OLYMPIC champion Liu Xiang easily qualified for the final of the 110-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, on Thursday. Defending champion Ladji Doucoure of France was eliminated from Friday’s final. Easing up at the line, Liu let Cuba’s Dayron Robles win the semifinal in 13.21 seconds to his 13.25. Doucoure crashed […]

QATAR has been confirmed as the host nation for the 2011 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced yesterday. The Gulf state was the only country to submit a formal bid to host the event but had to satisfy the AFC of its ability to stage the tournament before being confirmed as the host. […]

By Chen Xiangfeng (China Daily)Updated: 2007-09-04 09:55 NBA All-star center Yao Ming inspired China’s basketball team to a comfortable 69-56 win against visiting Melbourne Tigers on Monday night. Yao Ming of China tries to pass the ball during a friendly between China and Melbourne Tigers on Monday in Shenzhen of South China’s Guangdong Province. [Xinhua] […]

    CHINA’S Olympic team defeated Botswana’s U23 side 2-0 on the opening day of the four-nation invitation tournament in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on Wednesday night.     Ratomir Djukovic’s team, humiliated by the African side in a 4-0 whitewash during its overseas training tour last month, created many opportunities but did not convert any of them […]

By sportswriter Wu Chen BANGKOK, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Players from the host nation, Iran and Chinese Taipei grabbed a taekwondo gold each on Friday at the Bangkok Universiade. Defending Champion Patiwat Thongsalap gifted the host nation first gold in taekwondo competitions at the Universide after defeating his old rival Alireza Nassrazadany of Iran. Nataphol […]

Laurent Tenneguin, a mechanical engineer in the China CTIC Team, signs his name on a banner as Philipe Dessertenne (1st R), the team’s French motorboat driver, and two other mechanical engineers look on. Dessertenne and his team joined the signatories for the Shenzhen 2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship GP. The event was held at different […]

BANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — The defending champion Jiang Qiuyan will strive for the first gold medal on Thursday morning, which will possibly trigger China’s golden haul at the 24th Universiade in Bangkok. Jiang Qiuyan clocked in a Universiade best of one hour 33 minutes and 13 seconds to claim the women’s 20km walk title, […]

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China’s Li Jie, bottom, celebrates after scoring China’s first goal, with teammates Bi Yan, right, and Zhou Gaoping during a Group D match against Denmark at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer tournament in Wuhan, Hubei Province, last night. China defeated Denmark 3-2.     SD-Agencies  

By sportswriter Shen Nan BANGKOK, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The opening day of the inaugural shooting competition in the Universiade history saw world-class marks from both events of men’s 50m pistol and women’s 10m air pistol here on Friday. Leonid Ekimov from Russia collected a personal best of 571 points in the qualification round of […]