Olympic Gupsup :

Iraq in Beijing : Iraq is going to the Beijing Olympics after all after International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted its ban on the country on Tuesday. As the deadline for competitors at the Games for all events except athletics passed on July 23 the Iraqi delegation will now have only two athletes — discus thrower Haidar Nasir and sprinter Danma Hussein .We can see Iraqi flag in the opening ceremony.

Win medal, get money : UAE told its player that win medal, get lot of money in cash. United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be giving out cash rewards to its athletes if they clinch a first, second or third place. The first gets 1 million dirhams ($272,480), second takes 750,000 dirhams and the third will take away 500,000 dirhams. The UAE will send a team of eight athletes to Beijing Olympics, which is the largest delegation sent by the Gulf country to the Olympic Games.

Can't access website at media center : Journalists at Beijing International Media Center (BIMC) are having trouble accessing web sites such as Amnesty site, Human Rights Watch, Chinese language sites for BBC, Voice of America and Hong Kong’s Apple Daily. China routinely blocks access to Web sites it deems inappropriate, including those containing pornography, violence, magic and superstition themes, and especially anti-government material, such as those critical of the Chinese Communist Party or supporting independence for Taiwan, Tibet, or Xinjiang. So much for media freedom.