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During the Olympics, we usually have the Television broadcasts and the internet streams, yet sometimes, life gets busy and we miss some of the most important moments and results of out favorite athletes or countries. Thus, in this modern age, we have the World Wide Web to aid us in staying up-to-date on our Olympic news coverage. And below are just a few sites that will bring you the latest headlines, news stories, and sports analysis.

The Olympic Movement - http://www.olympic.org
This site brings the vision and the purpose of Olympics to its visitors. The UK based site tried to bring the themes of unity, heritage, peace and global cooperation as they cover some of the momentous events such as the lighting of the Fire Ceremony.

Official Beijing Olympics Website - http://en.beijing2008.cn/
Spons ored by China, this site brings the ideals of "One World... One Dream" as it covers the Olympics. Be aware that the site does not cover any negative story on the Olympics, so you must go else where, this site only promotes the Olympics and its ideals.

BBC Sports - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/
On e of the best news sources for sports coverage, the way it is without the garbage.

The Classic Yahoo Sports - http://sports.yahoo.com/olympi cs
Our old, yet unforgotten, search engine offers exclusive scoop, photos, videos and headlines.

The Database - http://www.databaseolympics.co m/
For those of you who are into numbers, medals, and tracking past winners, this site if perfect for you.

The Digital Times - http://chinadigitaltimes.net/c at/focus/beijing-olympics-2008 //
Read about the Olympics and the news that rarely makes it to the main media streams through this blog style website.

Olympic Watch - http://www.olympicwatch.org/
Mo nitor the Human Rights issues associated with the Olympic Games.

Sports of the World - http://www.sportsofworld.com/o lympics/2008_beijing_olympics/
Offers neat summaries, downloads, videos and results for those who are interested.

Of course, the listed sites above are just a few selection. You can also always watch the famous news networks like FOX NEWS, NBC, CNN, BBC and many others for your daily Olympics recap.

If you are interested in some more websites, I recommend using the Google directory, which has 18 more websites listed that users can visit for the best sources.

The link to Google Directory is: http://www.google.com/Top/Spor ts/Events/Olympics/Summer_Game s/2008_-_Beijing/

I hope you find the websites i posted helpful.

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