INDIAN WELLS, California: Rafael Nadal eked out a victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Wednesday, avenging an Australian Open defeat and reaching the quarterfinals of the Pacific Life Open.
TORONTO: Andrea Bargnani and Anthony Parker each scored 14 points and the Toronto Raptors held Miami to the third-lowest point total in the shot-clock era, beating the Heat 96-54 on Wednesday.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy struck pairs gold as Europe dominated the second day of the World Figure skating championships here on Wednesday.
QINGDAO: As the eastern shore of Jiaozhou Bay approaches full development - with little land available for further construction - Qingdao city planners "are mapping out a plan to build a new district center around the bay over the next 20 years," Xia Geng, mayor of Qingdao, said in a government work report in January.
"Building the Olympic venue has become a new engine for accelerating city construction in Qingdao," Zhang Jun, deputy director of Qingdao Municipal Construction Committee, told China Daily. "And it is sure to leave behind permanent cultural heritage for the city."
QINGDAO: The Olympic Games will make Qingdao an internationally known sailing center, but it is already also well known to property developers as a locale offering big opportunities .
Qingdao is setting world standards for hi-tech and eco-friendly facilities at its Olympic Sailing Center, but many of its residents are seeing local, not global, benefits.
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