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The World Cup countdown kicks off on Wednesday night as the competition's favourites begin their warm-up matches a little over three months before the start of Germany's football extravaganza. Brazil, Argentina, France, England, Germany and Italy are all in action on a night of international friendlies.
Han Xiaopeng made history by becoming the first Chinese skier to win Olympic gold with his sensational victory in the men's freestyle aerials final on February 23, 2006. This is China's second gold at the ongoing event.
The sliding sport received its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced. People thought it looked like a skeleton.
It was the first time for China to win a Grand Slam final in any discipline and capped a breakthrough 12 months in which Yan and Zheng won two other doubles championships, at Hobart and Hyderabad last year.
China's top football official has vowed to shut down the domestic Super League if rampant match fixing, gambling and bribery continues.
Chinese top distance runner Sun Yingjie has finally been handed two-year suspension for doping and her coach Wang Dexian suffered a life ban on second violation of antidoping rules.
The China Football Association (CFA) denied it was holding out for an 800,000-yuan (99,000-dollar) appearance fee to meet France in a soccer friendly, but said talks for a match were ongoing.
There were goalmouth melees at both ends in the closing minutes while Arsenal had a penalty appeal waved away when Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas went down under a challenge by United's England defender Gary Neville.
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