Players eye bigger piece of the pie after new TV contracts signed
Michael Phelps' comeback took a major hit on Monday, with USA Swimming suspending the 18-time Olympic champion for six months and forcing him to withdraw from next year's world championships.
With the NBA trying to recover from the Donald Sterling fiasco and the NFL reeling from a string of domestic violence cases, the National Hockey League opens a new season on Wednesday free of controversy.
After a three-and-a-half-month moratorium on fishing, more than 1,000 fishing boats sailed from the port of Shipu in Xiangshan county, Zhejiang province on Sept 16 at the start of a new fishing season.
High-speed trains are not available in Xiangshan county. But tourists can take these trains or fly to Ningbo and then take an intercity bus from Ningbo South Bus Station to Xiangshan.
In the deep valleys of southwest China's Guizhou province the sounds of drums and gongs signal Nuo performances, which are held about 10 times a month to drive away evil spirits and pray for good.
For many artists, the Qingming Festival by the Riverside - a famous Chinese 1,000-year-old painting - is a source of inspiration.
Cesc Fabregas will look to make Arsenal pay for its failure to re-sign him when he faces his old club in its match against Premier League leader Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Valencia's fine early season form will be put to the test when it hosts champion Atletico Madrid in the game of the La Liga weekend on Saturday.
Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has called for the champion to underline its status in Italy's Serie A after a European slip-up in midweek that has injected extra belief into Roma ahead of the sides' Serie A showdown on Sunday.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic continued his march to a fifth China Open title by dismantling a flat Grigor Dimitrov in a one-sided quarterfinal on Friday after women's top seed Serena Williams was forced to pull out through injury.
The Asian Games are a "landmark" for the continent and will remain Olympic-size despite concerns over hosting and ticket sales, the head of Asia's top sports body said on Friday.
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