MADRID, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Spanish La Liga club Sevilla sacked coach Marcelino Garcia on Monday after a run of games which has seen them slip from contenders for a place in Europe to below halfway in the league. Sevilla lost 2-1 at home to Villarreal...
ROME, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italian giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus on February 25, as the Swedish international was handed a three-match ban on Monday. The Swede, who has...
BEIJING, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- China and Cambodia on Monday vowed to further promote their ties in a meeting between top political advisor Jia Qinglin and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Nam hong. China attaches high importance...
The New York Giants are this seasons champions of American football, beating the New England Patriots in the NFLs Super Bowl 46, 21-17, played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. These same two teams met in the Super Bowl four years ago when the Ne...
A new poll indicates U.S. President Barack Obama would beat Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney in a hypothetical election matchup. The ABC News-Washington Post survey shows President Obama ahead 51 percent to 45 percent among registered...
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered stricter sanctions on Iran's government and central bank, citing deceptive practices by Iranian banks to conceal transactions. In an executive order released Monday, the president said other factors for imposin...
LONDON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal's generation connecting stars Robin van Persie, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Thierry Henry all scored to steer Gunners to their first Premier League win of the year by routing relegation-threatened Blackburn 7-1 on S...
MADRID, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid retained their seven point lead at the top of Spain's BBVA Primera Liga on Saturday with a hard-fought 1-0 away win at Getafe, while second-placed Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 2-1. Sergio Ramos' header gave Real...
MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skater Liu Qiuhong won a silver medalin women's 1,000 meters in ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating here on Saturday. Liu, who is from China's national team, once led the 1,000 meter race but only finished secon...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Under the watchful eye of Flamengo's new head coach Joel Santana, the team battled to a scoreless draw against rival Botafogo on Sunday in the first half of the 2012 Rio de Janeiro state championship. Despite a matc...
MADRID, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid lost their leadership of the ACB Endesa Basketball League after a home defeat to Gescrap Bilbao on Sunday night. Madrid may have beaten the Basques in the EuroLeague just three days earlier, but Bilbao have long...
ROME, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Juventus head coach Antonio Conte felt sorry for his side's inability to take advantage of other rivals hiccups as they were held to a scoreless draw at home by Siena on Sunday. The Bianconeri stalled by a determined Siena de...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- On his 20th birthday on Sunday, Santos star striker Neymar scored his 100th career goal. The highly anticipated goal came in the 70th minute as teammate and godfather of his newborn son Paulo Henrique Ganso drove a...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Park Police on Saturday cleared Occupy DC protesters from their encampment blocks from the White House, arresting at least six people. The police arrived before dawn at McPherson Square, where the protesters have b...
severe winter weather continues to dominate in many European countries with air and road travel disrupted and gas supples running low. The hardest hit country is Ukraine, where temperatures as low as minus 32 degrees Celsius have left at least 122 pe...
