World-record holder and two-time Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol handed Michael Phelps his first defeat in almost a year by winning the 100-meter backstroke at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Saturday.
China lived up to the media hype to win the Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton championship here on Sunday when it beat South Korea 3-0 in the final.
China's Lin Dan jumps to smash the shuttle against his Japanese rival during their men's singles game of the group stage match at the Sudirman Cup World Team Badminton Championships in Guangzhou.
The Chinese badminton team observed a one-minute silence for the victims of last year's devastating earthquake before their match against Japan on May 12, 2009.
The Cleveland Cavaliers brushed aside the Atlanta Hawks 84-74 on Monday to sweep their NBA Eastern Conference semi-final series 4-0.
Millions of hoops fans, hordes of sports journalists and basketball officials were shocked and saddened when Houston Rockets' all-star Chinese center Yao Ming suffered another foot fracture that rules him out of the NBA playoffs.
Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 40 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 111-98 on Wednesday and level their Western Conference semi-final series at 1-1.
The Chinese National Team pockets all five golds at World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, May 5, 2009.
Chinese win both men's and women's doubles gold medals at the world table tennis championships Monday.
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao defeated his British rival Ricky Hatton and became the new International Boxing Organization (IBO) light welterweight champion.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
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