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Chinese stars sister wins bronze at table tennis worlds
Championships in Paris, on May 17, 2013. Chen Meng, a younger female cousin of famous Chinese singer and film star Huang Xiaoming, attracted a lot of attention at the table tannis worlds as she winded up her Paris tour with a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the age of ...
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Kiwi Womens Sevens champs eye Moscow World Cup
The triumphant New Zealand Women's Sevens team has returned home after securing the inaugural IRB Women's World Sevens Series with a win at the final tournament in Amsterdam. There will be little time for the players to rest on their laurels with the squad due to get back together in just over a week for a camp in lead up to next month's World Cup in Moscow. Coach Sean Horan is ...
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Nats reliever breaks pitching hand punching locker
On a night the Washington Nationals welcomed back slugger Bryce Harper, the team learned it will be without reliever Ryan Mattheus after he broke his hand punching a ...
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Giants RHP Vogelsong breaks hand out 4-6 weeks
SAN FRANCISCO — Giants right-hander Ryan Vogelsong has broken his pitching hand while batting against the Washington Nationals. Vogelsong broke two bones along his pinkie and dislocated a knuckle in the same area when he fouled off a pitch in the fifth inning Monday night. He is scheduled for surgery Tuesday and expected to miss four to six weeks. Vogelsong had a 6-0 lead when he got ...
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Klopp heartbroken at Kagawa fate
The 24-year-old moved to Old Trafford from Dortmund last summer, but has been far from a first-team regular and even then has often had to play out of position. The departure of Kagawa is part of a pattern for Dortmund coach Klopp, who this season has seen Mario Gotze agree to ...
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Fergie tells bosses to learn their trade
Aberdeen and then Old Trafford. Ferguson said: "I'm dead against this fast-tracking of managers. Prepare, learn your trade, get your badges. Work for years at lower levels and you'll have a better chance. You have to earn the right to be a manager."Ferguson also revealed that his wife Cathy and children had not wanted him to take the United job after his success at Aberdeen - ...
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Foster backs Moyes for United
Foster spent five years on the Old Trafford payroll before leaving for Birmingham in 2010. And although that period included two seasons out on loan and another sidelined by injury, he still got a pretty good insight into what makes the mighty Old Trafford machine tick.Foster accepts the heat is on Moyes following Ferguson's exit. But he is confident United have the right man for the job, ...
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Cowboy Bowens NRL deadline looming
A deadline is looming as North Queensland sweats on off-contract fullback Matt Bowen's fate. But Cowboys coach Neil Henry says he is keeping his fingers crossed the livewire No.1 remains a one-club player. Reports linking 31-year-old Bowen to rival NRL clubs were dismissed as "rumours" by Henry on Tuesday. However, Henry admits his club will need to decide on what to do with ...
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Arizonas Corbin improves to 7-0 with win over Colorado
(Reuters) - Arizona's Patrick Corbin delivered a dominant nine innings to lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over Colorado and improve his unbeaten start to 7-0 on ...
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Datsyuk Miller Nyquist score to help Red Wings beat Blackhawks 3-1 to take 2-1 series lead
The Red Wings' Drew Miller reached past the Blackhawks' Johnny Oduya for the team's second goal in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals in Detroit on Monday. Detroit won 3-1 to take a 2-1 series ...
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Postgame Thielbar knows how to throw strikes
A handful of leftovers from the Twins' sixth straight loss: -- Caleb Thielbar's father Calvin was at the family's cabin in northern Minnesota on Monday, when his son called around noon. That ended the fishing trip. "That's at least a four-hour drive home," the Randolph, Minn., native said after making his major-league debut for the Twins. "I think ...
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Calling all pitchers Sloppy spring taxes high school baseball staffs
Pitching had become foreign to Dylan Dresel. The Forest Lake senior had stopped worrying about throwing strikes three years ago when his arm was no longer needed to get hitters out. He focused solely on playing infield, until winter’s prolonged stay this spring changed his focus. As games were postponed and the season became compressed into more games in fewer weeks, baseball coaches ...
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Giants Vogelsong wins at last but injures hand
Ryan Vogelsong broke his throwing hand on a swing after pitching himself toward his first win in seven starts, and the San Francisco Giants returned from a terrible road trip to beat the Washington Nationals 8-0 on Monday ...
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Marquis wins 5th straight Padres beat Cards 4-2
Jason Marquis combined with four relievers on a four-hitter to win his fifth straight start and Will Venable homered to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-2 win against the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals on Monday ...
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Disciplined Detroit in Blackhawks heads
There was a script going around before this series that had the top-ranked Chicago Blackhawks rolling over the underdog Detroit Red Wings. Apparently Mike Babcock’s crew decided that script needed a few revisions. The Wings asserted their physical dominance early then got goals 31 seconds apart in the second period from Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller and a third-period dagger from Pavel ...
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Durant athletes send support to Okla. victims
Denis Poroy/Getty Images A devastating tornado ripped through the state of Oklahoma on Monday, leaving mass destruction in its wake. Parts of the Oklahoma City metro area and its surrounding suburbs were leveled by the storm. As of early Tuesday morning, 51 people were confirmed dead, with more expected according to the Associated Press. The sports world took to social media to express ...
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Report Roy to be next coach of the Avalanche
Patrick Roy will re-join his old team, the Avalanche. This time as the head coach, according to reports. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy is set to become the new head coach of the Colorado ...
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Baseball fuels dreams desperation in Dominican Republic
(Nick Purdon is a current affairs reporter and Leonardo Palleja is a current affairs producer and videographer with CBC's The National. Purdon and Palleja visited the Dominican Republic in late April 2013 to explore the dark side of Dominican baseball. Like many profesional ball teams, the Toronto Blue Jays have a number of stars from the Dominican Republic: Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Edwin ...
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Giants Vogelsong Wins at Last but Injures Hand
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AFLs Thomas recalls Winmar incident
Golden girl Cathy Freeman gushed with excitement on Tuesday at the mere sighting of former St Kilda star Nicky Winmar.While Freeman's 400-metre dash during the 2000 Olympics was a high point in celebrating Australia indigenous sporting talent, Freeman sees Winmar's jumper-lifting moment following the Saints' round-four win over Collingwood at Victoria Park in 1993 as another ...
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Scoggins Gophers pitching coach makes most of extra innings
After a leukemia diagnosis and bone marrow transplant, Gophers pitching coach Todd Oakes’ recovery has inspired others to donate time, money, blood and stem ...
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Competition still keen for Lynxs final roster spots
Tuesday might be the last time a few players vying for a spot on the Lynx roster will have a chance to show what they can do. The Lynx have been practicing for two weeks. So the noon game against Connecticut at Target Center - the second and final preseason game - will be just a part of the final evaluation process. But the team is expected to start making moves to get at or near the ...
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Rand Mauer had an amazing 15-game stretch
Joe Mauer ’s strikeout pace - basically one per game, far above his career average - let’s take a step back and acknowledge an amazing 15-game stretch that we might not see from Mauer again. During a 15-game stretch starting April 30 against Detroit and ending Saturday against Boston, Mauer had: • At least one hit in every game, giving him a 15-game hitting streak. That was one ...
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Twins new starter search down to Gibson Deduno and Walters
ATLANTA – After six weeks with a stable, if struggling starting rotation, the Twins decided to make a change Monday. But they’re not ready yet to reveal who is taking Pedro Hernandez’s place. Former first-round ...
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Prep athletes of the week Goal-stopping skills work well in two sports for Eden Prairies Johnson
Eden Prairie • lacrosse Better known as a hockey goalie, the senior is also a five-year standout in goal for the Eagles’ lacrosse team and the only remaining player from their 2009 state championship team. Hockey might be her passion, but Johnson is just as dedicated in lacrosse. "Nothing compares to hockey," she said. "But I love playing lacrosse. It’s great ...
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Japan focuses on next big export
Smart grids are the way of the future, according to a Japanese consortium of seven companies that want to invest in the cities of the future and pave the way for the next big export to come out of Japan.
Japan is already one of the leading high-tech industries of the world, producing gadgets and appliances that are sold globally, from cars and microwaves to robots for use in surgery, space and mines. The country is a major manufacturing hub, there are Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Nintendo appliances in homes across the globe and many of the world’s most famous export brands have their headquarters in Japan or were founded in Japan. Read more
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