Chinese men roll to world title; US 4th
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Gymnastics The Chinese powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany, and now the questions are: Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing, and if so, how? Led by their champion, Yang Wei , China routed the competition for its third straight world gold medal - and eighth overall - scoring ...
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Olympic champion Liu Xiang became the first Chinese man to win world athletics gold by claiming the 110 metres hurdles title in a pulsating final on Friday.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years Monday.
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The 21-year-old Chinese claimed the gold medal of the showcase men&#39;s 110m hurdles before a capacity crowd of 70,000 at the Olympic Stadium in the 28th Olympic Games here on Friday.
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China led the Olympic medal race going  into the fourth day of competition on Tuesday with 10 golds.
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Led by world champ Paul Hamm, the team battles powerhouses Japan and China Monday night.
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China&#39;s Jia Zhanbo claimed the gold medal in the men&#39;s 50-metre rifle three-position target event at the Athens Olympics, after American Matthew Emmons was ruled to have fired at the wrong target on the verge of victory.
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China look set to surpass their gold-medal haul from last year&#39;s worlds as Yang Wei fired the 2008 Olympic hosts into pole position ahead of the Hiroyuki Tomita-inspired Japanese during men&#39;s qualifying at the world gymnastics championships on Monday.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - China&#39;s Zhang Yining, already a gold medalist here with doubles partner Wang Nan, won the women&#39;s singles title Sunday with a four-set victory over Hyang Mi Kim of North Korea.
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Which of these Chinese heavyweights has shown more strength recently?
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Featherweight Raynell Williams defeats Khedafi Djelkhir and middleweight Shawn Estrada defeats Artur Zlatopolski to give the United States a 4-0 record at the world championships.
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Bode Miller, of the USA, crosses the finish line to win the men&#39;s World Cup super-G in Lake Louise, Alta. on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo continued their domination of figure skating's pairs on Wednesday, out-pointing world champions Pang Qing and Tong Jian to lead after the short program at the Four Continents championships.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - A mixture of daring and dynamism sent the United States above holders China to the top of the women's team standings in qualification at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday.
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Yang Yang (A) from China and American Apolo Anton Ohno took 1,500-meter women and men&#39;s titles in a World Cup short-track speedskating USA stop held in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday.
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China led the Olympic medal race going into the fourth day of competition on Tuesday with 10 golds.
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American Justin Gatlin won the Olympic 100 metres Sunday night, and China, in a race almost as close, picked up four gold medals to edge ahead of the United States after nine days of competition at the Athens Olympics.