LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) --- Liu Xiang's back injury which forced him out of Saturday night's London Diamond League final will not affect his chance of winning at the Olympic Games in three weeks time, his coach Sun Haiping said here on Saturday. It'...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14 (Xinhua) -- South American football's governing body CONMEBOL is in talks with North and central American counterpart CONCACAF about a unified tournament in the mould of Europe's Champions League. CONCACAF president Jeffrey We...
PARIS, July 14 (Xinhua) -- French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) announced on Saturday the recruitment of Italy-based center back Thiago Silva. Silva... has been transferred from AC Milan by Paris Saint-Germain, for a duration of 5 years, the...
LARNAKA, Cyprus, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The U19 Beach Volleyball Youth World Championships concluded in Cyprus' southeastern coastal city Larnaka, with Poland emerging the biggest winner which claimed three medals including men's gold and silver as well...
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top meteorological authority on Sunday issued a blue warning for heavy rain as the country's southern regions are forecast to be pounded by downpours over the next three days. Torrential rains will hit parts of An...
BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government said on Saturday it will subsidize 4 million poor rural households through a pilot scheme to renovate their dilapidated houses in rural areas this year. Subsidies allocated by the central government...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Yahoo on Thursday confirmed that hackers had stolen around 400,000 account credentials from its computer system. In a statement to technology blog TechCrunch, Yahoo said that approximately 400,000 Yahoo! and other c...
LONDON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Stagnant British housing market has made property at the most affordable level in 10 years, bringing more homes within reach of first-time buyers, British mortgage lender Halifax said on Saturday. Halifax, now part of Lloy...
NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff...
LONDON, July 13 (Xinhua) -- China's star hurdler Liu Xiang's back injury which forced him out of the London Diamond League finals is not serious, his long-time coach Sun Haiping said here on Friday. Liu Xiang felt a little uncomfortable in his back a...
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The central bank reiterated Friday that the country will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy in 2012. The statement was released by the People's Bank of China after data showed that...
YICHANG, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Continuous flood peaks have left over 600 ships stranded on sections of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in the city of Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. Since early July, continuous flood peaks have h...
JINAN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Rainstorms have left four people dead and affected more than 3 million people in east China's Shandong Province over the last week, local authorities announced Friday. More than 100,000 people have been forced to evacuate l...
DALIAN, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Foreign realtors have gathered in Dalian,northeast China's Liaoning Province, to attend a summer housing sales fair, looking to potential Chinese buyers for overseas properties. The sales fair, which will last from Thursda...
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- A senior legislator said China's top legislature is actively preparing to introduce more tobacco-control legislation, after a smoking ban in indoor public places seems ineffective, the People's Daily reported Friday. Chin...
