With nearly 6 000 athletes in Delhi and hundreds more streaming in, the capital was putting the finishing touches to preparations for the Games.
Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder fired The Netherlands into the quarterfinals of the Soccer World Cup in a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Monday.
Wesley Sneijder was on target as The Netherlands beat Japan 1-0 on Saturday to put themselves on the brink of reaching the second round.
Switzerland pulled off the biggest shock of this World Cup when they beat European champions Spain 1-0 in Group H on Wednesday.
Three members of Greece’s Soccer World Cup squad had cash stolen from their hotel rooms in Durban, a team official said on Thursday.
Good calls and not good luck have won Jenson Button two of his first four races with his new team McLaren.
Trans-Siberian Express? Ferry from Spain? Train from Turkey? The Formula One circus is considering all the options to beat the volcanic ash.
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The Chinese company ordered to stop making World Cup mascots because of poor working conditions says it is the victim of South African politicking.
China’s president and the country’s top athlete launched the Beijing Olympics torch relay on Monday amid cheering, dancing and tight security, marking the symbolic start to a Games overshadowed by activism and unrest in Tibet. Chinese President Hu Jintao lit a cauldron on a red-carpeted rostrum on Tiananmen Square before handing the torch to World and Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang.