The Netherlands and Spain have been fined by FIFA for their players’ lack of discipline in a bad-tempered World Cup final. FIFA said Tuesday the Dutch federation must pay $14,480 after eight different players received yellow cards, including defender John Heitinga, who was booked a second time and sent off. English referee Howard Webb showed [...]
Brazil officially announced its bid on Wednesday to host the women’s basketball world championship in 2014. Brazil last hosted the tournament in the city of Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, in 2006. The South American country also staged the event in 1957, 1971 and 1983. The venue for the 2014 world championship will be announced in 2011 [...]
Frenchman Jimmy Engoulvent of the Saur-Sojasun team clocked 6 minutes 25 seconds to win the first stage (5.5 kilometers) of the Tour de Portugal on Wednesday. Russian Vladimir Isaichev from the Xacobeo-Galicia team and Spain’s Alejandro Marque from the Palmeiras Resort team were in second place, both 5 seconds behind Engoulvent. This year’s race, consisting [...]
The Vision of the 16th Asian Games, a “Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia”, is a dream and a promise, that the Games will uphold the spirit of the Olympics and the Asian Games – which is to promote unity, friendship and further exchanges between different countries and regions. The core goal of the Asian Games is [...]
South African striker Siphiwe Tshabalala, who scored the first goal at the FIFA World Cup, has been a target of Turkish side Sivasspor, local media reported. The Turkish club are hoping to sign him before the new season starts, but Tshabalala’s club Kaizer Chiefs of Johannesburg have rejected a five million rand (685,000 U.S. dollars) [...]
London 2012 has begun search for the team to design, engineer and manufacture the Olympic and Paralympic torches, announced the organizing committee here on Wednesday. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), in partnership with the Design Council, began the process of creating the torches for the London 2012 Olympic [...]
The 2010 Chinese National mountain climbing festival kicked off Thursday morning in Guyuan city of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. More than 1,600 climbing fans from 18 provinces and regions gathered at Liu Panshan Mountain in Guyuan city to compete for the championship. Participants have been divided into Competition category and non-Competition category. About [...]
The Pictograms of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games are important basic visual elements of the image and look of the Games. Taken together with the Games’ Emblem and Mascots they constitute the Games Visual Identity. The Pictograms have various practical functions and serve as important carriers of the Games’ Vision and the host country’s culture. [...]
Gremio Prudente were held 0-0 by Atletico-MG at home in the 2010 South American Cup on Wednesday. Atletico-MG are currently 19th with 10 points in the standings of the Brazilian soccer championship. Atletico-MG will look to qualify at home in the return leg match against Gremio Prudente
Argentine soccer club River Plate presented eight new players and new season’s jersey on Wednesday. The eight new players are: goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo, defenders Jonatan Maidana, Adalberto Roman (Paraguay) and Carlos Arano; midfielders Walter Acevedo and Josepmir Ballon (Peru), and forwards Leandro Caruso and Mariano Pavone. The club’s president Daniel Passarella said the team [...]
Palmeiras star midfielder Lincoln will be sidelined for two weeks due to a sore right thigh, the club said on Wednesday. The player, who suffered the injury in the match against Corinthians on Aug. 1, will miss the team’s next three matches against Goias, Vitoria and Atletico-PR in the Brazilian soccer championship. Local media reported [...]
China’s Olympic champion Liu Xiang will not compete in this week’s national trials for the Asian Games but is still assured of a slot in the Chinese contingent for the quadrennial multi-sport event, a top athletics official said on Thursday. Feng Shuyong, vice director of China’s Athletics Association, said the men’s 110m hurdles star needs [...]