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Inside Olympics 2008
Castro's 'solidarity' for Cuban taekwondo high-kicker
Fidel Castro has defended the Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked a referee in the face at the Beijing Olympics, saying Angel Matos was rightfully indignant over his disqualification from the bronze-medal match.
Lynch faces long ban as 'B' horse sample tests positive
Suspended Olympic show jumper Denis Lynch was last night facing the prospect of a long ban from the sport after a "B" sample for his horse proved positive.
The greatest Games ever
Something forlorn and regrettable happened here last night. The greatest Olympics we have ever seen - and perhaps ever will - came to an end.
Beijing best?
Were the 2008 Beijing Olympics the greatest ever?
Editor's Choice
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Hession's metre from immortality
One metre between Paul Hession and athletics history
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Isinbayeva makes short work of rivals
Another world record triumph
Columnist Comments
• Wenger puts his finger on the 'wretched truth' behind Olympic success
Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger is not xenophobic -- he has proved that in his long years irrigating English football with the finest skill -- but he was maybe the most damning witness of all amid the fanfare which greeted Great Britain's medal haul in Beijing.
• Egan shines so brightly amid Irish 'flap and fuss'
In time, Beijing will recede to memory, sluicing its traffic back onto gasping streets, re-opening its power-plants, restoring the air to a heavy, brown soup.
