Thanks to a revitalization project launched in 2003, living standards in Liaoning and other provinces in the area began to improve.
Arsenal winds up in Champions League's most difficult bracket
Hardy Nadal learning to cope with the ups and downs of tough game
Tearful Sara Errani became the US Open's highest-seeded casualty on Thursday and admitted filling the famous shoes of the absent Maria Sharapova in the New York pecking order was overwhelming.
Victoria Duval is growing in more than just stature.
Chinese number one female player Li Na had paid special attention to Friday's third round match against British teenager Laura Robson, who surprisingly knocked her out of the tournament at the same round last year.
The games, which are held in Liaoning province, will start on Aug 31 and run for 13 days. While some of the sporting competitions have already taken place.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams, stress-free and loving the limelight, strolled into the third round of the US Open on Thursday as the pressure began to mount at the season's last Grand Slam.
Victoria Azarenka's love affair with New York's hardcourts is starting to get serious. The Belarusian is so smitten with Flushing Meadows that she now thinks of them as an old lover.
Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has announced that he wants to leave the club before the transfer window closes in two days.
With just a few more than 24 hours to kick off China's 12th National Games in northeastern Liaoning Province, the organizers told the world that they've been trying to set a new model of the country's most premier sports event by making it "smaller".
Sara Errani became the highest seed to be knocked out of this year's US Open when she suffered a surprise 6-3 6-1 loss to Flavia Pennetta on Thursday.
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