A Beijing television reporter died on Friday after fainting while filming the Olympic torch relay on Thursday evening.
Indian sportspersons will be seen in action in 14 disciplines at the August 13-29 Games.
Akhil Kumar and Vijender lost in the semi-finals at a pre-Olympic boxing tournament.
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When Athens needed a logo for 2004 they surprised no-one by choosing an impressionistic sketch of that old classic, the olive wreath.
Belgium and Great Britain beat Malaysia and South Africa respectively to improve their chances of finishing among the top seven teams in the Olympic hockey qualifier.
Mukesh Khatri blames lack of exposure for his early exit from the multi-sport extravaganza.
The 24-year-old Eastern Railway employee won the 200m in the fourth National circuit athletic meet.
China announced a record 407-member team to compete in 26 disciplines at the Athens Olympics Games.
Trains, the metro system and lifts ground to a halt across the city but Olympic venues and hospitals faced no problems.
Back in 2008, Vijender became the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.
The 34-year-old says she expects to win India's first Olympic shooting medal at the coming Olympics.
The Indian pugilist was beaten by Japan's Toshiyuki Iqarashi in a first round bout in the Asian qualifying tournament.
The 26-year-old said she will be concentrating on her weak points in the three months training prior to the Athens Olympics in August.
The condoms will be available to over 17,000 athletes and officials at the pharmacy of the athletes' Olympic village.
The sport's top female athlete soared an impressive 7.11 metres, the second best leap in the world this year.
Work on widening the 42-kilometre road to make it fit for the marathon was delayed after one of the contractors ran into financial difficulties.
The Karnataka lass achieved the Olympic qualifying time while claiming the silver in the women's 50 metres freestyle at the Afro Asian games.
Coach Sunny Thomas says the shooters will train abroad to avoid media glare.
Just days before the eight-year deadline expires, the IOC formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold for doping Friday and awarded the medal to a Russian rider who now becomes a three-time Olympic champion.
The IOC is set to formally strip American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his gold from the 2004 Athens Games and reassign the medals after his admission of doping, according to an Olympic official familiar with the case.
India's greatest para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia will be contesting on a BJP ticket from his hometown of Churu in Rajasthan.
The battalion will carry out surveillance and detection to protect the August 13-29 Olympics and September 17-28 Paralympics.
The discus thrower made the grade after finishing third with a throw of 63.29 meters in an IAAF meeting, in Szombathely, Hungary, recently.
A legal row is threatening to disrupt a shoot-off between two Australians vying for a place at the Athens Olympics.
Wrestling Federation of India president M S Malik is confident that more wrestlers in the Greeco-Roman would qualify for Athens.
The Australian's coach Phil King said he will do everything possible to get her to Athens.
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