THE Beijing Paralympic flame will be lit by the sun at the Temple of Heaven at 10:30 a.m. today, marking the start of a nine-day relay through 11 cities. The flame will be lit from the rays of the sun captured in a concave mirror in the same way the Olympic flame was lit. The […]

    Jiang Xiaoyu (L), vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), shakes hands with BHP Billiton China President Clinton Dines in front of the Olympic medals at a handing over ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic medals held in Beijing July 3, 2008. The medals were officially handed over […]

NEW ZEALAND windsurfer Tom Ashley has won the gold medal in the men’s RS:X class, while France’s Julien Bontemps has taken the silver and Israel’s Shahar Zubari the bronze. Bontemps was just one point ahead of Ashley and Britain’s Nick Dempsey after 10 races leading into yesterday’s final, which counts double. Zubari was nine points […]

REAL Madrid has offered more than 45 million euros (US$65 million) for Valencia striker David Villa, the top scorer at Euro 2008 that was won by Spain, Spanish media reported Monday. ‘Real makes offer for Euro 2008 star Villa’  DATA： 2008-08-27 Real Madrid’s Gabriel Heinze (L) fights for the ball with Valencia抯 David Villa during […]

NTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge piled praise on the Beijing Games organization Saturday and said the Olympic Village was the “best ever.” “I have had the privilege to reside in Olympic Villages since the 1968 Mexico Games, and I have never seen a village like this. It is outstanding,” said Rogge at his […]

Great league “The Premier League is a great league and it is getting better and you can see that with the Champions League Final, where you had two English teams. “It is great that we have so many great players here at Chelsea and it is great that there is the competition which is healthy […]

Fans of the Netherlands look depressed after the team lost to Russia during the quarterfinal of the Euro 2008 Championships in Basel, Switzerland, on June 21, 2008. The Netherlands lost the match 1-3.(Xinhua Photo)  

WESTERN Conference champions Los Angeles Lakers signed Chinese guard Sun Yue on Monday, adding to their depth in the backcourt and increasing their collection of international players. Lakers sign Chinese guard Sun  DATA： 2008-08-27 In this Aug. 18, 2008 file photo, China’s Sun Yue (9) is defended by Greece guard Dimitrios Diamantidis during a men’s […]

THE Olympic Games are well under way and Olympic fever is sweeping the world. South Korean employees use hand-held TVs or mobile phones to follow the Games live during work or off-duty hours. The nation of 49 million people was sixth in the medal tally last night, with seven gold medals. It also has nine […]