As the World Cup trophy arrived in China this week on a global exhibition circuit, sentiment is high in the country for the economic and sports power to bid for the 2018 World Cup.
The Chinese women's soccer team is showing signs that she may be on the path to recovery after a long, frustrating period of losses, holding the US team in a 0-0 draw in Thursday's opening game of the Algarve Cup women's soccer tournament in Portugal.
Florentino Perez resigned as Real Madrid president on Monday, a day after his side lost 2-1 to struggling Real Mallorca and with his club facing the prospect of a third successive season without a major trophy.
Han Xiaopeng made history by becoming the first Chinese skier to win Olympic gold with his sensational victory in the men's freestyle aerials final here on Thursday.
An Austrian ski coach who bolted the Winter Games following a surprise anti-doping raid wound up in a psychiatric hospital, where authorities were still analyzing 100 syringes and other material seized from athletes' housing.
After all the drama of the past few days, this was almost a can't-miss for the Chinese, a powerhouse in Summer Olympics but who only won their first Winter gold in Salt Lake City four years ago.
Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao claimed China's first-ever Olympic figure skating silver medal along with a gold for courage on Monday following a display of bravery seldom seen on an ice rink.
Chinese speed skater Li Jiajun has delighted the Chinese crowd with a surprise result, winning a bronze medal in the men's 1500-meter race, China's first medal in Turin Games.
Just before China's lunar new year, Zhao Hongbo, the country's figure skating pair star skater brought his fans good news - as he pulled off spectacular triple jumps in training, after a severe injury to his Achilles tendon last August.
Chinese Wu Peng clocked the fastest time to win the men's 200-meter butterfly in the World Cupshort-course swimming meet at East Meadow, New York on Friday.
China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie have won the country's first-ever Grand Slam title, grinding down top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur to win the Australian Open women's doubles title.
China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie ended the hopes of Japan's Shinobu Asagoe and her Slovak partner Katarina Srebotnik to storm into the final of the Australian Open women's doubles today.
China is aiming for a Winter Olympic gold medal in snow sports for the first time, officials said yesterday, as the Chinese Winter Olympic delegation for the upcoming Turin Games was set up.
Chinese top distance runner Sun Yingjie has finally been handed two-year suspension for doping and her coach Wang Dexian suffered a life ban on second violation of antidoping rules.
China's leading sportswear company Li Ning has signed a contract with Cleveland Cavalier guard Damon Jones, in the first sponsorship deal between a Chinese company and a NBA player.
Chinese center Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets remains the top vote recipient in updated National Basketball Association All-Star Game balloting results.
Vasaloppet China, Asia's biggest ski event, kicks off its fourth edition on December 31 in Jingyuetan Park of Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin Province.
Tickets for the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics will go on sale in early 2007, and the those for the Games' opening ceremony and the finals of some hot events will be more expensive, according to the organizing committee of Beijing Olympic Games on Friday.
Ronaldinho won his second straight FIFA World Player of the Year award Monday for his stellar play with Brazil and FC Barcelona, beating out England's Frank Lampard and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o.
China's Yao Ming is the leading Western Conference vote-getter with 729,178 votes after the first returns of the 2006 NBA all-star balloting programme.
World number one Zhang Yining lifted her third trophy of the table tennis ProTour Grand Finals after overwhelming former teammate Li Jia Wei of Singapore 4-0.
David Beckham opened his London football academy alongside the Millennium Dome on Monday, just a short distance from where the England captain was born.
High Priestess Theodora Siarkou here on Sunday lighted the Olympic torch with a backup flame in an official lighting ceremony for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
World and Olympic champions Brazil battled back from two sets down to beat wild-cards China to keep their slate clean in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.
Hobbled by an ankle injury and on crutches three weeks ago, Roger Federer did something practically unheard of - he lost a match. The top-seeded Swiss came within two points of a third consecutive Tennis Masters Cup triumph before losing in five sets to David Nalbandian on Sunday.
The United States outlasted China in straight sets, handing the title-holders and Olympic champions their second straight loss in the World Grand Champions Cup women's volleyball tournament.
Roger Federer survived a scare against Ivan Ljubicic at the season-ending Masters Cup on Tuesday, prevailing 6-3 2-6 7-6 to close in on the semi-finals.
Andre Agassi lost to Nikolay Davydenko, then pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup less than an hour after second-ranked Rafael Nadal withdrew with an injured left foot.
After years of fierce lobbying and months of secrecy, Beijing unveiled five mascots for the 2008 Olympics on Friday, opening a marketing blitz that is expected to reap record profits.
Wearing a wide, satisfied smile on a face flushed with pride, Ozzie Guillen stood off to the side by the third base line and simply watched his White Sox rejoice in the middle of the field.
David Beckham's red card near the end of Real Madrid's 2-1 defeat by Valencia on Sunday was overturned by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Tuesday.
Chinese Olympic champion Xing Huina was Wednesday stripped of her gold in the women's 1,500m final in the China National Games for fouling second-placed Liu Qing.
Spaniard Fernando Alonso won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to hand Renault their first Formula One constructor's title on top of the driver's championship he took last month.
Chinese Olympic champion Liu Xiang won the 110-metre hurdles at the Yokohama track and field meet yesterday, his second victory in three days after powering his way to the title at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Saturday.
World number two Rafael Nadal overcame a sluggish start to beat the second seed Guillermo Coria in full sets in Beijing on Sunday to win the China Open ATP tennis tournament.
Roger Federer defended his US Open title dominating a third set tie-break to defuse the challenge of 35-year-old Andre Agassi before winning 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1.
Amid reports that Yao Ming has agreed to terms of a five-year contract extension worth more than $75 million, the Houston Rockets said they would conduct a conference call on Thursday.
American world number one Lindsay Davenport carved out a 6-4 6-4 victory over hard-hitting Li Na of China to reach the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday.
Svetlana Kuznetsova became the first defending women's U.S. Open champion to be eliminated in the first round since the beginning of the open era on Monday, falling to 20-year-old Russian compatriot Ekaterina Bychkova 6-3, 6-2.
NBA super star Yao Ming powers to lead China past Iceland 89-51 in his first game after recovering an ankle injury, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Aug. 28, 2005.
Maria Sharapova survived an injury and another challenge from a fellow Russian,defeating Anna Chakvetadze 4-6,6-4,7-5 Thursday in a third-round match at the JPMorgan Chase Open.
Andre Agassi will not defend his title at this week's 2.45-million-dollar Cincinnati Masters after pulling out following a loss to Rafael Nadal in the final at the Montreal event.
Maria Sharapova survived an injury and another challenge from a fellow Russian,defeating Anna Chakvetadze 4-6,6-4,7-5 Thursday in a third-round match at the JPMorgan Chase Open.
Manchester United's 3-0 victory over Hungarian champion Debrecen in a Champions League qualifier Tuesday put Malcolm Glazer's club in a commanding position to reach the main stage of Europe's top club tournament.
Ai Sugiyama took advantage of numerous unforced errors and played consistently Thursday to upset second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round of the Acura Classic.
Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat agreed Tuesday on a $100 million, five-year contract, one that presumably will keep the 12-time All-Star center playing past his 38th birthday.
Lithuania clinched the Stankovic Continental Champions Cup by cruising to a 77-73 win over African champions Angola in their last match of the competition Sunday at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium.
Yi made the first two shots to helped China went ahead 4-0, but Lithuanian's inside play was just good, without Yao, it was hard for China to defend in the paint.
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