Cathy Mo SHENZHEN-BASED OCT Enterprises Co., a Central Government-controlled company, announced Monday that it would start a project to save the quake-threatened culture of the Qiang people in Sichuan Province. The OCT (Overseas Chinese Town) group will open a Qiang culture zone in the Sichuan area of its 1.2 to 1.3 billion-yuan Happy Valley park […]

Thai police have found over 500 million baht (15.2 million U.S. dollars) were placed on football gambling in Thailand on the Euro 2008 football tournament which just ended, media here reported. After arresting 1,098 gamblers and bookmakers, police have by far located only 931,496 baht (28,227 dollars) in cash, according to The Nation news website. […]

Michael Phelps of the United States during a practice session at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Beijing on Monday. SD-Agencies MICHAEL PHELPS sneaked into Beijing almost unnoticed. He’s unlikely to go out that way. The probable star of the Beijing Olympics avoided hundreds of fans, photographers and reporters Monday by taking a side door out […]

Local residents of the Tibetan ethnic group present “hada”, a traditional Tibetan scarf symbolizing blessing, to torchbearer Liu Yongtao(R) during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Qinghai Lake, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on June 23, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) The 139th torchbearer, Liu Yongtao, received a special saluting from local Tibetans. He was greeted by […]

BRAZIL and Argentina drew 0-0 Wednesday night in a 2010 World Cup qualifying match that saw two teams known for offensive fire locked in a defensive battle. The outcome, while not satisfactory for either side, was not unwelcome either. Brazil is coming off two shocking losses, while Argentina barely squeaked out a 1-1 draw against […]

A VARIETY of cultural activities will be held starting Friday to mark the monthlong Nanshan Litchi Cultural and Tourism Festival. The activities fall into five categories, namely tourism galas at theme parks, community performances, entrepreneur forums, shopping festivals and litchi-tasting trips organized by travel agencies for tourists, said Zhou Hui, director of Nanshan Trade and […]

Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant follows through on a three-point shot in the first quarter against the Boston Celtics during Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball championship in Los Angeles, June 15, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) 

VICE-PRESIDENTS Stefan BERGH (SWE) Born December 1962. Married with two children. Education Graduated from Uppsala University in pedagogy, Swedish and history. Career Head of Department of Education at Uppsala University (1993 – 1998) Director of the Department of Sports Policy at the Swedish Sports Confederation (1998 – present) e-mail [email protected]  

  Zheng Jie of China returns the ball to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2008. (Xinhua Photo) China’s Zheng Jie admitted even she had been stunned by the ease of her sensational victory over top seed Ana Ivanovic at Wimbledon. Zheng, ranked No 133 […]

Visitors have photos taken with the wax statue of the world acclaimed basketball player Yao Ming at the World Olympic Culture Exhibition which was opened Monday in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Shenyang Province, June 23, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)