Beijing 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - August 8th to the 24th, 2008

Former world top female tennis player Amélie Mauresmo decided not to go to the Beijing Olympic Games, despite qualifying for the doubles. She said she will put all of her effort into preparation for the US Open.

PARIS -- Amelie Mauresmo withdrew from the Olympic tennis tournament Thursday because she was not chosen to compete in singles.

PARIS (AP) -- Amelie Mauresmo withdrew from the Olympic tennis tournament Thursday because she was not chosen to compete in singles....

AFP - Amelie Mauresmo, who won the women's singles silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, announced on Thursday her withdrawal from the French team for the Beijing Olympics.

Russian officials have denied Maria Sharapova’s request to carry her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Reuters reports. “I advised against” Sharpova’s wish to be a flag-bearer, the Russian tennis chief said. “We want her to be fresh, not tired, during her matches." Sharpova has also decided to stay in a hotel, not the Olympic v...

Russian officials have denied Maria Sharapova’s request to carry her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Reuters reports. “I advised against” Sharpova’s wish to be a flag-bearer, the Russian tennis chief said. “We want her to be fresh, not tired, during her matches." Sharpova has also decided to stay in a hotel, not the Olympic v...

Russian officials have denied Maria Sharapova’s request to carry her country’s flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Reuters reports. “I advised against” Sharpova’s wish to be a flag-bearer, the Russian tennis chief said. “We want her to be fresh, not tired, during her matches." Sharpova has also decided to stay in a hotel, not the Olympic v...

It wasn't statesmen who broke China's 22 years of isolation from the West in 1971, but rather, Sports Illustrated notes, grown men with paddles. When Glenn Cowan accidentally jumped on the Chinese team bus during world table-tennis championships in Japan, star Zhuang Zedong brushed aside Mao's anti-capitalist harangues to greet the American and start building a bridge that will lead to August's Be...

It wasn't statesmen who broke China's 22 years of isolation from the West in 1971, but rather, Sports Illustrated notes, grown men with paddles. When Glenn Cowan accidentally jumped on the Chinese team bus during world table-tennis championships in Japan, star Zhuang Zedong brushed aside Mao's anti-capitalist harangues to greet the American and start building a bridge that will lead to August's Be...

It wasn't statesmen who broke China's 22 years of isolation from the West in 1971, but rather, Sports Illustrated notes, grown men with paddles. When Glenn Cowan accidentally jumped on the Chinese team bus during world table-tennis championships in Japan, star Zhuang Zedong brushed aside Mao's anti-capitalist harangues to greet the American and start building a bridge that will lead to August's Be...

Video "Rollerblading Tennis!" from SchattenmannWell... Why not do a commercial for rollerblade tennis..? Don't think it's in the Olympics though. Tags:Tennis Olympic Rollerblading 

Former Olympian Deng Yaping, otherwise known as the "Queen of table tennis" says the Sichuan earthquake won't dim Chinese people's passion for the Games. She now serves as the deputy director of the Olympic Village.

AFP - French number one Richard Gasquet on Sunday said he will not take part in the Beijing Olympics joining fellow world top 10 player Andy Roddick in pulling out.

Well... Why not do a commercial for rollerblade tennis..? Don't think it's in the Olympics though :D

Well... Why not do a commercial for rollerblade tennis..? Don't think it's in the Olympics though :D

Well... Why not do a commercial for rollerblade tennis..? Don\'t think it\'s in the Olympics though :D

State Track and Field isn't just about competition, but also recognition. 12 people are going into the hall of fame, while this year's program includes an article on Wayne Hill. He once lived in Mandan, but before that, he competed at Ellendale and UND, and nearly made the 1932 U.S. Olympic Team. (Stephen Hill:) He (Wayne Hill) was running track up at UND and it was for the 1932 Olympics, where Je...

Yes, we have Roger. Yes, we developed the "Bird's nest" Olympic stadium. But in Switzerland, the 2008 Summer Olympics are still far away -- and not just geographically.

APNewsBreak: Rodney Harmon, Not Patrick McEnroe, to Coach US Men's Tennis Team at Olympics

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Andy Roddick won't be going for gold this summer. The highest-ranked American tennis player is skipping the Beijing Olympics, choosing instead to focus on preparing for the U.S. Open by playing at the hard-court Legg Mason Tennis Classic....

AP - Andy Roddick won't be going for gold this summer. The highest-ranked American tennis player is skipping the Beijing Olympics, choosing instead to focus on preparing for the U.S. Open by playing at the hard-court Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

WASHINGTON -- Andy Roddick won't be going for gold this summer. The highest-ranked American tennis player is skipping the Beijing Olympics, choosing instead to focus on preparing for the U.S. Open by playing at the hard-court Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

Ryu Seung Min vs. Wnag Hao in the 2004 Table Tennis Olympics. Sean O neil commentating on this one point.

Tribune Photo/JANAR STEWART Mark Ajzinski, who competed in table tennis during the 2004 Summer Olympics, practices for a Tribune photographer Thursday.

Hit the ball, but not the net in this exciting table tennis gameplay!

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To be introduced in the Summer Olympics 2008. It is rumored that some Asian countries have been training their children as early as 1995.

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 8: (CHINA OUT) A visitor is reflected on a wall as he views tennis rackets from past Olympic Games during the IOC Olympic Treasure Exhibition China Tour, part of activities for the celebration of the One-Year Countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, at the China International Exhibition Center August 8, 2007 in Beijing, China. The IOC exhibition is displaying over 700 t...

The table tennis venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics caught fire Monday morning. (July 2)