NEW YORK: China's world and Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang said on Wednesday that he feels added pressure to win at the Beijing Games but expects to share the limelight with basketball star Yao Ming.
BOSTON: Kevin Garnett scored 33 points and Ray Allen chipped in 29 as the Boston Celtics defeated the Detroit Pistons 106-102 on Wednesday in Game 5 of the National Basketball Association semifinals.
PARIS: Maria Sharapova narrowly avoided becoming the first women's top seed in French Open history to lose in the opening round yestrday.
PARIS: Yannick Noah, who is marking the 25th anniversary of his French Open title, sprang to the defense of his son Joakim on Tuesday after the basketball star was arrested for possession of marijuana.
SAN ANTONIO: The Los Angeles Lakers handed the defending champion San Antonio Spurs their first home defeat of the playoffs Tuesday to take a stranglehold on their NBA semifinal series.
SAN FRANCISCO: A jury began its deliberations on Tuesday in the case of Trevor Graham, the controversial athletics coach whose anonymous tip helped spark the largest doping scandal in sports.
The Chinese are used to naming generations by when they were born and associating their character traits to the times they have lived through.
The earthquake is a great challenge for young people born after the 1980s, offering them a chance to display their patriotism, said Dr Li Houqiang from the policy research office of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee.
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