XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024: SPORTS NEWS (Part 2)Spectators watch a beach volleyball preliminary phase match near the Eiffel Tower at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Ni Xia Lian (R) reacts during the women's singles round of 32 table tennis match between Sun Yingsha of China and Ni Xia Lian of Luxembourg at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)Pan Zhanle (2nd R) of China touches the finish line during the men's 100m freestyle final of swimming at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)Leon Marchand of France reacts after the men's 200m breaststroke final of swimming at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)Yang Jiayu of China competes during the women's 20km race walk of athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)Lasha Guruli (rear) of Georgia competes with Bazarbay Uulu Mukhammedsabyr of Kazakhstan during the men's 63.5kg quarterfinal of boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)One shoe of Guo Jessica Zi Jia (L) of Canada comes off as she competes against Kikuchi Komaki of Japan during the women's foil team bronze medal match of fencing between Canada and Japan at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)Ben Maher of Britain, riding Dallas Vegas Batilly, competes during the jumping team final of equestrian at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Versailles, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)Kano Koki (R) of Japan competes against David Nagy of Hungary during the men's epee team gold medal match of fencing between Japan and Hungary at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)Zheng Siwei (top)/Huang Yaqiong of China celebrate after winning the mixed doubles gold medal match of badminton between Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong of China and Kim Won Ho/Jeong Na Eun of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)Liu Yuchen (R) of China proposes to his teammate Huang Yaqiong after the victory ceremony for the badminton mixed doubles at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)Dearica Hamby (2nd R) of the United States passes the ball to teammate Hailey van Lith during the 3x3 basketball women's pool round game between Canada and the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)Spectators watch the men's cycling road race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)Zheng Qinwen of China celebrates after the women's singles gold medal tennis match against Donna Vekic of Croatia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)Gold medalist Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts during the victory ceremony of men's singles of tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)Visitors take photos of the Olympic cauldron attached to a balloon during sunset near the Tuileries Garden in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Sailors compete during the men's kite of the sailing event of Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, France, Aug. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)Fan Zhendong (top) of China celebrates with his coach Wang Hao after the men's singles gold medal match of table tennis event between Truls Moregard of Sweden and Fan Zhendong of China at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)Simone Biles of the United States competes during the women's balance beam final of artistic gymnastics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Can)Noemie Fox of Australia, Kimberley Woods of Britain, Angele Hug of France and Elena Lilik of Germany (from L to R) compete during the canoe slalom women's kayak cross final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Vaires-sur-Marne, France, Aug. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Yu)Armand Duplantis (C) of Sweden celebrates after vaulting a new world record of 6.25 metres at the men's pole vault final of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Song Yanhua)Athletes compete during the men's 3000m steeplechase round 1 of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Song Yanhua)Gold medalist Rebeca Andrade (C) of Brazil, silver medalist Simone Biles (L) of the United States and bronze medalist Jordan Chiles of the United States react during the victory ceremony of women's floor exercise of artistic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Can)Silver medalist He Bingjiao of China attends the awarding ceremony after the badminton women's singles gold medal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)Liu Junxi of China reacts before the men's 110m hurdles repechage round of Athletics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)Zhu Ting of China reacts after the women's quarterfinal match of volleyball between China and Türkiye at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)Quan Hongchan (R) of China reacts after the women's 10m platform final of diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis, France, Aug. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)Hou Zhihui of China celebrates after winning the women's 49kg of weightlifting at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)Team China compete during the team acrobatic routine of artistic swimming at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis, France, Aug. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)Painter Peter Spens works on a painting ahead of a beach volleyball women's semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)Chang Yuan of China is announced the winner of the women's boxing 54kg final against Hatice Akbas of Türkiye at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)Sofia Raffaeli of Italy competes during the individual all-round qualification of rhythmic gymnastics at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)Yuan Liying (bottom L) of China crashes with other athletes when competing in the women's keirin events of cycling track at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)Sergio Camello of Spain celebrates after scoring during the men's gold medal football match between France and Spain of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)Ying Zi (Zeng Yingying) of China competes during the B-Girls round robin group C match of breaking at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)Ma Long (L)/Wang Chuqin of China celebrate while competing against Anton Kallberg/Kristian Karlsson of Sweden during the men's team gold medal match of table tennis between China and Sweden at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)Kennedy Alexis Blades (R) of the United States competes with Catalina Axente of Romania during the women's freestyle 76kg 1/8 final of wrestling event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)China's Li Wenwen (R) celebrates with her coach Wu Meijin after the weightlifting women's +81kg competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)Members of the French delegation attend the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)Gold medalist Sun Yang(C), silver medalist Xu Haibo(L) and bronze medalist Xu Yizhou pose for group photos during the awarding ceremony after the final of men's 400m freestyle at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Yu)Atalanta's goalkeeper Mark Carnesecchi (front) fails to save the goal of Inter Milan's Nicolo Barella during a Serie A football match between Inter Milan and Atalanta in Milan, Italy, Aug. 30, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)Wang Jingang of China poses with medal after the awarding ceremony of Men's 50m Butterfly S6 final of swimming event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Sept. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)Lu Dong, Zhang Li, Wang Lichao, Guo Jincheng, Jiang Yuyan, Wang Jingang, Yao Cuan and Zou Liankang (from R to L) of China celebrate during the awarding ceremony of mixed 4x50m medley relay 20 points of para swimming event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France, Sept. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)Zhang Shupeng of China competes during the flying through targets competition at the 10th World Wingsuit League (WWL) Wingsuit Flying World Championship at the Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Sept. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)Sorrasak Thaosiri (L)/Areeya Homdee of Thailand compete during the mixed doubles round of 16 match against Gabriella Kota/Balazs Katz of Hungary at the 2024 Teqball World Series Beijing in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)Zhang Yuning of China celebrates his goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Group C match between China and Indonesia in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)A participant competes in PGAWC Superfinals Paragliding Accuracy Competition in Jingmen, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)Fifth grader Dong Yuxuan (C) from Wuzhou Pinglang Primary School plays embroidered balls, a traditional ethnic sport, during the recess for physical exercises in Wuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)Guo Ailun (C) of Guangzhou Loong Lions reacts after receiving the 2023-2024 season championship ring during a match between Guangzhou Loong Lions and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2024-2025 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)Jakob Poeltl (top, 1st R) of Toronto Raptors jumps for the ball with Jalen Duren (top, 3rd L) of Detroit Pistons during the 2024-2025 NBA Cup group match between Toronto Raptors and Detroit Pistons in Toronto, Canada, Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)Lin Liangming (L) of China celebrates his goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier match between China and Japan in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Can)Rafael Nadal of Spain waves to the spectators during a tribute to his career after the quarterfinal between Spain and the Netherlands at Davis Cup Finals tennis tournament in Malaga, Spain, Nov. 19, 2024. 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal retired from professional tennis after Spain bowed out of the Davis Cup quarterfinals. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)Artists perform while flagbearers carrying the flags of 12th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of China into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the event in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorji)Artists perform during a gala held at the 12th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities of China in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)Liu Shaoang (L), Liu Shaolin (rear), Li Wenlong (R) and Sun Long of China celebrate after winning the men's 5000m relay group A final at the ISU Short Track World Tour in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)