China
Yao Ming confident of reaching quarter finals
Yao Ming is confident China can at least reach the quarter finals in the basketball at the Beijing Olympics. Yao Ming is currently suffering from a knee injury, but he is now able to place 80 per cent of his weight on his leg while running on an Alter-G treadmill.
China is in […]
Marathoners feel the cold rather than pollution
The Good Luck Beijing marathon was held on Sunday. Rather than pollution runners complained about the cold. It started to rain about 20 minutes into the race slowing the runners down.
Chen Rong from China won the women’s race and Serod Batochir from Mongolia won the men’s event.
The race started in Tiananmen Square and […]
After months of waiting I finally got to into the National Beijing Stadium. I went to the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Women’s race in the afternoon. The men’s 20 kilometer race was held in the morning. It was quite a warm day in Beijing, so the men got a better deal.
Security was […]
Chinese basketball ace Yao Ming said he will be ready to play for China in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Yao Ming is recovering from a stress fracture in his foot.
“I don’t think I will miss the Games,” the Houston Rockets centre told reporters in Beijing on Friday after returning to China, according to the […]
Olympic 110 meter hurdles champion Liu Xiang from China has decided to compete in the the world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain from March 7-9 rather than attending China’s annual parliamentary season.
Liu Xiang is a delegate to the nation’s parliamentary advisory body and representative to China’s sporting world.
“Liu Xiang is one of the outstanding delegates […]
Yao Ming is out for the season due to a stress fracture in his foot - the tarsal navicular bone to be precise.
He - and the rest of China - is still hopeful that he will be able to represent his country at the Beijing Olympics
The injury may take several months to heal.
“If […]
Everyday an Olympic day for Chinese taekwando star
For Wu Jingyu every day is a an “Olympic day”.
“I regard every day as the Olympic day. I trained very hard since last year and I felt like competing in the Olympics everyday,” said Wu Jingyu.
She won a gold medal in women’s 49 kilogram class in a warm-up event for the Beijing Olympics.
“I am trying […]
- China women’s football team still on target for a medal
- Chinese pair win men’s synchronized springboard title
- First Asia Boxing Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok Thailand
- Liu Xiang in good form for Beijing Olympics
- China makes clean sweep in table tennis event
- Chinese runner insures his legs for US$13.3 million
- Kenyan Nephat Kinyanjui wins Beijing Marathon
- Chinese triathlete banned for doping