Cologne coach Frank Schafer to leave

BERLIN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Cologne coach Frank Schaefer has decided to leave the club after the season, both sides stated on Tuesday. His reason for the decision is based on personal matters. He hopes that the team can now fully concentrate on stay

Mourinho: Next season should be even better

ADRID, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho began looking to the future after watching his side win 6-3 away to Valencia on Saturday. Madrid's win was their second triumph in the Mestalla stadium（体育场） in four days and follow

"Desperate Housewives" comes to last season

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- After seven seasons of tangled mysteries, messy marriages and nervous breakdowns, ABC executives and the producers of Desperate Housewives announced the eighth and upcoming season would be the show's last, according to

Reigning champion Dortmund defeats Bremen at season opener

BERLIN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The 50th Bundesliga kicked off as defending champion Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 2-1 owing to the winner by substitute Mario Goetze, at the out-sold Signal Iduna Park on Friday evening. Double winner Borussia

Sharapova getting used to long season in WTA Tour

Sharapova getting used to long season in WTA Tour BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- After years of playing in the WTA tour, Russia's world number two Maria Sharapova has managed to cope with the long season with her experience. It's a pretty long season

Pieters out for season, in danger of missing Euro 2012

THE HAGUE, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Netherlands and PSV defender Erik Pieters will miss the remainder of this season and is in danger of missing out on Euro 2012, an examination of his ankle injury showed on Monday. The 23-year-old left back injured hims

Man United hands nine-man Chelsea first league defeat of season

Man United hands nine-man Chelsea first league defeat of season LONDON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- European champions Chelsea were hit by two red cards in an intensely contested match and defeated by Manchester United 3-2 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The v

Gil: Atletico not to sell Falcao this season

Gil: Atletico not to sell Falcao this season MADRID, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Atletico Madrid's Director General, Miguel Angel Gil has assured fans the club has no plans to sell top scorer Radamel Falcao until the end of the season. Falcao had a magnificen

Tearful Seedorf fears missing rest of season

Tearful Seedorf fears missing rest of season RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Botafogo's Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf will Monday undergo a scan on his right thigh to determine the extent of a muscle strain that threatens to end his season. T

Barca enjoy best start of season

MADRID, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona and Real Madrid both passed milestones in the tenth round of matches in Spain's BBVA Primera Liga. FC Barcelona defeated Cetla Vigo 3-1 thanks to goals from Adriano, who later had to leave the match with a groi

O'Sullivan pulls out of rest of snooker season

LONDON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four-time world champion Ronnie O' Sullivan will miss the remainder of the 2012-13 season because of personal issues, World Snooker chairman Barry hearn said here on Tuesday. Hearn said in a statement: I have spoken to Ronn

Lewis Holtby leaves Schalke at the end of the season

BERLIN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- German international midfielder Lewis Holty rejected Schalke04's offer to extend his expiring contract with the Royal Blues, the club said on its official homepage on Friday. After Klaas Jan Huntelaar's contract extension,

London theatre awards honor int'l Shakespeare season

LONDON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The annual London Theater Critics Circle Award ceremony on Tuesday saw a top honor going to the Shakespeare Globe Theater. The awards event allows national and international theater critics the opportunity to mark the best

Largest ever data leak uncovered in Finland

HELSINKI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A data leak was uncovered in Finland Saturday, in which personal details of around 16,000 people were uploaded onto a file-sharing website, according to Finnish media report on Monday. This act of sabotage is the largest

Filmmaker Tsui Hark expects bright future for 3D movies

Busan, South Korea, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Veteran director Tsui Hark of China's Hong Kong said Saturday that 3-D films will be the mainstream of the film industry in the future if they are supported by market demand and research and development. There i

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WASHINGTON Hes been called polarizing, efficient and autocratic - often in the same sentence. No Indian politician has generated so much attention and focus in recent years as India's next prime minister, Narendra Modi, whose Bharatiya Janata Party s

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NEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Narendra Modi was Monday sworn in as India's new Prime Minister in a grand ceremony attended by over 4,000 invitees, including his counterpart from rival Pakistan and heads of state of seven other neighboring nations. Th

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The Indian Prime minister unleashed a charm-offensive on top Chinese CEOs in a bid to attract much needed infrastructure investments to India. Narendra Modi had a candid roundtable chat with 22 top Chinese CEOs including Jack Ma of e-commerce giant A

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NARENDRA MODI is a masterful salesman. On his frequentforeign tours the Indian prime minister touts his brand not only in words butphysically. The beatific smile, the warm hugs and the trademark folkloric dressproject the reassuring humility of a big