RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Vasco da Gama will increase the capacity of its Sao Januario football stadium to 43,000 for the 2016 Olympic rugby sevens tournament. The club has until Wednesday (Oct. 31) to present redevelopment plans t...
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- British firms are welcome to invest in China and achieve mutual benefit and win-win in the bilateral cooperation, said a senior Chinese trade official in London on Monday. Speaking at a seminar on China's opening-up and glo...
BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The government of a central China city has been left red-faced again just as it was trying to restore reputation from the shame of not providing desks for students at public schools. This time, some of its officials gave f...
LONDON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Britain-China infrastructure cooperation CEO round-table conference, the first of such ever held between the two countries, opened in London on Monday, with both Chinese and British entrepreneurs hoping to strength coop...
CHICAGO, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S.President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Monday both spent their final full day of campaigning with packed schedule across eight swing states before returning to headquarters in Chicago...
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are making last-minute appeals to voters in key battleground states on the eve of Tuesdays presidential election. Both President Obama and Mr. Romney campaigned in states they need to...
Man. City go CL bottom after loss at Ajax AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- English champions Manchester City suffered a surprising 3-1 defeat to Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday to go bottom in Champions League Group D. Ajax started the...
Contador adds to Spanish voices defending Armstrong MADRID, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Alberto Contador has added his voice to those of fellow Spaniards, Samuel Sanchez and Miguel indurain criticizing the decision by the International Cycling Union to strik...
Deco: Brazilian championship still wide open RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Fluminense midfielder Deco has called on his teammates not to let their focus waver as they close in on a second Brazilian Serie A championship in three years. Fluminens...
Barca and Atletic look to pile pressure on Real Madrid MADRID, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona have the chance to further pile the pressure on Real Madrid in matchday nine of the BBVA Primera Liga. League leaders Barca travel to the capital to take...
Milan to carry on with Allegri MILAN, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- AC Milan club vice president Adriano Galliani confirmed on Thursday that the Rossoneri will not sack Massimiliano Allegri as the head coach following a string of losses. Local media reported t...
Nadal out of ATP event in London, Paris MADRID, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, who has been out of action since June, will miss the ATP Tour Finals in London and also next week's Paris indoor event due to his injured left knee,...
Hong kong rider dominates sixth stage of 2011 Tour of Hainan ONGFANG, South China, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Cheung King Lok of Hong Kong, China Thursday triumphed in the sixth stage of 2012 Tour of Hainan. He clocked a winning time of three hours 59 minut...
Chinese composer wins top int'l musical award MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun received here on Saturday top musical award named after Russian musician Dmitri Shostakovich. Tan, as one of the most iconic contemporary...
China works for safe dangerous waste disposal BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has released a guideline to ensure all dangerous wastes produced by major licensed units at or above city levels will be safely disposed of by 2015. Our...
