LONDON – The sight was both pathetic and ennobling, depressing and uplifting. There was Liu Xiang, his second consecutive Olympics ruined almost immediately by catastrophic injury, hopping toward the ...

BEIJING (AP) Former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang confirmed his retirement on Tuesday, citing age and injuries 2 1/2 years after his last race. The 31-year-old Liu wrote in a lengthy statement on ...

The pathbreaking champion, whose later career was tormented by recurring injuries, announced his retirement from competition on Tuesday. By Austin Ramzy and Jess Macy Yu Many of China’s athletes are ...

LONDON -- Last week Yao Ming, the greatest basketball player in Chinese history, was speaking here about the coming redemption of Liu Xiang. Four years ago in Beijing, the greatest track athlete in ...

BEIJING (AP) China's former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang plans to announcement his retirement next week following years of nagging injuries, a local BEIJING (AP) China's former Olympic champion ...

LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Even as he announced he had leapt the last hurdle in his trailblazing athletics career, Liu Xiang, China's pioneering sports hero, still appeared to be tormented by a ...

China's 110 m hurdles Olympic gold medallist Liu Xiang is welcomed by a local official upon arrival at Shanghai's Hong Qiao airport September 3, 2004. [Reuters] China's Olympian and NBA basketball ...

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition Liu Xiang has just tied the 110 meter hurdle record. It was wind assisted, but he still looks good for London. June 04, 2012 The Bird’s ...

BEIJING — Liu Xiang, China’s great hope for track glory at the Beijing Games, said he was sorry for his dramatic withdrawal from the Olympics but that he had no choice because pain from a foot injury ...