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CHINESE Sports News, Sep 01, 2011

Soccer: Nadeshiko Japan open Olympic qualifying with victory
Mainichi Daily News
SHANDONG, China (Kyodo) -- World champions Japan made a winning start to the final round of women's Asian qualifiers for next year's London Olympics with a 3-0 win over unfancied Thailand on Thursday. Coach Norio Sasaki fielded a diluted team and the ...
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Xinhua
Head coach Norio Sasaki, who just led the Japanese women's national soccer team to become the first ever Asian side to win a World Cup trophy last July in Germany, decided not to let the title turn into a burden. "We came here to China for one thing, ...
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Javelin star Thorkildsen yearns for more
China Daily
Thorkildsen used to play soccer, but turned his focus to javelin at the age of 16. For him, doing an individual sport instead of a team one is what he prefers. "I like to do an individual sport. When you have a good result, it's on me," he said. ...
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China Daily
Women's Cup shows more than just cleatage
McGill Daily
Perhaps this comparison is unfair and detracts from just how far women's soccer has come in the last few years. In a sports market in which men's soccer reigns supreme, the bar may be set so high that even the significant success of this year's ...
See all stories on this topic »KOREA: The Guard Command Always Eats
Strategy Page
The much publicized establishment of special trading zones in North Korea, for Chinese firms, has not attracted much interest. Chinese media is carrying stories pointing out that North Korea is so poor and ill-prepared to support economic development ...
See all stories on this topic »Get Out: Weekend Planner
Patch.com
In this show, the 3000 year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts will be combined with the multidisciplinary presentation of Cirque. Shows are taking place all weekend. Norcross Concert Series - A1A - This summer's Norcross Concert Series in ...
See all stories on this topic »Exchange students need new host homes after hurricane
My Ballard (blog)
... or a boy from Thailand who likes fishing with his dad, playing golf, basketball and soccer. He loves animals and hopes to be a veterinarian when he gets older or a girl from China interested in swimming, music and watching sports. ...
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White House encourages Asian Americans to voice their stories
AsianWeek
“That sounds like they don't like the Chinese, that there are some racial tendencies.” >>Asian Americans could now watch Asian Football coverage at home. One WorldSport (OWS) recently acquired distribution rights for the Asian football qualifiers for ...
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AsianWeek
Little Turkish Village part of Orléans for 21 years
EMC Orleans
"They help me out and I help them out." The walls of the Little Turkish Festival are decorated with photos of sports teams, trophies and plaques from grateful teams. He supports hockey, swimming,soccer, volleyball, skating, "all kinds. ...
See all stories on this topic »SCHOOL FUNDRAISERS
Vineland Daily Journal
Vineland High School's girls soccer team will host a pasta dinner from noon to 4 pm Sept. 18 at the North Italy Hall, East Avenue and Virano Lane, Vineland. A DJ will provide entertainment. Tickets are $10, include pasta and meatballs, salad, ...
See all stories on this topic »Could Impact Basketball Las Vegas League Kick Off Player Exodus In Earnest?
Bullets Forever (blog)
... top-level sports draw, therefore anything less than Kobe won't draw many fans. The fact issoccer/football carries the day, basketball. Because of that, there is a lot less money in basketball overseas, whether it's China, Europe, or Russia/Turkey, ...
See all stories on this topic »10 Year Anniversary of 9/11 to be a Day of Healing for Martial Arts School in ...
PR.com (press release)
Talbot explains, “With the Americanization of martial arts, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that Kung Fu originated with the Shaolin monks in China. Spirituality is inherent in the art.” He goes on to explain that the Chinese characters for Wu Shu ...
See all stories on this topic »North Central Campus Briefs — Sept. 1
San Antonio Express
She is also a member of the Clark varsity soccer team and was recently named Scholar Athlete of the Week by KABB- TV's "Thursday Night Lights" program. This summer, Miller volunteered at Morgan's Wonderland. Scholarship recipients must show evidence of ...
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NBA players, owners meet in NYC | AM Briefing
The Seattle Times
Yao, who retired in July, was nominated by a member of the Chinese media as a contributor to the game, and would've been eligible for induction as early as 2012 Former Nashville Predator Wade Belak, an enforcer who played with five NHL teams before ...
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The Seattle Times
TAKE A LOOK-Special Reports from Reuters
Reuters Africa
... in Turkey link.reuters.com/deb23s > Soccer's new goal: kick the spending habit link.reuters.com/pup23s FINANCE > The bonds that turned to dust link.reuters.com/sut23s > The perils of Paulson link.reuters.com/zum23s > The 'Shorts' Who Popped a China ...
See all stories on this topic »Can South Africa Help Usher in a Continent's Economic Renaissance?
Knowledge@Wharton
Sub-Saharan Africa is growing on the back of oil and other commodities being sold largely to China, but [also to] other parts of Asia, which have of course done better [than the West] through the crisis. Do you see South Africa rising up to the level ...
See all stories on this topic »Fall semester begins at CLU with 510 freshmen
Ventura County Star
Sinead Vaughan, a 21-year-old junior from Simi Valley, plays soccer for CLU and said she hopes the ability to hold evening games at the new stadium will allow more parents and residents to come out and support the teams. "It's a lot harder for people ...
See all stories on this topic »South Africa's self-strangling democracy
Politicsweb
A vote for the ANC in most constituencies is tantamount to a blurred mixture of support for African nationalism, for one of the world's last remaining Communist parties outside of China, for rowdy youth activism, for the pervasive and incautious ...
See all stories on this topic »Doin' the Nasty
Salt Lake City Weekly
I heard one youngster report that her brother had been struck by a soccer ball “right in the wheaties!” What mom and dad gain by substituting wheaties for testicles I don't know, but it is something akin to what gastroenterologists are doing with ...
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