The Sauna World Championships ended in tragedy at the weekend when one of the two finallists collapsed and died.

Judges have given the green light for a 14-year-old Dutch girl to sail solo around

While bookmakers are using a scientific approach to calculate the odds at the World Cup in South Africa, a member of the animal kingdom proved he only needs shellfish for a 100 percent prediction record.

Nowadays, you don’t always have to agree with your parents, your boss, or other authority figures. You have more freedom to express yourself, letting them know “how you really feel”.

Soccer fans across China moaning about the quality of commentary during this World Cup should remember: You’re not alone.

Chinese football fans may be excited about the FIFA World Cup, which kicked off on Friday, but their employers are not.

“Tsamina mina, zangalewa,” sings Colombian pop superstar Shakira, “because this is Africa.” She sings in an African language called Fang, asking, “Who asked you to come?” This is the official song of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and it is titled Waka Waka (This Time for Africa).

It is only natural that the world’s biggest sport has the world’s biggest rivalries. From European, warring neighbors to mortal enemies, the best sides in the world all have that team that they want to beat more than any other.

Hey, girls. The World Cup is around the corner. Here’s an Internet post with advice for girlfriends of soccer-obsessed men. These tips may come in handy next month.

With the Winter Games just over a month away, promotional banners finally began going up in Vancouver, which will soon play host to the Olympics and the world.

For the first time, China has two players into the semi-finals of a grand slam, while only one of the Williams girls could survive beyond the quarter-finals at the slam Down Under, and at one stage it seemed as though there would be no Californians in the last four, though Serena, the defending champion and the world No 1, came from a set and 0-4 down to defeat Victoria Azarenka, from Belarus.

FOR a long time, the only physical threat facing professional athletes came on the playing field.

YY: they don't mean much right now, but Chinese basketball fans hope these two initials could herald future victories for the national team.

1. Which team will win the 2010 World Cup?

Tuesday morning, the 21-year-old from Chesterfield Township became the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event in its 40-year history.