Softball chief hails "best" Beijing venue
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The softball venue for the 2008   Olympics is the best the sport has had for a major   championship, International Softball Federation (ISF) president   Don Porter said on Wednesday.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge has given Beijing&#39;s planning and preparations for the 2008 Games a stamp of approval during a tour of the city.
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A college to provide training for the Internet games industry has been opened in Beijing. Xinhua, China&#39;s main government-run news agency, reported Saturday that China&#39;s Ministry
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Harvey Schiller, the former executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, has been elected president of the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) in a vote of IBAF delegates meeting Friday in Beijing.
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Major League Baseball has chosen Washington, DC as the new home of the Montreal Expos, a city official has told The Associated Press.
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The Athens Olympic Games debriefing has opened in Beijing, with future Olympic hosts and five bidding cities for the 2012 Games participating.
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics - prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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By Zhao Xie  The Jingyue Economic Development Zone authorities are determined to build the zone into one of Changchun's top tourism and investment destinations with a beautiful ecological environment.
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BEIJING: With the end of the Athens Olympics, the focus is now on China&#39;s preparations as host of the 2008 Games. Authorities are promising a cleaner, greener and a culturally vibrant Beijing.
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ATHENS - By any measure â-etric or otherwise â - performance here by the United States softball team was Olympian, and one for the gods.
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A senior official with PetroChina says the huge West-East Natural Gas Pipeline project will play a positive role in improving China&#39;s environment.
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The International Olympic Committee says it was right to award the Games to Beijing despite concerns over human rights in China.
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Major League Baseball's first games in China in March will help prove that baseball is a global sport and deserves a place in the Olympics, MLB senior vice president Paul Archey said on Thursday.
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China underlined their gold medal  ambitions in Olympic women's volleyball on Sunday, clinching  top spot in Pool B with a straight sets win over Russia.
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America&#39;s National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern says Beijing will be capable of hosting regular season NBA games before the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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BEIJING : As the Olympic flame leaves Athens, the eyes of the sporting world are turning towards Beijing. When China hosts the games for the first time in 2008, it will cap an extraordinary 30-year journey
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Sport: After visiting the 2012 Olympic site, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee says London's preparations are the best he's ever seen.