BRUSSELS: Olympic doubles champion Sun Tiantian and Yan Zi helped clinch China's place in the 2008 Fed Cup World Group as its team enjoyed a 4-1 win over Belgium in Knokke-Heist on Sunday.
HANOI: Holder Japan stormed into the Asian Cup quarterfinals with a ruthless 4-1 demolition of co-host Vietnam yesterday.
SHEFFIELD, England: Liu Xiang of China, the men's 110 meters hurdles world record-holder and Olympic champion, won his race in 13.23 seconds, 0.04 seconds ahead of American Ryan Wilson in the rain at Sunday's IAAF British Grand Prix.
MARACAIBO, Venezuela: Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez complained that Brazil got the best dressing rooms for Tuesday's Copa America semifinal and was also angry about the refereeing in the penalty shootout.
JOIGNY, France: Norway's Thor Hushovd claimed his first victory of the year when he clinched the fourth stage of the Tour de France, a 193-km trek from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny on Wednesday.
BANGKOK: Striker Pipat Tongkanya scored twice in eight minutes to lift hosts Thailand to a convincing 2-0 win over Oman and top spot in Asian Cup Group A yesterday.
PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela: Lionel Messi scored a breathtaking goal, arguably the best of the tournament, as Argentina beat Mexico 3-0 in the second Copa America semifinal on Wednesday.
LONDON: McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan "behaved disgracefully" by copying and keeping documents belonging to Formula One rivals Ferrari, London's High Court heard on Tuesday.
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