Clijsters out of Wimbledon with foot injury
2011-06-16 11:09:44
World number two Kim Clijsters has withdrawn from Wimbledon with a foot injury, organisers of the grasscourt grand slam said on Wednesday.
Kaka didn't want to play Copa America: Brazil coach
2011-06-16 10:51:50
Brazil coach Mano Menezes says Kaka called him and asked to be left out of the Copa America squad so he could have more time to regain his form following knee surgery.
Li Na expected to spark Chinese tennis boom
2011-06-16 10:06:11
Women's tennis is preparing for a Chinese boom after Li Na's historic win at the French Open. "It will inspire in China many young girls to pick up a racket who might not otherwise have done so."
Li Na suffers first defeat after French Open
2011-06-16 09:25:03
China's Li Na lost to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-7(7), 3-6 during the International Women's Open tennis tournament match at Eastbourne in southern England, her first defeat after the French Open title two weeks ago.
Lin Dan says won't retire after London Olympics
2011-06-15 20:40:19
China's top badminton player Lin Dan said on Wednesday he has no plan to retire after next year's London Olympics.
Olympic sprinter Carl Lewis enlightens hope for Haiti
2011-06-15 16:18:02
US sprinter Carl Lewis, winner of 18 gold medals in the Olympics and World Athletics Championships, on Tuesday finished a visit to Haiti in the context of the International Forest Year celebrations as good-will ambassador for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Meet WBO women's light flyweight champion
2011-06-15 14:05:29
Yesica Bopp of Argentina connects a punch to Yesenia Martinez of Mexico during their WBA/WBO light flyweight title boxing bout at the Luna Park arena in Buenos Aires.
Promoter links Shaq sex tape to kidnapping
2011-06-15 12:29:19
A music promoter who was kidnapped and robbed in 2008 has told a court that his assailants demanded return of a sex tape featuring NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Li Na clinches first grass-court win after French Open
2011-06-15 10:39:46
Li Na defeated Tamira Paszek of Austria 7-5, 6-4 at the International Women's Open tennis tournament match at Eastbourne in southern England, winning her first grass court match after the French Open title.
French paratriathlete completes race in 9 hours
2011-06-14 18:46:39
French paratriathlete Etienne Caprin finished a long-distance triathlon race in 9 hours and 16 minutes, an eye-catcher for the endurance events.
Beckham wants to be player at Olympics
2011-06-14 17:33:58
David Beckham thinks he would be more useful as a player than a coach at the 2012 London Games when Britain fields its first Olympic football team since 1960.
'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
2011-06-14 14:43:48
The Miami Heat's 'Big Three' failed to deliver the NBA title in their first year together with the team's inconsistency and at times lack of cohesion, costing them in their defeat to the Dallas Mavericks in the finals.