Kung fu all set for Olympics debut
China has managed to get kung fu included for the first time in Olympics as a discipline on demonstration in Beijing next year, confident that the martial art of Asian origin would become a medal sport in future.
Chinese Olympic Committee Vice-President Zhang Faqiang has confirmed that Wushu will be featured at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Wushu or kung fu, will neither be a medal sport nor a mere demonstration. Instead, the event featuring it will be named the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Wushu Competition.

WAGs blamed for Kiev's debacle
Dynamo Kiev's coach blamed his players' girlfriends and wives for the team's performances this season and ordered the squad to a training camp away from any distractions, the club's website said, reports Reuters from Kiev.

Asked by a female reporter whether the performance was shameful, coach Josef Sabo said: "Personally, I'm not ashamed because I see how in a short time they have made very good progress, because I have taken them away from their women, from their wives.

"We went to the (training) base, because women in football are a scourge. They do not understand that men need to work, that they have a hard job to do," he said.

Globetrotters in Harlem at last!
The Harlem Globetrotters ended one of the longest road trips in basketball history playing in the traditionally black New York neighborhood of Harlem for the first time in 20 years.

The comedy-and-hoops Globetrotters extended their perpetual winning streak over longtime foils the Washington Generals, 54-50, before nearly 500 students at the Harlem Armory Center.

It was only the third time the enduring comedy-and-hoops franchise has played in Harlem. The Globetrotters previously played in Harlem in 1987 and 1968.

The game, a dress rehearsal for the upcoming "Magic as Ever" tour, featured Globetrotters such as "Special K," "The Blenda" and "Sweet Pea" and marked the first meeting between the Globetrotters and Generals since 1995.