NAIROBI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's rugby stars, Humphrey Kayange and Collins Injera, will be missing from the Kenya team to the last two legs of the 2011/2012 IRB Sevens World Series in Glasgow and London. Kayange, a former captain and leading try...
MADRID, April 27 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola confirmed this Friday that he is leaving the club after four years in charge. Guardiola gave the news at a packed press conference in the Camp Nou Stadium at 13:30 hours local time. He exp...
SHEFFIELD, England, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The newly launched World Snooker International Championship will be staged for the first time later this year, with the biggest top prize ever and top competitive level for a snooker event in Asia. The world r...
BERLIN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- German No. 1 Andrea Petkovic suffered another injury and will be sidelined for three months to miss both the French Open and Wimbledon. The 24-year-old world No. 12th, who's just making her comeback from a back injury, ba...
LONDON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Olympic boxing champion Terry Spinks has died after a long illness at 74, it was confirmed Friday. Spinks, who won an Olympic boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Games, died at his home in Essex just outside...
BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Lingering drought has left more than 8.57 million people short of drinking water and huge areas of farmland parched in China, the nation's top drought-relief authority said Friday. As of Friday, droughts have affected 3....
KUNMING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 kindergarten students fell ill after eating breakfast at school on Friday in southwest China's Yunnan province, local authorities said. A hospital in the city of Wenshan received 129 children from a kinderg...
The U.S.-based financial ratings agency Standard Poors has revised its credit outlook for India from stable to negative. The downgrade has brought into sharp focus the challenges of India's slowing economy. Standard Poors revised outlook for India fr...
LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Program for the London 2012 Festival to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games was announced on Thursday. The 12-week festival, from June 21 to September 9, will draw together more than 25,000 artists from all 204 com...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Former Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano said his current club Sao Paulo is ready to return to the top of Brazilian football after three seasons without a trophy. Sao Paulo, one of only five teams to have never been re...
TORONTO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Toronto Raptors guard Ben Uzoh recorded 12 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Raptors to a 98-67 victory over the New Jersey Nets in NBA action on Thursday night. Uzoh's triple double was the tenth in franchi...
BILBAO, Spain, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Fernando Llorente scored a last minute goal to qualify Athletic Club Bilbao for the final of the Europa League on Thursday. Llorente forced the ball home from close range following great work from Ibai Gomez to giv...
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese children are accessing the Internet earlier than ever, according to a survey on minors' use of the Internet and social networking services published on Thursday. The survey, conducted by the Young Pioneers of Chi...
GUIYANG, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The extraordinary effects of Chinese herbal medicines have fueled foreign interest in launching research projects into the profitable and interesting field in recent years. Xia Wen, director of the academic department of...
BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's Cabinet, on Thursday required local authorities to take further steps in enhancing fiscal and tax support for the country's small and micro-sized companies and relieving their financing diff...
