WEDEN, Germany, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Pre-tournament favorites Germany overcame China 3-1 in their first match of the women's ice hockey qualification tournament of 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Winning the shots 16-6, eighth-ranked Germany opened the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Gremio has confirmed its interest in signing Arsenal defender Andre Santos for the club's upcoming Copa Libertadores campaign. The club is in a race against time to secure the 29-year-old ahead of the Febru...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday went all out against gun violence, using two public appearances to stress the issue, hammering home his message of tougher gun control. Obama tackled the issue directly with a camp...
BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- A strong cold front is expected to sweep most of China, dragging down temperatures by up to 14 degrees Celsius in some areas. The cold front will lower temperatures by 6 to 10 degrees Celsius in most parts of China during...
BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reaped 3.88 billion yuan (617.8 million U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue during this year's seven-day Spring Festival holiday, up 15 percent year on year, local authorities said Friday. China's capital city receiv...
KUNMING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Some 2,350 people in southwest China's Yunnan Province are working to put out a forest fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday. The fire erupted around 3 p.m. in the border areas between t...
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's top player Ding Junhui believes Mark Selby is the man to beat as he looks ahead to the defence of his Welsh Open title next week. Ding got the better of Selby in last year's final at the Newport Center, winning 9-6...
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 Li Na has withdrawn from Qatar tennis due to h...
MADRID, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Reigning ACB title holders Real Barcelona took their revenge over this season's runaway league leaders and Copa del Rey holders, Real Madrid, by sending their bitter rivals on the first bus home after a thrilling 111-108 wi...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay striker Diego Forlan could return to Internacional's starting line-up for the Brazilian club's fixture against Pelotas in the Campeonato Gaucho on Saturday. Forlan was used as a 70th-minute substitute in Uru...
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the season, concluding a distinguished one-club career. The 35-year-old Carragher, labeled Mr Liverpool by the club, has played 723 tim...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged Iran to make real offers and engage in a real dialogue in the upcoming nuclear talks with world powers, saying this is the only way to make progress. I want to reite...
LONDON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Leaving the European Union (EU) will throw Britain into a void, former British Prime Minister Sir John Major said Thursday. Sir John told an audience of experts and journalists at the Chatham House think-tank, Being inside...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary was blocked Thursday in the Senate, after a vote failed to garner the 60 votes needed to end debate on the matter. The vote was 50 to 40, fa...
BRUSSELS, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission has called on certain member states of the European Union involved in recent horsemeat scandal to step up investigations and restore consumers' confidence. I hope that the national investigations...
