Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel Moreno has become the first Olympian to be kicked out of the Beijing Games for alleged ... according to the International Olympic Committee. Associated Press reports ...

Following that win, Argentina have fared quite poorly at the renowned tournament. With Messi aged 25 and at the peak of his powers by the time the London Olympics rolled around, he was no longer a ...

Argentina's Beijing Olympic roster ... wispy veteran, but Di Maria has more than proved his worth for Argentina over the years. Having been the match-winner in the 2008 gold medal match, the ...

Di Maria struggled to deal with the physical demands of European football initially "Then the 2008 Olympics changed my whole life. Argentina called me to play for the team even though I wasn’t s ...

The High Priestess Maria Nafpliotou kindled the torch ... the heart of the 2008 Olympic host city. The Beijing Olympic torch relay includes three parts - the relay outside the Chinese mainland ...

The Men’s Olympic Football ... Football Tournament at Beijing 2008. This was a second taste of success at international level in three years for Messi, Di María, Zabaleta, Garay and Gago ...

Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou ... holds the torch aloft at the Olympic Flame-lighting Ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece March 24, 2008. [Xinhua] The torch for the ...

Russian track and field athletes Tatyana Lebedeva and Maria Abakumova lost ... in retests of all three women's Olympic anti-doping samples. Lebedeva won 2008 Beijing Olympic silver medals in ...