Tag Archives: Chinese

Full race calendar, schedule, driver lineups and latest sprints

Can Red Bull beat the upcoming challenge from Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren? -Getty Images/Dan Istitene The curtain closed on the 2023 Formula 1 season with Max Verstappen taking his 19th victory of the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Red Bull took the race with 21 of 22 wins, while only Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz… Read More »

Tennis and billiards are Saudi Arabia’s new frontier in sports land grabs

Rafael Nadal has agreed to become the ambassador of the Saudi Arabian tennis federation – Saudi Tennis Federation He has bought his way to the top of football, golf, boxing and Formula 1 in an unprecedented shake-up of the established order of world sport. Now tennis and billiards have become the last frontier of Saudi… Read More »

The next country to send humans to the Moon within the next 10 years ‘sets a precedent’ for who will set the rules there: US officials

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar probe taken on the far side of the moon by the Yutu-2 lunar rover.China National Space Administration/AFP via Getty Images More than 50 years after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the world is racing towards the lunar surface again. NASA was planning to land astronauts on the lunar surface earlier… Read More »

‘Pain-free’ Emma Raducanu’s Australian Open joy – one year since she was confined to a wheelchair

Emma Raducanu celebrates after winning her first round match against Shelby Rogers at the Australian Open – Getty Images/Robert Prange Emma Raducanu has expressed her delight at being pain-free after months of injury trauma after celebrating her grand slam return with victory. Raducanu needed just 1 hour and 12 minutes to reach the second round… Read More »

Sunday’s play order, the full draw and how to watch Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu handed delicate opening round match at Australian Open – Julian Finney/Getty Images Emma Raducanu will return with a major tournament debut against American Shelby Rogers at the Australian Open. Rogers was one of the players Raducanu beat en route to the US Open title in 2021. The Briton is participating in his first… Read More »

2000-year-old ‘celestial calendar’ discovered in ancient Chinese tomb

Wooden strips marked with Chinese characters related to the traditional Tiangan Dizhi astronomical calendar. Archaeologists in China have uncovered a mysterious series of rectangular wooden pieces connected to an ancient astronomical calendar. The artifacts were discovered inside an extremely well-preserved 2,000-year-old tomb in the southwest of the country. Each of the 23 wooden pieces is… Read More »