SYDNEY - AN UNQUENCHABLE self-belief burns deep within Serena Williams even after her straight sets pounding by rival Elena Dementieva in the semi-finals of the Sydney WTA International on Thursday.

ROME - FORMER world champion Kimi Raikkonen claimed on Thursday that he doesn't feel his place at Ferrari is under threat from Renault's Fernando Alonso.

BEIJING - AGED 35, single and stressed from her hectic job running a restaurant, Qi Quanli is one of China's ambitious class of newly rich who are helping to power the nation's booming fitness industry.

'In the past, I often suffered from insomnia. But now I feel much better. My weight is good too. No more fat,' Ms Qi said with a smile after a sweat-drenched workout recently in one of Beijing's most chic and modern gyms.