• Ads
  • Ads
OLYMPICS – Chong Wei gets heroic welcome

OLYMPICS – Chong Wei gets heroic welcome

Monday August 25 2008 at 18:30:34

Lee Chong Wei may have lost tamely his final of the Olympics, his return in Malaysia is similar to one he would have had if he had grabbed Gold. He is still bringing Malaysia’s only Medal for the Games. Raphael Sachetat, Photo : Badmintonphoto  

OLYMPICS - YONEX makes clean sweep

OLYMPICS - YONEX makes clean sweep

tuesday August 19 2008 at 11:17:19

For the first time of its history, the Japanese brand YONEX conquered every single medal won at these Beijing Olympics, with all 24 medals won by shuttlers under contract with them. “It is a dream come true. We’ve been waiting for 20 years for this to happen. We had barely missed it...

OLYMPICS DAY 9 : No WEI Out of DANger

OLYMPICS DAY 9 : No WEI Out of DANger

Monday August 18 2008 at 11:52:38

Danger lurked everywhere and there was no way out of the dragon's den for Lee Chong Wei last night. The Malaysian found himself trapped in Lin Dan's flawless set-up to safeguard the last piece of badminton gold ware at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Earning only consolation points from their 21-12,...

OLYMPICS DAY 8 : Not So Auspicious After All

OLYMPICS DAY 8 : Not So Auspicious After All

Sunday August 17 2008 at 03:33:44

The number '8' is regarded an auspicious number for the Chinese, which explains the obsession of having the Games' Opening Ceremony to commence at 8pm on the 8th day of the 8th month of year 2008. Yet, day 8 of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was far from auspicious for the host, as China tasted a mo...

OLYMPICS DAY 8 : Imperial Zhang; Xie in Doubt

OLYMPICS DAY 8 : Imperial Zhang; Xie in Doubt

Saturday August 16 2008 at 20:15:43

33-year-old Zhang Ning won a second Olympic crown to add to her title in Athens and her world championship Gold medal 2003 to enter the legend circle created by her former compatriots Ge Fei and Gu Jun (Olympic champions in 1996 and 2000 and several times world champions). By Tarek Hafi, repor...

Advertisement

Latest Documents

Upcoming Events

Weblinks

Advertisement

Move
Display 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 Stories

Major Events

Top Story

OLYMPICS DAY 7 : Sabbatically So

OLYMPICS DAY 7 : Sabbatically So

After a frenetic start to the 2008 Olympic Games where defending champions and seeds fell way too early, the 7th day of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing was truly sabbatical, as the remaining seeds at the...

OLYMPICS DAY 6 : O-LEE-YMPIC Games

OLYMPICS DAY 6 : O-LEE-YMPIC Games

One surname has stood out at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.  Four 'Lee's have made a convincing statement of their presence on the 6th day of the 29th Olympiad: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, Lee Hyun-Il,...

OLYMPICS DAY 5 : Maria, I'll never stop saying Maria!

With all the talk about Tine Rasmussen's chance of wreaking havoc in the Chinese-dominated women's singles event at the Olympic Games, it's true that no one would have raised a brow to the name Maria Yulianti....

OLYMPICS DAY 5 : Koreans Burst Japanese Bubble

The Japanese miracle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ended at the hands of 4 Koreans. Korea's world number 4 women's doubles pair of Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won and world number 13 men's doubles pair...

OLYMPICS DAY 4 : One For One

2008 Olympic Games' host China and 2012 Olympic Games' host Great Britain each had 2 mixed doubles pairs contesting at this edition of the Olympic Games. One would think the Olympic's draw has eyes, as...

OLYMPICS DAY 4 : Super Dan in Action

OLYMPICS DAY 4 : Everybody's Games

OLYMPICS DAY 3 - Taufik:"It's Choong Hann's turn to win."

OLYMPICS DAY 3 : Flashes of Brilliance

OLYMPICS DAY 3 : Home Crowd Bids Goodbye to Friends and Foes

OLYMPICS DAY 3 : Tine's Olympic Dream Thrashed

OLYMPICS DAY 2 : Badminton Parades a Dictionary of Nations

OLYMPICS : What have the Past Champions been doing?

OLYMPICS DAY 2 : Good Start for China

OLYMPICS DAY 1 : Pi Hongyan feels at home

Advertisement

Badzine.tv Videos

Last Forum post