LONDON, May 16 (Xinhua) — England former captain David Beckham decided to end his pro career at the end of the season, the home- known footballer announced on Thursday.
As one of the world most successful and well-known athletes, Beckham said in a statement, “I’m thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but [...]
Pata Honda rider, Michael van der Mark, is looking forward to a home race this weekend as the World Supersport championship assembles at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands for round three of the 2013 series.
The 20-year-old Dutch ace has made an impressive start to his World Supersport career, taking a third in his [...]
SHANGHAI, April 14 (Xinhua) — Following are the winners from 2004-2013 Formula One China Grand Prix:
2013 – Fernando Alonso, Spain
2012 – Nico Rosberg, Germany
2011 – Lewis Hamilton, Britain
2010 – Jenson Button, Britain
2009 – Sebastian Vettel, Germany
2008 – Hamilton
2007 – Kimi Raikkonen, Finland
2006 – Michael Schumacher, Germany
2005 – Alonso
2004 – Rubens Barichello, Brazil
MADRID, April 2 (Xinhua) — Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho again avoided answering questions over his future at the club as he spoke to the press ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg game at home to Galatasaray.
Mourinho has a contract with Real Madrid until 2016, but doubts were raised as to whether or [...]
MADRID, March 31 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona striker, Leo Messi made history once again on Saturday when he scored his side’s second goal, which is his 43rd league goal of the season, in their 2-2 draw away to Celta Vigo.
Although the goal was only worth a point, it kept them 13 points clear of Real [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) — Chinese mobile phone provider ZTE launch the first smartphone in the world to use Mozilla OS Firefox system at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday.
ZTE will work alongside network provider Telefonica to launch their phone named ZTE Open in Spain, Venezuela and Colombia this summer.
The company said the [...]
MADRID, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — The Spanish government on Friday approved over 50 measures aimed at supporting small and medium-sized companies and the self-employed.
Some of the measures, mentioned by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy during his state of the nation speech on Wednesday, include a flat rate of 50 euros (65 U.S. dollars) of social security [...]
SAO PAULO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — Rafael Nadal progressed to the quarterfinals of the Brazil Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Brazilian Joao Souza.
The result follows the Spaniard’s withdrawal from the double’s event on Wednesday amid concerns a heavy workload could compromise his recovery from a seven-month layoff with a knee injury.
The [...]
BRUSSELS, Oct.10 (Xinhua) — The European Union is set to allocate 25.4 million euros (37.2 million U.S. dollars) to help thousands of applicants who lost their jobs in the global crisis, according to a plan approved by the European Parliament (EP)’ budget committee here on Wednesday.
The committee approved the plan under which more than 4,700 [...]
LONDON, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — Spain playmaker David Silva will stay at Manchester City for another five years after the 26-year-old signed a new contract with the Premier League champions.
That means Silva will be with City until the summer of 2017.
Silva, who joined City from Valencia in July 2010, was one of the key players [...]
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