Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual gold medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics.
The gold medal is India’s first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow.
Qinan Zhu of China scored 699.7 for second place while Finn Henri Hakkinen faltered on a final shot and [...]

China opened the Olympics on Friday with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that celebrated ancient Chinese history and aimed to draw a line under months of political controversy.
An army of 2,008 drummers pounded out the countdown to the Games, which mark China’s emergence from impoverished isolation to economic might.
80 world leaders, including [...]

McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen celebrated a maiden win at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday after Ferrari’s Felipe Massa suffered an engine failure while leading with three laps remaining.
The Finn capitalised on Brazilian Massa’s misfortune to finish ahead of podium debutant Toyota’s Timo Glock of Germany with Massa’s team mate Kimi Raikkonen third.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton stayed [...]

Roger Federer’s five year running streak was finally ended as Rafael Nadal finally managed to dethrone him in Wimbledon’s longest match ever lasting just under 5 hours. Nadal won the game 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7. He also became only the second person to win the Wimbledon and French Open in the same [...]

Schedule for the Beijing Olympics 2008

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Opening ceremony
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Event competitions
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Event finals
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Closing ceremony

August
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23rd
24
T

Ceremonies

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Archery

1
1

1
1

4

Athletics

2
4
6
6
5
3
6
7
7
1
47

Badminton

1
2
2

5

Baseball

1

1

Basketball

1
1
2

Boxing

5
6
11

Canoeing

2

2

6
6

16

Cycling

1
1

2

1
3
1
2
3

2
1
1

18

Diving

1
1
1
1

1

1

1

1

8

Equestrian

2

1

1
1
1

6

Fencing

1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1

10

Field hockey

1
1

2

Football (soccer)

1

1

2

Gymnastics

1
1
1
1

4
4
4

1
1
18

Handball

1
1
2

Judo

2
2
2
2
2
2
2

14

Modern pentathlon

1
1

2

Rowing

7
7

14

Sailing

2
1
2
2
2
2

11

Shooting

2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1

15

Softball

1

1

Swimming

4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

1
1

34

Synchronized swimming

1

1

2

Table tennis

1
1

1
1

4

Taekwondo

2
2
2
2

8

Tennis

2
2

4

Triathlon

1
1

2

Volleyball

1
1
1
1
4

Water polo

1

1
2

Weightlifting

1
2
2
2
2

2
1
1
1
1

15

Wrestling

2
2
3

2
2

2
2
3

18

August
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23rd
24
302

Individually listed events with their dates

Sport
Dates
Competition format

Archery
9 - 15 August
Finals happening through duration

Athletics
15 - 23 August
Generally a morning session of heats and evening finals session per day

Badminton
9 - 17 August
Begins with heats, with finals towards the end of the competition

Baseball
13 [...]

It was a victory that Spain had been waiting for almost 44 years. Their long wait ended today as they lift the Euro 2008 Cup by defeating Germany 1-0 in a match that saw several close shaves as both teams gave their level best with top notch performances.
The last time Spain was in [...]

The Euro 2008 has been full of action, surprises and plenty of fun. Tonight’s game was no exception with Spain taking the game away from Italy in the penalty shootouts.
120 minutes of play, one of the highest number of free kicks and innumerable misses from both sides resulted in a goalless game which was then [...]

In an exciting match that was full of twists and turns, the Russians managed to win over the Netherlands comfortably by 3-1 which included their last 2 goals scored in extra time.
Russia seemed to be in control right from the beginning even though the Dutch were favourites. Pavlyuchenko of Russia scored the first goal in [...]

It was a dream quarter final match for both sides that was full of action, excitement and 5 yellow cards. Germany had the upper hand throughout the match thanks to Schweinsteiger’s first goal which proved that he is more determined than anyone else to get Germany the cup.
The Germans won the game 3-2. The goals [...]

Men’s Singles seeding :
1. Roger Federer (Switzerland)
2. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
4. Nikolay Davydenko (Russian)
5. David Ferrer (Spain)
6. Andy Roddick (United States)
7. David Nalbandian (Argentina)
8. Richard Gasquet (France)
9. James Blake (United States)
10. Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
11. Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
12. Andy Murray (Britain)
13. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)
14. Paul-Henri Mathieu (France)
15. Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
16. Radek Stepanek (Czech [...]