Summer Olympic Games

One unlucky sport set to be axed from Olympics

12 Feb 2013

The executive board of the International Olympic Committee is set to vote to have a sport removed from the 2020 Summer Games.

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Madrid Olympics bid 'good for economy'

4 Nov 2012

Madrid winning the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games would deliver just the boost that is needed as Spain battles a gruelling recession, the bid leader Alejandro Blanco said in an...

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Booted out of the Games, Yu Yang quits badminton

3 Aug 2012

Chinese Olympic badminton champion Yu Yang says she is quitting the sport after being disqualified from the London Games in a match-throwing scandal.

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King of the Road Wong says it's time to abdicate

30 Jul 2012

For the services he has given over the past two decades and the honours he has won, Hong Kong cycling ace Wong Kam-po deserves nothing less than a Grand Bauhinia medal.

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China's golden 50

27 Jul 2012

ARCHERY

Fang Yuting, 23, Cheng Ming, 26, Xu Jing, 22
Women's team

Major achievement: 2012 Olympic test event silver medal

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A legacy that few can afford

27 Jul 2012

It is easily the most foreboding quote in the history of the Olympics, certainly from the business end of things. 'The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby,' said Montreal...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Only real reform can calm Hong Kong's political volcano

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Frank Ching

Liaison Office chief must investigate relationship with former ICAC boss

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London calling

Long-distance swimmer Natasha Tang Wing-yung has had her eyes set on competing at the Olympics for years. But, after thinking she had missed her chance, that dream has come true - in the place of...

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Wu Minxia: 3m individual/synchronised springboard

The United States is the most successful diving nation in Olympic history: it tops the all-time medals table with a total of 131 (48 gold, 41 silver and 42 bronze).

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Living the Olympic dream

Name: Lok Kwan-hoi
Age: 25

Name: Leung Chun-shek
Age: 26

Event: Rowing - men's lightweight double sculls

Olympic experience: None

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Fencer makes Olympic mark

Hong Kong's teenage foil fencer Nicholas Choi has qualified for this summer's London Olympics - achieving his dream four years earlier than planned.

Choi, 19, became Hong Kong's...

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Games officials keen to trumpet benefits of a lasting legacy

With Britain technically in a double-dip recession, officials are hoping that the summer Olympic Games will pave the streets in gold or perhaps some well-deserved silver.

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Wong is right choice for HK

It's a tough choice that confronts the Hong Kong Cycling Association - give Wong Kam-po the opportunity to take part in his fifth Olympics this summer in London, or look ahead to the future and...

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