Universiade volunteers take an oath at a Shenzhen airport terminal Saturday to serve the archery competition for the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade, to be held from Friday to Sunday. More than 40 volunteers took part. The competition will be the first of a series held to test venues for the Universiade, which will be held […]

    Volunteers form the words “Love Ocean” on a beach on Dapeng Peninsula on Saturday, International Cleanup Day. Some 1,500 volunteers turned out to clean up the beach at a tourist resort and picked up more than a ton of garbage. About 30 Chinese and foreign scuba divers cleaned up coral reefs. Wen Ting Source： […]

English -> NEWS -> SHENZHEN Welcome Back Breakfast 2010-09-16 Source：Shenzhen Daily     Members of the Shekou Women’s International Club (SWIC) perform a dance at the annual Welcome Back Breakfast meeting in Nanhai Hotel yesterday. About 220 expat women from all over the world attended the meeting. The newly elected president of SWIC, Katharina Schmidt from Germany, delivered a speech at […]

Clijsters wins 3rd U.S. Open title KIM CLIJSTERS won a second consecutive U.S. Open championship and third overall by easily beating Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-1 Saturday in a match that lasted 59 minutes and lacked any drama. Kim Clijsters of Belgium holds her daughter Jada as she poses with her trophy after defeating Vera Zvonareva […]

YAO MING would play no more than 24 minutes per game in the coming NBA season, the Houston Rockets said Wednesday. There will be no exceptions. If Yao has played his 24 minutes and the Rockets have the ball and eight seconds on the clock to make up a one-point deficit, Yao will not play […]

   A golden retriever with her new-born puppies Wednesday. The retriever, called Kaixin, gave birth to 14 puppies from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday. The pups were doing well, said the owner surnamed Wang, who plans to keep only one and give the rest away. A golden retriver usually has litters of six to […]

Inter draws Champions League opener INTER Milan opened the defense of its Champions League title with a 2-2 draw at tournament newcomer FC Twente on Tuesday while Barcelona signaled its intent with a 5-1 home thrashing of Panathinaikos. Panathinaikos’ Jean-Alain Boumsong (L) fights for the ball with Barcelona’s Lionel Messi during their Champions League Group […]

Lithuania, Argentina enter quarters LITHUANIA beat China and Argentina edged past Brazil to grab the final two quarterfinal spots at the Basketball World Championship on Tuesday. China’s Yi Jianlian (C) tries to shoot as he is double-teamed by Lithuania’s Robertas Javtokas and Linas Kleiza (R) during their FIBA Basketball World Championship in Istanbul on Tuesday.SD-Agencies […]

When athletes from the other countries were sharing victories with their teammates before the awarding ceremony yesterday, bronze-winner for compound bow man, the 21-year-old Roberto Hernandez, could only stand there alone, playing with his fingers, as he was the only one from El Salvador to participate in the Eighth World University Archery Championships. “It feels […]

Typhoon Fanapi delays 200 flights Han Ximin A couple walk in flooded road yesterday when the city was lashed by heavy rain. Sun Yuchen SHENZHEN airport saw delays of around 200 flights departing and arriving in the city by 6 p.m. yesterday because of Fanapi, the 11th typhoon of the year. Around 20 flights were […]