By Anthony James, Staff Writer

This past month has been a whirlwind for professional tennis player Li Na. Since early in year she has been offered endorsement deals with Rolex, Haagen-Dazs, and Mercedes Benz, traveled across countless countries as a cultural ambassador, even the price of a domain name lina.cn was recently valued in the tens of thousands. This would be of no surprise for any tennis fan: in winning the Women's singles championship in the French Open in early June, Li Na not only became China's first women ever to win a major tournament, but also first Asian player to win a Grand Slam in the singles category.

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Sunday, 10 July 2011 12:19

By Albert Leung, Staff Writer

China’s greatest basketball player, Yao Ming, is making monumental strides again in professional basketball. The 7-foot 6-inch player is attempting to return to basketball form after suffering a career-threatening foot injury two seasons ago, which prevented him from playing a single game all of last season.

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At press time, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada were half over. The United States was top in the medal count with 23 medals.  Canada with 8 medals was fifth behind Germany, Norway and Korea.  Half of Canada’s medals were gold-attesting to the success of its campaign to “Own the Podium”-marking the first time Canada has won gold at a home Olympics.  China was tenth in the medal count with 5 medals.  Three of China’s medals were gold, and all 5 were earned in skating events.

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By Greg Hugh, Staff Writer

Amy Xu competed in the Ironman World Triathlon Championship Triathlon in Kailua-Kona,Hawaii in October.  She described her experience in a Q&A session. 

Did you do anything different to prepare for the completion of the race?

Knowing the race course is one of the toughest courses in the Ironman world, I put in more mental preparation time to visualize each part of the tri race -- to feel the swell in the ocean, the gust on the bike, and the baking heat from the lava field on the run.

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