Chinese swimmers swept two titles out of five at stake on Thursday to raise their swimming gold tally to three at the world championships in Rome.
Zhao Jing of China celebrates after setting a world record in the women's 50m backstroke swimming final at the World Championships in Rome July 30, 2009.
Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships.
Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships.
The Kobe Bryant China Fund announced its first batch of donation at Monday's charity banquet here in Beijing.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won his first Formula One race of the season Sunday at a Hungarian Grand Prix overshadowed by the absence of Felipe Massa, who remained hospitalized with life-threatening injuries from a crash a day earlier.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant began his China tour on Friday by drilling for a group of Hong Kong youngsters, which is the final leg of his summer Asian tour.
NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is silhouetted as he makes his entrance to a basketball coaching clinic in Singapore July 22, 2009.
China's diving queen, Guo Jingjing, consolidated her status as the most successful woman in the sport's history yesterday by taking her fifth consecutive 3m springboard title at the World Swimming Championships in Rome.
Russia continued their synchronised swimming domination by lifting the technical team title at the World Championships on Sunday for the second time in a row.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica dances after winning the men's 100 metres race during the Golden League athletics meeting at the Stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris July 17, 2009.
David Beckham returned to Major League Soccer with a whisper, not a shout, as his Los Angeles Galaxy beat the New York Red Bulls 3-1 on Thursday.
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