With China's expanding appetite for combat sports drawing global attention, Singapore-based martial arts promotion One Championship is punching well above its weight.
Title-winning performances by Chinese women are making a strong statement on the rise of female fighters in a sport that places overwhelming emphasis on masculinity.
A reported proposal to enter China's national team in the Chinese Super League in a bid to improve the squad's fortunes has been met with ridicule and uproar online, casting early doubt on the radical idea.
ST. PETERSBURG - Eden Hazard is one of the French academy system's finest exports in the past decade, but he could be the man to end Didier Deschamps' bid for World Cup glory.
With Chinese brands ubiquitous at the World Cup, a number of volunteers are also doing the country proud at soccer's showpiece.
SAMARA, Russia - He stretched the opposing defense with incisive runs.
ST. PETERSBURG - China might not be renowned for its hockey prowess, but that hasn't stopped Wang Fei from making an impact in a nation that is one of the sport's global superpowers.
LONDON - Although the players are coping just fine with the heat at Wimbledon, everybody else is not as much.
LONDON (AP) - Novak Djokovic shrugged off a bad call by the chair umpire that cost him a break in his Wimbledon win over home favorite Kyle Edmund on Saturday.
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