Orioles' Davis sets new record for longe...

By sportswriter Spencer Musick BALTIMORE, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles claimed Major League Baseball most unwanted record as the home team took on the Oakland Athletics he

Kipserem wins Rotterdam marathon in cour...

THE HAGUE, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Marius Kipserem won the 39th edition of the Rotterdam marathon on Sunday in a new course record. Under sunny circumstances and around 20 degrees Celsius, the 30-year-ol

Ethiopians dominate 25th Rome marathon, ...

ROME, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian runners swept the top-3 places at the 25th Rome Marathon in both men's and women's events, with the woman's winner Kebede Alemu setting a course record despite rai

Sri Lankan man breaks world record by ha...

COLOMBO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A Sri Lanka man has set a world record by having 50 concrete slabs broken on his chest within 5 minutes and 40 seconds, local media reports said here Thursday.Event organ

Japan enacts record 920-bln-USD budget f...

Japan's Diet on Wednesday enacted a record 101.46-trillion-yen (920 billion U.S. dollars) budget for fiscal 2019 to address the nation's ballooning social security costs, stimulate the economy and p

Japan enacts record 920-bln-USD budget f...

TOKYO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Diet on Wednesday enacted a record 101.46-trillion-yen (920 billion U.S. dollars) budget for fiscal 2019 to address the nation's ballooning social security costs,

Boe sets record of 15 season wins in bia...

OSLO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe registered a record-breaking 15th win of the season in men's 12.5km pursuit race at biathlon World Cup in Oslo on Saturday. Just one day afte

Americans' total driving mileage hits re...

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Latest data showed that the total mileage of U.S. drivers in 2018 surged to a record level of 3.225 trillion miles (5.16 trillion km), the Federal Highway Administrat

China's Ge breaks women's 60m national i...

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China's promising sprinter Ge Manqi improved her 60-meter personal best twice on Tuesday to set a national indoor record of 7.10 seconds at the National Indoor Champions

A record 60,739 watch women's soccer gam...

As the countdown has already begun for this year's much-anticipated FIFA Women's World Cup, a record crowd of 60,739 watched a women's match between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropo