Wiggins going back to track

Bradley Wiggins is turning his back on "cut-throat" road racing and has ruled out competing in any more grand tours, the 2012 Tour de France champion said on Thursday.

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Top pick Wiggins on 30-day countdown

Cavaliers' signing could be prelude to blockbuster trade for Love

Lin relishing 'fresh start' with Lakers

Two years ago Jeremy Lin lit up the National Basketball Association with his explosive play for the New York Knicks, but he has no desire to recreate 'Linsanity' in his new career with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Griffin won't suit up for US

Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin has withdrawn from playing for the US national basketball team this summer.

Mavs get some help at guard

The Dallas Mavericks have signed former All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson as a free agent.

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Best way to fight cyber threat

Instead of desperately distracting attention from the NSA's espionage by accusing China, the US should seek cooperation

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Shrinking population the bane of Japan

The national census and surveys in Japan point to a demographic crisis. Japan has one of the highest life expectancies and one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. As a result, children below the age of 15 account for a record low 12.5 percent of the population, the Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry announced on April 1. The percentage of people aged 65 years and above has also hit a record, albeit on the higher side: 25.6 percent.

Japan reopens China's wounds

FEW WOUNDS TAKE SO LONG TO HEAL.

Painful past not to be repeated

Imperial Japane merged victorious in the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War and set on its journey of invasions, occupations and destruction that claimed the lives of millions of people. Japan didn't stop its dance of death until it reached the brink of destructing itself at the end of World War II.Even today, Japan is an "abnormal state" because it refuses to own up to its war crimes.