By Jim Stevenson Chengdu, China 11 September 2007 A wet field and steady rain made playing conditions difficult as the top-ranked United States and North Korea played at the Women's World Cup in China. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Chengdu,...
By Jim Stevenson Washington 04 September 2007 The fifth FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in China this month and one of the world's most prolific soccer players is about to embark on another World Cup campaign. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on U.S. w...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 18 July 2007 A new team has been appointed to defend former Liberian president Charles Taylor. Mr. Taylor fired his original lawyer in the opening days of his trial last month. Selah Hennessy reports from VOA's West Africa bur...
By Naomi Schwarz Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 08 June 2007 The Microsoft corporation is teaming up with African leaders to try to bring development to the continent through technology. As part of the partnership officials are holding a three-day technol...
By Gary Thomas Washington 22 May 2007 The growing political crisis in Pakistan has driven two onetime rivals into an alliance. Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who are both in exile, have teamed up to raise the pressure on Pres...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 May 2007 In Liberia, rebuilding after decades of devastating civil war, the country's first national amputee soccer team is now competing on an international level, and bringing new hope to the war torn country. The squad is...
By Brian Wagner Washington 19 April 2007 Students competing at the Final Four of Chess tournament Chess is one of the oldest and most popular games in the world. An estimated 45 million Americans play chess, and many universities and colleges have ch...
By Paula Wolfson White House 28 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says he is making good progress on a revised strategy for Iraq. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports, the president spoke in the midst of consultations at his Te...
By Melinda Smith Wahington, D.C. 23 August 2006 watch Vaccine report In a perfect world, overweight people could take a pill to stay slim and continue to eat whatever they want. But this is reality and for years health experts have delivered the sam...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 05 August 2006 No segment of Iraqi society seems to be safe from the violence, including those in the world of sports. In July, members of the Iraqi Olympic National Committee and more than 30 others were kidnapped in Bag...