BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Shandong Gold bombarded Liaoning Hengye with 18 three-pointers to reap their fifth straight win in the Chinese Basketball Association League on Wednesday, while defending champions the Beijing Ducks suffered their first de...
ROME, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri saw a blessing in disguise after his side lost to Lazio 2- 0 on Wednesday, saying a terrible game, but the defeat to Lazio can do us good. The Rossoneri could've gone top after Juve's...
ROME, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Napoli head coach Walter Mazzarri complained that his side did not lose to Roma but to deflections and refereeing decisions. The Partenopei attacked throughout the match, but were beaten 3- 1 at the San Paolo on Sunday. Roma...
The Sri Lanka branch of the global civic group, Transparency International, is lamenting the lack of progress in fighting corruption there following the military's victory in the 25-year-civil war. Steve Herman | New Delhi 15 December 2009 Sri Lankan...
Defeat I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools. I will...
In Angola, the opposition UNITA party has accepted defeat in the country's legislative elections, after the electoral commission said that - with nearly 80 percent of the votes counted - the ruling MPLA party was leading with more than 80 percent an...
Cuba defeated the United States Olympic baseball team Friday night, 10-2, to reach the gold medal match at the Beijing Summer Games. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer was at the contest at the Wukesong Sports Center and has a report. For the Chinese fa...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 04 February 2008 The Sri Lankan government signaled its determination to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels, as the country observed the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain with a display of military might. Anjan...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 06 August 2007 Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel waves to supporters after voting in the town of Bikfaya, Lebanon, 05 Aug 2007 Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel has gone down to defeat in a parliament by-election t...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 06 June 2007 Egyptian airplanes are seen destroyed on the runway after being bombed by Israeli warplanes during the Six Day War, June 1967 As countries throughout the Middle East mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Arab-...
