LIMA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Peru will host the Dakar Rally 2010, which according to president of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IDP) Arturo Woodman, represents a triumph for the country's international image, local press said on Thursday. Woodman said...
WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- China's Zheng Jie was ousted by Australian Roland Garros finalist Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the WTA and ATP Miami Masters on Thursday. Stosur, the fourth seed and ranked fifth in the world, has p...
APELDOORN, THE NETHERLANDS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Australia and Britain captured the gold medals during the second day of the track cycling world championships in Apeldoorn on Thursday. Britain won the women' s team pursuit（追赶）, while Australi...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that Actos, a medicine treats onset diabetes, could also reduce the diabetes(糖尿病) risk in people with prediabetes. The study, which was published Wednesday in New England Journal of Medicin...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that many overweight(超重的) women and children often underestimate how heavy they are, according to media reports Wednesday. The study, conducted by researchers from Columbia University Medic...
JOHANNESBURG, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Cervical cancer ranks as the second most frequent(频繁的) cancer among women in South Africa. Recent information from a World Health Organization (WHO) and ICO Information Center on Human Papilloma virus (HPV) an...
If you don't exercise regularly（有规律的）, a sudden bout of energetic activity can trigger a heart attack, and may even kill you, according to a new study published in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. It sounds like the...
LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, who was widely considered as of the great actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age, passed away in Los Angeles early Wednesday. She was 79. The glamorous（迷人的） queen of American...
ROME, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Adriano was reported to have agreed a deal with Brazilian club Corinthians after terminating his contract with Roma. The former Inter striker（罢工者） joined Roma on a free transfer in the summer, but barely played du...
GUANGZHOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Germany's world No.1 table tennis player Timo Boll moved one step closer to retaining the Volkswagen Cup title here on Wednesday. Boll came back from 2 games down against Japan' s Jun Mizutani in their semi-final encou...
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Fluminense announced on Wednesday the arrival of a new assistant（助理） coach and the hiring of a new head coach, filling the shoes of Muricy Ramalho. Abel Braga reached a verbal agreement with the team, but...
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Mozilla's newly launched Firefox 4 Web browser was downloaded nearly 7 million times worldwide in the first 24 hours, according to media reports. The number was almost triple the 2.4 million downloads that Microsoft r...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Yahoo Inc. on Wednesday introduced a new feature to its search engine, which the company said can deliver answers and direct access to websites before users complete their query or hit the search button. The new fe...
LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal centre-half Johan Djourou will be sidelined for four weeks due to a shoulder injury, the club said on Tuesday. The Swiss international has undergone（经历） exploratory surgery on his shoulder, which was dislo...
DANDONG, Northeast China, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Miao Lijie made four free throws in the last minute and contributed 10 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Shenbu Fuyuan over the Guangdong Jiahong 65-64 in game 5 of the best-of-five fina...
