Eriksson ready to return - out of England

Sven Goran Eriksson has said he is ready to return to management and confirmed he has already held talks about a number of positions outside of England.

Armstrong swaps bike for NY Marathon running shoes

Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will swap his bicycle for running shoes in Sunday's New York Marathon, his first attempt at the 26.2-mile distance.

Yi can enter 2007 NBA draft

China's top young basketball talent Yi Jianlian has finally been given the green light to enter the NBA, after his club agreed to release the player to the 2007 NBA Draft

Doha clean sweep out of reach, says Deng

Former multiple world and Olympic champion Deng Yaping believes it would be unrealistic to expect China to make a clean sweep of gold medals at next month's Asian Games, saying other nations have made steady progress.

Shaq, Yao true centers of attention

Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming are a vanishing breed in the NBA, big, physically dominating centers who stay close to the basket and control the game from there.
But they aren't dinosaurs just yet. If there were more players such as O'Neal and Yao, more teams would be center-oriented.

NBA mourns loss of icon Auerbach

Tributes poured in as the National Basketball Association mourned the death of Red Auerbach, an icon of the game who fashioned the Celtics into one of sport's great dynasties.

At 21, LeBron tops NBA top 50 players

Never mind that LeBron James actually exceeded the hype as a rookie and put together numbers that nobody in NBA history had managed before he was 21. But now, at 21, he has not only put up numbers, he has lifted the previously woebegone Cleveland Cavaliers franchise into a serious playoff contender.

Cheng Fei: Zhang Nan still spiritual leader

Cheng Fei, fresh from the 39th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, where she captured three of the eight golds China took out a possible 14, remarked that now "Zhang Nan is the pivotal figure (of our team)". The three golds marked Chen's most successful gymnastics championships yet.

Liu gives coach new apartment

Star hurdler Liu Xiang has rewarded his coach Sun Haiping with a brand new Shanghai apartment.

Gym coach Huang expects tougher challenge in 2008

Chinese gymnastic head coach Huang Yubin shrugged off their eight gold triumph in the Arhus world championships on Tuesday, expecting tougher challenge in the 2008 Olympic Games

Schumacher ends 4th on F1 farewell

New China Olympic coach Dujkovic targets semis

Serb Ratomir Dujkovic was put in charge of China's team for the 2008 Olympics on Saturday and wasted no time in targeting the semi-finals at the Beijing Games.