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A People\’s Daily Online Production by Zhenyu Li: Documentary on Andre Agassi
On a glorious Saturday afternoon by the sea on Rhode Island, Newport County, tennis gave back to its hero a small token of its appreciation.
The 41-year-old Andre Agassi, one of tennis\’ most colorful, compelling and controversial icons, was enshrined in the International Tennis [...]

Dutch specialists believed that the Netherlands will keep producing top soccer players in the foreseeable future, based on the country\’s efficient youth training system.
Just one year ago the Netherlands advanced to the FIFA World Cup final in South Africa. Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie are the names of [...]

Getafe coach Luis Garcia on Wednesday sounded out a warning to any of the players in his squad who think they will be able to take things easy next season.
Garcia joined Getafe after a successful campaign at Levante last season, when he led the Valencia based outfit to the highest league [...]

Slovenian rider Gazvoda Gregor of PER Team won the title of the 10th Tour of Qinghai Lake convincingly as he kept the yellow jersey over six out of nine stages.
Gregor clocked a total time of 28 hours 40 minutes and 28 seconds in general individual classification. Polka dot jersey, which represents [...]

Benfica won 2-0 over Turkish team Trazbonspor on Wednesday in the first game of the third qualifying round of UEFA\’s Champions League.
It was the first official game the Portuguese team played, opening the soccer season in the country.
Benfica\’s first goal was scored in the 71st minute. On [...]

British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador\’s residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
"The final countdown will begin. An exciting year of outstanding sporting and cultural events in Britain will set the stage for the greatest (sport) show on [...]

Hosts Mexico beat Uruguay 2-0 here on Sunday to claim the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup title.
The two goals came from Briseno in the 31st minute and Casillas in the 90th minute.
This is the second time for Mexico to win the U-17 world title. Last time was [...]

National Football League (NFL) owners and players on Monday agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement ending the 136-day old lockout, the longest labor stoppage in league history.
The league\’s old labor deal expired in March, and the owners locked out the players, the NFL\’s first work stoppage since 1987.
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Six Chinese amateur sailors will embark on the yacht named Qingdao to attend the 2011-2012 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, local sports administration said Wednesday.
The six sailors, who are manager, journalist, college student and private entrepreneurs, took training for several months in Qingdao city and two-week training in England, said [...]

The South African Football Association\’s request for a postponement of Banyana Banyana\’s second leg 2012 London Olympic qualifying match against Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on September 11 has been rejected by their opponents who are insisting that the game should go ahead as fixture by the Confederation of African Football.
When CAF and Fifa drew [...]