With its security apparatus in top gear as Olympics remain only a few weeks away, the People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party of China, said the Beijing Olympics faced a terrorist threat "unsurpassed in Olympic history". Observing

After being 0-2 down at the breather, Pakistan made a spirited fightback to take a 3-2 lead three minutes from the final hooter but failed to stop Lee Yong Kuk of South Korea to convert a penalty corner in the

Beijing is in the mode of final preparations for an event that it is eager to use to showcase the rise of the country with 1.3 billion people as a modern power on global stage. The two largest of Beijing's

Ruqaya's performance highlighted a solid showing from four of Bahrain's athletes in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Golden League event, despite each of them falling short of clinching a race victory. Both Ruqaya and world champion Maryam Yusuf

The release of players younger than 23 has always been mandatory for all clubs," Fifa said in a statement on Thursday. "For Beijing 2008 the same principle shall apply." A Fifa spokesman said the clarification had been sent out after

The Manila tandem of Cesar Bergado and Raul Barcenas took the initiative to take a 1-0 lead after the first match by beating Marikina pair of Nilo Zafe and Ronel Flores 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. But Marikina's Mikko Caluag and Rene

McLaren were fined $100 million by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and stripped of all their constructors' points last season after being found guilty of possessing Ferrari secrets. Ferrari also started legal action against their rivals and former employee Nigel

Twelve teams are taking part in the competition over the next 11 weeks. It will follow the Peterson pattern, where the maximum winning points is 60 in round-robin play. BKIC is sponsoring the league's awards for the first time. Prizes

Falah completed the round, which was played on long oil, with games of 181, 189, 217 and 203 pins, to come away with a 790 total. His overall pinfalls count after three rounds went up to 2,340, however his average

Charlesworth, 54, quit four months after being formally given the job in March to revive Indian hockey after the eight-time Olympic champions failed to qualify for the Beijing Games for the first time. "Ric has written to us that he

Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen retained the overall leader's yellow jersey, six seconds ahead of Australian Cadel Evans. A tumultuous stage saw a number of retirements and crashes including former French champion Christophe Moreau, who was fourth overall in the 2001 edition.

Wawrinka, who has also lost four times in the first round here, came back from a break down in the final set, re-breaking eighth-seeded Argentine Canas for 5-5 and eventually forcing a tiebreaker. The top seed showed his power at

The 18-year-old Asian junior champion set his mark on the second of six attempts in the final round, where he also had marks of 16.15m, 15.45m, 16.43m and a low of 14.67m, which came on his final jump. Al Shehabi's

But with many others, including his Asian Tour mate and leader, Thai Thongchai Jaidee (64) also going low, Jeev was only tied 19th, but just four off the lead after the opening round Thursday. Jeev, for whom this is the

South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who 'd opted to field after winning the toss, was two not out and Neil McKenzie five not out. Bell did something few England batsman have managed in recent years - upstage the South Africa-born

At six-under for two rounds, he was placed tied seventh midway through Friday. Jeev is three shots behind the provisional leader, Angel Cabrera, the 2007 US Open champion, who was four-under through six holes in second round. Jeev found 12

They struggled to beat the Japanese 2-0, drag-flicker Diwakar Ram's scoring both the goals from penalty-corners. The Japanese were up for the challenge and their solid defence kept the hosts on their toes right until the final whistle. If Japan

Pooja Dhanda (57 Kg) won the gold medal. Sandhya Devi (48kg), Ichal Devi (63kg), Romen Singh (60kg) and Jawswinder Singh (55kg) bagged the silver medals while the bronze went to Neha Thakur (40kg) in the five-day event that concluded on