The 2008 Beijing Olympics promise to be the biggest sporting spectacle ever with a three-way fight for the top honors between China, USA and Russia.

While we’ll be really lucky if we get a single gold – the event in itself will surely be worth watching.

So if you can’t make it to the TV while the action happens here’s where you can still get live action and highlights:

Website
YouTube: Google’s got a special channel that will stream three hours of conent every day.
BBC: The U.K.’s official Olympics broadcaster will offer six streaming channels showing coverage from BBC TV and BBC News Interactive.
Yahoo!: Australia’s official Olympics online portal offers live streams, video coverage on-demand and behind-the-scenes interviews, specials and features.

P2P
Sopcast: This free P2P internet TV player requires a download, but offers a wide lineup of channels broadcasting the Olympic games.
TVants: This is a P2P Internet TV, which requires a free download. TVants can run on Windows or on Linux’s WINE.
TVU Networks: This P2P internet TV player requires a free download and only works with Windows, but is a good resource for watching global sporting events online.