Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reacts after losing a point against Rafael Nadal of Spain during their semifinal match at the Sony Ericsson Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida April 4, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Wimbledon is the only grand slam tournament which does not stick strictly to the ATP ranking list in deciding […]

Torchbearer Daga(C) runs with the torch at the launching ceremony during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Qinghai Lake, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on June 23, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)  

    Cheng Fei of China (C) and teammates wave to supporters after winning the women’s team artistic gymnastics gold medal in Beijing yesterday.Xinhua CHINA won its first women’s team gymnastics Olympic gold medal yesterday capitalizing on a mistake-ridden U.S. performance before an enthralled audience in Beijing. The win avenged China’s narrow loss to the United […]

Chen Ruolin (above) and Wang Xin. CHINA’S dominating divers kept their winning stretch in the Water Cube as teenagers Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin won the third gold, the women’s 10m platform synchronized, yesterday. The Chinese duo, winner in the 2007 Melbourne World Championships, led all the way in the five-dive final, and their winning […]

 Russia’s Marat Safin reacts during his quarterfinal match of the men’s singles against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, capital of Britain, on July 2, 2008. Safin won 3-1 (3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-3) and advanced to the semifinal. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong)  

Liu Zige of China reacts during the final of women’s 200m butterfly at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, China, Aug. 14, 2008. Liu Zige won the gold medal with a new world record of 2 minutes 04.18 seconds. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua) China’s Liu […]

Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James pauses during the second quarter of Game 7 of their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final basketball playoff series against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Massachusetts May 18, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) “This has been, to say the least, an extremely difficult selection process. The 33 players who committed to be part of the […]

By Sportswriter Shan Lei It was not just a game of basketball. It was a contest of determination and belief. Billions of fans watched China’s 101-70 loss to the United States in the men’s basketball competitions of the Beijing Olympic Games at the Wukesong Stadium on Sunday night. Nevertheless, China were fired up to have […]

  TWO women from Shenzhen will join the national squad of athletes for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Games, which open Sept. 6. Wheelchair archer Xiao Yanhong and basketballer Zhang Santao will make history for Shenzhen, becoming the city’s first athletes to appear in the Games, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday. Xiao, 30, a […]

  Top singers to grace Games opening  DATA： 2008-08-07 Liu Huan Sarah Brightman CHINA’S Liu Huan and British singer Sarah Brightman will sing at tomorrow’s opening ceremony for the Olympic Games at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, organizers said yesterday. Liu, one of the most renowned male pop singers in China, will sing with Brightman, […]