International Herald Tribune
AP BEIJING: Yao Ming will get his first taste of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday in the toughest possible situation - against the US men’s basketball team.

Bloomberg
By Danielle Rossingh Seventeen of the 20 best players in the world will compete at the Beijing Olympics in what the International Tennis Federation calls the strongest field ever for the Games. <More>

Inquirer.net
BEIJING - Saddled with fewer medal prospects from among its skeletal 15-athlete platoon, the Philippines is hard-pressed to end the curse of a shutout at the XXIX Olympiad here. <More>

The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - A protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and thousands of Tibetan exiles took to the streets in Nepal, as anti-China demonstrations occurred worldwide … <More>

Voice of America
By VOA News China is on high alert as it deals with new security threats on the opening day of the Olympics. An Air China plane that departed from Japan had to make an emergency return Friday after the airline received an e-mailed bomb threat. <More>