China dominates pairs as France leads ice dancing

GOTHENBURG, Sweden: China's Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao skated a flawless routine to win the pairs short program at the World Figure Skating Championships on Tuesday.

Penguins miss out on top spot

NEW YORK: The Pittsburgh Penguins paid the price for careless defense when a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers ended their hopes of moving top of the Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division on Tuesday.

US follows Beijing model in BMX preparations

INDIAN WELLS, California: Short of spending the entire year living in China, US champion Donny Robinson could not have prepared any better for the debut of BMX as an Olympic sport in August.

Disgraced Landis set for last appeal of doping

NEW YORK: US cyclist Floyd Landis, stripped of his 2006 Tour de France victory for doping, makes his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Wednesday in a do-or-die bid to regain his title.

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Wukesong Field fights to survive

Major League Baseball made a successful landing in China last weekend, but its attempt to build a legacy here is being immediately challenged by plans to raze Wukesong Baseball Field after the Beijing Games conclude.

MLB looks to future after successful China Series

After the final out of the historic Major League Baseball China Series on Sunday, MLB officials took a look around Wukesong Baseball Field and quietly congratulated themselves.

Lefebvre proud to see team progress

Before coming to China to manage the country's national baseball team in 2003, Jim Lefebvre was in his third year as a minor league batting coach for the San Diego Padres.

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China launches instant sports lottery with Olympic theme

Shandong province will be the first province to sell tickets for a new kind of sports lottery, the instant lottery, beginning on March 23. The lottery will then go nationwide in May and June, China's Sports Lottery Administration Center announced last week.

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