Ding Junhui accepts $3,255 fine for not reporting illness
2011-04-13 19:01Chinese snooker ace Ding Junhui has been fined £2,000 ($3,255.70) for not reporting his illness to organizers in a match that he lost 0-4 to his Chinese counterpart Liang Wenbo in Germany last year.
Double entendre on Thai football pitch
2011-04-12 19:41"Extra time" in football game has become a birth-control ad in Thai league games as the fourth official holds up giant electronic condom packages aloft to remind players of the extra playing time added to the game.
Players demand basketball coach ouster
2011-04-11 17:36China's under-19 national basketball team players have appealed to the Chinese Basketball Association, saying they cannot stand head coach Fan Bin's scold and insult over the past three years, and want the CBA to replace him, according to a joint letter to the sport's governing body.
HK Yogathon event promotes health awareness
2011-04-11 13:40Hong Kong Yogathon is a meaningful and challenging charity fund-raising event in a bid to promote health awareness among Hong Kong citizens via yoga practice.
92-year-old US woman oldest ever to finish a marathon
2011-04-07 17:08Gladys Burrill, a part-time Hawaii resident at the age of 92, breaks a world record when she power-walked and jogged through the Honolulu Marathon on December last year.
Remains of octopus Paul exhibited in golden urn
2011-04-06 15:56A new exhibiton shows the life of the sea animals in Oberhausen, in memory of Octopus Paul who became internationally famous by predicting the correctly results during the world cup.
One-legged US wrestler wins NCAA wrestling title
2011-03-24 10:22US college wrestler Anthony Robles, with only one leg, won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) wrestling title in the 125-pound division, beating defending champion Matt McDonough of Iowa in the final, 7-1.
Teaching monks the art of football
2011-03-23 16:26Shaolin Temple set up a football school for young students at the temple's martial art training base, and employed Tchami as coach.
John Terry: 'I'm not everybody's cup of tea'
2011-03-23 10:09John Terry acknowledged that he is not "everybody's cup of tea" and his reappointment as England captain is unpopular with some people.
A leap into the unknown
2011-03-22 07:56Diving queen Guo Jingjing is now living a quiet and normal life, but her future career and marriage still draw great interest, Chen Xiangfeng reports
Ronaldo's CSL visit ruled out
2011-03-21 16:58Ronaldo's trip to China for the opening ceremony of this season's Chinese Super League was finally rejected by the Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club due to his high appearance fees.
Switching score is judge's individual behavior: CGA
2011-03-18 11:46International gymnastics officials say they will discipline a Chinese judge who was caught falsifying a score during last year's Asian Games.
