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BEIJING: China’s northeastern cities of Harbin and Changchun plan to bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, but only one city will be chosen by the government, an official and state media said yesterday.
“We are still preparing a bid report and we will hand it over to the central government soon,” [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Chinese rugby fans anxious
BEIJING: Few people will be fretting over next month’s decision on the inclusion of rugby in the Olympics as much as Zheng Hongjun and the band of enthusiasts who have run the sport in China on a shoestring for the last two decades.
Such is China’s obsession with Olympic success that a vote from [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Japan revel in Suzuki’s 2,000th hit in US league
Tokyo: Japan, the baseball-crazy home country of Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki, have revelled in his 2,000th hit in the US major leagues, wondering how far he can go.
The influential Asahi Shimbun daily said the US was shocked by his “hitting while running” style, praising the 35-year-old’s [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Chargers’ Merriman says he didn’t hurt TV personality
SAN DIEGO, California: San Diego Chargers’ linebacker Shawne Merriman said yesterday he didn’t hurt reality television host Tila Nguyen but was trying to protect her when he stopped her leaving his house.
Merriman was arrested on Sunday and accused of choking and throwing the diminutive TV person [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Defections worry Kenyan officials
NAIROBI: Bahrain basked in the glory of Kenyan-born Yusuf Saad Kamel’s victory over 1,500 metres at the Berlin World Championships last month but back in East Africa the subject of defecting athletes is worrying many people. Allegations that young runners are being smuggled abroad, diplomatic rows a [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Super Stricker wins
NORTON, Massachusetts: Steve Stricker went to the top of the PGA Tour’s points list when he won the $7.5m Deutsche Bank Championship by one stroke yesterday.
The 42-year-old birdied the final two holes, sinking a testing 15-foot putt at the par-four 17th and then tapping in from two feet on the p [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Referees unfairly targeting us: Peter
MELBOURNE: South Africa are being unfairly targeted by referees because of their status as the world’s best team, according to Springboks’ coach Peter de Villiers.
The outspoken South Africa coach, whose fiery tirades have previously landed him in hot water with rugby officialdom, also said it wa [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Ramada squash: Aftab downs Khalid
DOHA: Absar Aftab defeated Touka Khalid 3-1 in the Men’s level A section at the Ninth Ramada Olympia Sports Professional and Amateur Squash Championship at the Ramada Hotel here yesterday.
The tournament will end today.
Results: Men’s level A: Absar Aftab bt Touka Khalid 3/1; Mohamed Al Merry [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Federer reaches quarters
NEW YORK: America’s newest heroine, Melanie Oudin, continued her dream-like run at the US Open with another shocking upset yesterday while steely top seed Roger Federer forged closer to his 16th Grand Slam crown.
“Mentally I’m staying in there with them the whole time, and I’m not giving up at al [more...]
Posted on:9/9/2009 Even Federer is enthralled by young Oudin
NEW YORK: With the hullabaloo American Melanie Oudin has been creating at the US Open this year, even Roger Federer has taken notice.
The 17-year-old wunderkind from Georgia has turned into a smiling assassin as she has single handedly taken down four higher ranked Russians at Flushing Meadows to [more...]
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