A South Carolina county sheriff warned he will charge Michael Phelps if an investigation determines that he smoked marijuana.
Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at last summer’s Beijing Olympics, admitted to “regrettable” behaviour after a photograph showed the swimmer smoking from a marijuana pipe.
The controversial photo, published on Sunday in the News of [...]
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 [...]
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
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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
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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 [...]
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