China athletes return to heroes&#39; welcome
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China&#39;s Olympic athletes, who won a record 32 gold medals in Athens, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to a hero&#39;s welcome from dozens of dancers, drummers, a brass band and throngs of wellwishers.
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The Chinese powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship Thursday. Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing? Hardly looked like it with the way they performed and everyone else stumbled.
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Basketball superstar Yao Ming marched singularly as he carried China&#39;s flag into the Athens Olympics opening ceremony, several steps ahead of the Chinese delegation, his 7-foot-5 frame towering above the scene.
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Amir Khan, Britain&#39;s Olympic boxing hero, made a winning return to the ring last night in his first fight since taking silver in the summer - an amateur sportsman with a professional&#39;s earning power.
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A delegation of top Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday with a clear message for its hosts: Preparation is the key to successfully hosting the 2008 Games.
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In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country&#39;s new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic
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Three teams in Europe and the United States are courting China&#39;s former NBA centre Wang Zhizhi, who has made a comeback in the Chinese leagues, state media reported Wednesday.
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This time in Athens, the &quot;golden pair&quot; China had prepared for its rivals was Chen Qi and Ma Lin, two Olympic rookies. In the final match played in the Galatsi Olympic Hall in northwest Athens Saturday afternoon
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SHANGHAI (AP-CP) - World champion Michael Schumacher arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday, along with a host of other Formula One stars, saying he looked forward to evaluating the challenges of the city&#39;s brand new circuit.
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Britain&#39;s Paralympians returned home to a warm welcome after arriving at Gatwick airport on Wednesday. Team GB finished second in the table, behind China, with 94 medals - 35 of which were gold.
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TORONTO -- Zhang Yimou&#39;s masterful film Hero brought Jet Li and Donnie Yen together for the first time in a decade. For martial arts fans, that is history in the making.
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Major newspapers in the world all praised China&#39;s completion of &quot;smooth and orderly&quot; transfer of power to a younger generation over the weekend.
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Chinese officials are treating the Games as proud confirmation of their country's emergence as a global force to be reckoned with.
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Direct commercial flights between historic foes China and Taiwan resume after 55 years.
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Yao Ming is refreshed. After a demanding few days in his hometown for the first NBA game in China, the Houston Rockets center has had some time to unwind since arriving in Beijing.
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Like preparations for the Beijing Olympics four years from now, young Chinese Liu Xiang and Xing Huina are well ahead of schedule.
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Friendship is one thing, competition quite another. That was apparent when reporters asked Juwan Howard and Liu Wei about playing against friends, Chris Webber and Yao Ming, in the China Games.