Top Shot

Record-chasing Bonds rested, set for Monday return

De La Hoya, Hatton eye possible clash

LAS VEGAS: Oscar De La Hoya plans to continue fighting and has targeted Britain's Ricky Hatton for a possible clash next year.

Iraq's Akram gears up for big European move

BANGKOK: Nashat Akram is poised to become the first Iraqi to play in one of the big European soccer leagues after being linked with top-flight clubs in England, Spain and Italy.

Czech shows backbone to climb ranks

LOS ANGELES: Radek Stepanek, sidelined for six months last year with a neck injury, set his sights on regaining a top-10 ranking after winning the Los Angeles Classic on Sunday.

Life Expat

Dino museum's green display

It seems suitable that China's first green museum should be built in Liaoning Province - once a lush pre-historic paradise where giant dinosaurs roamed - and now a land rich with exciting fossils, some of which will end up inside the new museum. Set to open before next year's Olympics, the Yizhou Fossil and Geology Park touts itself as China's first completely green museum, built entirely with environmentally friendly materials.

Life Travel

Striking gold

It all started in 2001, when a bulldozer driver heard a scraping sound as his machine's blade bit deep into the dirt. Working at a new real estate development site on the west end of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the driver looked down to see what his scoop had snagged. He had struck a collection of golden and jade objects in the earth.

Masks made by aliens?

Jinsha shares many cultural similarities with Sanxingdui, or Three Star Mound, an important archaeological site located at Guanghan, a city 40 kilometers away from Chengdu, and representing an ancient Chinese culture that is believed to have existed between 2800 BC and 800 BC.

Like wandering through a picture book

SOEBY, Denmark: The Danish island of Aeroe is like something out of a picture book. The sea is never far away and the countryside has been blessed by gently rolling hills.

Life Health

Don't snooze? You lose

LONDON: Whether it's due to partners snoring, nagging consciences or the stresses and anxieties of modern life, new research has revealed that women are almost 20 percent more likely to suffer insomnia than men.