With a year and a half until the 2010 Winter Olympics, China's figure skating pairs veterans Pang Qing and Tong Jian have already made steps toward their first Olympic medal.
While the nation anticipates another ping-pong sweep at this year's Olympics, China's table tennis chief Liu Guoliang is already planning for life beyond the Games, setting his sights on 19-year-old Ma Long.
China lost its Women's Asian Cup final against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Sunday, but the match may be a positive sign of things to come.
The Chinese table tennis players performed very well by winning three of all the four gold medals at this year's Singapore Open, which just ended here Sunday.
Olympic 110 metres hurdles champion and world record holder Liu Xiang says his sore hamstring is improving but he will not know until the last minute whether he will run in Sunday's Prefontaine Classic.
"China has played a good game today. We lost not because we didn't play hard, but because of other factors," China's football head coach Vladimir Petrovic said here on Saturday night.
China's road to 2010 World Cup was almost blocked on Saturday when they lost 1-0 to Qatar at home in a crucial Asian Zone Group A qualifier. 'China Plays A Good Game'
Wang Dandan scored twice in the second half and China rallied to beat Japan 3-1 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Thursday and book a place in the final of the Women's Asia Cup against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Little-known Shang Lei and Wu Ashun may not be regularly hitting fairways and greens on the Asian Tour yet, but the Chinese rookies are determined to emulate the success of Zhang Lianwei and Liang Wenchong.
China's soccer players returned home with high morale on Tuesday, even though the team's World Cup qualifying match against Qatar on Monday was its third consecutive draw.
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