CHINESE diving legend Guo Jingjing cruised into the final of the women’s 3m springboard event by posting easily the best score in Monday’s afternoon semifinal, just as she had done in the morning preliminaries. However, her score of 368.10 was not as good as her morning mark of 377.55, but it was still good enough […]

RONALDO scored his sixth goal in two weeks to help Corinthians beat 10-man Cruzeiro 2-1 and move near the top of the standings in the Brazilian league Sunday. The three-time FIFA Player of the Year set up Jorge Henrique for the first in the 23rd minute and could have increased the lead five minutes later […]

SPAIN’S 2007 champion Alberto Contador of Astana took possession of the Tour de France yellow jersey after a superb solo attack and victory on the 15th stage in the Swiss Alps on Sunday. Contador, winning his first individual stage of this year’s race, attacked a small group of favorites containing teammate Lance Armstrong 5.6 km […]

STEWART CINK claimed the British Open title at the Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland on Sunday with an emphatic playoff victory over 59-year-old fellow American Tom Watson, who was bidding to become the oldest man to win a major golf title. Watson had missed an eight-foot par putt on the final hole of regulation play […]

OLYMPIC champions Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin won the 10m synchronized platform title at the World Championships in Rome, Italy, on Sunday. Their victory continued China’s domination of this event with a comprehensive success that never looked in doubt. The real interest came in the battle for the minor medals with Americans Mary Beth Dunnichay […]

CHINESE Olympic champions Qin Kai and Wang Feng led from start to finish to retain their men’s three-meter synchronized springboard title at the World Championships in Rome, Italy, on Saturday. Americans Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen finished second with Alexandre Despatie and Reuben Ross of Canada completing the podium. It was Qin’s second gold medal […]

Felipe Melo JUVENTUS signed Fiorentina’s Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo on Wednesday after beating off competition from Arsenal. Juventus has paid 20.5 million euros (US$28.80 million) plus winger Marco Marchionni for the 26-year-old, the Turin club said in a statement, adding that he had signed a five-year contract. “I believe a lot in this side. It […]

LAMAR ODOM enjoyed his first NBA championship with Lakers teammates Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol this past June, but the free agent might not be back in Los Angeles next season. The Lakers withdrew their offer to the forward late Tuesday, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. “Yes, we have taken the […]

CHINA won the women’s 4x100m medley relay world title in a world record time of 3 minutes, 52.19 seconds in Rome, Italy, on Saturday. China broke the previous record of 3:52.69 set by Australia in winning Olympic gold in Beijing last August. “It’s so cool. We had a great race. We all improved our times […]

ENGLISH Premier League side Hull City scraped through to the final of the Asia Trophy in Beijing on Wednesday with a 5-4 win on penalties against Beijing Guoan. A sublime strike from Geovanni gave Hull an early lead but from then on it was all Beijing and they deservedly equalized two minutes into the second […]