Seven reasons to walk

Here are some reasons to take those extra steps and make walking a part of your lifestyle:

Time to pass new Olympic sport onto the youth

Adding rugby sevens to the 2016 Rio Olympics has provided the sport with a great boost in China, but for it to gain a firm foothold, it needs to get children involved.

Hot Messi takes Ajax to cleaners

Lionel Messi gave yet another sparkling Champions League recital when he netted a hat-trick as Barcelona began its European campaign with a crushing 4-0 home win over Ajax Amsterdam in Group H on Wednesday.

Mourinho: My team is immature

Jose Mourinho blamed Chelsea's surprise 2-1 home defeat by Basel partly on his team's immaturity and said his young millionaires had better grow up soon or their only Champions League involvement this Christmas will come via their beloved X-boxes.

Love matches

Despite an extremely rigorous schedule, it's not all work and no play for the world's top professional tennis players on the international circuit

Heyday past, South African tennis center struggles

The gold paint on the winners' boards at the Ellis Park tennis stadium in Johannesburg sparkles with names of the greats: Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King and many more.

'World-class' Rooney hailed

Star striker reaches milestone by notching 200th goal for United

Bayern delivers solid response to criticism

Pep Guardiola was delighted to see his Bayern Munich side respond to criticism of its style of play with a 3-0 win against CSKA Moscow in his first Champions League game in charge of the club.

Foton Loxa: Lifting to success

Latecomer finds market niche in construction machinery

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Voices from the Frankfurt Motor Show

Editor's note: The industry's largest event worldwide, the Frankfurt Motor Show is underway in the German city from Sept 12 to 22, where executives from the world's leading automakers and component suppliers once again confirmed the importance of the China market. China's local companies said they want to use the event to facilitate their efforts in going global.

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FERRARI 458 SPECIALE , the latest super car made by the Italian carmaker is powered by an exceptional V8 naturally aspired engine that can produce output of 445 kW at 9000 rpm.