SHANGHAI: Gregory Burns' record-breaking achievements in the swimming pool began in the seat of power. As a small child, Burns had the fortune of swimming regularly in the heated pool of the White House.
Eighty-four-year-old American philosopher R. S. Cohen is well known for his Marxist studies and passion for China. To fulfill that sentiment, Cohen recently donated his personal collection of 20,000 books to the Tsinghua University Library in Beijing.
Sixteen years ago, Yang Cunzhi, then 25, began to work in Majiliang mine, a remote coalmine in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, where he became one of millions of miners in the sea of coals.
MANCHESTER, England: Sir Alex Ferguson admitted he was 'flabbergasted' after two goals from Maltese striker Michael Mifsud sealed a stunning 2-0 League Cup victory for Championship outfit Coventry at Old Trafford.
ROME: Defending champion Inter Milan moved level on points with Serie A leader AS Roma after a 3-0 home win against Sampdoria on Wednesday.
HULL, England: Avram Grant has warned Andriy Shevchenko he cannot guarantee the Ukraine striker a place in his Chelsea revolution.
LONDON: Michael Owen will be sidelined at least until late October and will miss the next four games for Newcastle United and England, his club manager Sam Allardyce said on Wednesday.
Zou Shiming achieved two major breakthroughs in Chinese boxing history when he won a bronze medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and then went on to become the country's first world boxing champion in 2005. But few know that his childhood dream was to become a chivalrous martial artist.
Most heroes are unspoken. But a national campaign launched this July sought to identify those who are moral models for the rest of the country and announce their names loudly and proudly for the world to hear.
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