Katie Hoff leaves the starting block during her heat in the women’s 200m freestyle at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska July 1, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Hoff, however, coming off a world record in the 400m medley on Sunday, qualified for her second Olympic event by touching first in the 400m freestyle with […]

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping telegraphed the General Administration of Sport on Monday to express concern and sympathy for track star Liu Xiang, who pulled out of the men’s 110-meter hurdles in a first-round heat with a foot injury at the Beijing Olympic Games. Chinese state leaders were very concerned with the Shanghai native’s injury, […]

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (R) poses for photos with athletes of the Australian Olympic delegation at the Olympic Village in Beijing.Xinhua U.S. President George W. Bush arrives with wife Laura in Beijing on Thursday. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo arrives. The Bird’s Nest seen Thursday night ahead of Friday’s ceremony.Xinhua More than 80 heads […]

VICE-PRESIDENTS Hironoshin FURUHASHI (JPN) Born in Shizuoka, Japan, on September 16th, 1928. Married with two children. Education Graduated in political science and economics Career Professor at Nihon University and holder of many international honours e-mail [email protected]  

THE Shenzhen leg of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics torch relay will start Saturday, after a launching ceremony at the Palace of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday. The 90-minute relay will start from the Deng Xiaoping Statue atop Lotus Hill and the torch will be carried to Splendid China China Folk Culture Villages in Overseas Chinese […]

DEFENDER Philippe Senderos has left Arsenal for AC Milan on a one-year loan deal, the Premiership club said Wednesday. The 23-year-old central defender had his medical in Milan on Tuesday and has now completed the move to the San Siro with Milan hosting Bologna on Sunday in their first league match of the season. Senderos […]

Torchbearer Decaijia of the Tibetan ethnic group lights up the flame cauldron during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Qinghai Lake, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on June 23, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)  

 Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball during his quarterfinal match of the men’s singles against Britain’s Andy Murray at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, capital of Britain, on July 2, 2008. Nadal won 3-0 (6-3, 6-2, 6-4) and advanced into the semifinal. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong)  

    Two volunteers learn the skill of making handicrafts from a handicapped person at the Warm Family of Xicheng District Handicapped Association, the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games volunteers training base, in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 22, 2008. (Xinhua/Jiao Wei) The Paralympics will provide the ideal opportunity for the Chinese public to improve its awareness […]

The Beijing Olympic torch started the final leg of its relay across central China’s most populous province of Henan at 8 am on Monday in Anyang, home to the oracle bone inscriptions. Altogether 208 torchbearers, aged between 14 and 78, will take part in the 5.9 kilometers relay in Anyang. “The relay brings honor and […]