Olympics 2008

Olympics Begin With Protest

A few seconds was all he needed. While the Chinese Olympic Chief Liu Qi was making a speech during the lighting of the Olympic Torch in Greece, a lone protester was able to sneak in and go behind the statesman. He was unable to unfurl the flag in his hand but the image is enough [...]

Yao-Ming’s Career

Image source: www.droppingdimes.com Yao started playing in the Chinese Basketball Association as a 17-year old and was the league MVP in 2000-01, averaging 27 points and 19 rebounds per game. After a lot of knowledge in international competition, Yao played for China in the 2000 Summer Olympics. After leading the Shanghai Sharks to a league [...]

2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics – popularly known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad which will held from August 8, 2008, to August 24, 2008 wherein the opening ceremony will start 08:08:08 pm CST at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing.  This Olympic’s slogan will be, “One World, One Dream”.   There will be 302 events in 28 [...]