Despite a medal-laden couple of decades for the sport, including Olympic glory in Rio last year, China's women's volleyball stars still lag behind their basketball and soccer counterparts in terms of earnings and exposure.
SKOPJE - Jose Mourinho insisted Manchester United had emerged from its UEFA Super Cup trip reinforced despite a somewhat flattering 2-1 loss to Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Rory has a history of excellence at host course of PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE - Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson will each make his 100th major start on Thursday at the PGA Championship, and both credit Tiger Woods with helping them boost their fitness and longevity.
LONDON - Wayde van Niekerk's bid for a first world sprint double since 1995 now turns to the 200m after he stormed to a comfortable victory in the 400m on Tuesday.
LONDON - Kenya's fourtime world champion Ezekiel Kemboi said Tuesday's final that saw him finish 11th would be his last outing in the 3,000m steeplechase.
LONDON - American Sam Kendricks capped his unbeaten season by winning the pole vault at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday as the title once again eluded world-record holder and former Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie of France.
LONDON - Pierre-Ambroise Bosse loves gambling and on Tuesday he rolled the dice and won the biggest prize of his life.
LONDON - As Usain Bolt takes his leave of athletics and the sport hunts for a charismatic new trailblazer to replace him, another Jamaican, Omar McLeod, demonstrated on Monday why he might fit the bill by winning the 110m hurdles title.
LONDON - Aries Merritt felt like he had won just by being in the final of the 110m hurdles after undergoing a kidney transplant just two years ago.
LONDON - South African Caster Semenya, dogged by a gender controversy since shooting to fame in 2009, has played down efforts by athletics' global governing body to change rules on naturally occurring testosterone in female athletes.
LONDON - Usain Bolt will run in the 4x100m relay heats for Jamaica on Saturday despite being sore after winning bronze in the 100m final on the weekend, he said on Monday.
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