Boxer DeGale gives Britain a 19th gold before the handover
Sunday, August 24: A scrappy victory for Londoner James DeGale in the middleweight boxing tournament gave Team GB a 19th gold medal to take into the final day of the
Beijing Games. As a result, Britain sit fourth in the medals table with 19 golds, 13 silvers and 15 bronzes… [continued]
In pictures: Sammy Wanjiru winning the marathon, and other memorable moments from the Beijing Olympics 
Tom Daley dives into final
Saturday, August 23: Tom Daley, the 14-year-old British diver who disappointed his fans when he and Blake Aldridge finished last in the synchronised platform diving
early in the Games, has qualified for the individual 10m platform diving final today, the penultimate day of the Beijing Games. Daley was struggling… [continued]
Dirty tricks in Beijing?
Can 'Chunky' DeGale save British boxing pride with gold on Sunday?
Friday, August 22: British boxers have met with contrasting fortunes in Beijing. While previous Olympic Games launched the professional careers of Audley Harrison and Amir Khan, this time round Team GB will bring home only two bronzes, a guaranteed silver for James DeGale (gold if he can beat… [continued]
Jamaicans smash relay record - and why they're so dominant
Friday, August 22: Another sprint, another world record smashed by Jamaica. The Caribbean island’s relay team ran a phenomenal 37.1 seconds today to win gold in the 4x100m final. The
team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell destroyed the previous best time of 37.4 seconds… [continued]
In pictures: 'Lightning' strikes twice
Usain Bolt breaks 200m record
Jamaican clean sweep in the women's 100m final
Nina Shen Rastogi: Jamaican me speedy
Canoe gold but Shanaze Reade crashes out of BMX
Friday, August 22: Mixed news from Team GB to greet Prime Minister Gordon Brown's arrival in Beijing. Shanaze Reade, who was a big hope for gold in the women's BMX final - making its debut at these Olympics - crashed out today, suffering a suspected broken hand in the process.… [continued]
Graveyard of the favourites
Thursday, August 21: Day 13 of the Games saw the Bird's Nest stadium become something of a graveyard for favourites, and Great Britain and the US suffered more than most.
Leading the roll-call of missed chances was British triple-jumper Phillips Idowu, the red-hot favourite for the event, who finished… [continued]
The best photography from the Beijing Olympics
Lost in translation
Thursday, August 21: The Beijing Olympics have given China the opportunity to show the world how it has progressed into a vibrant modern society, and welcome foreign visitors into a
country long considered remote. Here, from engrish.com, are how some of the best intentions to help English speaking… [continued]
Turd baby
A is too the lake a nest
How Bolt set the world on fire
Thursday, August 21: As Usain Bolt charged to Olympic glory with his world record in the 200m final yesterday, it seemed the world's press had their work cut out to
put the Jamaican's achievements into words. "He got down, bony and loose-limbed, on his mark," wrote Simon Barnes… [continued]
In pictures: 'Lightning' strikes twice
Yesterday's report on Bolt's 200m victory
Horses banned after dope check
Thursday, August 21: The individual equestrian finals were thrown into chaos today when three horses and riders due to compete in Hong Kong this evening tested positive for the
banned substance capsaicin. Ireland's Denis Lynch on Lantinus, Norway's Tony Andre Hansen on Camiro and Brazil's Bernardo Alves on Chupa Chup… [continued]
People: BA turn down Boris Johnson for upgrade on Beijing flight
Brits fight back after French hurl drug insinuations
Thursday, August 21: An insinuation from France's former sprint champion Daniel Morelon, who now coaches the Chinese cycling team, that Britain's medal-winning team
might have been using performance-enhancing drugs, has forced the British to declaim loudly that they have nothing to hide. Morelon said that the British team had… [continued]
The Guardian story about the drugs accusations
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