Only 116 days!
Win a Beijing Olympic stamp collection
Beijing Hotels - book your hotel now for the Olympics
Beijing Serviced Aparments - rent a serviced apartment for the Olympics
Beijing Tours - book online here
- How to save money on a trip to the Olympics
- Fun facts about China and the Beijing Olympics
- 10 Amazing new buildings in China
- Beijing Olympic mis-spellings
- Most expensive Olympic merchandis
- Beijing Olympic Gadgets
- Fun facts about China and the Olympic Games
-
« Mar 
May » April 2008 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 EC - Events
-
Pages
- Home
- 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games
- 2008 Olympic Torch Relay
- About the Beijing Olympics
- Beijing Facts and Figures
- Beijing Olympics at a glance
- Buy your 2008 Beijing Olympic Game Tickets Here
- Contact us
- Good Luck Beijing - Olympic warmup events
- Olympic Event Schedule
- Olympic Pictures
- Olympic Venues
- Volunteer at Beijing Games
Categories- 4 star (4)
- 5 star (6)
- Accomodation (2)
- Algeria (1)
- Aquatics (4)
- Archery (2)
- Argentina (4)
- Artistic Gymnastics (4)
- Athelete Profiles (5)
- Athletics (38)
- Australia (49)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Badminton (6)
- Bahrain (4)
- Baseball (4)
- Basketball (15)
- Beach Volleyball (1)
- Beijing attractions and things to do (7)
- BMX (2)
- Boxing (17)
- Brazil (4)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Business (41)
- Canada (7)
- Canoe/Kayak (2)
- China (30)
- China (19)
- China travel tips (2)
- Chinese food and eating out in Beijing (3)
- Competitions (1)
- Croatia (1)
- Cuba (1)
- Cycling (11)
- Czech Republic (2)
- Diving (8)
- Egypt (1)
- Environment (28)
- Equestrian (12)
- Ethiopia (1)
- Fencing (1)
- Football (13)
- France (2)
- Germany (6)
- Getting around (10)
- Greece (2)
- Guyana (1)
- Gymnastics (18)
- Handball (1)
- Hockey (11)
- Hungary (2)
- India (8)
- Indonesia (2)
- Iraq (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (3)
- Jamaica (6)
- Japan (12)
- Judo (4)
- Kazakhstan (2)
- Kenya (4)
- Lithuania (2)
- Malaysia (4)
- Men's Marathon (10)
- My Olympic Games (38)
- Netherlands (2)
- New Zealand (14)
- News (302)
- Nigeria (2)
- North Korea (DPR of Korea) (3)
- Norway (1)
- Olympic Pictures (14)
- Olympics (14)
- Paralympics (3)
- Philippines (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Qatar (2)
- Qualifying Events (15)
- Rhythmic Gymnastics (5)
- Rowing (3)
- Russia (10)
- Sailing (4)
- Serbia (1)
- Shooting (4)
- Shopping in Beijing (1)
- Softball (4)
- South Africa (1)
- South Korea (7)
- Spain (2)
- Swimming (39)
- Switzerland (6)
- Synchronized Swimming (1)
- Table Tennis (1)
- Taekwando (7)
- Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) (2)
- Tanzania (1)
- Tennis (12)
- Thailand (3)
- Torch Relay (26)
- Trampoline (4)
- Travel Guide (19)
- Triathlon (9)
- Tunisia (1)
- Uganda (1)
- Ukraine (1)
- United Kingdom (Great Britain) (23)
- United States (44)
- Uzbekistan (2)
- Venezuela (1)
- Venues (22)
- Videos (28)
- Vietnam (1)
- Volleyball (7)
- Water Polo (2)
- Weightlifting (2)
- Wrestling (1)
- Zimbabwe (1)
- April 2008 (44)
- March 2008 (95)
- February 2008 (73)
- January 2008 (89)
- December 2007 (65)
- November 2007 (62)
- October 2007 (105)
- September 2007 (132)
- August 2007 (29)
- July 2007 (2)
- June 2007 (4)
- April 2007 (1)
- March 2007 (2)
- February 2007 (2)
- January 2007 (8)
- December 2006 (5)
- November 2006 (4)
- October 2006 (5)
- September 2006 (4)
- August 2006 (7)
- July 2006 (6)
- June 2006 (8)
- May 2006 (13)
- April 2006 (3)
- March 2006 (15)
- February 2006 (16)
- January 2006 (9)
- December 2005 (14)
- November 2005 (9)
- October 2005 (9)
23rd February 2008
Philippine diver makes it through to the Olympics
Sheila Mae Perez made it through to the Beijing Olympics after finishing 17th in the 3 meter springboard event.
“The judging system is super strict and lots of new criteria came in, so she did very well considering all that,” said Aquatics chief Mark Joseph.
“If Sheila continues to train in China, and gets exposed to the Fina Grand Prix in various countries, she will adapt to the world-level judging,” added Joseph. “Then we can see her strike for the top positions in Beijing.”
The Philippines now have 10 athletes qualified for the Beijing Olympics. The others include swimmers Miguel Molina, Daniel Coakley, JB Walsh, Ryan Arabejo and Cristel Simms, taekwondo-jins Tshomlee Go and Mary Antoinette Rivero, boxer Harry Tañamor, and archer Mark Javier.
29th October 2007
Payla defeats Said 29-15
Flyweight Violito Payla from the Phillipines beat Khalid Said from England 29-15 in the International Amateur Boxing Association World Boxing Championships at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion.
“I’m ready to face anyone in my class,” said Payla in a supreme show of confidence. “Even today, I’m willing to fight Warren.”
Payla goes on to fight Warren on Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals and a ticket to Beijing.
Read more: Payla a win from Olympics
4th October 2007
Philippine boxer Joan Tipon hoping to make it to Beijing
Philippine boxer Joan Tipon recently lost to Orlando Tacuyan, also from the Philippines at the 2007 Smart National Open.
“I had trouble trying to get into my ideal weight as a bantam after my arrival from the Ostrova Grand Prix tournament in the Czech Republic and I was prevailed upon to fight in the featherweight class,” Tipon said.
He is now focusing his efforts on the Boxing World Championships being held later this month in Chicago.
“I feel bad that I let my fellow Negrenses down with this loss but I’m glad that there are people like you who still have faith in me. I really hope to make up for these two losses by winning my future important bouts”.
Read more: Tipon still hopes to earn slot for Beijing Olympics