Olympic and world champion Sun Yang won the men's 1,500-meter freestyle final on Wednesday to cap his National Games campaign with five gold medals and a bronze.
The 12th National Games, billed as China's mini-Olympics, opened in Shenyang, capital city of Northeast China's Liaoning province, on Aug 31. The quadrennial games feature all 28 Olympic sports as well as baseball, softball and martial arts. The events will run through Sept 12. The following are some pictures from the games.
Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming has decided not to recruit Asian player for the new Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season.
Miikka Kiprusoff is leaving the National Hockey League and the Calgary Flames on his own terms.
Chip Kelly's NFL coaching debut trumped Robert Griffin III's return from knee surgery as the Philadelphia Eagles earned a 33-27 win over the Washington Redskins on Monday night.
Dennis Rodman is going back to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - and bringing a team of former NBA players with him.
Awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar may well have been "a mistake", FIFA president Sepp Blatter said for the first time on Monday.
Serena Williams admits that having love in her life has been a key to her rousing success over an exhilarating 13 months in which she has won Olympic gold, two US Open titles and a French Open.
Victoria Azarenka insists she can topple Serena Williams from her perch despite slumping to an eighth defeat in eight Grand Slam meetings against the 17-time major champion.
With the 55th and last swing on the longest of many long points in the US Open final, Rafael Nadal pushed a backhand into the net to get broken by Novak Djokovic.
Thomas Bach of Germany was elected to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president here on Tuesday. 
Germany celebrates Bach's election as IOC President
The election of the successor to Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president was over after one candidate obtained majority votes in the second round of voting in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
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