Australia’s players react for dismissing South Africa’s batsman JP Duminy (2nd R) for 29 runs during the final day of the first Test match at Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday.SD-Agencies 　　 FIERY fast bowling from Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle led Australia to a 162-run win over South Africa on the fifth […]

　　Serena Williams holds up the championship trophy after beating Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis exhibition in New York on Monday. SD-Agencies 　　 SERENA WILLIAMS beat her older sister Venus 6-4, 6-3 to win the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition Monday, marking the return of women’s tennis to Madison Square […]

　　 Wang Yuanyuan 　　NO medical institution or department in Shenzhen has been found to be using fake rabies vaccine, officials with the city’s center for disease control and prevention (CDC) said yesterday. 　　Fake vaccine for human use was produced by Dalian Jingang Biology Production Co. Ltd. in Liaoning Province, according to earlier reports. All the […]

　　 A PROPOSED State-level free trade zone in Nanshan District could serve as an experimental base for further integrating the Pearl River Delta region. The proposal was submitted by more than 100 advisers to the national political advisory body that is meeting in Beijing. 　　The Qianhai and Houhai areas, which are located in the western […]

　　JOHANNESBURG, March 3 (Xinhua) — Only 20 percent of FIFA Confederations and 2010 World Cup tickets sold so far have been purchased by South Africans, said local organizing committee head Danny Jordaan on Tuesday. 　　”We are appealing to South Africans, this is your opportunity go out there and buy tickets. If you are waiting for […]

　　BEIJING, March 3 — Scotland and Wales have dropped plans to co-host the 2016 European championships due to the financial demands of the expanded tournament, their football associations said Tuesday. 　　Euro 2012, jointly hosted by Ukraine and Poland, will be the last to feature 16 teams after UEFA voted last year to expand the tournament […]

　　 　　Mardy Fish of the U.S. returns the ball to Richard Gasquet of France during their match at the Madrid Masters Series tennis tournament in Madrid Oct. 14, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters, File Photo)     BEIJING, March 3 — Top-seeded American Mardy Fish outgunned Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-3 to clinch his third ATP title at the […]

ORGANS donated by the family of a brain-dead man in Shenzhen had helped five patients in three cities by Wednesday. The liver of Liu Daixiang, the 35-year-old donor, was transplanted to a Guangzhou patient Tuesday afternoon, hours after the donation was made to Shenzhen Red Cross. Liu’s two kidneys went to another two in Guangzhou […]

    Katarzyna Karasinska of Poland competes during the women’s slalom in alpine skiing in the 24th Winter Universiade at the Yabuli Ski Resort, 195 kilometers southeast of Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Thursday. Karasinska claimed the title in 1:25.39 minutes, winning the first gold medal for Poland. China had won 16 gold medals by press time […]

　　Team members of Poland celebrate after the men’s team pursuit final of speed skating in the 24th World Winter Universiade at Harbin, capital city of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Poland claimed the gold medal with a time of 03:52.96. (Xinhua/Fan Jun) 　　Skaters of Poland competes during the men’s team pursuit final of […]