LITHUANIA shattered China’s hope of making history on home soil by winning 94-68 in a quarterfinal match of the men’s basketball competitions at the Beijing Olympics yesterday. Lithuania will meet Spain, which beat Croatia 72-59 in a previous match, in the semifinals. China repeated their eighth-place finish at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but failed to […]

CHINA’S Li Na and Zheng Jie reached the third round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Wednesday. Li rallied to beat Sara Errani of Italy 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 while Zheng Jie eased past Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-4. Even though Li lost to eventual silver medalist Dinara Safina at the […]

— Russia’s Roman Pavlyuchenko shoots during the quarterfinal against the Netherlands at the Euro 2008 Championships in Basel, Switzerland, on June 21, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) After both teams squandering dozens of opportunities, Roman Pavlyuchenko opened scoring for Russia in the 56th minute as the forward continued his superb form with a third goal in the […]

Match referee Roberto Rosetti of Italy (L) watches as Greece’s Angelos Basinas reacts after being fouled during their Group D Euro 2008 soccer match against Russia at the Wals-Siezenheim stadium in Salzburg, June 14, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) “First of all, I’m a supporter of the national team as I have been since I was a […]

AFTER two critical wins that had made their home Olympic experience a success, China lost to Greece 91-77 in the final match of the preliminary round, finishing fourth in Group B of the men’s basketball competition yesterday. China will play Lithuania, the top seed in Group A in the quarterfinals tomorrow and Greece will face […]

British singer Sarah Brightman and leading Chinese singer Liu Huan will sing the main theme song for the Olympic Games at the opening ceremony Friday.Although the name of the song is being kept secret, it is the most hotly awaited show on the planet right now. The opening ceremony, helmed by top Chinese director Zhang […]

 Venus Williams of the U.S. returns the ball to Naomi Cavaday of Britain at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 24, 2008. (Reuters Photo) Serving at 40-0 up on her opening service game, the seventh seed was irritated by an insect buzzing around her ankles, and Cavaday raced through the next five points to […]

Jamaica’s yam-powered Usain “Lightning” Bolt celebrates after clocking a new world record time of 19.30 seconds to win the Olympic 200m gold medal in Beijing last night. He became the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double. The song “Happy Birthday” was played at the Bird’s Nest to mark […]

Wang Yuanyuan ENTERTAINMENT venues in Shenzhen are suffering the effects of the Olympics as people choose to stay at home to watch the world’s largest sporting event. Turnover in some entertainment venues, such as karaoke bars, discos and cinemas, has fallen 50 percent compared with usual business. “Since the opening of the Olympics Games, we […]

By Sportswriter Lou Chen Italian lasagna, Beijing roast duck or kosher foods? Athletes from more than 200 countries and regions may find their favorite home foods in the Beijing Olympic Village. The diversity of meals, divided into different zones including Chinese, Asian, international and Mediterranean, underlines the meticulous preparation in the village which houses about […]