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Take Away English-British Tennis Players 英国网球选手

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National Football League To Fine Teams if Players Protest

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I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the number on his uniform. When I yelled,

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The number of foreign-born players in America's professional National Basketball Association has tripled in the past two decades. One of the veterans - San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker - and a rookie - Washington Wizards' Hamady Ndiaye - talk about the

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VOA标准英语2010年-NBA Players Inspire African Youths to

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Where Players Know When to Hold 'em: World

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eru summons 15 players overseas for match against Chile

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Two Chinese tennis players out of Japan Open

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A Coach and His Players

I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the number on his uniform. When I yelled,Number5, your time to bat, Jeff Smith came to the plate to hit. Whe

Djokovic criticises ATP for ignoring players' interest

MADRID, May 7 (Xinhua) -- World No.1 men's tennis player Novak Djokovic hit out at ATP on Monday for failing to sound out the players before approving the Madrid Open's controversial court change from red clay to blue one. The change has stirred up s

Four Vasco da Gama players banned

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VOA双语新闻 --- Cuban Soccer Players Defect to US

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