MOSCOW, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Yevgeny Plushenko, three-time figure skating world champion, got the green light for the 2014 Olympics after the International Skating Union (ISU) restored the Russian's amateur status on Sunday. The ISU council decided to...
MEXICO CITY, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday met with three of the country's soccer selections and wished them best of luck ahead of their upcoming World Cup competitions. The teams include Mexico's women's team that...
OSLO, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt ran the year's fastest time of 19.86 seconds to grab the men's 200m title at the Bislett Games here on Thursday in rainy conditions. Bolt delighted the crowd at Oslo's premiere athletics stadium with his usual pre-...
PARIS, June 1 (Xinhua) -- China's top player Li Na continued her breakthrough journey as she romped into the women's singles semifinal at the French Open by beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-5, 6-2 here on Wednesday. Li Na, 29, who finished seco...
JOHANNESBURG, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Ajax Cape Town's Thulani Serero won the player of the year award at the South African Premiership awards at Gold Reef City on Sunday. The 21-year-old striker's awards included Footballer of the Year Award, the Premier...
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...
PARIS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The world No. 7 Li Na of China held off strong challenges from Spanish qualifier(预选赛) Silvia Soler-Espinosa to win the women's singles second round match 6-4 and 7-5 at the French Open on Thursday. The sixth seed Li wa...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Sports Doping: From the Laboratory to the Playing Field FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today, we tell about sports doping the use of drugs o...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- While on vacation in his native city of Rio de Janeiro, striker Adriano（阿德里亚诺） revealed on Wednesday his plans to remain with Italy's Roma FC. The news disappoints Brazilian teams such as Corinthians,...
[00:00.00]15 Sport [00:04.88]2. Further practice [00:13.95]1.Did you see that they think the peace talks might break down? [00:20.58]No,thats terrible!If that happens,theyll go to war. [00:27.53]2.Did you see that theyre going to put up taxes on air...
