Loisel confident of Olympic medal prospect  DATA： 2007-11-08 The Chinese Football Association holds a press conference on Oct. 28 to appoint the 44-year-old former France trainer Elisabeth Loisel(C) as the new head coach of the Chinese women football team. (Xinhua Photo)     XIAOGAN, China, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Elizabeth Loisel, the newly-installed head coach of the Chinese […]

THE United States’ women gymnasts claimed gold at the world championships in Stuttgart on Wednesday night, while defending champion China had to settle for silver. The United States led three of the four rotations to score 184.400 points with China finishing 0.950 behind. China had been leading going into the final rotation — the floor […]

YANG WEI fired Chinese gymnasts into pole position ahead of the Hiroyuki Tomita-inspired Japanese during men’s qualifying at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on Monday. Yang was the most successful man in Aarhus, Denmark, last year when he won three of his country’s eight gold medals — the team, all-around and parallel bar […]

BANGKOK, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Six swimming gold medals were split on the first competition day of the Universiade here on Thursday while four new games records were set. Japan’s Ryusuke Sakata took the first gold medal in the pool in the men’s 200m butterfly by one minute and 55.92 seconds, which was a fresh […]

BIRMINGHAM City has joined Newcastle in the race to sign China captain Zheng Zhi from Shandong Luneng, British media reported yesterday. Zheng spent four months on loan at Charlton last season, making 12 appearances and scoring against the Magpies. City’s interest in the 26-year-old player comes only a week after Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung […]

BERLIN, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Winning bid to host 2011 women’s World Cup has sparked joy among sports circles in Germany, and top figures voiced their delight on Tuesday after FIFA announced the result. “We’re proud and grateful that FIFA have shown confidence in us again, giving us the chance to host another World Cup, […]

YAO MING will lead the Chinese national team against an NBA All-Star lineup headed by Steve Nash in a charity game in Beijing next week, Chinese media reported. Two-time MVP Nash proposed the game to Yao, who said he had no hesitation in agreeing when it was determined the money raised would go to helping […]

Athletes of Ukraine, China and Russia react on the podium at the awarding ceremony of the women’s team gymnastic competition at the 24th Universiade in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, Aug. 9, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)     BANGKOK, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — Despite a string of falls from apparatus, the Chinese females gymnasts made an narrow escape to […]

    Young Chinese boys react as U.S. baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr. (R) throws a ball during a baseball clinic at Xidan Elementary School in Beijing Oct. 30, 2007. Ripken is on a nine-day visit to China, his first as an American Public Diplomacy Envoy for the U.S. Department of State, during which he will […]

HIGH ASPIRATIONS: Gymnast Ross Ferguon has just come back from the All Africa Games and will be leaving for the Universiade in Bangkok next week.Photo: Erica Dreijer A WITS gymnast was part of the national gymnastics team that came third in the 2007 All Africa Games, currently being held in Algeria. Ross Ferguson, a third […]