A victorious national coach has joined World Rowing officials to hail Chinese rowers as future world beaters after the youth team of the 2008 Olympic hosts dominated the World Rowing Junior Championships in Beijing.
It will take a stroke of luck to edge past China and the US on the gold medal table at the Beijing Games but Russia thinks it's a chance as the 2008 Olympics' dark horse.
If organizing an Olympic event was just about getting the venue right, the Beijing 2008 rowing competition could be counted a success already.
The Australian hockeyroos struck a double blow yesterday at the "Good Luck Beijing" International Hockey Tournament, where both the men's and women's teams defeated their hosts in the title games.
China's international soccer star Zheng Zhi has reached a two-year deal worth two million pounds ($4.04 million) with his former English Premier League Club, his domestic club Shandong Luneng announced yesterday.
It all started to provide coal miners some recreational viewing, but a major industry-sponsored basketball tournament may soon develop into China's own professional summer league.
Wang Guohua comes home early on Saturdays, eats dinner with his family, sits down with some beers and peanuts and turns the television to free-to-air network BTV-6.
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