Beijing Sports News

China and North Korea have vowed to strengthen their defense alliance that was first "sealed in blood" when they fought together in the Korean War. Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie , on an official visit to North Korea, said "no...

Mortara's compatriot Gabriele Tarquini earlier won the world touring car championship by finishing fifth in the final race of the season on the streets of the former Portuguese colony. The 44-year-old survived a high speed collision with defending champion and...

World number two Rafael Nadal saw his impressive run at the China Open come to an abrupt end with a crushing semi-final defeat by Croatia's Marin Cilic. The top seed, whose season has been disrupted by tendinitis of the knees...

The world number one lost to local wild card Zhang Shuai, who is ranked 225 places below her. 7-5, 7-6 was the final score in Beijing, as Safina made 20 unforced errors and 12 double faults. The loss means the...

BEIJING (AFP) - – Menk Bateer, the first Chinese to start an NBA game, has urged his injured countryman Yao Ming not to rush back into action, advising the star Houston Rockets centre to skip the 2009-2010 season. "He is...

Serbia's Novak Djokovic claimed his 14th ATP title Sunday with a straight-set victory over Marin Cilic of Croatia in the China Open. Djokovic, who was seeded second in the Beijing event, won 6-2, 7-6 (7-4). "It's a great feeling. So...

There have been a lot of worrying talk about Rafael Nadal's fierce style of playing which could force the Spaniard out of action at an early age, but the 23-year-old shrugged off the injury scare and said he is happy...

Nadal levelled at three wins each in the series, having begun turning the tables after standing 0-3 in 2006. The tight contest cracked slightly in the final set, with a Blake double-fault giving Nadal a 5-3 lead. The world number...