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Beijing – Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi has been banned for two years after failing a drug test at the Rio Olympics, the sport’s governing body (FINA) said. Chen finished fourth in the women’s 100 metres butterfly at Rio but did not start in the 50m freestyle heats after Chinese state …

“Take hold of this moment … The Force is strong,” says Donnie Yen to his band of plucky rebels in the latest trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The Hong Kong action star is depicted as a sort of happy warrior making easy work of Stormtroopers with the …

China’s winter sports industry is expected to reach one trillion yuan, or $144.5 billion, in total value by 2025. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) made the statement while issuing plans related to the development of winter sports in China. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be co-hosted by Beijing …

Wearing a suit and tie, sitting in the governmental office, Zhao Pei, a 27-year-old, looks just like any other sober-faced civil servant in Beijing. But when he got fully geared up showing on the 36th Beijing international marathon game this September, he became athletic with full sportsmanship. Like millions of …

Watching snowboarders launch themselves off a 16-story ramp to perform gravity-defying stunts, spectators at Saturday’s World Snowboard Tour Big Air competition at the Bird’s Nest might have naturally assumed the athletes are totally fearless. But Norway’s Marcus Kleveland, who won the event, begs to differ. “When you go down to …

  The Chinese internet was abuzz on Thursday after a Weibo user posted photos of Lin Dan with a ‘mystery woman’ just days after the badminton star’s wife gave birth to their first child. Lin later apologised on Weibo after a day when the story dominated the Chinese social media …

Michael Phelps visited Beijing’s Water Cube was the second time since the 2008 Olympics. “As soon as I got on the plane to come down to Beijing, I was like, I really want to go and jump in the water., Adding that he asked to do so (it didn’t appear …

Tuesday, 13 September 2016   Nvidia Corp showed off a smaller and more efficient artificial intelligence computer for self-driving cars, saying it would power Baidu’s mapping and autonomous vehicle technology.  Chinese web services company Baidu will deploy Nvidia’s new Drive PX 2 as its in-vehicle car computer for its self-driving …

Saturday, 3 September 2016   July has set a new record in the number of foreigners visiting Indonesia, with Chinese tourists topping the list. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced on Thursday that 1.03 million people visited the country in July, marking an all-time high. Compared to one year ago, …

“I just wanted to hit a few balls and try to turn things around”@GarbiMuguruza explains why she tried to play through the pain. pic.twitter.com/trFAFSjNig — WTA (@WTA) 2 October 2017 Tuesday, 3 October 2017 :  World number one Garbine Muguruza’s China Open is over at the first-round stage after she retired …