MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Penny Hardaway has revived the excitement in basketball at the University of Memphis. Now it's time for the Tigers' first-year coach to transfer the hoopla into wins.
Despite failing to qualify for the World Cup, Team China coach Marcello Lippi this week claimed that the national side has shown improvement during his reign.
SYDNEY - Sprint king Usain Bolt's attempt to become a professional soccer player with Australia's Central Coast Mariners collapsed on Friday as his trial period was terminated after contract talks failed.
From Michael Jordan to Usain Bolt, a select few elite athletes have attempted the switch to another top-level sport in a trait psychologists see as a "high need to achieve" coupled with filling a gulf in their lives.
There are thrills and spills aplenty in this week's selection of our favorite sports pics
Chinese tech heavyweights and startups said on Thursday that they will boost investment to promote original research and industrial applications of artificial intelligence, in response to the central authorities' call to build the nation into a leading AI power.
Internet giant Baidu Inc on Thursday announced it will launch autonomous cars with Level 4 capabilities next year in a partnership with Hongqi, a homegrown brand under automaker FAW Group.
A laboratory combining manufacturing, artificial intelligence and the internet was established on Thursday by China Baowu Steel Group, as the nation's biggest steelmaker looks to raise production efficiency with the aid of state-of-the-art technology.
China's eagerness to boost imports is driving the current account balance amid downward pressure, and the trend could be intensified after the year's biggest import tariff cuts take effect, influencing sentiment on financial stability and the exchange rate, according to experts.
China will keep making remarkable achievements on tackling pollution with a good understanding of the role that policy plays in incentivizing the private sector to respond to green finance, said a senior executive of the Asian Development Bank.
Sweden's Ikea, the world's largest furniture retailer, is opening more stores and distribution centers and launching online services in 149 Chinese cities as part of its ongoing efforts to integrate online and offline retail channels in the nation, a top executive said on Thursday.
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