Chinese ace Liu Xiang, the men's 110-meter hurdles world record holder, has finished in the second place on the internet poll for the World Male Athlete of the Year award in 2006, announced the IAAF official website on Monday.

A contract for the setup of a Greek Olympic Games Museum in Athens was signed at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland on Monday, according to ANA.

Cameroon's national beach soccer team beat Uruguay on penalties on Monday in the sport's World Cup, currently being held on the Copacabana Beach in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro.

The Argentine national beach soccer team eliminated Italy 3-1 in a group D game in Copacabana beach in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro and went through to the knockout phase of the sport's second World Cup,

World top-ranked player Roger Federer arrived in Shanghai Monday afternoon for the upcoming Masters Cup, along with his girl friend and agent Mirka Vavrinec.

A last-gasp goal by Kota Aoki helped Japan beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in a thrilling quarterfinal match and book their place in the semifinals of the AFC Youth Championship in Bangalore, India, on Wednesday.

The UN World Food Program on Monday praised Kenya's marathon star Paul Tergat, who is the agency's Ambassador against Hunger, for his performance in New York where he finished third place in the world's most prestigious race.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson and Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer were named the NBA's top players for the week ending November 5.

A new reality show designed to select a male and female cox for China's team in the 2008 Olympics rowing event has drawn massive public attention.

Spain's only Winter Olympic gold medallist Franciso Fernandez Ochoa died of cancer at home on Monday morning at the age of 56, local media reported.