Chen Ruolin (above) and Wang Xin. CHINA’S dominating divers kept their winning stretch in the Water Cube as teenagers Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin won the third gold, the women’s 10m platform synchronized, yesterday. The Chinese duo, winner in the 2007 Melbourne World Championships, led all the way in the five-dive final, and their winning […]

 Russia’s Marat Safin reacts during his quarterfinal match of the men’s singles against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, capital of Britain, on July 2, 2008. Safin won 3-1 (3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-3) and advanced to the semifinal. (Xinhua/Xie Xiudong)  

Liu Zige of China reacts during the final of women’s 200m butterfly at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube in Beijing, China, Aug. 14, 2008. Liu Zige won the gold medal with a new world record of 2 minutes 04.18 seconds. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua) China’s Liu […]

Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James pauses during the second quarter of Game 7 of their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final basketball playoff series against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Massachusetts May 18, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) “This has been, to say the least, an extremely difficult selection process. The 33 players who committed to be part of the […]

By Sportswriter Shan Lei It was not just a game of basketball. It was a contest of determination and belief. Billions of fans watched China’s 101-70 loss to the United States in the men’s basketball competitions of the Beijing Olympic Games at the Wukesong Stadium on Sunday night. Nevertheless, China were fired up to have […]

  TWO women from Shenzhen will join the national squad of athletes for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Games, which open Sept. 6. Wheelchair archer Xiao Yanhong and basketballer Zhang Santao will make history for Shenzhen, becoming the city’s first athletes to appear in the Games, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday. Xiao, 30, a […]

  Top singers to grace Games opening  DATA： 2008-08-07 Liu Huan Sarah Brightman CHINA’S Liu Huan and British singer Sarah Brightman will sing at tomorrow’s opening ceremony for the Olympic Games at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing, organizers said yesterday. Liu, one of the most renowned male pop singers in China, will sing with Brightman, […]

THE Beijing Paralympic flame will be lit by the sun at the Temple of Heaven at 10:30 a.m. today, marking the start of a nine-day relay through 11 cities. The flame will be lit from the rays of the sun captured in a concave mirror in the same way the Olympic flame was lit. The […]

    Jiang Xiaoyu (L), vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), shakes hands with BHP Billiton China President Clinton Dines in front of the Olympic medals at a handing over ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic medals held in Beijing July 3, 2008. The medals were officially handed over […]