SPOTLIGHT

• Mugabe gives Olympic champ $US100,000

  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has given $US100,000 ($A116,000) to champion swimmer Kirsty Coventry who won gold and silver at the Beijing Olympics. read more...

• IOC sues Greek coach over doping cases

  The International Olympic Committee has filed a lawsuit against a Greek track coach after two of his athletes were expelled from the Beijing Games for doping. read more...

• London mayor defiant over Beijing button

  London's mayor Boris Johnson has revealed he had ignored requests by Chinese officials to button up his jacket for the big event. read more...

• Sydney tech firm behind Olympic medals

  A Sydney-based technology firm is the brains behind much of Australia's Olympic medal haul, the NSW government says. read more...

• Yao Ming's Olympic bed to be auctioned

  Wednesday, 27th August,2008

  China plans to auction off 20 million items related to the Beijing Olympics, including the bed that basketball star Yao Ming slept in during the Games. read more...

• Mafia stole our medals: Castro

  Tuesday, 26th August,2008

  Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has blamed a "mafia" for "shamelessly stealing" medals Cuba should have won in Beijing. read more...

• Olympic team arrives home

  Tuesday, 26th August,2008

  Australian Olympians have arrived back in Australia to a rousing welcome at Sydney airport, greeted by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. read more...

• Aussie Olympians arrive in Sydney

  The planes carrying Australia's Beijing Olympic athletes have touched down in Sydney. read more...

• Aussie Olympians look ahead to London

  Australia's Olympians basked in the glory of their Beijing achievements after touching down in Sydney, but their sights are already set on London in 2012. read more...

• Aussie Olympians leave Beijing

  One has a wedding to organise, another was looking forward to her first chartered flight and a third simply craved sleep. read more...

• 'Truly exceptional' Olympics wrap up

  As the barricades, checkpoints and machine gun toting soldiers began disappearing from view in Beijing, the traffic, the beggars and the touts returned. read more...

• Where the hell were we?

  Monday, 25th August,2008

  UK's The Sun has paraded billboards gloating Britain's gold medal success at the Beijing Olympics, throwing down the gauntlet for London 2012.
  Australian team arrives home read more...

• Chinese rockets ensured dry end to Games

  Meteorologists used eight planes to release rain dispersal chemicals and fired 241 rockets into clouds to ensure a dry Beijing Olympics closing ceremony. read more...

• List of Australian medallists

  Monday, 25th August,2008

  Here’s a list of Australian medallists from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games:
  In pictures: Closing ceremony read more...

• Sore heads for partying Aussie athletes

  There were more than a few Australian athletes with sore heads on Monday morning after a night out celebrating the end of the Beijing Games. read more...