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  • Birthday boy Wang walks into history

    2009-08-17 11:27

    Wang Hao became China's third male athlete to win a medal at the World Championships when he claimed silver in the 20km walk here on Saturday.

  • Ferrari names Badoer after Schumacher withdraws

    2009-08-11 17:59

    Italy's Luca Badoer will drive for Ferrari at this month's European Grand Prix in Valencia after Michael Schumacher called off a much-anticipated Formula One comeback Tuesday.

  • Schumacher calls off F1 comeback

    2009-08-11 17:58

    Michael Schumacher on Tuesday announced he has called off his much-anticipated Formula One comeback because of lingering injuries from a motorcycling crash earlier this year.

  • China on brink of pulling out of Worlds

    2009-08-11 11:18

    China are poised to follow England's lead and pull out of the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad, India.

  • Bao ousted; easy for Gade and Lin

    2009-08-11 10:59

    Dicky Palyama of the Netherlands pulled off an upset at the World Badminton Championships yesterday, beating 11th-seeded Chinese Bao Chun Lai in the men's singles opening round.

  • Terrorism prompts England badminton pull out

    2009-08-09 17:13

    India: A terrorist threat has prompted England to pull out of the badminton World Championships scheduled to begin Monday in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

  • Owens and Long families to unite at Worlds

    2009-08-07 14:49

    One of the most memorable moments of athletics history will be recalled at the Berlin World Championships when the granddaughter of American Jesse Owens and the son of German Luz Long present medals in the Olympic Stadium.

  • Five Brazilians fail doping tests, return home

    2009-08-05 16:15

    Five Brazilian athletes training in Germany for this month's world championships have failed out of competition doping tests and will return home, the Brazilian Athletics Confederation (CBAt) has said.

  • Meet Berlino the mascot

    2009-08-04 20:39

    Berlino, the official mascot of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, displays the silver,gold and bronze (LtoR) medals during their official presentation at the Olympic stadium in Berlin. Berlin will host the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics from August 15-23. 

  • World Cup will bring races together: Jordaan

    2009-08-04 19:42

    Next year's soccer World Cup will have a major impact in building racial harmony and stimulating future economic growth in South Africa, organising committee chief Danny Jordaan said on Tuesday.

  • Chinese strikes 2 golds in swimming worlds

    2009-07-31 07:38

    Chinese swimmers swept two titles out of five at stake on Thursday to raise their swimming gold tally to three at the world championships in Rome.

  • China sets record in women's 4x200 freestyle

    2009-07-31 02:39

    China snatched the women's 4x200m freestyle relay gold medal in a world record time of seven minutes 42.08 seconds at the world swimming championships here on Thursday.

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