MANILA - A shopping mall in tropical Manila closes to the public for the night, but a ragtag team of hockey players has rented the ice rink, aiming to make history in the Southeast Asian Games.
PARIS - Chinese soccer fans and media are urging underperforming Carlos Tevez not to return from a trip to Argentina, nicknaming him "Very Homesick Boy" as speculation swirls that he wants out of China.
LONDON - With the transfer window due to close in two weeks, the pressure is mounting on Premier League clubs to get their business done in time - and not everyone is enjoying the process.
CINCINNATI - Second-ranked Simona Halep charged closer to taking the world No 1 ranking on Thursday, beating Latvian 15th seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals at the ATP/WTA Cincinnati.
LOS ANGELES - Floyd Mayweather has accused Conor McGregor of "fighting dirty" in training but is confident of a clean battle when the two men meet in their August 26 superfight.
LONDON - Usain Bolt on Thursday delivered a rebuke to critics who questioned whether he really sustained an injury in his farewell race at last week's World Athletics Championships by revealing details of his hamstring tear.
The $11.7 billion share sale by China United Network Communications Group Co Ltd,
China's internet powerhouses are striving ahead as pioneers in a government-led reform to shake up the country's bloated State-owned enterprises.
China's moves to expand foreign companies' investment options will accelerate the upgrade of the country's economic structure and encourage many domestic businesses to deepen reform and break their monopoly operation, experts said on Thursday.
The norm of shopping online for everything from daily essentials to big ticket items in China has boosted quarterly sales to all-time high for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
In the wake of the US launch of an investigation into Chinese trade practices, China Export and Credit Insurance Corp, also known as Sinosure, said on Thursday that it will guarantee the interests of related Chinese export companies - based on insurance policies - and help them expand new markets.
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