Olympic champion Yang takes all by surprise

Athens Olympic champion Yang Wenjun of China took all by surprise when he settled only for a fifth place in the men's C1 1,000m of canoe and kayak competition at the Doha Asian Games here on Monday.

Boxers Zou and Hu through to finals

Chinese boxers Zou Shiming and Hu Qing outpowered their opponents respectively to cruise through to the finals of the boxing tournament in the 15th Asian Games here on Monday.

China takes two Mistral golds

China grabbed the two of the three golds decided on Monday in the Mistral competitions at the 15th Asian Games in Doha, while the other one went to Hong Kong of China.

China sweeps beach volleyball golds in Asian Games

Chinese beach volleyballers have made December 11, 2006 a day to remember as they wrapped up for the first time both of two gold medals at Asian Games on Monday.

Three more track and field gold from women athletes

China welcomed three more track and field golds from its women athletes, adding the gold number from the event to 10 before the concluding feat by men's 110m hurdles dominant favorite Liu Xiang.

China sweeps beach volleyball golds

Chinese beach volleyballers have made December 11, 2006 a day to remember as they wrapped up for the first time both of two gold medals at Asian Games on Monday.

Dominant China needs more gold: officials

Chinese athletes are dominating the Asian Games but need to step up a level if they want to do the same at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chinese sports leaders say.

NO.1 archer ousted due to rule

China's Qian Jialing, the world number one archer, was eliminated from the second stage of the women's individual competition on Sunday due to special rules of Asian Games.

Li expects all-Chinese final at tennis women's singles

Chinese top player Li Na said on Sunday that she is looking forward to an all-Chinese women's singles final at the Asian Games tennis tournament.

Olympic champion Luo takes taekwondo gold

Olympic champion Luo Wei claimed the gold medal in the women's 72kg taekwondo competition at the Doha Asiad on Saturday, beating Alaa Kutkut of Jordan 1-0 in the final.

Chinese boxers through to semifinals with ease

Chinese boxer Hu Qing and Silamu Halati beat their respective rivals on Saturday to qualify for the semifinals at the Asian Games here on Saturday.

China books women's volleyball final berth