China's top lawmaker Wu Bangguo lit a torch here on Sunday morning, marking the official start of the torch relay throughout the country for the 11th National Games.
Wang Hao became China's third male athlete to win a medal in the history of the World Championships after taking the silver in the 20km walk here on Saturday.
Aug 13, 2009. Zhang Xiyan will never forget the date, for it raised her hopes of getting an Olympic medal, may be gold, at the 2012 London Games.
Houston Rockets All-star center Yao Ming has resumed light training for the first time since surgery on his injured left foot, according to an entry on his Facebook page.
Legendary Chinese volleyball coach Lang Ping received a hero's welcome during a press conference to announce her signing with club side Guangdong Hengda yesterday in Guangzhou.
Lang Ping, former China and US national volleyball head coach, has accepted an offer to coach the Guangdong Hengda women's club，the Beijing Times reported Tuesday.
China are poised to follow England's lead and pull out of the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad, India.
Dicky Palyama of the Netherlands pulled off an upset at the World Badminton Championships yesterday, beating 11th-seeded Chinese Bao Chun Lai in the men's singles opening round.
Chinese ace Lin Dan is poised to become the first player in World Badminton Championship history to win three successive men's singles titles.
China's Zheng Jie, the 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist, said she may have discovered the most effective way of defeating current world No 1 Dinara Safina
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