China marked the first Anniversary of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Saturday with its first national sports day that saw up to 34,000 people gather for the world's largest martial arts exercise.
"We have established August 8 as National Fitness Day to fully embody... the government's loving concern for the life and prosperity of the people," Chinese Sports Minister LIU Peng said in an address outside the iconic Bird's Nest national stadium.
"This is a...

In the capital of the Czech Republik, Prague celebrated Vladimir PROROK, the first European Champion of artistic gymnastic and the vice European Champion on the still rings (Ist Europeans in Frankfurt 1955) his 80th birthday on Tuesday (July 28).
Since1958 caused the national coach of the former CSR an upswing of artistic gymnastics in his country, which reached its climax in the 1960´s with the success of Eva BOSAKOVA, the Olympic balance beam winner in Rome (1960) and...