Beijing Informer

Clijsters told Belgian media that she wouldn’t go to the WTA tournament in Tokyo in September or to one in Beijing the following month. * A report on 13 University of Iowa football players hospitalized after a strenuous workout in January clears the …

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Clijsters told Belgian media she wouldn’t go to the WTA tournament in Tokyo in September nor to one in Beijing the following month. “Most importantly, my thoughts and sympathies are with the people in Japan,” she said in a statement. “Of course the hea…

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Throughout the months-long drama over Anthony’s future, Bryant defended him at every turn — spoke of him as though they had become best friends with Team USA in Beijing last summer, as though Anthony were somehow cut from the same cloth. The latter mi…

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“It’s all on him.” The biggest issue will be how deep the Mavericks go into the playoffs. Kaman made big news at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing when he represented Germany by virtue of his great-grandparents’ German heritage. And now, who hasn’t wanted t…

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Clijsters said that she wouldn’t go to the WTA tournament in Tokyo in September nor to one in Beijing the following month. “Most importantly, my thoughts and sympathies are with the people in Japan,” she said in a statement. •Opening day in the…

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Clijsters told Belgian media Tuesday that she won’t go to the WTA tournament in Tokyo in September nor to one in Beijing the following month. “Most importantly, my thoughts and sympathies are with the people in Japan,” Clijsters said in a statement …

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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla., (AP) — Kim Clijsters is planning to avoid Japan over radiation fears since an earthquake and tsunami crippled a nuclear plant there. Clijsters told Belgian media on Tuesday that she wouldn’t go to the WTA tournament in Tokyo in …

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And, collectively, I know we have so much more in us.” Walsh and May-Treanor won gold at the Athens Games in 2004, but after repeating as Olympic champions in Beijing in ’08 they both took time away from the sport. Walsh had two babies, and May-Treanor…

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“Preparation for London started in Beijing. You leave it late, and you get results like we did in Beijing. “That’s not where we want to be. If we can continue on this road we’ll have good success in London.” Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Peter Kennaugh and …

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Women play in Seoul, Guangzhou, Tokyo, Beijing and Osaka during the same period. ‘That hasn’t even crossed my mind yet. I’ll only think about that when the situation is right in front of me,’ Federer said Wednesday as he prepared to start at the Miami …

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Their first major challenge was the Beijing Olympic Games, where with Tevez, Messi and Riquelme among the U-23 (with an allowance for a couple of older players), the Gold Medal was lifted with apparent ease. But Checho had his own sights in the adult s…

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Coach K looks like a rat. Mike Krzyzewski is a great coach, led the U.S. to a gold medal at 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and is closing in on Bobby Knight for career victories. But when Coach K starts snarling on the sidelines and jabbering with …

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D-League eagle-eye Scott Schroeder reported last week at Ridiculous Upside that Greene had received a $45,000 buyout from the Utah Flash to head to Asia and join a playoff chase as a member of the Chinese Basketball Association’s Beijing Ducks, who wil…

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Hoy contributed three gold medals to Britain’s record haul of seven from the track events in Beijing three years ago, although the only title he will defend in Apeldoorn this week is his keirin crown. Since claiming his one and only world sprint title …

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BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) — The first World Elite Mind Sports Games will be held in Beijing from Dec. 8 to 17 this year, organizers said here on Wednesday. The Games will feature five mind sports competitions in the Games including bridge, chess, Go …

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