SEOUL: Only a week ago he was known merely as South Korean baseball's first foreign manager, a journeyman hired by a lackluster team that ended next to last in 2007.
DETROIT: The Stanley Cup playoffs begin this week with the NHL's two brightest talents, Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins set to shine.
The new season of the China Baseball League (CBL) will open next week but finds itself bending to the needs of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Liang Wenchong never imagined his life would change so dramatically when a golf club was first put into his hands 14 years ago.
In China, sports like diving, table tennis, shooting, weightlifting and judo are often in the limelight not only because they produce the most gold medals for the country, but also because of their sometimes subjective selection process for the final Olympic lists.
WASHINGTON: Yi Jianlian sprained his left knee in a National Basketball Association game on Wednesday but told Chinese fans not to lose sleep worrying about whether he would be ready for the Beijing Olympics.
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