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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2023

(231229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2023: The 19th Asian Games was held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. With breakdancing and esports making their debuts as official medal sports, the Hangzhou Asian Games featured 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events, with participation from over 10,000 athletes from all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members. China clinched 201 gold, 111 silver and 71 bronze medals, finishing atop the medal tally and bettering its previous best record of 199 golds at the 2010 edition in Guangzhou. The 4th Asian Para Games took place in Hangzhou from October 22 to 28, with China winning 214 golds and 521 overall to top the medal tally for the fourth consecutive time. This file photo taken on Oct. 22, 2023 shows artists performing during the opening ceremony of the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou of east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xin

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China's consumer inflation slows to level not seen since 2010

BEIJING, China - A vendor awaits shoppers in a market in Beijing on Oct. 10, 2014. China's consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, rose 1.6 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with the previous month's increase of 2 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Oct. 15. The latest rise in the inflation index is the lowest since January 2010.

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China's consumer inflation slows to level not seen since 2010

BEIJING, China - A vendor awaits shoppers in a market in Beijing on Oct. 10, 2014. China's consumer price index, a major gauge of inflation, rose 1.6 percent in September from a year earlier, compared with the previous month's increase of 2 percent, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Oct. 15. The latest rise in the inflation index is the lowest since January 2010.

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Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

TOKYO, Japan - National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The home of Maehara's secretary, registered as the main office of his support group in Tokyo, booked over 10 million yen in costs between 2005 and 2010 in political funds reports, though it is not clear whether substantive work was performed there, people familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Maehara's Tokyo "office" comes under suspicion

TOKYO, Japan - National Policy Minister Seiji Maehara (C) meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The home of Maehara's secretary, registered as the main office of his support group in Tokyo, booked over 10 million yen in costs between 2005 and 2010 in political funds reports, though it is not clear whether substantive work was performed there, people familiar with the matter said the same day.

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China to skip Tokyo IMF meetings

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren (L) and People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan holding a press conference during the National People's Congress in Beijing in March 2010. China said on Oct. 10, 2012, it will not send its finance chiefs to annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Tokyo amid a bilateral territorial row.

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N. Korea power succession

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (R) clapping during a military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010, as his father and then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) leaves the reviewing platform. The parade was to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il waves while reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the left is the leader's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the right is Kim's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Kim Jong Un (R), a son of Jong Il, reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 69.

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Nagano man sets new record for calculating value of pi

NAGANO, Japan - Shigeru Kondo (front) holds his Guinness World Record certificate in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2011, awarded for calculating the value of pi to 10 trillion digits using a self-made personal computer, beating the previous record of five trillion digits he set in August 2010. Standing behind him is his wife Yukiko.

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Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - People including defectors from North Korea release large balloons carrying about 200,000 leaflets criticizing the North's government into the sky during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang Jang Yop's death. Hwang, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting from the North in 1997.

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Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean defectors raise an image of Hwang Jang Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang's death. Hwang was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting to the South in 1997.

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in October 2010, Kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan makes a speech after the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Kabukiza theater in Tokyo. He died Oct. 10, 2011, of lung failure at the age of 83.

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N. Korean IRBMs at 2010 military parade

BEIJING, China - Photo shows what appear to be North Korea's ''Musudan'' intermediate-range ballistic missiles at a military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010, the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told journalists in Beijing on Jan. 11, 2011, that the North could pose a direct threat to the United States within five years if it continues to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles and expand its nuclear weapons capability.

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Kim Jong Un turns 28

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010, shows Kim Jong Un, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's third son and heir. He turned 28 on Jan. 8, 2011, though the North's media did not report any celebratory events.

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Kim Jong Un

BEIJING, China - This file photo shows leader-in-waiting Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, viewing a military parade to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010.

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Kim Jong Un

BEIJING, China - This file photo shows leader-in-waiting Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, viewing an event to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010.

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'Tetsujin 28-go' robot statue lit up

KOBE, Japan - Two children pose for photos in front of a 15-meter-tall statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go'' from a robot comic and animation series at a park in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Oct. 10, 2010. The statue, set up in October 2009 to encourage people hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, was lit up in various colors as a pre-Christmas illumination event.

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Kim Jong Un, top general Ri

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L), North Korea's leader-in-waiting, and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the People's Army, salute during a parade at Kim Il Sung Square on Oct. 10, 2010.

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Dud disposal in Fukushima Prefecture

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A dud bomb makes a splash as it is disposed of in Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 10, 2010. The Maritime Self-Defense Force safely deactivated the 1.2-meter-long dud, which was found on the seabed at a depth of 7.5 meters on Oct. 4.

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Kan, Wen at trilateral meeting in Hanoi

HANOI, Vietnam - This combination photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at a trilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Hanoi on Oct. 29, 2010, on the sidelines of a summit of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus the three countries. (Pool photo)

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Kan, Wen at ASEAN-plus-3 summit

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands during a luncheon for leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea in Hanoi on Oct. 29, 2010. (Pool photo)

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10,000-yen price cut for Sony's PSPgo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the ''PSPgo,'' an Internet-use-only PlayStation Portable game console. On Oct. 25, 2010, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced a 10,000 yen cut in the product's price to 16,800 yen in a bid to shore up its sluggish sales ahead of the yearend sales campaign.

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants in the COP 10 international biodiversity conference discuss sticking issues during a recess of a working group session in Nagoya on Oct. 22, 2010. Developing and developed countries have clashed chiefly over the scale of finance needed to achieve new international targets for stopping the loss of biological diversity.

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Biodiversity conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants discuss setting the post-2010 targets for conservation of biological diversity during a subcommittee session at the COP 10 international conference on the matter in Nagoya on Oct. 21, 2010.

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Bengie Molina homers in Game 4

NEW YORK, United States - Texas Rangers catcher Bengie Molina hits a three-run homer against the New York Yankees in the sixth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 19, 2010. The Rangers won 10-3.

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Rangers beat Yankees 10-3 in Game 4

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter A.J. Burnett reacts after Texas Rangers catcher Bengie Molina hit a 3-run home run in the sixth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 19, 2010. The Rangers won 10-3.

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Bengie Molina homers in Game 4

NEW YORK, United States - Texas Rangers catcher Bengie Molina (C) celebrates after hitting a three-run homer against the New York Yankees in the sixth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 19, 2010. The Rangers won 10-3.

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Krumm, Morita in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm (L) and Ayumi Morita play against Shuko Aoyama and Rika Fujiwara in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.

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Aoyama, Fujiwara in doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Shuko Aoyama (R) and Rika Fujiwara play against Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita in a doubles match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 13, 2010. Aoyama and Fujiwara beat Krumm and Morita 6-7, 6-3, 10-8.

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Mets' Takahashi returns to Japan

NARITA, Japan - New York Mets pitcher Hisanori Takahashi (L) speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, from the United States on Oct. 13, 2010, after completing his 1st season in MLB. Takahashi recorded 10 wins, 6 losses and 8 saves.

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File photo of Kim Jong Un

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010 shows Kim Jong Un, a son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the next leader of the communist country in-waiting.

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File photo of Kim Jong Un

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010 shows Kim Jong Un, a son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the next leader of the communist country in-waiting.

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File photo of Kim Jong Un

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010 shows Kim Jong Un, a son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the next leader of the communist country in-waiting.

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File photo of Kim Jong Un

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010 shows Kim Jong Un, a son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the next leader of the communist country in-waiting.

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F1 Japanese Grand Prix final

SUZUKA, Japan - Ferrari's Felipe Massa (L) clips Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi at the first corner of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010.

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N. Korea ruling party's 65th anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Missiles believed to be the ''Musudan'' intermediate-range ballistic missile were shown during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010, to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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Kobayashi 7th in F1 Japanese Grand Prix

SUZUKA, Japan - BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi drives in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix final at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010. Kobayashi finished seventh.

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Giant tug-of-war in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Participants pull a giant rope in a tug-of-war in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2010. The 200-meter-long, 45-ton rope has been deemed the largest by Guinness World Records.

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Red Bull's 1-2 finish in F1 Japanese Grand Prix

SUZUKA, Japan - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel drives to victory in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010.

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Kobayashi 7th in F1 Japanese Grand Prix

SUZUKA, Japan - BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi relaxes in the pit after finishing seventh in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010.

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Red Bull's 1-2 finish in F1 Japanese GP

SUZUKA, Japan - Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel (R) and Mark Webber (L) celebrate after the team's third one-two finish of the season at the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010. Behind them is Ferrari's Fernando Alonso who finished third.

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Giant tug-of-war in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Participants pull a giant rope in a tug-of-war in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 10, 2010. The 200-meter-long, 45-ton rope has been deemed the largest by Guinness World Records.

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Freed Japanese returns home from China

TOKYO, Japan - Fujita Corp. employee Sadamu Takahashi attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2010, after returning to Japan the same day from China, where he was detained for nearly three weeks for entering a military zone without permission. Takahashi said he was happy to be back in Japan.

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Wooden nameplates at Asahikawa Station

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Visitors look at a wall-like creation of wooden beams bearing the names of some 10,000 people at JR Asahikawa Station in Hokkaido on Oct. 10, 2010. The people donated for a project aimed at promoting wooden products in the city.

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18-yr-old Japanese earns Masters berth

SAITAMA, Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, an 18-year-old Japanese amateur, hits a shot during the final round of the Asian amateur golf championship at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010. Matsuyama won the event and earned a spot to be the first Japanese amateur to play in the 2011 U.S. Masters Tournament.

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18-yr-old Japanese earns Masters berth

SAITAMA, Japan - Hideki Matsuyama, an 18-year-old Japanese amateur, celebrates after winning the Asian amateur golf championship at Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2010. With the victory, Matsuyama earned a spot to be the first Japanese amateur to play in the 2011 U.S. Masters Tournament.

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N. Korea ruling party's 65th anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A missile carrier drives past a reporter during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010, to mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.