Vitamins might undo exercise effects

Some of the beneficial effects of the workout might be undone by taking vitamins after exercise, suggests research.

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Chinese gymnasts cleared in age investigation

The International Gymnastic Federation (FIG), cleared the five Chinese gymnasts who were suspected of being underage at the Beijing Olympics. (photo, from bbc.co.uk)

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Investigation on Chinese gymnasts ages

An investigation has been instigated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), into the ages of several Chinese gold-medal-winning gymnasts. In order to confirm that five gymnasts were old enough to compete, China has been asked to hand over extra documents.

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Phelps enters history

With victory in the 4×100m medley, swimmer Michael Phelps (photo, from bbc.co.uk) won his eighth Olympic gold medal of the Beijing Games, in order to beat the record established by Mark Spitz in 1972, where he won seven.

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Olympic tourists stabbed by Chinese man

Two US tourists and a Chinese tour guide have been attacked by a Chinese man, who killed one of the Americans, before killing himself by jumping to his death from the second storey of the Drum Tower (photo), which is a popular tourist spot.

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The Games are open

Fireworks, music and dancing marked the opening of the Beijing Olympics (photo, from parismatch.com), with some 10,000 performers taking part in the ceremony, that an estimated one billion people watched on TV, before athletes paraded around the national stadium.

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Foreign press must ‘abide by Chinese laws’

The foreign press has been called by Hu Jintao (photo), China’s president, to abide by Chinese laws, after a breach of security by a South Korean journalist, who managed to tape rehearsals of the opening ceremony this week.
On Friday, just a week before the opening of the Olympic games, Mr Jintao said that “China’s door [...]

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Websites blocked for foreign journalists in China

While covering the Beijing Olympic Games, journalists will be accomodated in a high-tech facility (photo, from bbc.co.uk), where they will not have completely uncensored access to the internet, said Chinese and Olympic officials, as sites related to spiritual group Falun Gong would be blocked.
But journalists also found that they could not see some news of [...]

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Bush to attend Olympics opening

Though urged to consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics by Human rights groups and opposition politicians, including presidential hopeful Barack Obama, the White House said that US president will attend the ceremony.
Since March, when Tibetan protests were violently suppressed, Beijing’s rights record has come under intense scrutiny.

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UN chief will miss the Olympics opening

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, won’t attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, said an aide. But the decision had been made months ago, because of “schedule issues”, said Marie Mukabe, UN spokeswoman.

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