China's Asian Cup campaign may have come to an abrupt end on Thursday night following a 2-0 loss to Australia, but Alain Perrin's side will undoubtedly leave the country better for the experience.
With Li Na in retirement and not defending her title at the Australian Open, there are far fewer Chinese flags and fans with red-and-yellow-streaked faces in the stands at Melbourne Park.
Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was shut out of a top 10 athletes voting by the Southeast Chinese province of Zhejiang on Thursday.
Veteran Tim Cahill consolidated his talismanic place in Australian soccer on Thursday, striking twice in an Asian Cup quarterfinal that secured the host's berth in the last four and continue China's soccer woes.
Eugenie Bouchard's jaw dropped a little and her eyes went wide when the male presenter conducting her on-court interview at the Australian Open made an unusual request: "Can you give us a twirl?"
World Cup ski champion Lindsey Vonn is backing boyfriend Tiger Woods' account of how he lost a front tooth.
Host Australia takes on an China on Thursday in the most anticipated of the quarterfinal matches at the Asian Cup, while two-time champion South Korea meets 2011 semifinalist Uzbekistan.
An agitated Roger Federer spat out the question that Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova easily could have asked the players who pushed them to the limits in the second round of the Australian Open.
Real Madrid says it has signed 16-year-old Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard.
Rafael Nadal persevered through stomach cramps to fend off American qualifier Tim Smyczek 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-5 in a second-round match Wednesday at the Australian Open.
New England has the Boston Tea Party and cream pie, Seattle has Starbucks and marijuana but only one will be crowned Super Bowl champions after an East Coast versus West Coast clash of teams as different as the cities they represent.
Boston residents will get their first chance on Wednesday to see how Olympic organizers would handle the 2024 Summer Games if they are awarded to the Massachusetts city.
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