BEIJING 2008

China's athletes pledge 'glory' as biggest Olympic team unveiled

AFP - July 26, 2008

BEIJING (AFP) - Yao Ming and many of China's other top athletes pledged "glory to the motherland" on Friday as the nation's biggest-ever Olympic team was unveiled for the Beijing Games.

At a ceremony in Beijing to unveil the squad of 639 athletes, basketball star Yao, reigning 110m Olympic champion Liu Xiang and dozens of others vowed in unison to do the nation of 1.3 billion...Read more

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  • Kris Gemmell

    Jul 24 5:47pm
    There's one thing on my mind

    Hi again and welcome to my world as the Beijing Games get ever closer.Last weekend's World Cup race in Kitzbuehel in Austria was an important hit out in my build-up to the Games.If there's one part of this sport that I never get bored of having to deal wi..Read more

  • The Man In The Stand

    Jul 25 8:24pm
    It's all about what's upstairs

    The smarts, grey matter, nous, the top four inches. However you or I want to refer to brains, I'm certain the team that uses their collective capacity to think the best is almost certain to win the first Bledisloe clash of the year.And putting bias and lo..Read more

  • Marcus Forbes

    Jul 25 3:19pm
    How drug free will these Olympics be?

    Here's a question for you.How many of you look at sporting champions and wonder if they're using drugs to help them achieve their results?With the Olympics just around the corner I guarantee the thought will cross your mind even more.Drugs in sport is an..Read more

  • Neil Reid

    Jul 21 12:24pm
    Deans an adopted son in Aussie

    There is no mistaking the rapidly-increasing admiration club which is welcoming Robbie Deans with open arms into the Wallaby fold.And there is also no mistaking the size of the challenge that awaits the All Blacks when they land in Sydney late this week t..Read more

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