Photo   Lin Dan advances to China Open Badminton quarterfinals France advance to World Cup finals Massa participates in charity soccer game, talks about Mercedes Arsenal's Van Persie out for six weeks China's Wang wins 1,000m at short track speedskating World Cup Phelps finishes 5th in 200m butterfly final China's Song wins women's discus at Asian championships Liu Xiang grabs hurdling hat-trick at Asian Championships Federer upset by Benneteau in Paris Masters NBA great Abdul-Jabbar's leukemia not life threatening Liu Xiang arrives in Guangzhou for 18th Asian Athletics Championships Federer upset by Djokovic at Basel ATP final Real Madrid wins thrilling city derby Anthony's road from rookie to weekly MVP Agassi seeks compassion in TV interview Sevilla draws at home but qualifies for last 16 of Champions League Man. United, Chelsea, Porto and Bordeaux make last 16 Howard, Anthony named Players of the Week Serena beats Venus Williams to win WTA Championships Barcelona draw allows Madrid to close gap in Spain's Primera Liga Shen/Zhao come back in style at figure skating GP Olympic Flame on its way to Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Chinese National Games closes as host Shandong tops medal table Lakers beat Clippers 99-92 in season opener Shanghai wins men's volleyball final at National Games Third doping scandal cast shadow on athletics Liu Xiang steals limelight after hat-trick feat at National Games Liu Xiang takes center stage, Liu Hong crowned in women's 20km walk Ten swimming Asian records smashed at Chinese National Games Vancouver torch starts its journey Chelsea, Man United win, Real defeated by AC Milan FIFA introduces Puskas award, honoring Hungarian striker The victory moments at National Games Bolt receives top Jamaican civic award China bags three more golds at gymnastics worlds China grabs three golds in gymnastics worlds 11th Chinese National Games opens in Jinan Uchimura takes all-around title at gymnastics worlds Portugal into World Cup qualifying play-off Brazil in U20 World Cup final Chinese teenage paddler Liu triumphs at World Cup All Chinese players through to semis at 2009 women's table tennis World Cup Local star Peng wins women's doubles title with Hsieh at China Open Nadal, Djokovic into last four at China Open Nadal sets up Safin showdown, S. Williams stumbles out of China Open Comeback queen Sharapova out, Dementieva and Djokovic advance UAE made U20 soccer World Cup quarterfinals Costa Rica in U20 World Cup quarterfinals China's wildcard Zhang upsets Safina at China Open Sevilla beats Real Madrid to give emotion to Spanish title race Viktor Troicki beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Thailand Open Rio wins bid to host 2016 Olympic Games IOC continues to eliminate doping: Rogge China's Dong wins men's parallel bars at Doha World Cup U.S. beats Cameroon 4-1 in U-20 World Cup Italy beats Trinidad & Tobago 2-1 in U-20 World Cup Hamilton wins F1 Singapore Grand Prix Top three all win in Spain's Primera Liga soccer Alonso in Singapore F1 practice session Egypt crushes Trinidad & Tobago 4-1 in U-20 World Cup Manchester Utd., Chelsea win in League Cup Isinbayeva and coach hold clinic in Shanghai Madrid striker Van Nistelrooy injured after comeback goal Liu Xiang back on track after 13 months' lay-off Barcelona beats Atletico Madrid to remain top of Primera Liga Leo Messi extends Barcelona deal Bilbao and Villarreal win in Europa League Obama: Chicago Olympics would make world proud Real Madrid flatters to deceive in Zurich triumph Clijsters beats Wozniachi to win U.S. Open crown China's Liu Xiang to make comeback at Shanghai Golden Grand Prix next week Derek Jeter breaks record for NY Yankee's most hits ever Carly Gullickson, Travis Parrott win mixed-double match at U.S. Open Williams sisters beat Zheng Jie, Yan Zi at U.S. Open Andy Murray loses to Marin Cilic at U.S. Open U.S. Open: China's Zheng Jie, Yan Zi into women's doubles last eight Li performs best for China at U.S. Open Striker Defoe shines in England's friendly win over Slovenia China's Li Na reaches fourth round at U.S. Open China's Zheng Jie steps into U.S. Open women's singles 3rd round