PARIS, May 19 (Xinhua) — A car engaging Saturday in the 14th regional rally race of Maures in southern France, left the road in Plan-de-la-Tour in the Var department and crashed into the crowd, killing at least two people, local media reported.
The initial investigation showed the driver, whose identity was yet to be revealed, has committed misconduct in the course. After arriving at a intersection where he would have turned right but continue straight ahead, the car veered off the …

PITTSBURGH, This year’s Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure® attracted more than 27,000 participants, including approximately 2,000 breast cancer survivors. The winners of today’s Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure 5K are as follows:

1st Place Overall Winners
Male: Mark Grogan; 15:54
Female: Anna Beck; 17:53

2nd Place Overall Winners
Male: Kevin Beganics; 16:41
Female: Michelle Corkum; 19:40

3rd Place Overall Winners
Male: Gregory Byrnes; 17:00
Female: Elizabeth Perry; 19:47

Survivor Category Winners
1st Place Survivor: Ginny Ellwood; 22:39
2nd Place Survivor: Lori Dunlap; 22:45
3rd Place Survivor: Lisa Starcevic; 24:03
Male Survivor: John Pitzulo; 28:19
Master Survivor (age 40-59): Faith Vallese; 24:46
Senior …

BARCELONA, May 13 (Xinhua) — Pastor Maldonado ended Williams’ seven-year drought after he took a historic chequered flag in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.

This win, the first since the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, 132 races ago, is the perfect gift for the team’s founder Sir Frank Williams’ 70th birthday.

Starting the weekend as a 300-1 outsider, Maldonado became the first Venezuelan to savor the winner’s champagne, finishing just …

MADRID, May 13 (Xinhua) — Following are the results Sunday from the Spanish Grand Prix, the fifth race of the Formula One world championship:
1. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela/Williams-Renault), one hour 39 minutes and 9.145 seconds
2. Fernando Alonso (Spain/Ferrari) 3.195 seconds behind
3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland/Lotus-Renault) 3.884
4. Romain Grosjean (France/Lotus-Renault) 14.799
5. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan/Sauber-Ferrari) 1:04.641
6. Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Red Bull-Renault) 1:07.576
7. Nico Rosberg (Germany/Mercedes-AMG) 1:17.919
8. Lewis Hamilton (Britain/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:18.140
9. Jenson Button (Britain/McLaren-Mercedes) 1:25.246
10. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany/Force India-Mercedes at one lap
11. Mark …

MADRID, May 13 (Xinhua) — Pastor Maldonado won the first Formula One Grand Prix of his career when he was first over the line in Barcelona this Sunday.

The Venezuelan, who drives for Williams, was able to recover following a flying start by Fernando Alonso, which allowed him to hold off Maldonado going into the first curve. The pair had both been moved forward on the grid after Lewis …

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Xinhua) — Miami Heat star LeBron James accepted the NBA’s 2011-2012 season Most Valuable Player award on Saturday for the third time in four years.

James became only the eighth player to win the award three or more times but has yet to put an NBA champions ring on his finger. The others, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone, all have won NBA …

MADRID, May 11 (Xinhua) — Janko Tipsarevic produced another surprise in the Mutua Madrid Open on Friday when he defeated fellow countryman, number one seed and tournament favorite Novac Djokovic 7-6 (2), 6-3.

The win for the number seven seed means that last year’s tournament winner, Djokovic follows Rafael Nadal, who was beaten by Fernnado Verdasco on Thursday, out of the tournament, along with number four seed Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, another player who crashed out of the competition …

ATHENS, May 11 (Xinhua) — The southern Aegean Sea island of Crete welcomed Friday the Olympic Flame that will burn for the London 2012 Olympic Games, as the Torch Relay continues across Greece, and is due to return to the mainland Saturday.

The sacred light that lit on Thursday in a moving ritual ceremony at Olympia, in the western part of Greece, the birthplace of the Games 2,500 years ago, crossed Peloponnese and on a vessel was …

WASHINGTON, May 10 (Xinhua) — Following are the first round results of the 2011-2012 National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs on Thursday (prefix number denotes seeding and home team in CAPS):

Eastern Conference

4-BOSTON CELTICS bt 5-Atlanta Hawks, 83-80
Celtics win the best-of-seven series 4-2 and enter the Conference semifinal
8-PHILADELPHIA 76ERS bt 1-Chicago Bulls, 79-78
76ers win the best-of-seven series 4-2 and enter the Conference semi-final

Western Conference

6-DENVER NUGGETS bt 3-Los Angeles Lakers, 113-96
The best-of-seven series tied 3-3

On Friday
Western Conference

4-Memphis Grizzlies vs 5-LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
Clippers lead …

MADRID, May 10 (Xinhua) — Fernando Verdasco produced the shock of the tournament this Thursday as he produced a heroic fight-back to knock Rafael Nadal out of the Mutua Madrid Open.

Verdasco, who had lost his previous 13 meetings against the Spanish number one, came back form 4-1 down in the final set to win 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in a marathon match lasting three hours and nine minutes.

Nadal looked …