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Kenya's Kiplagat focus on New York title and marathon majors NAIROBI, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's hopes and prayers will be with world champion Edna Kiplagat on Sunday when she lines up among elites eyeing to clinch her second New York Marathon title
By Laurel Bowman Washington 29 October 2009 Kenneth Feinberg A top Treasury Department official has ordered pay cuts for the 25 highest-paid executives at seven companies that received government bail-outs. But he says he doesn't want broader powers
Broadcast: Mar 30, 2003 American Michelle Kwan has captured her fifth title at the World Figure Skating Championships here in Washington. Kwan is the first American woman to capture five world champio
1. There's been a steady stream of voters in New Orleans first mayoral election since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Activists are concerned that not enough of the city's displaced population
NAIROBI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Berlin marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai and Dubai marathon silver medalist Lucy Kabuu will headline the elite field at this year's RAK Half-Marathon in the United Arab Emirates. The event, seventh edition, which will be r
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Mother Monster Lady Gaga became the first person to attract more than 20 million followers on Twitter, after joining the social networking site for only four years, according to media reports. Gaga takes a comfortable
LONDON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60m hurdles race at the Aviva Grand Prix next Saturday. It will be
DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, Ailsa, it's Friday. It's almost the weekend. I mean, I feel like we should just turn up some music. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Yes. I am so ready for this. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GREENE: Now, this song is really important because
THE HAGUE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer grabbed his second title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam after beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1, 6-4 in the final on Sunday in Rotterdam. The match was a replay of the 2009 US Open fi
GENEVA, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer savored his fifth title at his Swiss Indoors home tournament on Sunday, beating Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour. The world number four Swiss has appeared in eight Basle finals in
THE HAGUE, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Julien Benneteau caused a major surprise in the quarter-finals of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam on Friday by beating top seed Roger Federer 6-3, 7-5. Federer, the reigning champion in Rotterdam, was
LONDON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and six-time champion Roger Federer will fight for the title of year-ending ATP World Tour Finals on Monday after beating Juan Martin del Portro and local hero Andy Murray respectively at the sem
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Danish title holder and defending champion Jan Oe. Joergensen had no trouble whatsoever beating Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in Thursday's men's singles semifinals of this year's badminton Copenhagen Masters. Joergensen
THE HAGUE, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Juan Martin Del Potro and Julien Benneteau qualified for the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Saturday. Second seeded Del Potro beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-4. The Argentinean did not suffer a s
SHANGHAI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Olympic and world champion Dayron Robles will not race against local hero Liu Xiang at a May 23 meet in Shanghai, according to the name list announced by organizers. Jamaican(牙买加) sprint king Usain Bolt will hea
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Badminton superstar Lin Dan is in quest for a record second Olympic title at the London Olympic Games starting from July 28 to August 5 when star-studded China will be looking forward to stamping its authority. Different
LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- American Aries Merritt ran a personal best of 12.92 seconds to win the Olympic men's 100m hurdles title on Wednesday as the U.S. closed in upon China on the medals table thanks to victories in track and field. Merritt got a
Pakistan's fourth ranking snooker cup begins in Karachi ISLAMABAD, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's 4th Snooker Cup Ranking Tournament 2012 started on Sunday at the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Sports Complex in the country's southern port city of
SHANGHAI, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Hosts China showed their power in teamwork on Sunday as they claimed both the men's and women's relay golds at the ISU World Cup Short Track speedskating Shanghai leg. South Korea continued their good form to win their t
MELBOURNE, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- As the hot favorite for the women's title of 2013 Australian, Serena Williams is simply enjoying being in the moment. I get asked that all the time, but I feel like I'm just in the moment right now, Williams said. For t