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Neymar, Brazil (Soccer)
Talk about lavish praise: Neymar is said by Brazil great Pele to be better than three-time FIFA player of the year Lionel Messi. The 20-year-old striker has scored at the rate of about a goal every two games for club and country. Instantly recognizable with his mohawk hairstyle.
...Married to Xie Xingfang, the retired two-time world champion and Beijing O...
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Olympic medals table
Through 27 medal events Saturday
...GOLD-Zhang Ning, China. SILVER-Xie Xingfang, China. BRONZE-Maria Kristin Yulianti, Indonesia. ...
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Calendar
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...Gold medal. Zhang Ning, China, def. Xie Xingfang, China, 21-12, 10-21, 21- 18. Mixed doubles. Semif...
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Four down, four to go. The U.S. men's Olympic team is halfway back to the top of the basketball world.
And not even the world champions - on paper anyway - could give the Americans a game.
... off top- seeded countrywoman Xie Xingfang in three sets. Table tennis. So much for bronze. T...
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ARCHERY
WHERE: Olympic Green Archery Field.
...China's Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang are No. 1 in men's and women's singles, respective...
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... participation, see Xie Qimei and Wang Xingfang, eds., Zhongguo yu Lianheguo: jinian Lianheguo che...
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...Xie Xingfang, China, def. Lu Lan, China, 7-21, 21-10, 21-12. Do...
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American badminton player Howard Bach says his sport needs increased funding and a player like Tiger Woods to become more popular in the United States.
Bach and his partner Bob Malaythong lost in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles in Beijing on Wednesday, going down by a score of 21-9, 21-10 to the second-seeded Chinese pair of Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng.
... with the badminton beauty Xie Xingfang, even to Latrell Sprewell after he allegedly punch...
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Top-seeded Lin Dan of China and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia advanced to the men's singles final Saturday in the World Badminton Championship.
Lin beat third-seeded Peter Gade of Denmark 15-9, 13-15, 15-11, and No. 6 Hidayat swept No. 5 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 15-3, 15- 12.
...2 Xie Xingfang of China and Taiwan's Cheng Shao-Chieh. No. 11 Xie...
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Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach became the first Americans to have a shot at a world badminton title by winning the men's doubles semifinals Saturday night in the World Badminton Championships at the Pond.
The 13th-seeded team of Gunawan, from Fullerton and Bach, of San Francisco, swept No. 4 Luluk Hadiyanto and Yulianto Alven of Indonesia, 15-9, 15-13.
... final will match second-seeded Xie Xingfang of China against top-seeded teammate Zhang Ning, t...