China has won the gold medal in the women's quadruple sculls, winning the country's first-ever gold medal in the sport in front of a roaring home crowd.
Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China have knocked Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh out of the Olympic beach volleyball quarterfinals, improving to 5-0 against the U.S. pair and eliminating the chances of an all-American final.
Chinese customs officials confiscated more than 300 Bibles on Sunday from four American Christians who arrived in a southwestern city with plans to distribute them, the group's leader said.
Guo Jingjing has won a gold medal on 3-meter springboard diving at the Beijing Olympics, becoming the most decorated female diver with her sixth career medal.
