Sports couples face a romantic dilemma
2016-08-10 08:22With the Qixi Festival - Chinese Valentine's Day - overlapping with the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, young couples faced the dilemma of choosing between sports and love.
Phelps puts spotlight on cupping
2016-08-10 06:36Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps led American swimmers to a gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay, but what grabbed media attention and led to stories and photos around the globe were the purple and red circles on his back.
Trite, right and bright spots of Rio 2016
2016-08-10 08:23I thought the Olympic Games, no matter their venue, are meant to be sellout events. On second thought, triggered by Rio's half-empty stands, I think the world has changed.
Chinese gold puts swimming in mainstream
2016-08-10 08:21Inspired by golden results at the Olympics, swimming is gaining momentum in China as a mainstream competitive sport as well as a popular exercise appealing to the public.
Netizens join fray after swimmer's remark about Sun
2016-08-09 02:05The swimming rivalry between China and Australia has escalated beyond the pool, with Australian swimmer Mack Horton's comments about Chinese rival Sun Yang triggering heated confrontations.
Brazil now China's biggest source of beef imports
2016-08-08 07:29About a year after recovering from a scare related to mad cow disease, Brazil has supplanted Australia as the biggest seller of beef to China. A production deficit is widening in China, and imports are heading for a record
China urges Olympics committee to rectify flag mistake
2016-08-08 14:09Chinese delegation has lodged a protest to the Rio Olympics organizing committee for using a wrongly designed national flag.
China's Wu Minxia cements her name in Olympic history
2016-08-08 11:52At the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center at Rio's Olympic Park that was named to memorialize Brazil's greatest female swimmer, Chinese diving diva Wu Minxia cemented her name in Olympic history on Sunday (Monday in Beijing).
Rio sets good example with games opening ceremony
2016-08-08 08:47Congratulations, and many thanks to Rio de Janeiro, for the innovatively choreographed and beautifully executed opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, which was mesmerizing, inspiring, and thoroughly entertaining.
Exotic Brazil winning over athletes
2016-08-06 01:53Improved conditions at the Olympic Village and at competition venues, coupled with Brazil's captivating culture, were making up for any deficiencies of spectacle.
Samsung uses Rio Olympics to break VR content conundrum
2016-08-06 07:41Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium is huge, with more than 78,000 seats from which lucky fans could watch the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies on Friday (local time). Samsung Electronics Co is betting the best place to watch is from your couch, with its virtual reality headset to transport you to Brazil.
