Cuban Hanser Garcia travels to Spain for FINA Championship
2013-07-24 15:24:59
Cuban swimmer Hanser Garcia, Olympic finalist in the 100m freestyle, Tuesday traveled to Spain where he expects to have a good performance in the FINA World Championships in Barcelona.
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto takes gold in open water
2013-07-24 15:17:21
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto Cintra won the gold medal on Tuesday in the 10 km open water discipline at the Port of Barcelona for her second medal at the Barcelona World Championships.
Olympic star Sun Yang gears up in Barcelona
2013-07-24 15:06:45
Olympic and world champion Sun Yang prepares for his upcoming 400m and 1,500m freestyle events in the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain on July 23.
Synchronised swimmers bring beauty to the pool
2013-07-24 13:55:02
Teams perform in the synchronised swimming team free preliminaries during the World Swimming Championships at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona July 23, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto takes gold in open water
2013-07-24 11:29:58
Brazil's Poliana Okimoto Cintra won the gold medal on Tuesday in the 10 km open water discipline at the Port of Barcelona for her second medal at the Barcelona World Championships.
Chinese sports team heads to Deaflympics
2013-07-23 19:29:12
The Chinese sports delegation to the 22nd Summer Deaflympics left for Sofia, Bulgaria, on Tuesday evening, after the 96-member delegation to the event was named in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
Red Sox pass Yankees for 8-7 lead
2013-07-22 17:00:35
The Boston Red Sox knocked out the New York Yankees 8-7 on Sunday
Russia's hegemony remains in technical duet at swimming worlds
2013-07-22 13:50:50
Russian swimmers Svetlana Romashina and her new partner Svetlana Kolesnichenko won the gold medal in the synchronized swimming technical duet.
Barcelona opens swimming worlds with an appeal to preserve water
2013-07-22 11:11:01
Barcelona opened on Friday evening the 15th FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi with an appeal to preserve water as a source of life amid a spectacle of water, lights and sound.
British Chris Froome wins 100th Tour de France
2013-07-22 10:31:19
Chris Froome won the 100th Tour de France on Sunday, having dominated rivals over three weeks on the road and adroitly dealt with doping suspicions off it.
Froome's road to triumph hasn't been an easy one
2013-07-22 08:21:50
Kenyan-born cyclist Chris Froome was poised on Sunday to succeed Bradley Wiggins as the Tour de France champion and complete what has been a superb summer of sport for Britain.
Swimming worlds open post-Michael Phelps era
2013-07-22 07:53:13
The biennial FINA world championships begin Saturday and for the first time in more than a decade Michael Phelps won't be competing.