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China's defending WD champions advance to Indonesia Open final

Defending women's doubles champions Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang advanced to the final at the Indonesia Open Super Series after beating their seeded compatriots Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua 21-18, 21-16 in the semifinals here on Saturday.
'Chinese football lacks identity': Arie Haan

Arie Haan, former coach of China and former Dutch international, thinks current Chinese football misses an identity of its own.
Bao/Cheng win women's doubles at Indonesia Open

Bao Yixin/Cheng Shu upset their Chinese compatriots Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang in a tough three-set match to win the women's doubles title at the Indonesia Open Super Series here on Sunday.

Mickelson, Horschel share clubhouse lead at Merion

Phil Mickelson made his first birdie on his last putt. Billy Horschel never missed a green. It was all they could do to barely break par against Merion, which is turning out to be the real star of this US Open.
Golf program has driving ambition for youngsters

The China Golf Association and HSBC announced a three-year program in Shanghai on Tuesday to boost golf among youngsters.
Flopping Tiger aims to clean up his entire game

Tiger Woods ended a largely forgettable week at the Memorial Tournament, languishing tied for 65th in a field of 73, and conceding that he needs to clean up every aspect of his game.

Across America Talk -- The London Games

The world's eyes are on London, where the Games of the 30th Olympiad got underway last Friday.

Synchronised swimming in action at FINA shanghai Worlds

Synchronised swimming games are in action at the 2011 FINA shanghai world championships.

Yao Ming, Zhang Ziyi cheer China's Olympians

Yao Ming and Zhang Ziyi, Special Olympic Global Ambassadors, will travel to Athens to cheer the Chinese athletes and to promote for the upcoming 13th World Special Olympic Summer Games, running from June 25 to July 4 in Athens.

Barca squad interrupt Shakira concert to celebrate win

Barca defender Pique and his teammates went to Colombian pop star Shakira's Barcelona concert on Sunday, dancing with his girlfriend, to celebrate their Champions League victory.

Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.

Scherzer improves to 10-0

Max Scherzer maintained his perfect start to the season by securing a 10th straight victory in pitching the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 triumph against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday.

Ticket prices heat up for NBA finals

Ticket prices are going into overdrive in the final week of the NBA season.

Neymar delivers in style

The clock showed two minutes and 57 seconds as Luiz Felipe Scolari, who said before the Confederations Cup that Neymar needed protecting as the idol of 200 million Brazilians, afforded himself a tight smile of vindication.

Tennis

Venus Williams out of Wimbledon, citing back

After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.
Hewitt rolls back years to beat Del Potro

Something about the lawns of London bring out the best in Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt and he gave a glimpse of the grasscourt arts to beat Juan Martin del Potro in Friday's quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships.
Nadal beats Ferrer for record 8th French Open win

If Rafael Nadal truly was going to be challenged, if his bid for an unprecedented eighth French Open championship would be slowed even a bit, this might have been the moment.

Iran qualifies for 2014 World Cup

Tehran's streets were filled with young revellers for the second time in four days on Tuesday after the Iranian national soccer team qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with a win over South Korea.
It's costly to fire Camacho

The China Football Association may face financial strain after China's heavy home defeat popped the question over whether head coach Jose Antonio Camacho should leave.
Ticket prices heat up for NBA finals in Miami

Ticket prices are going into overdrive in the final week of the NBA season.

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Defending women's doubles champions Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang advanced to the final at the Indonesia Open Super Series after beating their seeded compatriots Ma Jin/Tang Jinhua 21-18, 21-16 in the semifinals here on Saturday.

Arie Haan, former coach of China and former Dutch international, thinks current Chinese football misses an identity of its own.

Bao Yixin/Cheng Shu upset their Chinese compatriots Wang Xiaoli/Yu Yang in a tough three-set match to win the women's doubles title at the Indonesia Open Super Series here on Sunday.

Phil Mickelson made his first birdie on his last putt. Billy Horschel never missed a green. It was all they could do to barely break par against Merion, which is turning out to be the real star of this US Open.

The China Golf Association and HSBC announced a three-year program in Shanghai on Tuesday to boost golf among youngsters.

Tiger Woods ended a largely forgettable week at the Memorial Tournament, languishing tied for 65th in a field of 73, and conceding that he needs to clean up every aspect of his game.

Tuukka Rask shut out the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins' offense to do it without another exhausting overtime.

After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.

Something about the lawns of London bring out the best in Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt and he gave a glimpse of the grasscourt arts to beat Juan Martin del Potro in Friday's quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships.

If Rafael Nadal truly was going to be challenged, if his bid for an unprecedented eighth French Open championship would be slowed even a bit, this might have been the moment.

Tehran's streets were filled with young revellers for the second time in four days on Tuesday after the Iranian national soccer team qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with a win over South Korea.

The China Football Association may face financial strain after China's heavy home defeat popped the question over whether head coach Jose Antonio Camacho should leave.

Ticket prices are going into overdrive in the final week of the NBA season.

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