WIMBLEDON, England - Cori Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters and picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of the American superstars.
Naomi Osaka's 16-match Grand Slam winning streak has been followed by a two-match losing streak at majors, and as she haltingly discussed her quick departure from Wimbledon on Monday, she suddenly stopped.
Damian Lillard wasn't a top-five draft pick. Tobias Harris wasn't a lottery pick. And Khris Middleton wasn't even a first-rounder.
STANFORD, California - Olympic champion Caster Semenya said on Sunday she would not defend her world title in Doha in September if she cannot run in the 800 meters because of new testosterone regulations imposed by the sport's governing body.
Wei Shihao has been a cut above in more than ways than one this season.
LONDON - There are seven Grand Slam winners in defending champion Angelique Kerber's quarter of the draw at Wimbledon this year, but the German said she is only conscious of one particular opponent: Serena Williams.
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - For the past dozen years, Argentina has been waiting for global superstar Lionel Messi to lead its team to a major international trophy.
VALENCIENNES, France - Netherlands head coach Sarina Wiegman said she felt more proud than surprised about her team's improvement over the past four years as it advanced to the Women's World Cup semifinals with a 2-0 win over Italy on Saturday.
Stephon Marbury sees the challenge of coaching the Beijing Royal Fighters as a fresh start to his turbulent career - and he's vowing to give the CBA's chronic underachievers a champion's mentality.
After eight tournaments so far this season, the PGA Tour Series-China Series is taking a short break before returning to action in Guangzhou in mid-July and wrapping up its final six events with the season-ending Clearwater Bay Tour Championship in Hong Kong in October.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Raymond Zhou
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
