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Untitled 25 Aug 2008 | 02:53 pm
The games have come to a close. This provides a detailed summary of the highlights of the closing ceremony. Spectacular sights, however once the official part of the closing ceremony was over, the qua...
Untitled 25 Aug 2008 | 02:50 am
Caught replay of the 9th inning where Republic of Korea beat Cuba 3-2 off a pitch from relief pitcher, which saw two cuban outs on first and second bases. Cuba had ROK on the ropes, with bases loaded,...
France wins final gold medal 302th of the Beijing Olympic games 24 Aug 2008 | 11:47 pm
France has beaten Iceland 28-23 in the men's handball gold medal match to win the last gold medal to be awarded at the Beijing Olympics.
Untitled 24 Aug 2008 | 10:54 pm
They are showing all the team finals on TV right now, ahead of the Olympics closing ceremony tonight. Will do a round up of the team sports later.
Untitled 24 Aug 2008 | 10:46 pm
Saw the replay last night when 'Aussie diving hero Matthew Mitcham upset the form books to dive a 112 point last gasp dive to beat the fancied Chinese diver in the 10m platform event. This torpedoed t...
Untitled 24 Aug 2008 | 02:07 am
The Opals (Australian women's basketball team) are playing arch enemies the US in the gold medal match now. Hopefully the world champs can winl. Update: Opals have lost 92-65, outclassed and out witt...
Untitled 24 Aug 2008 | 02:03 am
On the last night of the athletics: Gold for Norway in men's javelin, as Thorkildsen defends his Athens gold medal with a breat throw of 90.57m, a new Olympic record. The mythical Thor wouldn't throw ...
Untitled 24 Aug 2008 | 02:01 am
Saw the mens singles medals concluded in table tennis, very high quality play indeed. 42 year old Persson of Sweden, who is competing in his 6th Olympic games failed to get the bronze medal. China has...
Untitled 24 Aug 2008 | 01:57 am
Last night Steve Hooker of Australia, won the pole vault men's final. And that is a field gold medal in athletics that I can remember Aussies winning at the Olympics. Well done Steve, and I see from t...
Untitled 22 Aug 2008 | 03:39 pm
Another inspirational story, Maarten van de Weijden of the Netherlands won the 10km marathon swim. Remarkable as this man won his battle against leukemia 7 years ago.
