Good Bye Beijing Olympics

24 August 2008 is celebrated as the closing ceremony of World's biggest sports event - Beijing Olympics 2008 at Beijing with fireworks lighting up the sky. The whole 16 sporting days went with joy and excitement for all the players and teams from all over the World. United States came to be the number one country to win 110 medals (36 gold, 38 silver, 36 bronze) and China stood second after winning 100 medals (51 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze) and Russia stood third in the row.

Nadal wins gold in Men's Singles

Spain's Rafael Nadal wins first ever gold medal for Spain in Olympic tennis after Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the Men's Single Tennis at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 17 in straight sets 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.

Nadal is the first player ranked in the top five to win the gold. Nadal's win continues a magical summer that included victories at the French Open, Wimbledon and Canada's Rogers Cup.

William Sisters Reach Double Finals In Olympics 2008

BEIJING, Aug 16 - American Sisters, Serena Williams and Venus Williams won the battle by defeating another sibling pair of Ukraine - Alena and Kateryna Bondarenko in the doubles semifinals, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

The sisters said, "There's no temptation to celebrate yet, We always want to go for the highest peak". They plan to play at the London Olympics in 2012. The Williams will compete on Sunday for finals with the winner of the semifinal between Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China and Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain.

Serena Out of Golden Singles in Beijing Olympics

On Thursday at the Olympic Tennis Centre, Serena lost 3-6 6-4 6-3 to Russia's Elena Dementieva. Her dreams for a first Olympic singles gold went up in smoke after Russian number five seed Elena Dementieva enters into the quarter-finals.

As told to reporters, Dementieva said "This is the biggest tournament for me this year." Dementieva, who won the Olympic singles silver medal in 2000, will play Vera Zvonareva for a place in the final after her No.9 seeded fellow citizen beat unseeded Austria's Sybille Bammer 3-6 6-3 6-3.

Federer Loses Beijing Olympics

World's No. 1 Roger Federer defeated by American eighth seed James Blake in the men's singles quarterfinals of the Olympic tennis event after a rain-hit quarter-final match on Thursday. Blake advances to the semi finals slumping at 6-4, 7-6(2) in just one hour and 30 minutes

Both players are also competing in doubles. This win is a major victory for the Swiss who has not won a major title in a year. Federer, who loses his world number one ranking to his great Spanish rival Rafael Nadal on Monday, has failed to win any major championships this year. Blake's record against the Federer now stands at 1-8.

Paes-Bhupathi in Beijing Quarters

On Wednesday, Indian Tennis Team players - Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi enters Quarter finals of men's doubles event at Beijing Olympics 2008 after defeating Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa of Brazil -4, 6-2 in just an hour.

The team players together combined to negate the Brazilians leaving behind their stormy relation. In the quarterfinals, they will take on the winners of the second round match that pits fourth seeded Swiss pair of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka against the mercurial Russian duo of Dmitry Tursunov and Mikhail Youzhny.

Serbian Ana Ivanovic - Out of the Beijing Olympics

French Open Champion Serbian Ana Ivanovic is out of the Beijing Olympics 2008 as she could not recover from her injured thumb. Ivanovic's pull-out came on a rain-hit day at the Women tennis tournament where only nine of a scheduled 45 matches were completed.

The Serbian player was due to face Mariya Koryttseva of Lithuania in her first round match. She was carrying the right thumb injury since the Rogers Cup in Montreal and since she arrived at Beijing Olympics she didnt hit a single ball.

On Sunday, she said, she hope to play at the U.S. Open in New York to be held on 25th August.

Olympic Tennis - Event, Guide, Schedule

In Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the event of Tennis will held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing from August 10-17, 2008 targeting 172 athletes. 29th Olympic Games has four sets of medal events grabbing the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008 as

• doubles Men


• doubles Women


• singles Men


• singles Women

Schedule of Events

10 August 2008, Sunday
First rounds of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles

11 August 2008, Monday
First round of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles

12 August 2008, Tuesday
Second round of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles First Round

13 August 2008, Wednesday
Third round of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles. Second Round of Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals

14 August 2008, Thursday
Quarterfinals of Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles, Men's Doubles Semifinals

15 August 2008, Friday
Men's Singles Semifinals, Women's Singles Semifinals, Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match, Women's Doubles Semifinals

16 August 2008, Saturday
Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match, Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match, Women's Singles Gold Medal Match, Women's Singles Medal Ceremony, Men's Doubles Gold Medal Match, Men's Doubles Medal Ceremony, Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match

17 August 2008, Sunday
Men's Singles Gold Medal Match, Men's Singles Medal Ceremony, Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match, Women's Doubles Medal Ceremony

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - News, Photos, Images

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, one of the international sports event has began from August 3rd in Beijing and will continue till 24th August. Approximately 10,500 athletes and sports team have joined this Olympiad to represent near about 205 countries and nations. The game is to play host 28 summer sports like Tennis, Football, Wrestling, Shooting, Badminton, Diving, Hockey, Judo and various other games.

Competition Schedule of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Date	Games	Medals
August 6&7	Football Preliminary
August 8	Opening Ceremony
August 9	Rowing, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling (Road) Final, Equestrian (Eventing), Fencing Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic), Weightlifting Final, Handball, Judo Final, Aquatics (Swimming), Shooting Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	7
August 10	Rowing, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling (Road) Final, Equestrian (Eventing), Fencing Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic), Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Judo Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	14
August 11	Rowing, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Slalom), Equestrian (Eventing), Fencing Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Judo Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Diving) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	13
August 12	Rowing, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Slalom) Final, Equestrian (Eventing) Final, Fencing Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Judo Final, Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Diving) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	19
August 13	Rowing, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Slalom), Cycling (Road) Final, Equestrian (Eventing), Fencing Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Judo Final, Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Diving) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	17
August 14	Rowing, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Slalom) Final, Equestrian (Dressage), Fencing Final, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Handball, Hockey, Judo Final, Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	17
August 15	Athletics Final, Badminton Final, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling (Track) Final, Equestrian (Jumping) Final, Fencing Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Judo Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Tennis, Table Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	16
August 16	Athletics Final, Rowing Final, Badminton Final, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling (Track) Final, Equestrian (Dressage), Fencing Final, Gymnastics (Trampoline) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Wrestling (Freestyle) Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Equestrian (Dressage), Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Tennis Final, Table Tennis, Shooting Final, Archery Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	30
August 17	Athletics Final, Rowing Final, Badminton Final, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling (Track) Final, Equestrian (Jumping), Fencing Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Wrestling (Freestyle) Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming), Aquatics (Diving) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Tennis Final, Table Tennis Final, Shooting Final, Sailing Final, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	34
August 18	Athletics Final, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Flat water), Cycling (Track) Final, Equestrian (Jumping) Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Gymnastics (Trampoline) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming), Aquatics (Diving), Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Table Tennis Final, Triathlon Final, Sailing Final, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	18
August 19	Athletics Final, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Flat water), Cycling (Track) Final, Equestrian (Dressage) Final, Football, Gymnastics (Artistic) Final, Gymnastics (Trampoline) Final, Weightlifting Final, Handball, Hockey, Wrestling (Freestyle), Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming), Aquatics (Diving) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo), Table Tennis, Triathlon Final, Sailing, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach)	20
August 20	Athletics Final, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Flat water), Cycling (Mountain bike),Handball, Hockey, Wrestling (Freestyle) Final, Aquatics (Swimming), Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Diving), Aquatics (Water Polo), Softball, Taekwondo Final, Table Tennis, Sailing Final, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach) Final	11
August 21	Athletics Final, Basketball, Canoe/Kayak (Flat water), Cycling (Mountain bike) Final, Equestrian (Jumping) Final, Football Final, Gymnastics (Rhythmic), Handball, Hockey, Wrestling (Freestyle) Final, Aquatics (Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Diving) Final, Aquatics (Water Polo) Final, Modern Pentathlon Final, Softball Final, Taekwondo Final, Table Tennis, Sailing Final, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach) Final	23
August 22	Athletics Final, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe/Kayak (Flat water) Final, Cycling (BMX) Final, Football, Gymnastics (Rhythmic), Handball, Hockey Final, Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming), Aquatics (Diving), Aquatics (Water Polo), Modern Pentathlon Final, Taekwondo Final, Table Tennis Final, Volleyball, Volleyball (Beach) Final	20
August 23	Athletics Final, Baseball Final, Basketball Final, Boxing Final, Canoe/Kayak (Flat water) Final, Cycling (BMX) Final, Football Final, Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Final, Handball Final, Hockey Final, Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming) Final, Aquatics (Diving) Final, Taekwondo Final, Table Tennis Final, Volleyball Final	31
August 24	Closing Ceremony, Athletics Final, Basketball Final, Boxing Final, Gymnastics (Rhythmic) Final, Handball Final, Aquatics (Water Polo) Final, Volleyball Final	12