China’s female badminton team overcame a first-match scare to thrash South Korea 3-0 and reclaim the Uber Cup from the defending champion at the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium on Saturday.
The distractions of being French Open champion led to six wasted months, said 2011 winner Li Na, who has finally found her form again in time to defend her title next week.
The London Olympics are giving "brand Britain" a fillip in China and India, a survey indicated on Saturday, boosting the UK government's ambition of attracting an extra one billion pounds of inward investment and trade.
Former Argentina national coach Sergio Batista landed at Shanghai's Pudong Airport on Friday for talks with Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua about becoming their new boss.
Foiled at the last in Beijing, Romanian fencer Ana-Maria Branza believes the experience will stand her in good stead to step up from silver to gold at this year's Olympic Games in London.
The IOC 15-member executive board announced on Wednesday that Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul had made the final cut as finalists to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. 
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Private security guards manning venues at July and August's London Olympics have been warned against over-zealous behaviour that might alienate sports fans, the firm in charge of training said on Thursday.
World badminton number one Lee Chong-wei needs a miracle if he is to take part in the London Olympics after suffering an ankle injury.
Li, China's first-ever Grand Slam champion, was chosen by Samsung, one of three main sponsors of the Olympic torch relay.
An elusive revenue-sharing deal between the United States and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is close to being finalised, officials said on Wednesday, ending a bitter dispute that has paralysed American efforts to host an Olympic Games.
The chase to host the 2020 Summer Games was reduced to a three horse race between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Doha and the Azerbaijan capital Baku were dropped from the running by the IOC.
Defending Uber Cup champions South Korea survived a scare of being eliminated out of the top four on Wednesday as China's mighty badminton armada continued their momentum by reaching the semifinals at Thomas and Uber Cup.
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