Liu Xiang regains honor at Daegu worlds

2011-08-30 07:02:05

Three years after his sudden withdrawal from the Beijing Olympic Games, China's star hurdler Liu Xiang regained honor after dramatically taking silver at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu on Monday night.

Robles stripped of 110m hurdles gold

2011-08-29 21:26:01

Dayron Robles was disqualified from the 110 metres hurdles final at the world championships and stripped of his gold medal on Monday.

Robles wins 110 metres hurdles world title

2011-08-29 20:59:37

Cuba's Dayron Robles retained his World Championship crown here on Monday by finishing the 110 meters hurdles in 13.14 seconds.

Liu Xiang impresses as top hurdlers ease through

2011-08-29 10:30:19

China's Liu Xiang looked back to his best after three years of injury misery as he cruised through the opening round of the 110 meters hurdles on Sunday.

China gets first discus title

2011-08-29 07:51:35

It took 10 years, but Li Yanfeng was crowned queen of the ballet Sunday. Li won the women's discus gold medal with a throw of 66.52 meters at the World Athletics Championships.

Liu ready to get back on the right foot

2011-08-29 07:51:35

What Liu Xiang lacks in luck, he makes up for in tenacity. Exactly seven years after he claimed China's first Olympic men's sprinting gold, the hurdler's career is finally getting back on track.

Li Yanfeng wins China's first world title in discus throw

2011-08-28 20:10:29

Chinese vetern Li Yanfeng maintained her great form of the season, earning the first world title on Sunday with 66.52 meters in the women's discus throw.

Liu Xiang spearheads Team China to Daegu meet

2011-08-25 17:51:52

With the recovery of the star hurdler Liu Xiang and the emerging race walking trio, China is expecting two to three medals in the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Daegu slated for Aug 28 to Sept 4.

Li Na into last eight in US Open tune-up

2011-08-25 17:30:31

China's French Open champion Li Na beat the Russian 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the $618,000 WTA event on Wednesday.

Liu back to lead China's worlds squad

2011-08-25 07:45:53

China is reluctant to predict its gold medal tally at the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, although former Olympic and world champion hurdler Liu Xiang should be prominent on the world stage again.

Sun has eyes on London titles

2011-08-24 07:59:20

The new world champion and world record holder Sun Yang has his sights set on more than one Olympic title, as he confirmed on Tuesday he would participate in the men's 400m and 1,500m swimming freestyle events at the London Olympics.

Party here, Universiade closes in Shenzhen

2011-08-23 22:13:08

There are rounds of Mexican waves warming up the Window of the World, a theme park here in Shenzhen, which is also the main stadium for the closing ceremony of the Shenzhen 2011 Universiade.