (Center) at the interview. (Guangzhou Daily) Written by Xu Feng, Huang Dantong, Li Zongyi, translated by Chen Wenqiong On a sunny afternoon, 75-year-old Pak She-jik, president of the Organizing Committee of the 1988 Olympic Games and ex-minister of the Korean Ministry of Sports as well as the former mayor of Seoul, revealed to […]

    George E. Killian, president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU), is presented with a bouquet after he and his entourage arrived in Shenzhen yesterday evening. Killian flew to Shenzhen after attending a FISU executive committee meeting in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Shenzhen won the bid to host the 2011 Summer […]

(From L) Wang Shen, Zhang Zan, Li Dongmei and Jia Tingting celebrate the International Children’s Day in Shenzhen on Sunday. Li Zhong FOUR children who survived the May 12 Sichuan earthquake are expected to be fostered by Shenzhen families, the city’s civil affairs bureau said Sunday. The four teenagers, two boys and two girls, were […]