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