By sportswriter Shen Nan BANGKOK, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The opening day of the inaugural shooting competition in the Universiade history saw world-class marks from both events of men’s 50m pistol and women’s 10m air pistol here on Friday. Leonid Ekimov from Russia collected a personal best of 571 points in the qualification round of […]

LOCAL basketball sensation Yi Jianlian signed a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks yesterday, putting aside concerns that a move to Wisconsin might not best serve the forward’s career prospects and style of play. “My feelings are that it’s a new start, a fresh challenge,” Yi told reporters after signing his contract in a luxury […]

MILWAUKEE Bucks general manager Larry Harris is confident that Chinese power forward Yi Jianlian will play for his NBA club when the season opens in three months. His message Monday to Yi was simple — give us a chance. “I believe (Yi) will be in a Bucks uniform,” Harris said. “We haven’t found one player […]

MANCHESTER United new boy Nani Almeida wrapped up the club’s Far East tour with a stunning goal in a 3-0 win against Guangzhou Pharmaceutical in Guangzhou on Friday. Nani, Wayne Rooney and Lee Martin claimed the goals as United overcame stifling conditions in Guangdong Province to put a winning seal on the side’s hugely successful […]

BANGKOK, August 11 (Xinhua) — The men’s 100 meters final of the World University Games will have a rematch Sunday afternoon, the arbitration panel of the athletics competition announced Saturday night. Great Britain’s Simeon Williamson was crowned the men’s 100m in 10.28 seconds Saturday evening ahead of China’s Zhang Peimeng and Canadian Neviile Wright but […]

    Shenzhen Daily (Tan Xiaomi) SHENZHEN will improve its transportation, environment, security, welfare and urban planning for the 26th Summer Universiade to be held in the city in 2011, Mayor Xu Zongheng told a conference yesterday.     Residents are expected to benefit from the improvements beginning this year, the mayor said.     At a Universiade mobilization conference held at Citizens’ […]

    Shenzhen Daily (Han Ximin) IRISH businessman Liam Casey, chief executive of Shenzhen-based PCH International, was named among 10 winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 at a recent gala evening in Dublin, Ireland.     The award is the world’s most prestigious business honor for corporate leaders. Recognized globally, the award provides a unique way […]

     BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the fight against doping remained at the top of the agenda of the Olympic Movement.     “I would like to reiterate the IOC’s total commitment to the fight against doping,” Rogge told reporters in a teleconference on Wednesday.     Rogge said the IOC would […]

    Shenzhen Daily (Tan Xiaomi) THE municipal environmental protection bureau Thursday blamed two power plants in Nanshan District for the acid rain that fell there Tuesday, corroding the exteriors of hundreds of buildings and vehicles.     The hardest-hit areas included Taizi Villa and Nanshan Village near the eastern section of Yueliangwan Thoroughfare. A lab test result conducted by the […]

    BEIJING, Nov. 9 — Chinese musicians are taking part in the nationwide preparation for next year’s Beijing Olympics in their own ways.     On Wednesday, pop singer You Hongming took to the gymnasium at a university in Beijing to shoot a music video for his Olympic tribute, “Hero.”     You started a project that will involve […]