Hundreds of swimmers dived into Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Sunday, reviving an annual tradition that started in 1906--but has been on hiatus since 1978 over pollution concerns.

The swimmers raced across the harbor, though for many, the event was more about fun than competition. Some who last participated in the 70s were glad to hop back into the drink.

[Wu, Swim Instructor]:
"Back then it was really festive. I was only in my 20s. I thought swimming in the harbor was really interesting because the Star Ferry would sail to and fro next to me."

Some worries remain over pollution levels--the water is cleaner than it had been, but E. Coli bacteria levels remain a cause for concern.

Traditionally the race took place in the middle of the harbor, but those are now far more crowded than they were three decades ago. The current route lay roughly one mile to the east side of the harbor.

Local media report that most swimmers took 20 to 30 minutes to complete the race.

On Wednesday in Qinglong County, Guizhou Province, more than 20 racers from China and abroad gathered at the famous Stilwell Road for a rally race.

The mountainous track is nicknamed the “24-zig” road for its 24 sharp zigzags and tricky terrain. It covers a total of four kilometers with an elevation increase of 250 meters from start to finish.

A racer from Iran had his first rally-racing experience on the 24-zig track.

"This is my first trip to "24-zig" road, which has decades of history and many stories from different cultures. I am happy to participate in the race here.”

Numerous spectators gathered to see the race. Since 2005, several races have been hosted on the bend-ridden mountain road.

The 2011 China International High Diving Competition ended in Liuzhou City in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Tuesday.

A total of 20 overseas competitors participated in the event, and they jumped from 90-foot-high bridge over the Liujiang River.

British synchronized diver Blake Aldridge was there to compete. During the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, he took part in the Men's 10-meter platform diving. He and his 14-year-old diving partner, Tom Daley, finished eighth in the event.

[Blake Aldridge, Competitor]:
"And with the Olympic diving, there is still danger but not like this and everybody just wants to win. And here it is like a big family with everybody and all of these divers are my friends."

Huang Jiacheng, from Guangxi Province’s capital city of Nanning, was the only Chinese competitor this time and finished the diving, becoming the second Chinese diver at such a height.

Pakistan's Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani, arrived in the northern Indian town of Mohali today. He's there to meet his Indian counterpart--so they can watch the Cricket World Cup Semi Finals together.

The prime ministers are hoping to use today's game between India and Pakistan to mend relations shattered by the Mumbai attacks.

Scores of Pakistanis crossed one of the world's most militarized borders to travel to the stadium and millions of Indians have taken the day off work.

Besides watching cricket, the two prime ministers will discuss reviving a peace process in a conflict that's gone on for more than 60 years.

Attacks in Mumbai in 2008 heightened tensions between the two nations. New Delhi blames Pakistani militants in collusion with elements of the government, including Pakistan's spy agency, for the assault that killed dozens. In a major confidence-building measure ahead of the cricket match, it was agreed yesterday that Indian investigators would travel to Pakistan to probe the Mumbai attacks.

The Cricket Association of Bengal is hoping to host three World Cup matches in Kolkata City starting from March 15.

The stadium lost the chance to host the India vs. England match on February 27 because construction work was not completed in time.

The secretary of the association says three members of the International Cricket Council team inspected the stadium on Monday.

The decision to move the England game to another venue angered many Indian cricket fans and they let their feelings be known to cricket officials.

Kolkata is due to host South Africa vs. Ireland on March 15, Ireland vs. the Netherlands on March 18 and Zimbabwe vs. Kenya on March 20.

The secretary of the cricket association is hopeful the venue will be approved for those games.

[Biswarup De, Secretary, Cricket Association of Bengal]:
"Actually we have shown everything, whatever may be according to the ICC guidelines -- from player box to media rooms, stadium, side screen, broadcasting cell, everything was shown."

The World Cup tournament, being co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is set to kick off on February 19 and is slated to attract huge crowds and television audiences.

The Japan Sumo Association canceled a tournament next month because of an investigation into match-fixing, the latest blow to a national sport tarnished by a series of scandals.

It is the first time the grand tournament, one of six each year, will be canceled since 1946, when the main stadium in Tokyo was renovated after damage during World War Two.

The ancient sport had been struggling to clean up its image following an illegal betting scandal with ties to gang members, as well as other incidents of assault and drug use.

Fans and sponsors have been leaving the once popular sport, the national broadcaster suspended telecasts last year due to a scandal, and now a tournament will be canceled.

The decision came after the government told parliament last week that three sumo wrestlers had admitted to involvement in match-fixing.

Police found emails listing 13 wrestlers that indicated some may have been involved in fixing matches, with wins possibly bought and sold for several thousand dollars per bout.

An independent committee was set up to investigate, but the association says it could take up to two months to submit a report.

The cancellation is the latest damaging blows to the sport, which last year saw Asashoryu, a former top-rank wrestler, forced to retire after assaulting a man, while widespread abuse of young trainees came to light in 2007 after the death of a 17-year-old wrestler.

Public broadcaster NHK canceled live television broadcasts of the tournament last July for the first time in more than 50 years after an illegal gambling scandal emerged.

A polo match turned ugly in India’s Jaipur City on Wednesday. The referee clashed with spectators during a match at the Rajasthan Polo Club grounds.

It happened during a polo match between an Army team of the 61st Cavalry and the Vodafone team.

The referee lashed out at the spectators when audience members started hooting and entered the game premises after two successive fouls were awarded to a player.

Several spectators were upset and claimed the referee was awarding numerous fouls to favor the Cavalry team.

A long-time polo spectator says such an incident had never been seen in the past.

[Ragopal Sharma, Spectator]:
"Two wrong fouls were awarded and then the public started hooting. They put horses over the public. It is the first time I have seen that in polo game horses have been used to threaten the public.”

To defend the referee, the polo club secretary says safety was the main concern.

[Digivjay Singh, Polo Club Secretary]:
"Nothing has happened. He went to request the spectators as they were continuously entering the ground. We have also been announcing that. Since last four to five days, we have been requesting the spectators not to enter the ground. Safety is the first priority of the umpires."

However, spectators want an apology from the referee for his behavior.

Jaipur has the royal tradition of polo that has attracted huge crowds.

Officers of India’s Central Bureau of Investigation questioned Suresh Kalmadi for over eight-and-a-half hours on Wednesday. Kalmadi headed the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee.

The interrogation was in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports extravaganza in New Delhi last year.

Kalmadi walked out of the CBI headquarters without any comment.

In December last year, the CBI sleuths visited Kalmadi's residences in New Delhi and Pune City to search for papers as a part of their probe.

The CBI had also arrested three top members of the Organizing Committee after irregularities were revealed in payment of contracts for the Games.

In November, investigators also conducted raids and collected scores of documents from residences of Kalmadi's key aides.

Official estimates placed the costs of the Games at $2.5 billion, while unofficial estimates have reached over $13 billion, according to local media reports.

The seventh All India National Open Ice-Skating Championship began in Shimla City on Monday.

More than 80 skaters from 12 different Indian states and foreign teams are taking part in the championship.

[Bhavnesh Banga, Organizer]:
“This championship holds a special position as it gives exposure to our skaters. For this championship participants have come from America, Muscat and Abu Dhabi. Seeing the skating standards of the foreign participants, our young and budding skaters would learn to improve their standards as well.”

[Amy, Skater from United States]:
“In India it is so pretty here because of these mountains and this all… I mean this is not completely natural but it is close to it and it is a good experience to skate on it. There is nothing like this in USA exactly.”

The skating season in Shimla usually begins in December and ends in February.

Shimla has the largest semi-natural ice-skating rink in India, and is a hill resort city.

The championship wraps up on Wednesday.

Described as a once in a lifetime polo event, the Golden Jubilee Cup tournament returned under the Royal Salute banner for a second year in Jodhpur, India last week.

The Maharaja of Jodhpur hosted the invitation 10-goal tournament. International teams competed on the historic polo field beneath the magnificent Umaid Bhawan Palace.

The Royal Salute Maharaja of Jodhpur's Golden Jubilee Cup was won by the Jodhpur Knights in the final. While Jaipur and Delhi now host the largest tournaments on the Indian polo calendar, Jodhpur's season is indisputably the most exclusive, historic and traditional.

[Robert Mehn, Polo Player]:
"Without doubt this has been my most positive international polo experience. India is obviously such a fascinating country from a cultural standpoint and thanks to royal salute they've really brought together all the best elements of it, the exoticism, their tradition of polo."

Polo was first played in Jodhpur in 1889 and was mainly for high society. The Jodhpur Lancers, as they were known, were actually the first Indian polo team to travel abroad. A number of well known English men such as a young Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten have also played for the team.

However, the golden era for polo in Jodhpur in the 1920s and 1930s suffered something of a hiatus with the outbreak of World War II and never really recovered until the late 1990s.

This polo extravaganza saw eight teams do battle for Jodhpur's most coveted polo prize, the Royal Salute Maharaja of Jodhpur Golden Jubilee Cup. Following a fiercely contended four-day tournament, the top teams that emerged were Umaid Bhawan Palace, Hariana Polo Club, the Jodhpur Knights and Hyderbad Polo and Riding Club.

The afternoon of the final brought tradition and ceremony that whisked players and spectators back in time to the golden age of Indian pomp, pageantry and polo.

Classic vintage cars lined up before a packed grandstand before setting off in a convoy lead by His Highness the Maharaja. In a thrilling final the real star of the show was RK Singh who helped the Jodhpur Knights to beat Hyderbad Polo and Riding Club by 10 to 7 1/2 goals.

Japan is banking on sci-fi technology and the country's 'wow factor' to win the race to host the 2022 World Cup.

After all, only in Japan can you hire a cat for an hour and pet it while you have a coffee -- or better yet, while a robot boils your noodles for you.

FIFA’s executive committee will be meeting on December 2 in Zurich, Switzerland to choose the city for the 2022 tournament.

South Korea is also bidding again, along with the United States, Qatar, and Australia.

Japan's credentials are second to none, with all but the main stadiums already in place and still in pristine condition. The country's infrastructure ranks among the world's best.

Since the Bullet Train was unveiled before the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Japan has been at the forefront of technology.

The world's third largest economy, Japan still retains a great deal of its traditional charm.

World Cup bidders plan to beam matches on to giant 3-D hologram-style screens in one of many hi-tech projects designed to amaze fans around the world during the 2022 tournament.

Translation earpieces will allow fans from different countries to interact, aided by devices to allow viewers to gather information by pointing to players on the pitch.

There are also plans to build an 80-thousand-seat main stadium on the outskirts of Osaka.