Cuban judoka wins Ippon trophy HAVANA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Cuban judo star Maricet Espinosa won the Ippon trophy at the 2012 World Team Judo Championships held over the weekend in northeastern Brazil's city of Salvador de Bahia, local media reported...
Djokovic to finish year as world No. 1 LONDON, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic will overtake Roger Federer in the ATP rankings and finish 2012 as world No. 1, the ATP said on Monday. The Serb lost his top postion to Federer in July after the 31- y...
Leverkusen stops Bayern's winning streak in German Bundesliga BERLIN, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Sidney Sam's decider inflicted front runner Bayern Munich the first loss of the season to stop their perfect start meanwhile Vedad Ibisevic ensured Stuttgart's...
Feyenoord and Ajax draw in Dutch Classic to fall further behind THE HAGUE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- In the most traditional match of Dutch football Feyenoord and Ajax drew 2-2 on Sunday in Rotterdam as league leader FC Twente and PSV moved further away. A...
Death toll in Guatemalan earthquake rises to 52 GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on Thursday confirmed that the death toll of the 7.4- magnitude earthquake rose to 52, 22 people remain missing, and 1.2 million...
Pentagon says Iranian fighter jet attacks U.S. drone WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Iranian fighter jet has attacked a U.S. drone but missed, so the unmanned American aircraft suffered no damage and returned safely to base, the U.S. Defense Departmen...
PENTAGON U.S. defense officials have confirmed reports that Iranian fighter jets fired on a U.S. drone over the Persian Gulf one week ago. Pentagon officials are stopping short of calling it an act of war, but they said Thursday the United States has...
Tearful Seedorf fears missing rest of season RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Botafogo's Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf will Monday undergo a scan on his right thigh to determine the extent of a muscle strain that threatens to end his season. T...
Man United hands nine-man Chelsea first league defeat of season LONDON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- European champions Chelsea were hit by two red cards in an intensely contested match and defeated by Manchester United 3-2 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The v...
Murphy cruises into top 16 at inaugural Int'l Championship CHENGDU, Sichuan Province, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Former world champion Shaun Murphy cruised into top 16 with a 6-0 whitewash of Andrew Higginson at the inaugural International Championship here...
Juventus beat Catania thanks to controversial goals ROME, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Juventus extended their lead in the Serie A with a 1-0 win over 10-man Catania after the referee's controversial decisions apparently changed the game. The hosts had a goal...
Chinese women's short-track relay team captures World Cup gold MONTREAL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- China capped off the second ISU World Cup short-track meet of the season in strong fashion as the women's relay team won the 3,000-meter relay final Sunday,...
CPC opens national congress at decisive stage of modernizing China BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened Thursday at the decisive stage of completing the building of a moderately prosperou...
China to raise proportion of community-level deputies to people's congresses BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- China will increase the proportion of community-level deputies to the people's congresses, and reduce the number of deputies elected from among l...
Clinton still plans to leave State Department WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. government official reiterated on Wednesday that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton still planned to step down from her current job of U.S. chief diplomat. I don't th...
