NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Miami Heat's LeBron James had been named the 2012 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year after a successful year with one Olympic gold medal and the 2012 NBA championship, the US basketball governing body announced the a...
HOUSTON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- James Harden scored 31 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a 104-92 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night at Toyota Center. Omer Asik had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Rockets, and Patrick Patter...
MADRID, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Spanish football fans will have to wait until Sunday for the three main courses of the weekend as the BBVA Primera Liga returns to action. January 6 is a holiday in Spain and is traditionally the day that children in the co...
JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Burry Stander, a two-time mountain bike Olympian, was killed in a road accident while training near his home on Thursday. The 25-year-old South African died after colliding with a taxi in the Kwazulu-Natal province on...
GENEVA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Sunday amended the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) proposed two years ago to help banks survive difficult times. The changes to the definition of the LCR, a key component of the...
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned what it called the military threats of British Prime Minister David Cameron in relation to Great Britain's illegal occupation of the Malvinas Islands for the past 180 y...
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Drivers who ignore yellow traffic lights will mostly receive warnings and education, and for the time being, they will not be penalized, the Ministry of Public Security announced Sunday. According to the newly-revised traf...
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Train stations are instituting seasonal measures on Monday to cope with large numbers of travelers during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday. Starting from Monday, passengers will be able to buy train tickets up to 20 da...
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Beijing has seen an increase in the number of residential apartments sold in the city and witnessed a drop in prices for newly built homes in 2012, the Beijing Real Estate Association said on Sunday. The capital sold about...
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Increased financial support and innovative ways of working are needed to ensure that patients, doctors and hospitals all benefit from the country's medical reform, according to Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang. Li, who is a...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Wielding a sharp tool in a cut- throat box office derby in the post-holiday period, Texas Chainsaw 3-D drew droves of horror fans and sliced up major cinematic rivals including Django and Hobbit to take the top place i...
LIMA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Wednesday inaugurated the Villa Dakar, a facility where vehicles racing in the 2013 Dakar Rally will get a mechanical revision before the race next Jan. 5. A total of 459 vehicles, including...
BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Quincy Douby showed no mercy on Marcus-less Shanxi Zhongyu as he swept 75 points, the highest score in CBA franchise history, to help Zhejiang Chouzhou win 154-129 at home on Wednesday. The former record belonged to Andre...
HAVANA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel announced her intentions to swim across the Florida Straits without the protection of an anti-shark cage, Cuban media highlighted here Wednesday. According to Radio Havana Cuba, McCarde...
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Wednesday the schedule of its national team's tour to South Africa starting later this month. According to the itinerary, Pakistan team will play three Test matches, two Twenty2...
