LONDON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- English Premier League side Manchester United on Tuesday agreed two three-year sponsorships with Chinese companies, China Construction Bank (CCB) and soft drinks manufacturer Wahaha. As part of the agreement, United's firs...
SAO PAULO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Tuesday he would not make major changes to the team he inherited from predecessor Mano Menezes. The Selecao's friendly against England at London's Wembley Stadium on February 6th wi...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal will make his long-awaited return from injury at next month' s Brazil Open, tournament organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The 11-time Grand Slam winner has not played since suffering a...
BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhuanet) U.S. top rank cyclist Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview on Monday that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France. Armstrong said he was prepared to speak candidly during th...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday took oath for his second term in a public inauguration ceremony at the Capitol grounds, reaffirming America's founding principles in a call for unity and a vow for more engagement...
JAKARTA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with magnitude of 6.0 jolted Aceh in northern tip of Sumatra island earlier Tuesday, triggered panic, but no damage and casualty has been reported yet, officials said here. The USGS reported that the quake w...
ROME, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Contenders for Italy's power prepare to fight across the Senate battlefield to win the next government mandate as well as the difficult task of pulling the country out of recession. Five weeks before national vote, parties f...
MADRID, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Director of the National Tourism Administration of China Shao Qiwei and Secretary General of the United Nationals World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai have reached agreement to strengthen cooperation on tourism,...
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday called for the government to push forward financial reforms. During a Monday inspection tour of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, Wen said efforts should be made to advan...
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authorities said Monday that central and east China will be shrouded in fog through Tuesday morning. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) issued a blue alert for the fog. Blue is the lowest leve...
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- An edited version of the new James Bond film Skyfall hit Chinese theaters on Monday, prompting film industry insiders to call for reforms for the country's movie review system. Shi Chuan, a professor from Shanghai Univers...
LONDON, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The annual London Critics' Circle Film Awards saw 'Amour' triumph as best film, as well as picking up two further awards, on Sunday. 'Amour' is Austrian director Michael Haneke's French language tale of an elderly married...
YONGCHUAN, Chongqing, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Eight-time champions Dalian Shide club have to register for next season in order to keep their name in Chinese Super League despite financial problems following a failed acquisition. Shide, once the most acco...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFA announced Tuesday it was forced to hold a lottery for the allocation of Confederations Cup tickets due to overwhelming demand. The first phase of ticket sales for the June 15-30...
MELBOURNE, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- History was made when Wu Di became the first Chinese man to have played a Grand Slam match here on Tuesday. History was also made by Japan's 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm, who shocked 12th seed Nadia Petrova to become t...
