Highlighting traditional ethnic games

2011-09-13 11:48:08

Highlights of the 9th National Traditional Ethnic Sports Games in Guizhou province in Southwest China, Sept 12, 2011.

Barca seeks lift against Milan after jolt to morale

2011-09-13 07:51:09

Barcelona starts the defense of its Champions League crown at home to European giant AC Milan on Tuesday unsettled by an injury to new signing Alexis Sanchez and a sloppy league display.

Emotional Vettel savors Monza win

2011-09-13 07:51:09

Sebastian Vettel shed tears on Sunday after moving to within sight of retaining his Formula One drivers' world championship with a comprehensive victory for Red Bull in the Italian Grand Prix.

Senna happy to get off the mark for Renault

2011-09-13 07:51:09

Bruno Senna breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday when he scored his first Formula One points for Renault in the Italian Grand Prix.

Long way from the orphanage

2011-09-13 07:51:09

Scout Bassett is dubbed triathlon's "Cinderella", and for good reason. She was left on the doorstep of a local orphanage in the Chinese city of Nanjing with a missing right leg.

Somehow there's time for sleep, too

2011-09-13 07:51:09

CEOs are too busy with their work to take up a demanding sport like triathlon, right?

Just hanging out

2011-09-11 08:54:30

Yoga students hang like bats from the ceiling of a loft space in the heart of Manhattan's fashion district. In the Om Factory yoga studio, situated in a former garment factory, practitioners call it "antigravity" yoga.

Downcast Alonso says Ferrari is too slow

2011-09-11 07:47:48

Barely 48 hours after his team chief told the world that Ferrari is set to dominate again, Fernando Alonso on Friday conceded he was too slow to compete in this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.

Coach Li takes responsibility, quits the job

2011-09-10 08:10:30

The Chinese women's soccer team was expected to defeat Australia and then fight a tough battle against world champion Japan in its final London Olympic qualifier on Sunday.

Belarus mourns Russian air crash victims

2011-09-09 14:54:25

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko carries a bunch of flowers as he skates on the ice during a commemorative event at the Minsk-Arena sports complex, where the match would have taken place on Thursday without the accident.

Manning to miss Colts' opener

2011-09-09 07:50:00

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has been ruled out of Sunday's season-opener against the Houston Texans, having not fully recovered from a neck operation in May, the team said on Wednesday.

Cowboys league's most valuable team

2011-09-09 07:50:00

The Dallas Cowboys will end 2011 as the National Football League's (NFL) most valuable team for a fifth consecutive year, according to a Forbes report released on Wednesday.