Djokovic now a huge threat to Federer for 2009 season
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 06:15.
Shanghai - Novak Djokovic has become a massive danger to the 2009 fightback dreams of Roger Federer after the resurgent Serb won the Masters Cup title at the weekend.
Through his 6-1, 7-5 defeat of Nikolay Davydenko at the Qi Zhong stadium, world number three Djokovic has now climbed to within a hair-thin 10 points of the Swiss star, who was knocked out in the group stage at a year-end event for the first time in his career as he lost to Andy Murray.
Hamilton takes control with pole in Shanghai
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 22:36.Championship leader Lewis Hamilton is to start Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix from the pole position after outpacing the two Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa in Saturday's qualifying session.
The 23-year-old Briton, who is hoping to become the youngest-ever world champion, posted a time of 1 minute, 36.303 seconds on the 5.451-kilometre track.
Hamilton takes control with pole in Shanghai
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 22:03.Championship leader Lewis Hamilton is to start Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix from the pole position after outpacing the two Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa in Saturday's qualifying session.
The 23-year-old Briton, who is hoping to become the youngest-ever world champion, posted a time of 1 minute, 36.303 seconds on the 5.451-kilometre track.
Hamilton takes control with pole in Shanghai
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 21:57.Championship leader Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in pole position after outpacing the two Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa in Saturday's qualifying session.
The Briton, who is hoping to become the youngest-ever world champion, posted a time of 1 minute 36.303 seconds for the 5.451 kilometre-long track.
Heidfeld prevents perfect Shanghai practice run for Hamilton
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 21:30.Lewis Hamilton, the standings leader in the Formula One world championship race, gave up the top spot Saturday in the third and final practice session ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix to Nick Heidfeld after dominating a day earlier.
Deja vu for Hamilton?
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 20:16.With just the Chinese and Brazilian Grand Prix races remaining last season, McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton had an advantage of 12 points over his closest rivals.
Asia's biggest international art show opens in Shanghai
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 08:50.The largest show for contemporary art in Asia opened its doors for an expert audience on Tuesday in Shanghai.
ShContemporay, with 150 participating galleries from 20 countries, is the most important of three art shows running this week in the eastern Chinese city.
German exports plunged in November to record the biggest fall in nearly two decades, data released Thursday showed, as the deepening world economic downturn hits Europe's biggest economy.
When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth.
The San Antonio Spurs turned up their trademark defense down the stretch to turn back another opponent. 
US singer and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, 27, dominated the nominations for the 40th NAACP Image Awards.
After the Taipei Zoo received two giant pandas from China, another Taiwan zoo said Friday it is seeking to receive a pair of pandas from China.