It's no revelation that big business makes the sports world go round. The athletes we cheer for are just pieces in an economic chess game played by the suits behind the scenes, and the performances of our favorite players on and off the court translate into dollars and cents for the people in charge.
Li Mingzhu has a habit of training champions. Everywhere she's coached, whether in China or the US, her students have become winners.
Performing to the sounds of "Ave Maria", the yellow-skinned American girl impressed the audience with her excellent spins at the Cup of China, the third stop of the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix, in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjing Province earlier this month.
According to some Chinese traditions, Xian Dongmei should stay in bed all day long, drinking chicken soup and feeding her baby seven times a day.
China is suddenly a contender for Olympic boxing gold after years of being a pugilistic afterthought in international competitions, boxing officials are saying.
Liang Wenchong of China has placed one hand on the Asian Tour's prestigious UBS Order of Merit title, with only Thailand's Chapchai Nirat and Scotland's Simon Yates capable of denying him Asia's most coveted prize.
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