Kell Brook waited years for a world title shot, honing his skills through numerous injuries and postponements. When the English welterweight finally got in the ring with a champion, the patient challenger had a perfect plan.
The roars for Derrick Rose started with the pregame introductions and did not fade until the final buzzer.
Big-time boxing will take the plunge into China's mainstream sports with the Aug 26 debut of Fist Power: Fight to Win, a weekly hour of prime-time pugilism sponsored by Sands China Ltd and promoted by Top Rank, SECA and G-Sports.
The International Olympic Committee and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a worldwide Olympic partner, announced they have agreed to extend their partnership through to the 2020 Olympic Games at a signing ceremony on Sunday in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, the host city of the Youth Olympic Games.
Louis van Gaal believes Manchester United's 2-1 home defeat by Swansea City in his first competitive game as manager accurately reflects the huge task ahead of him.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is considering bringing his German World Cup winners back into the squad ahead of schedule for the first leg of Tuesday's Champions League playoff at Besiktas.
Paris Saint-Germain was fuming on Saturday after midfielder Thiago Motta was left with a fractured nose following a bust-up in the tunnel at the end of its French Ligue 1 clash with SC Bastia.
Swimmers of China Li Zhuhao, Qiu Yuhan, Yu Hexin and Shen duo(From L2 to R) pose on the podium during the awarding ceremony of Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay of Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 17, 2014.
Former President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge (R) poses with his wax statue after the opening ceremony of the Nanjing Olympic Museum in Nanjing, Aug.17, 2014. Located in the north of the Youth Olympic Village, Nanjing Olympic Museum covers a building area of 7,896 square meters and an exhibition area of 5, 034 square meters. Themed on "Pass on the Century-old Flame in Youthful Nanjing", the exhibition in the museum will show case nearly 600 pieces of objects of all kinds.
International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson on Sunday gave all thumbs up to the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics which was unveiled in east China's Nanjing on Saturday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister of Vanuatu Joe Natuman met in Nanjing on Sunday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation.
When Russia's rising judo star Mikhail Igolnikov came to the training venue Sunday in the Heavy Category Sports School in Nanjing, he had a problem -- he had no one to practice with.
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