JAKARTA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Indonesia’s football association will include players, who are Indonesian decent and playing for teams overseas, for its national U-19 squad, a coach said here on Thursday. Coach Indra Safri said that there were 12 soccer players who are categorized as Indonesian descent playing for teams in Europe and Asia, including […]

SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Speed skater Lee Seung-hoon claimed his fourth gold medal at the eighth Asian Winter Games, but his home country South Korea was surpassed by Japan in the medal table here on Thursday. Japan now led with 14 gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze, while South Korea trailed with a […]

CAIRO, Feb. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Argentine footballer Lionel Messi arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to promote a new treatment for Hepatitis C virus, a source at Cairo International Airport told Xinhua. The visit was deemed as part of “Tour n’ Cure” international tourism initiative launched under the slogan of “For a World Free of Virus […]

PARIS, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — After glittering year for both athletes, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and American gymnast Simone Biles respectively won the Sportsman and the Sportswoman of the Year titles at the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Monte Carlo, Monaco on Tuesday. Bolt won the 100, 200 and 4×100 meter relay gold […]

PARIS, Feb. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Points supplied a good birthday gift, and a victory will make it twice as sweet for Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani, as Paris Saint-Germain trashed La Liga giants Barcelona 4-0 at home in the Parc des Princes stadium. PSG’s victory in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League […]

UANGZHOU, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) — As the most successful Chinese Super League club with six successive domestic titles under its belt, Guangzhou Evergrande is aiming to set a trend for the entire league: decreasing the number of foreign players signed while aiming to build an all-Chinese team by 2020. Evergrande boss Xu Jiayin, a leading […]

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The newly updated corridor on the roof of Beijing’s iconic “Bird’s Nest” has been open to the public which enables tourists to overlook the Chinese capital on the highest point of the 2008 Olympics main stadium. The corridor, extended to 1,000 meters from some 200 meters, is made of stainless […]

MADRID, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Luis Suarez, Neymar and Leo Messi all got on the scorecard as FC Barcelona enjoyed a crushing 6-0 win, including a spell of 4 goals in 8 minutes, over the Deportivo Alaves, who will be their rivals in the Spanish Kings Cup final at the end of May. However, as […]