Miscellany
Posted on May 23, 2012 22:40
The Los Angeles Kings booked their place in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in almost 20 years after wrapping up the NHL Western Conference title with a 4-3 overtime win over Phoenix in Game Five on Tuesday.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 22:35
Chinese driver Ma Qinghua will test for HRT at Silverstone in July, the Spanish-based Formula One team said yesterday.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 23:40
World No.1 Lee Chong Wei will be out for up to a month after tearing an ankle tendon at the Thomas Cup Tuesday, hampering his Olympic title bid and depriving Malaysia of their star shuttler.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 22:40
German swimming star Paul Biedermann ended years of frustration by finally being crowned European 400m freestyle champion on Monday.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 22:40
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 4-1 in a spiteful encounter on Monday to tie the NHL Eastern Conference final series at 2-2 as escalating tension between the cross-river rivals boiled over.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 23:10
World No.1 Lee Chong Wei Monday steered Malaysia to a first group-tie win at the Thomas and Uber Cups in China's Wuhan, where the injury-hit shuttler hopes to regain his form before the London Olympic Games.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 23:10
The Phoenix Coyotes weren't about to go quietly into the night as long as captain Shane Doan had a say in the matter.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 00:05
Superstar Lin Dan was made to sweat in front of an adoring home crowd but China breezed through their first group ties in the Thomas and Uber Cups world team championships Sunday.
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Posted on May 20, 2012 22:45
Spain's 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo won the French MotoGP yesterday and took the overall lead in the championship in front of an astonishing crowd of over 80,000.
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Posted on May 20, 2012 22:45
Slovakia grabbed their ticket into the ice hockey World Championship's title-decider with a tight 3-1 semifinal win over former compatriots Czech Republic on Saturday.
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Posted on May 20, 2012 14:04
A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed Mt. Qomolangma on Saturday morning, breaking her own record of the oldest woman to scale the world's highest peak.
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Posted on May 20, 2012 10:47
China's badminton great Lin Dan has quitted matches for seven times since the end of 2010, triggering queries about if this damages the image of badminton and hurts fans.
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Posted on May 20, 2012 10:37
Liu Xiang claims 110m hurdles title at Samsung Diamond League
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Posted on May 18, 2012 22:50
Posted on May 18, 2012 22:45
Badminton’s elite will look to gain a mental edge before the Olympic Games in the highly charged atmosphere of the Thomas and Uber Cups world team championships in China next week.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 22:45
The giant-killing Los Angeles Kings extended their magical playoff run, moving to just one win from their first Stanley Cup finals appearance since 1993 with a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 22:50
Celebrated Indian boxer M.C. Mary Kom faced a nerve-wracking wait yesterday after a shock defeat at the women’s World Boxing Championships in China's Qinhuangdao left her Olympic bid in doubt.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 22:25
New Jersey beat New York, Conference final leveled
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Posted on May 16, 2012 09:39
The Cuban men's volleyball team traveled to Japan on Tuesday for a shot at a place in the finals of the world's top volleyball tournament, the International Football Federation's (FIVB) World League.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 23:35
Mark Teixeira blasted a decisive two-run homer to help the New York Yankees beat the division-leading Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Monday and close the gap in the standings.
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