MILAN – Real Madrid became the first team in any sport to post revenues in excess of 400 million euros ($540.9 million) in a single year, according to an annual survey of the richest soccer clubs by accountancy firm Deloitte.
In its survey released on Tuesday, Deloitte said the figure of 401.4 million had been helped [...]

BEIJING – Although China topped the gold medal tally at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and won a national record five gold at the just-concluded Vancouver Games, no Chinese athletes appear among the 42 nominees in seven categories for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, which will be announced in Abu Dhabi next Wednesday.
Deng Yaping, [...]

ATLANTA - Police expect to interview Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the next few days over a sexual assault allegation made by a Georgia woman, a local police chief said on Monday.
The announcement followed a report by a 20-year-old college student that she was sexually assaulted early on Friday after an encounter at a nightclub [...]

KUNMING: One person was killed and 11 injured after a blast hit a mini-bus in Southwest China’s Yunnan province Saturday, local authorities said Sunday.
The driver of the 19-seat vehicle, which was carrying 19 people, called police and said that a blast took place in Luzhou county at about 4 pm Saturday, according to the media office [...]

BEIJING: China is ready to provide emergency relief assistance to quake-hit Chile, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Sunday.
After the catastrophic earthquake, Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday sent a message of condolence to his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet over the losses of lives and properties.
Hu, on behalf of the Chinese government and in his [...]

SHANGHAI: Police shot dead a hostage taker who killed a girl in Shanghai on Sunday.
Local police said they received a report at about 3:30 pm, saying a man kidnapped a girl under 10 years old at knife point on the Jiangsu Road.
The man hacked the girl and ran away when seeing police arriving. He hacked [...]