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 […]

Wang Yuanyuan CLASSES taken during noon breaks outside schools will be regulated by the end of June to ensure the health and safety of students who study, eat and nap during the lunch period, Mayor Xu Zongheng told a panel discussion of lawmakers yesterday. A regulation governing noon breaks off-campus had been drawn up at […]

Helen Deng WHILE Shenzhen University had become overly crowded, the city’s University Town — which houses the postgraduate schools of some of the best universities in the country — had too few students, a legislator said yesterday. “The government should think about how to make use of the existing resources (in the University Town),” said […]

Han Ximin PASSENGERS taking the Shenzhen-Guangzhou bullet trains will not need to buy tickets before boarding from Wednesday. They can instead pay by swiping an IC bankcard issued exclusively by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). The bankcards will be scanned at the entrance and exit gates at railway stations in Guangzhou, Dongguan […]

Cai Yingbo MORE than 1,500 senior citizens were waiting for vacancies in old folks’ home as the population above age 60 had increased by 30 percent in three years, according to a meeting organized by the municipal committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The number of elderly people is expected to reach […]

Charles Landry Cao Zhen IN more than three decades of exploring the potential of cities around the world, Charles Landry has seen the trend of transforming a city of production into a city of innovation. And, if his maiden visit to Shenzhen was any indication, he maintains an intense curiosity about what will be the […]