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JOHANNESBURG, Aug.14 (Xinhua) -- South Africa on Thursday hailed China for the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Speaking at the meeting of the Cou...

SAN JOSE, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- National Olympic Committee of Costa Rica (CON) said Thursday that it will get help from the Chinese government to perform a project of a sports medici...

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met here on Friday with Singaporean President S. R. Nathan on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympic Games to exchange views ...

NAIROBI, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- China Development Bank, a development-oriented major financial institution in China, on Thursday signed an agreement with the PTA Bank on providing the...

SANTIAGO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Banco de Chile signed a three-year 100-million-U.S.-dollar loan on Thursday with the China Development Bank (CDB), the Chilean bank said. T...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The cooperation between the Unites States and China on energy issues will benefit both countries, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. ...

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- French wrestler Steeve Guenot won here Wednesday the first gold medal for his nation in Beijing. Guenot defeated Kanatbek Begaliev of Kyrgyzstan...

by Xinhua sportswriter Zhou Yan BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Five days into the competition of the Beijing Olympic Games, avid sports fans of the host nation have been kept ...

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- World weightlifting powerhouse China continued its winning trend in Beijing Olympics as Liu Chunhong broke three world records to retain her Olympics t...

by sportswriter Gao Peng BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Michael Phelps has become the most successful athlete ever after collecting his 10th and 11th Olympic gold medal on Wed...

By Sportswriter Chen Yu BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's all-conquering gymnast Yang Wei won the men's all-around title with a convincing 94.575 points here Thur...

by sportswriter Bai Xu BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shooter Du Li staged a comeback after a failure on Saturday to smash the Olympic record in the women's 50-met...

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- China made a 1-2 finish in the women's 200m butterfly final with Olympic debutant Liu Zige winning gold in a world record time Thursday at the Beij...

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The rain fall on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 10-11) eased for a while the heat and mugginess that had loured upon Beijing for days. To Guo Hu, head of the ...

Special Report: 2008 Olympic Games Related: IOC president visits Xinhua Olympic newsroom IOC President: You see all excitement of Olympics through Xinhuanet Jacques R...

MACAO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Some 200 students and teachers from high schools in Macao joined a summer camp in Beijing where they will have the chance to watch the ongoing 2008 Olymp...

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Liao Hui won the men's 69kg division by a big margin to give China its fifth weightlifting gold medal at the Beijing Olympics here on Tuesday. ...

by sportswriter Chen Yu BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's formidable male gymnasts stormed to a long-awaited Olympic team gold before an ecstatic home crowd on Tuesda...

By sportswriter Shan Lei BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pau Gasol scored nine out of 29 points in the overtime to give world champions Spain an 85-75 victory over China on Tue...

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinnhua) -- Zhong Man ignited the home crowd Tuesday night, as all Chinese people here in the Olympic Fencing Hall roared for their second Olympic fencing gold me...

HONG KONG, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- German rider Hinrich Romeike wonthe Olympic individual eventing gold medal in the three-day eventing at the Shatin Equestrian Venue here Tuesday nigh...

by Sportswriter Gao Peng BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. swimming sensation Michael Phelps became the fourth man to win a record nine Olympic gold medals overall when he c...

by sportswriter Zhang Wei BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Italian Pellegrini sensationally clinched the title of the women's 200-meter freestyle in a world record time at ...

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Michael Phelps won record 10th Olympic gold medal when he stormed to victory in the men's 200m butterfly final here on Wednesday. The 23-yea...

by Xinhua writer Zhou Yan and Zhang Zeyuan BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- When the 600-strong athletes of the Olympic host China are fighting hard to nab more gold medals to h...

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese women gymnasts won their first ever Olympic team gold in Wednesday's final of the Beijing Olympic Games, making a historic breakthrough...

By Sportswriter Bai Ruixue SHANGHAI, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's last group match against Honduras Wednesday might be their last appearance at the Beijing Olympic ...

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese boxers on Monday reached the last 16 of the Olympic featherweight and lightweight competitions in front of a boisterous home crowd, while Russi...

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. swimmer Natalie Coughlin defended her Olympic title by beating hot favorite Zibabwean veteran Kirsty Coventry in Tuesday's women's 100-met...

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Australian swimmer Leisel Jones won the 100-meter breaststroke here Tuesday, putting the long-awaited Olympic gold into her pocket. Jones led t...