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Rising up the leaderboard
TODAYonline
He started to focus on golf in 1998 as the sport became more prominent inAsia. One of his first major assignments was to bring a newly-turned-pro Woods out to the Philippines for a one-day event. "He had just turned professional, but the sums we were ...
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Olympic hopefuls have five chances
VietNamNet Bridge
Middle-distance sprinter Hang will leave for China in April for a one-month training course in preparation for the three-round Asian Grand Prix tournament in Thailand in May. Hang, a regular on the podium, will race in the women's 1500m event.
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To catch a hurting star
Times of India
Former ace striker Sahu Mewalal, who gave India the football gold at the 1951Asian Games, was refused admission in a Kolkata railway hospital not long before he died of kidney failure and penury in 2008. To be fair, the Unionsports ministry loosened ...
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Jessica Korda wins Women's Australian Open
USA TODAY
The 18-year-old Korda completed a two-sport, father-daughter Australian double with the breakthrough victory in the LPGA Tour opener. Petr Korda won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament, also in Melbourne. "It is a really special place for my...
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USA TODAY
SriLankan Airlines host country's first PGA tour
Nation on Sunday
“We are delighted to add the Senior PGA Asia Pacific Champions tour, to our growing list of sports tourism related products to promote our country as an exotic destination,” Chandrasena said. Golfers from the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, ...
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Coup in Maldives? Tourists relax amid political fray
Reuters
By C. Bryson Hull | VIHAMANAFUSHI, Maldives (Reuters) - Tourists enjoying the sun and sand at the Maldives' luxury island resorts have barely put down their cocktails during the political crisis rocking Asia's newest democracy, oblivious to ...
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Sports sponsorship: How companies are looking beyond cricket to connect with ...
Economic Times
Despite the lowly statistic, despite the recent turn of events, sportssponsorship in India is finally having its moment. Global sponsorship consultancy IEG says in 2012, India will lead Asia Pacific's charge as the fastest growing sports sponsorship ...
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Lin, Knicks rally for 5th straight, beat Wolves
Boston.com
By Jon Krawczynski AP Sports Writer / February 12, 2012 MINNEAPOLIS—In his first three starts, Jeremy Lin's out-of-nowhere emergence all but saved the New York Knicks' season. In his fourth, his teammates returned the favor.
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Boston.com
Offutt crews are troops' ears in sky
Omaha World-Herald
... sports bar after work. But once or twice a year, Daniel and more than a dozen other Offutt Air Force Base airmen deploy from Omaha, bound for a base in Southwest Asia — a base secret enough that the Air Force won't officially acknowledge it exists.
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The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World by Mihir Bose – review
The Guardian
His inclusion in the narrative of the rising powers of Asia is welcome and his account of modern Indian cricket is closely observed and genuinely original. But for all that, this is a disappointingly old-school version of the tale. British sports and...
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The Guardian
Setback for Indian basketball
Times of India
Sharma was also the secretary of FIBA Middle-Asia Zone and joint secretary of India Olympic Association (IOA). Sharma, the visionary leader of Indian Basketball, led a memorable life. It was an unexpected end to a man who was at the helm of basketball ...
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Jakarta Journo: Is Indonesia Moving In the Wrong Direction?
Jakarta Globe
During President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's earlier days in power, he was known as the man who led Indonesia as it became Southeast Asia's poster child of progress and democracy. Does such a label still apply, considering the state of the country today ...
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Karooda supports Ragama CC
Nation on Sunday
Karooda Group, consist of 17 companies spanning five focus industries: Real Estate; Sport and Leisure; Health and Education; Retail; Marketing. Karooda has investment interests throughout Asia and Europe focusing on sports, leisure and lifestyle ...
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Jeremy Lin game-winning free throw vs Timberwolves 11-FEB-2012
YouTube
... Wad Taiwanese pride Steve Novak Carmelo Melo Anthony Amare Stoudamire Iman Shumpert 2012 Shaq BIG ESPN TNT HD Best Asianathlete basketball JeremzLin owns destroys Asia China Taiwan Ricky Rubio alley oop dunk slam amazing Category: Sports Tags: The ...
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Billionaire Frank Lowy the most powerful man in Australian soccer
Herald Sun
Former Socceroo Craig Foster is the key media agenda-setter, underpinned by his enormous contribution behind the scenes, with Fox Sports' Mark Bosnich - who appeals to a wider, non-soccer audience - narrowly pipped for a top 10 spot.
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Persipura must get visas sorted now for playoff: PSSI
Jakarta Post
Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) general-secretary Tri Goestoro has urged Persipura Jayapura to immediately get its visa documents in order for its team members to be able to play Adelaide United in the Asian Champions League (ACL) playoff match on ...
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Jeremy Lin And How Stanford, UCLA, Cal, And The Pac-12 Missed Him
Pacific Takes
The interest wasn't there early on enough, as this Sports Illustrated feature points out. He sent his CV (4.2 GPA, perfect score on his SAT II Math 2C in the ninth grade) and a DVD of highlights—edited by a friend of a friend from church—to all eight ...
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Pakistan, Lebanon tie 1-1 in Davis Cup
DAWN.com
LAHORE: Pakistan and Lebanon ended the first day of their Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone tie at 1-1 in Lebanon on Saturday. According to information received here, in the first match, that lasted one hour and 55 minutes, Aisam-ul-Haq defeated Karim Alyali ...
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DAWN.com
Videocon heir Aniruddh Dhoot is living it up
Daily News & Analysis
Overseas, I love the serene and picturesque Italy, Australia for its vibrancy and quality of life and South East Asia for its hotels and street food,” he lists out. An adventure sports addict, he has tried his hands at white water rafting, ...
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Daily News & Analysis
Travel Trade SC swimming resumes
Nation on Sunday
The 27th Travel Trade Sports Club Swimming Championships 2011, revived after a lapse of five years (last held in 2007) and sponsored by Luxe Asia (a member of Expolanka Group), will be held on Saturday, February 18 at the Thurstan College Pool from ...
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Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey attracts great attention from abroad
Sunday's Zaman
The fact that increasingly competitive international teams, as well as two Turkish teams, have been participating in the race in recent years stands as a testament to Turkey's growth in the world of cycling and sports. TUR is an annual road bicycling ...
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The fascinating history of cricket in troubled Afghanistan
Cricket Country
The Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed in 1995, but within a year the country fell into the hands of the Taliban militia, who banned all sports. Remarkably, in 2000, cricket became the only sport allowed to be played in Afghanistan, ...
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Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett Set To Face Shane Cameron in New Zealand
BoxingInsider.com (blog)
By Johnny Walker American heavyweight veteran Monte “Two Gunz” Barrett, who emerged victorious last year in an entertaining second scrap with New Zealand's David “Tuamanator” Tua, is now set to defend his Asia Pacific and Oriental heavyweight titles ...
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Exceed Announces Board Changes
Bradenton Herald
/PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Exceed Company Ltd. (NASDAQ: EDS) ("EDS", "Exceed" or the "Company"), the owner and operator of "Xidelong" brand – one of the leading domestic sportswear brands in China, today announced that the board of directors (the ...
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A Chair-Throwing Riot Broke Out After A Boxing Match Last Night In Argentina
Deadspin
Via Larry Brown Sports, the Spanish-language Vavel.com has an account of the mayhem and what triggered it. This is what that story says in English after being put through Google Translate: The expected fight between Luis Lazarte and Johnriel Casimero ...
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Basketball Federation of India CEO Harish Sharma passes away at 53, IOA ...
Indian Sports news
Sharma was also the Secretary-General of FIBA Middle-Asia Zone and the Secretary of the Delhi Basketball Association. Sharma's demise will be gravely mourned by basketball players, coaches, fans, and those who have worked closely with him over the ...
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Murali and Flemming suggest ways of transforming cricket
Sunday Observer
Pic: Kavindra Perera Muralitharan and his company M Sportswith the collaboration of Dialog Axiata launched the concept of CricHQ for the first time in Asia, even ahead of India. It provides information of all players, of all cricket matches, domestic, ...
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Sunday Observer
Calvin Ayres Provides his Online Gaming Industry Predictions for 2012: Part 1
Casino.com
Ayres long predicted that there would be no positive momentum for legislation regarding online gambling at a federal level even before the United State's Department of Justice admitted that their Wire Act did not go past sportsbetting.
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Aileron helps top execs figure it out
Cincinnati.com
Today, Mathile and Aileron, named after the part of a wing that helps airplanes fly, show small-business executives from Cincinnati to Asia how to figure it out. The qualifications for acceptance to Aileron's flagship Course for Presidents are ...
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Mamat romps to Philippine golf win | Sports News
By AAP
The emotional 44-year-old picked up his third Asian Tour victory with a closing one-under-par 71 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club's East course, completing a wire-to-wire victory with an eight-under-par 280 aggregate.
Sports News
UK stock market week ahead : Domino's Pizza, Cable & Wireless ...
By asia economy - Google News
UK stock market week ahead : Domino's Pizza, Cable & Wireless, SportsDirectukcitymedia12th February 2012 Stock markets needs news of some agreement within Eurozone over Greece if its recent good run is to continue meanwhile, in the ...
Daily Financial News
Jeremy Lin Receives Encouragement From Ex-Knicks Guard Wat ...
By Douglas Saffir
While Misaka, a Utah resident of Japanese descent, lamented the Lin-fueled Knicks' win over his hometown Jazz, he said "it's been great to see" anotherAsian American doing so well in the NBA. Misaka was a Knicks point guard as well...
NESN.com - Sports News - Red...
With Jeremy Lin's emergence, Knicks games added ... - Sporting News
The NBA said Thursday its Asian TV partners have added Knicks games to their broadcast schedules following the emergence of Lin, the first American-born ...
aol.sportingnews.com/.../with-jeremy-lins-emergence-knicks-g...
A-League scores first Asian owner in Bakrie - SPORTS NEWS - TEN ...
Indonesian company the Bakrie Group has become the first Asian owner of an Australian A-League club, acquiring 100 percent of the Brisbane Roar, Football ...
tensport.com.au/.../Football-A-League-scores-first-Asian-owne...
Asia Institute Workshop - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News ...
UVA's Asia Institute held a workshop to teach teachers from across the ...NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and WeatherAsia Institute Workshop ...
www.nbc29.com/story/16678078/asia-institute-workshop
Asia urges football lawmakers to lift hijab ban – SportsNews Ireland
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Asian Football Confederation on Monday urged football's top lawmaking body to approve a headscarf with safety ...
www.sportsnewsireland.com/.../asia-urges-football-lawmakers-...
China Sports News: Tennis Australia is sowing seeds in Asia for ...
THE Australian Open is backing Asia to follow eastern Europe by producing future generations of tennis stars, helping tilt the sport's balance of power towards its ...
www.chinasportsbeat.com/.../tennis-australia-is-sowing-seeds-i...
With Lin's emergence, Knicks games added in Asia ... - Sports - Yahoo
Jeremy Lin is making the Knicks must-see TV in Asia. The NBA says Thursday its Asian TV partners have added Knicks games to their broadcast schedules ...
sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-knicks-lineffect
Kiyonari confirmed with Asian Road Race ... - Bikesport News
Three-time British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari has been confirmed as riding in the FIM Asia Road Race Championship for 2012 and will be in the...
www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail.cfm?newstitle...
Asian soccer urges sport's rule makers to OK hijab - CBS News
Asian soccer urges sport's rule makers to OK hijab.
www.cbsnews.com/.../asian-soccer-urges-sports-rule-makers-to...
With Lin's emergence, Knicks games added in Asia - 24 Sports ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Jeremy Lin is making the Knicks must-see TV inAsia.The NBA says Thursday its Asian TV partners have added Knick...
www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports.../article726733.ece
NPC Newsmaker Program: Asian Regional Security - WBOY.com ...
WBOY.com: Clarksburg, Morgantown: News, Sports, WeatherNPC Newsmaker Program: Asian Regional Security. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In ...
www.wboy.com/.../npc-newsmaker-program-asian-regional-se...
Viet Nam a contender to host 2019 Asian Games - Sports - VietNam ...
Viet Nam has ranked among the top four candidates seeking the chance to host the 2019 Asian Games.
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/.../viet-nam-a-contender-to-ho...
Ajman: GMU Invites Secretary General of Asian Sports Federation ...
Ajman: GMU Invites Secretary General of Asian Sports Federation for Conference .
www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=129208
Asian students accuse employer of slavery | Breaking & Daily News ...
A group of Asian students claim they were getting paid as little as $2 an hour.... Breaking and Daily News, Sport & Weather | TV ONE, TV2 | Ondemand ...
tvnz.co.nz/.../asian-students-accuse-employer-slavery-video-4
  

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