广州恒大顺利晋级亚冠半决赛

Guangzhou Evergrande has advanced to semifinals of the AFC Champions League by 4-2 on aggregate after drawing with Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 in the second leg of their quarterfinals. Midfielder Zou Zheng offered these thoughts on the win. 广州恒大顺利晋

世锦赛谌龙横扫李宗伟 卫冕男单冠军

Team China has once-again dominated the finals at the badminton world championships, taking home the world championships in men's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Chen Long has defended his world title, dumping Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in

Djokovic clinches first Wimbledon title

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic of Serbia claimed his first Wimbledon title on Sunday after beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. The serb, who will take over the world top ranking from the Spaniard on Monday, extended

Loew may leave out Bayern nationals for Euro 2012 friendlies

BERLIN, April 28 (Xinhua) -- German head coach Joachim Loew will not call up national squad members of Bayern Munich for the first of two friendlies ahead of June's European Championship. Germany play Switzerland in Basle on May 26 and Israel in Leip

Federer beats Del Potro to capture second title in Rotterdam

THE HAGUE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer grabbed his second title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam after beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1, 6-4 in the final on Sunday in Rotterdam. The match was a replay of the 2009 US Open fi

Federer into last eight at Paris Masters

PARIS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Swiss mogul Roger Federer closed on a first ever Paris Masters final when he beat Richard Gasquet to reach the quarterfinals on Thursday. Federer, the third seed, broke the home favorite in the opening service game and secu

失败也是成功 Failure Is Success

Everybody is afraid of failure, because it means what they do is useless and they waste their energy and time. But people get the wrong idea about failure, in fact, failure is also success. If people want to be successful, they need to take action. F

Li Na to miss Qatar Open

DOHA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis player Li Na will miss the Qatar Open next week due to the ankle injury she suffered in her Australia Open final in which she lost to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Li Na has withdrawn from Qatar tennis due to h

Athletic Bilbao qualify for Europa League final

BILBAO, Spain, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Fernando Llorente scored a last minute goal to qualify Athletic Club Bilbao for the final of the Europa League on Thursday. Llorente forced the ball home from close range following great work from Ibai Gomez to giv

Chinese men seize team victory at sabre World Cup

MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- China beat Russia 45-44 on Sunday to win the men's team crown at the 2012 Moscow Sabre World Cup. Facing the defending champions, the Chinese team of Zhong Man, Wang Jingzhi, Jiang Kelu and Liu Xiao, pulled off an impress

幽默学习第六期

A professor stood before his class of twenty senior organic biology students, about to hand out the final exam.

Preview: Real Madrid needs one win to be crowned

MADRID, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid will be the champions of the BBVA Primera Liga on Wednesday night if they are able to win away to Athletic Club Bilbao. A win would give Real Madrid an unassailable seven point lead over FC Barcelona with just tw

巴黎气候峰会通过气候新协议

PARISDelegates of more than 190 nations meeting in Paris adopted a historic accord Saturday that aims to slow the pace of global warming and for the first time asks all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions. Announcement of the final agre

八句著名的名人遗言

No one really knows what happens right before you die. Maybe you see your entire life flash before your eyes. Or maybe you just have some pretty profound thoughts. Here are the final words of eight famous people which are as haunting as they are memo

French Presidential Campaign Enters Final Phase

French voters will cast their ballots on Sunday (4/22/12) in the first round of a presidential election that should ultimately see France's first Socialist leader in nearly two decades. The campaign enters it's final phase as Conservative President N

Charl climbs to ninth in world rankings

JOHANNESBURG, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Charl Schwartzel reached a career-high ninth in the latest world golf rankings released on Monday. Schwartzel carded a tournament score of level-par and shared ninth place in the RBC Canadian Open in Vancouver last w

China's Li Na reaches French Open last 16

PARIS, May 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Li Na breezed past Romania's Sorana Cirstea.6-2, 6-2 to sail into the fourth round of the French Open for the second time on Saturday. The 6th-seeded Li, who became the first Chinese player to make a Grand Slam final

Lanus holds leadership in Argentina's Final Tournament

BUENOS AIRES, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Argentinean soccer team Lanus Sunday defeated Godoy Cruz 1-0 to consolidate the leadership in the final tournament after the sixth matchday. The match was played in Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, at 1,0

U.S. shuttle Atlantis docks with space station

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Sunday morning after nearly two days of flight. Commander Christopher Ferguson guided space shuttle Atlantis to a docking with the station at 1

英文摇滚歌曲：Xandria - The Dream is Still Alive

We have come a long way Through rain and the dust of time Times full of wonders Full of secret signs We have seen the winters And the sunlight's brightest shine But not every single moment Can stand the test of time The song now has ended And the las