China's 'breaststroke queen' has a heart for swimming

2011-08-02 14:24:02

China's former Olympic swimming gold medalist Luo Xuejuan reacts as she watches swimming games during the 14th FINA World championships at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai.

Tseng wins British Open for 5th major

2011-08-02 08:19:38

The 22-year-old Chinese Taipei golfer won the Women's British Open for the second straight year, becoming the youngest player - male or female - to capture a fifth major title.

Overseas training program pays off

2011-08-02 08:19:38

Sending its best abroad, the Chinese swimming team's overseas training programs paid off as the squad only trailed the dominant United States on the final medal table at the Shanghai World Championships.

China looks further ahead

2011-08-02 08:19:38

Boasting home pool advantage, the host finished up with five gold, two silver and seven bronze medals, its best performance since the 1994 worlds and is ready for a tougher challenge in London.

Chinese football league mourns train crash victims

2011-08-01 20:16:50

Players of Liaoning Hongyun enter into the stadium holding a black banner to mourn for the victims killed in a recent high-speed train crash accident in East China, during their Chinese super league football match with Jiansu Shuntian.

Chinese Universiade delegation set up

2011-08-01 16:54:23

The roster of the Chinese delegation to the Shenzhen Universiade was completed on Monday, the Nanfang Daily reported.

Tseng retains British Open title

2011-08-01 15:58:36

Chinese Taipei's Yani Tseng staged a successful defence of the women's British Open title with a final round 69 and a 16 under par 272 total on Sunday.

Wang suspended for punching manager

2011-08-01 11:16:29

China's short track speed skating Olympic champion Wang Meng has been "suspended and ordered to reflect on" her drunken brawl with team manager.

Sun shatters world record of 1,500m

2011-08-01 09:19:27

Sun Yang's victory in the men's 1500 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships on Sunday may indicate a re-awakening of the China's swimming programme.

Golf courses an issue as land disputes rise

2011-08-01 08:17:53

Group petition cases provoked by land acquisition and relocation increased substantially in the first half of the year, the country's top land watchdog has revealed.

China gets a lucky draw for World Cup preliminaries

2011-08-01 08:16:20

China, which avoided early clashes with arch-rivals Japan, South Korea and Australia after the seedings, has been grouped with Jordan, Iraq and Singapore in the round-of-20 Asian Zone qualifying round.

Sun sets sights on 1500 gold in Shanghai

2011-07-30 14:06:40

China's Sun Yang loped into the final of the men's 1500 metres freestyle at the world championships on Saturday, powering his way to top the qualifying sheets with a time of 14 minutes, 48.13 seconds