Beckham meets fans in Shanghai
Fans wait for David Beckham outside Shanghai Shenxin Football Club, in Shanghai east China, June 19, 2013. David Beckham is on a seven-day visit to China as the ambassador for the Football Programme in China and China’s Super League. [...]
GDP, Green carry Spurs past Heat on Game 5
SAN ANTONIO, June 16 (Xinhua) — San Antonio Spurs was leading again. The Western title holder outscored defending champion Miami Heat 114-104 because of the outstanding performance of GDP (Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker) and [...]
Bolt runs 19.79 in 200 at Bislett
OSLO, June 14 (Xinhua) — Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt rebounded from a rare defeat with a track record at the Bislett Games on Thursday in 200 meters.
Bolt, who lost the 100 meters to American Justin Gatlin by one hundredth of a [...]
Uruguay beat Venezuela to restore World Cup hopes
PUERTO ORDAZ, June 11 (Xinhua) — Uruguay restored their 2014 World Cup qualification hopes after a first-half strike from Edinson Cavani gave them a 1-0 away victory over Venezuela on Tuesday.
Cavani ran onto Walter Gargano’s weighted [...]
Franck Ribery lifts Player of the Year award
BERLIN, June 10 (Xinhua) — Bayerns midfielder Franck Ribery has been voted the Player of the Year by his Bundesliga colleagues, a poll by the German sports magazine Kicker showed on Monday.
29% of the 228 Bundesliga players voted in [...]
Nadal wins his 8th French Open title
PARIS, June 9 (Xinhua) — Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer in straight sets to win his eighth French Open title at Roland Garros here on Sunday.
The third seed Nadal won 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 over the fourth-seeded fellow Spaniard Ferrer to become [...]
Norway win 3-1 over England in UEFA U-21 championship
JERUSALEM, June 8 (Xinhua) — Norway won 3-1 over England in a match of 2013 UEFA U-21 championship tournament on Saturday, marking their first UEFA European Under-21 Championship Group A triumph.
On 15 minutes and 34 minutes Norway scored [...]
Nadal reaches French Open final
PARIS, June 7 (Xinhua) — Defending champion Rafael Nadal moved closer to an historic eighth French Open title on Friday after defeating world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 9-7 in the semifinals.
Nadal, the [...]
Bolt loses to Gatlin in Rome
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Reigning world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt lost by a hundredth of a second to American Justin Gatlin in the 100-meter dash at the Golden Gala meet on Thursday night.
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China beat Russia to win water polo final
BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) — The Chinese women’s water polo team claimed a hard-fought 8-7 victory over Russia in the final of the FINA world league super final to win their first major title on Thursday.
The Chinese team, founded [...]
Filipe Luis revels as Brazil’s first-choice left-back
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 5 (Xinhua) — Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis admits he feels “privileged” to be Brazil’s first-choice left-back ahead of Real Madrid’s Marcelo.
Luis delivered an assured performance after [...]
Feature: Murder-accused Paralympian Pistorius appears in court in South Africa
By Sportswriter Thuso Khumalo
Pretoria, June 4 (Xinhua) — South Africa’s murder-accused renowned Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday appeared in court, with the ruling that the case against him will be postponed to August.
As [...]
Heat heads into NBA Finals after 23-point win over Pacers
MIAMI, June 3 (Xinhua) — Defending champion Miami Heat booked the NBA Finals berth for the third consecutive season after beating Indiana Pacers 99-76 in game seven of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday.
Miami duo LeBron James and [...]
China stuns USA at FINA World League Water Polo Super Final
BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) — The Chinese women’s water polo team beat London Olympic champions the United States 16-15 by shootout at the FINA World League Water Polo Super Final here on Saturday.
China, who finished fifth at the [...]
Fluminense stand by coach Braga after Libertadores exit
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 31 (Xinhua) — Fluminense have guaranteed the future of coach Abel Braga despite the team’s shock elimination from the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday.
The Rio de Janeiro club, one of the pre-tournament favourites, [...]
China’s Li Na, Peng Shuai knocked out of French Open, Zheng Jie advances to third round
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Sixth seed and former champion Li Na of China became the biggest name to fall at the French Open as she was knocked out by Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round here on Thursday.
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Federer, Serena Williams through to third round at French Open
PARIS, May 29 (Xinhua) — Second seed Roger Federer crushed Somdev Devvarman 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the French Open while women’s world No. 1 Serena Williams also reached the third round with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over [...]
World No. 1 Djokovic beats Goffin to reach second round at French Open
PARIS, May 28 (Xinhua) — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic fought off tough challenge from Belgium’s David Goffin to win a first round match of the French Open here on Tuesday.
Djokovic, the beaten finalist last year, was tested by the [...]
Brazilian stadiums face problems before FIFA Confederations Cup in June
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 27 (Xinhua) — Some of Brazil’s stadiums which will host FIFA Confederations Cup matches in June are facing problems, two weeks before the beginning of the Cup.
The local organizing committee announced that a [...]
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