NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both advanced into the second round of U.S. Open, while China's French Open champion Li Na subsided in the first round on Tuesday. Nadal, the defending U.S. Open champion and thi...
DAEGU, South Korea, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The world's three fastest hurdlers safely advanced in the heats of the world championships here on Sunday, but the best time was made by U.S. rising star Jason Richardson in 13.19 seconds. China's Liu Xiang, th...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill tying an increase in the federal borrowing limit to deep spending cuts, limits on future spending, and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget. The Republican-sponsored measu...
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of yuan, the Chinese currency, Tuesday gained 2 points to 6.5881 against the U.S. dollar, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading(外汇交易) System. China's central bank announced in...