China enjoyed its best-ever finish in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup on Sunday, and trailblazers Zhang Lianwei and Liang Wenchong are convinced they can someday win the team event, which is considered the "Olympics of Golf".
"It's the worst, worst, worst draw for China!"
1982: Beat 2-1 by New Zealand in the playoff of the then Asian-Oceania Zone qualifier and narrowly missed entry into the World Cup finals.
Maybe it was the traditional Guangdong soup that pulled Yi Jianlian out if his shooting slump yesterday against the Los Angeles Lakers. For the first time in his short career, Yi's parents - mother Mai Meiling and father Yi Jingliu - were with him in Milwaukee, making the trek from Shenzhen in time to spend Thanksgiving with their son. Yesterday at the Bradley Center was their first experience at an NBA game, as the Bucks' treated their distinguished guests to a victory, the team's fourth in a row, as it happens.
The Beijing 2008 Wushu Tournament, an international martial arts competition to be held on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympic Games next year, will involve players from five continents, officials said as they expressed confidence in their ability to promote the sport globally.
Sun Haiping, head coach of world 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang, believes he will be able to tap into Liu's full potential at next year's Beijing Olympic Games, where the athlete will try to defend his gold medal on home soil.
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