"I'm looking forward to playing at an Olympic Games. I failed to stand on the podium at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing in 2014, but the experience was unforgettable. On the PGA tour, there are matches week after week and you have time to adjust if you fail at one tournament. But at the Olympic Games, if you lose you have to wait another four years. We have three years to make ourselves ready for Tokyo, physically and mentally."
China will be a world soccer superpower in 10 years if it properly plans and invests in national team development, according to the CEO of Manchester City Football Club.
With the Chinese national team struggling in World Cup qualifiers, there's a new focus on enhancing the fortunes of city-sponsored squads at the grassroots level in order to boost the nation's chances of becoming a future soccer power.
NEW YORK - After moving to within one win of another New York hardcourts championship match, Venus Williams pondered 20 years of success and setbacks since reaching her first US Open final.
NEW YORK - Sloane Stephens worked toward a college degree while sidelined 11 months with a left foot injury, but her run to the US Open semifinals has delivered a blow to her hopes of graduating on time.
NEW YORK - Kevin Anderson moved into his first Grand Slam semifinal at age 31, emerging from a back-and-forth shootout between big servers to beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-3, 7-6 (7) in a marathon that stretched to the wee hours of Wednesday.
NEW YORK - The AL East-leading Red Sox have reportedly admitted to Major League Baseball that they used electronic devices to steal signs from the New York Yankees.
BARCELONA - Neymar dismissed Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu as a "joke" as the war of words between the Brazilian superstar and Barca's beleaguered board heated up on Tuesday.
MONTEVIDEO - Argentina and Chile solved nothing in their respective bids for World Cup qualification after the South American heavyweights stumbled again on Tuesday.
HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets have been bought by US restaurant tycoon Tilman Fertitta in a record $2.2 billion deal, the highest price ever paid for an NBA franchise.
China's dream of World Cup qualification has once again been dashed, but the nation's pursuit of a soccer renaissance is headed in the right direction, with beefed-up initiatives for youth promotion and league development.
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