Burgh sets world record in men's 100m breaststroke

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh obliterated the world mark and won the men's 100m breaststroke gold medal at the London Olympics on Sunday. Burgh posted 58.46 seconds to wipe out the previous world record set by Austr

Finnish Veteren soccer defender Hyypiae to retire

BERLIN, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Finnish(芬兰) soccer veteran defender Sami Hyypiae is going to quit his active career after the season 2010/2011 at his current club Leverkusen, aiming to start a professional coach schooling, Hyypiae announced on Monday.

Spain wins 3-0 over Venezuela in soccer friendly

WASHINGTON, June 7 (Xinhua) -- David Villa, Xabi Alonso and Pedro Rodriguez scored for world and European champion(冠军) Spain for a 3-0 victory over Venezuela in an international friendly on Tuesday. Villa scored after only five minutes from a fre

Bob Bradley Out as US Soccer Coach

The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced that Bob Bradley has been relieved of his duties as the head coach of the U.S. Mens National Team. U.S. Soccer said it will have a further announcement on Friday. Federation president Sunil Gulati said in a pr

Italian soccer new season threatened by strike

ROME, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Italian first division soccer league new season may face a strike if players and clubs do not reach a compromise over a new collective labour agreement. If we do not sign the new labour agreement, the first round of fixt

Two Indonesian fans die from SEA Games soccer final

JAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two fans died in a stampede at the Southeast Asian Games football final in Jakarta, a report said on Tuesday. The two men, wearing Indonesian red-and-white football team T- shirts were taken to hospital at 8:30 p.m., arou

Ex-soccer heads face verdicts in corruption trials

SHENGYANG, Liaoning Province, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The former Chinese soccer bosses who were accused of taking bribes face verdicts on Wednesday morning. A court in Dandong, Liaoning, is expected to announce a verdict against Nan Yong, the former dire

Soccer chiefs flag "Champions League" of Americas

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14 (Xinhua) -- South American football's governing body CONMEBOL is in talks with North and central American counterpart CONCACAF about a unified tournament in the mould of Europe's Champions League. CONCACAF president Jeffrey We

China to check implementation of agriculture law

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature will start a new wave of inspections on the implementation of its Law on Agriculture in September. Five inspection teams, organized by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC)

上街溜犀牛 德国马戏团被红牌警告

Circus staff have been warned by police after taking a 2.5 tonne rhinoceros for a walk in Germany without any restraints. 马戏团的工作人员在德国的大街上，不带任何束缚地溜犀牛之后，被警察警告了。 Panicked locals in

World War II bomb scares Winter Youth Olympics

INNSBRUCK, Austria, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- An unexpected aerial bomb from World War II was found at the city center site Thursday, leading to the postponement of the daily medals ceremony at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The aerial bom

Djokovic withdraws from Monte Carlo Masters

PARIS, April 8 (Xinhua) -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic announced Friday to pull out of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament, citing a knee injury. It's a tough blow and sad news not only for this tournament and my fans, but also for myself, said

South African Schwartzel Wins Masters

South African Charl Schwartzel won the Masters golf tournament（锦标赛 ） by two strokes over Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day in a dramatic back-nine showdown Sunday. The 26-year-old closed with four straight birdies to wrap up a 6-under pa

Djokovic advances at Paris Masters

PARIS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- World number one Novak Djokovic overcame a first set slump to beat Serbian countryman Viktor Troicki and reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals here on Thursday. Djokovic, who has been battling a shoulder injury, was broken

Madrid Masters' blue clay banned by ATP

LONDON, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Controversy over Madrid Masters' blue clay has been put to an end as the men's professional tennis ruling body ATP handed a ban on it on Saturday. After careful consideration, I have decided that blue clay courts will not

贝尔亮相伯纳乌与皇马球迷会面

This is what 100 million euros buys you at football's current exchange rate. Garath Bale, a Real Madrid player at last, are greeted like a hero on his very first day. He made an effort to fit in, with little Spanish. Bale was joined by part Emma Rhys

皇马超级巨星C罗第四度捧得金球奖

Cristiano Ronaldo has been named winner of the Ballon d'Or by France Football magazine for a fourth time last Monday. 上周一，皇家马德里队球星克里斯蒂亚诺罗纳尔多第四次成为《法国足球》杂志主办的金球奖的得主。

China considers fairer land expropriation compensation to farmers

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering fairer recompense for farmers whose land has been expropriated, by breaking the legal compensation ceiling and covering them with a social security package. A draft amendment to the

Obama signs defense authorization bill

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed the 2011 defense authorization（授权） bill into law, but promised to repeal provisions that would restrict（限制,约束） transfer of military detainees from the Gua

India Passes Bill to Sue Coca Cola

Indias southern state of Kerala has passed a law allowing people to seek compensation(补偿) from U.S. soft drink company Coca Cola for alleged damages caused by a bottling plant. The companys Indian subsidiary has expressed disappointment at the le