China's soccer star Hao Haidong is amid nationwide criticism among fans for his latest remarks that soccer players in the country are poorer than unpaid migrant workers because of rampant payment in arrears.
China's top two players Li Na and Zheng Jie advanced to the second round of the US$600,000 China Open in Beijing yesterday.
Dutch-born Chinese racing driver Tung Ho-pin rewrote the record book over the weekend by becoming the first ethnic Chinese to win the championship in the FIA-sanctioned international Formula Three series.
Olympic swimming champion Luo Xuejuan will not compete in the Asian Games despite winning a spot in the Chinese team during qualifying trials, state press reported.
When Ding Junhui took to snooker, he never expected himself to be a world champion, a prodigious millionaire, a national icon and a phenomenon
Liu Xiang stole the show on day one of the fourth edition of the IAAF World Athletics Final (WAF), when sprinting to a winning 12.93 seconds, a WAF record in the men's 110m Hurdles on the brand new green track of the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in front of enthusiastic crowd of over 29,000.
Michael Schumacher said farewell to the Ferrari faithful on Sunday with an emotional victory in his final Italian Grand Prix before retirement.
Chinese basketball center Yao Ming believes that more of his Chinese teammates need to gain experience abroad to help the national team be more competitive at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, CCTV reported Tuesday.
Former Italy and Inter Milan captain Giacinto Facchetti died, the Serie A club said.
The 64-year-old Facchetti, who was Inter's president, had been suffering from a serious illness for several weeks.
Andre Agassi's brilliant 20-year career ended at the U.S. Open on Sunday after he lost to German qualifier Benjamin Becker 7-5 6-7 6-4 7-5 in the third-round.
Yao Ming thinks China's young team can still win a medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics despite being knocked out of the world championship in the second round.
One month after an emotional victory in the British Open, Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship with a ruthless display of efficiency Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 for a five-shot victory and his 12th career major.