MADRID, Dec. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Leo Messi scored twice and set up Luis Suarez for Barcelona as they enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 win away to bottom of the table Osasuna on Saturday. Although Barca missed enough first half chances to have sealed the win in the first 45 minutes, Messi’s quality was decisive after the […]

banXIAMEN, China, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — Two Chinese runners died on Saturday after they collapsed at Xiamen International Half-Marathon in southeast China’s Fujian province, according to the local organizing committee. A runner, with the surname Lin, fell down and suffered sudden heart failure with 4.5 kilometers to go before the finish. The other runner, surnamed […]

WARSAW, Dec. 10 (NsNewsWire) — The physical fitness of Polish children and youngsters has worsened in every aspect in recent years, Polish Press Agency reported on Friday. The report quoted a recent research made by National Center of Physical Condition Examination as reporting that a continuous worsening of fitness examination results can be observed since […]

MADRID, Dec. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Real Madrid published a communique on the club’s official website in the early hours of Wednesday morning, asking for “respect” for Cristiano Ronaldo in the face of accusations of tax avoidance on a massive scale which have surfaced in recent days. The Spanish ‘El Mundo’ newspaper reported on Dec. 2 […]

BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) on Thursday overturned an earlier ruling by Beijing courts to favor Michael Jordan’s trademark appeal against a Chinese firm that allegedly infringed upon the name right of the NBA icon. The SPC’s judgment was broadcast live on its website. The court issued different judgments in […]

SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — North China’s Hebei province will initiate construction on 2022 Winter Olympic Games competition venues in 2017 after finishing planning work this year, local authorities said on Tuesday. Beijing, along with the city of Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province, won the bid to co-host the 2022 Winter Olympics at the 128th IOC […]

SINGAPORE, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) The Singapore Management University (SMU) introduced bond-free full sports scholarship in honour of Paralympics gold medallist Yip Pin Xiu on Tuesday. From August 2017, the Yip Pin Xiu scholarship will offer a full waiver of tuition fees to outstanding student athletes admitted to any SMU undergraduate program next year. SMU said […]

MADRID, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) — Almost 100,000 fans in Barcelona’s Camp Nou Stadium and a worldwide television audience of around 600 million will take their seats on Saturday afternoon to watch the biggest domestic club game in the world as FC Barcelona entertain Real Madrid in what has become known as El Classico. The first […]

WASHINGTON, Dec.2 (NsNewsWire) — The Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James and the Oklahoma City Thunder’ s Russell Westbrook were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month on Thursday. James led the Cavaliers to the best record in the Eastern Conference (13-3). He averaged 23.5 points, 9.3 assists (tied for third in the […]