Needing a victory to go through from the Red Group, Zvonareva led 5-3 in the decider before Radwanska staged a thrilling fightback in the most entertaining set of the tournament.
Zvonareva must now hope Kvitova beats Radwanska in straight sets on Friday. Any other result would see the Pole progress.
After two long three-setters in two days, a win against close friend Radwanska and a defeat by Zvonareva, Wozniacki proved no match for world number three Kvitova.
Having lost the first set the Dane quickly went 4-0 behind in the second and at one point almost missed the ball altogether on a first serve -- the ball spinning embarrassingly off her racket and bouncing mid-court.
Some late resistance proved in vain.
"Petra played well," said Wozniacki who will end a second consecutive year as number one despite failing to win a maiden grand slam.
"I wish I could have been 110 percent but my body just didn't want to do the things I wanted today. I've been feeling a bit tired and to get a little bit sick now, that's not the best if you want to beat the top players," she told reporters.
2011年10月29日星期六
PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor
"Manchester City Football Club has received notification from the Players' Union that it will not support a four-week fine as a penalty for the actions of misconduct of Carlos Tevez," the club said in a statement on their website (http://www.mcfc.co.uk/).
"Manchester City is disappointed by the apparent PFA conflict of interest evident in this process.
"Carlos Tevez has been personally represented throughout by the PFA chief executive, on whose considerations the club has been informed that the PFA has made its decision.
"Manchester City has been in constant dialogue with the PFA since September 28th. Today's PFA decision is a departure from the Club's understanding of that dialogue.
"Without recourse to the PFA decision available, the maximum two-week fine provided for in standard player contracts will now be applied in relation to the misconduct of Carlos Tevez."
Earlier in the day, the PFA had questioned City's decision to fine Tevez more than two weeks' wages.
The Argentine was fined on Tuesday after it was deemed he had committed five separate breaches of contract.
"The PFA's opinion, based on all the evidence presented, is that Carlos Tevez never refused to play for the club," a statement said.
"Manchester City is disappointed by the apparent PFA conflict of interest evident in this process.
"Carlos Tevez has been personally represented throughout by the PFA chief executive, on whose considerations the club has been informed that the PFA has made its decision.
"Manchester City has been in constant dialogue with the PFA since September 28th. Today's PFA decision is a departure from the Club's understanding of that dialogue.
"Without recourse to the PFA decision available, the maximum two-week fine provided for in standard player contracts will now be applied in relation to the misconduct of Carlos Tevez."
Earlier in the day, the PFA had questioned City's decision to fine Tevez more than two weeks' wages.
The Argentine was fined on Tuesday after it was deemed he had committed five separate breaches of contract.
"The PFA's opinion, based on all the evidence presented, is that Carlos Tevez never refused to play for the club," a statement said.
2011年10月27日星期四
The Callaway uPro, from Callaway Golf Company
Global positioning system technology is familiar to the golf bag, but the uPro has several notable features. It lets you download full-color, birds-eye-view video clips of the course you're playing, so you can see trees, fairway widths and hazards that lie around the blind corner.
I connected the uPro to my PC and downloaded some of my local golf course maps to the device.
There are both free and paid versions of various golf courses. A single course map costs $10, and multi-course packs go for as much as $180 for 150 courses of your choosing.
The free ones provide basic yardage to the green, icons representing hazards and a few other features. The "Pro" paid versions gave me the flyover videos.
The Pro version also helped me select the best clubs for my shots by giving me the distance from where I stood to the spot I wanted my ball to come to rest. Using a navigation pad on the device, I moved an on-screen icon to my desired landing spot, and uPro gave me the distance to that location.
As I played the nine-hole Candler Park course in Atlanta, uPro gave me accurate yardage for all of my shots. That helped my game when I made solid contact with the ball, though very little when I misfired a shot.
The uPro is a fine device with premium GPS capabilities. It's lightweight, and I barely felt it when I shoved it in my back pocket during shots. I was also able to keep score for my round with the uPro, which handled all the multitasking just fine. I'd buy it if I played a lot of long courses where distance data are at a premium, but it's disappointing to have to pay extra for the Pro course maps.
The Garmin Approach S1, from Garmin International, is a nifty GPS watch that offers important course info at a glance. No golf aid I've ever tried was easier to use than this one. I simply put it on my wrist and headed to the course.
All the course data are free and appear automatically. When I got to the Stonemount Course in Stone Mountain, Georgia, the Approach S1 immediately recognized the course and my hole and gave me the yardage to the front, middle and back of the green. The numbers adjusted automatically when I arrived at my next shot, the next hole, and so on.
I never had to press a button unless I wanted to measure the distance of a shot I just hit. I could simply glance at it and know that I had 143 yards to the middle of a green. I can't consistently hit 143 yards, but that battle is for another day.
My favorite device was the Garmin Approach G5. It's a smart, waterproof handheld GPS device that gave me all the features I could want.
It had thousands of free, detailed golf course maps preloaded into memory, gave me accurate yardage for shots and allowed me to keep score for multiple players. Best of all, it's a touch-screen device with a brilliant display and intuitive menus.
The Garmin S1 merely provides yardage numbers. The G5 device gives you everything, in a detailed graphic display. It was easier and faster to input scores and plan shot strategy with Garmin's G5 than using the Callaway device, which has a similar feature.
To plan my shots, I used my thumb to move a red circle on the screen to my desired landing spot on each hole at Stonemount. I could quickly measure my shots and log distances into the device's memory. After the yardage was measured, I simply tapped an on-screen button to select the club I used. It only takes a few seconds.
After my round, I went home and connected the Approach G5 to my PC. I saved scorecards for each round and displayed them on a Web page. Garmin's free software (PC or Mac) also tracked the number of putts I tapped for the round (many), the number of greens I hit in regulation (few) and the average distance I hit with my clubs.
I won't be shooting under 80 any time soon. But I loved the full repertoire of features that the Garmin Approach G5 provided. It would make a good addition to my golf bag.
I connected the uPro to my PC and downloaded some of my local golf course maps to the device.
There are both free and paid versions of various golf courses. A single course map costs $10, and multi-course packs go for as much as $180 for 150 courses of your choosing.
The free ones provide basic yardage to the green, icons representing hazards and a few other features. The "Pro" paid versions gave me the flyover videos.
The Pro version also helped me select the best clubs for my shots by giving me the distance from where I stood to the spot I wanted my ball to come to rest. Using a navigation pad on the device, I moved an on-screen icon to my desired landing spot, and uPro gave me the distance to that location.
As I played the nine-hole Candler Park course in Atlanta, uPro gave me accurate yardage for all of my shots. That helped my game when I made solid contact with the ball, though very little when I misfired a shot.
The uPro is a fine device with premium GPS capabilities. It's lightweight, and I barely felt it when I shoved it in my back pocket during shots. I was also able to keep score for my round with the uPro, which handled all the multitasking just fine. I'd buy it if I played a lot of long courses where distance data are at a premium, but it's disappointing to have to pay extra for the Pro course maps.
The Garmin Approach S1, from Garmin International, is a nifty GPS watch that offers important course info at a glance. No golf aid I've ever tried was easier to use than this one. I simply put it on my wrist and headed to the course.
All the course data are free and appear automatically. When I got to the Stonemount Course in Stone Mountain, Georgia, the Approach S1 immediately recognized the course and my hole and gave me the yardage to the front, middle and back of the green. The numbers adjusted automatically when I arrived at my next shot, the next hole, and so on.
I never had to press a button unless I wanted to measure the distance of a shot I just hit. I could simply glance at it and know that I had 143 yards to the middle of a green. I can't consistently hit 143 yards, but that battle is for another day.
My favorite device was the Garmin Approach G5. It's a smart, waterproof handheld GPS device that gave me all the features I could want.
It had thousands of free, detailed golf course maps preloaded into memory, gave me accurate yardage for shots and allowed me to keep score for multiple players. Best of all, it's a touch-screen device with a brilliant display and intuitive menus.
The Garmin S1 merely provides yardage numbers. The G5 device gives you everything, in a detailed graphic display. It was easier and faster to input scores and plan shot strategy with Garmin's G5 than using the Callaway device, which has a similar feature.
To plan my shots, I used my thumb to move a red circle on the screen to my desired landing spot on each hole at Stonemount. I could quickly measure my shots and log distances into the device's memory. After the yardage was measured, I simply tapped an on-screen button to select the club I used. It only takes a few seconds.
After my round, I went home and connected the Approach G5 to my PC. I saved scorecards for each round and displayed them on a Web page. Garmin's free software (PC or Mac) also tracked the number of putts I tapped for the round (many), the number of greens I hit in regulation (few) and the average distance I hit with my clubs.
I won't be shooting under 80 any time soon. But I loved the full repertoire of features that the Garmin Approach G5 provided. It would make a good addition to my golf bag.
since Woods joined forces with Canadian
However, since Woods joined forces with Canadian swing coach Sean Foley after the PGA Championship in August, his form has steadily improved.
He came close to winning his first title of 2010 in his final tournament, the Chevron World Challenge, which he hosts, where he lost to Britain's Graeme McDowell in a playoff.
"The way I'm playing right now, I would like to continue playing," Woods said after being beaten by the Northern Irishman at the first extra hole at Sherwood Country Club.
"I'm playing well and I'm also excited about my practice sessions coming up. I'm excited about this off-season. We, meaning Sean and I, know the direction we need to go."
US Open champion McDowell, who ended the most successful year of his own career at Sherwood with a fourth tournament victory, expects Woods to return to winning ways in 2011.
"I'm definitely a guy who says that golf needs Tiger Woods and we need him back winning tournaments," McDowell said.
"I think he'll be back winning golf tournaments in 2011. There's something a bit special about his golf game and I fully expect that mystique to return as the golf clubs start doing the talking again."
He came close to winning his first title of 2010 in his final tournament, the Chevron World Challenge, which he hosts, where he lost to Britain's Graeme McDowell in a playoff.
"The way I'm playing right now, I would like to continue playing," Woods said after being beaten by the Northern Irishman at the first extra hole at Sherwood Country Club.
"I'm playing well and I'm also excited about my practice sessions coming up. I'm excited about this off-season. We, meaning Sean and I, know the direction we need to go."
US Open champion McDowell, who ended the most successful year of his own career at Sherwood with a fourth tournament victory, expects Woods to return to winning ways in 2011.
"I'm definitely a guy who says that golf needs Tiger Woods and we need him back winning tournaments," McDowell said.
"I think he'll be back winning golf tournaments in 2011. There's something a bit special about his golf game and I fully expect that mystique to return as the golf clubs start doing the talking again."
2011年10月25日星期二
League Shanghai Sports Bureau Committee
SHANGHAI - China's star hurdler Liu Xiang has been elected as one of the deputy secretaries of China Communist Youth League Shanghai Sports Bureau Committee.
Liu, a former Olympic and world champion, attended a party in the capacity of the deputy secretary and made a speech to encourage Shanghai athletes to work hard and win honors for the country.
A source from Shanghai Sports Bureau said that Liu was selected as a deputy secretary in June, adding that women's swimming Olympic champion Liu Zige has also become a deputy secretary of the China Communist Youth League Shanghai Sports Bureau Committee.
But it was never made public. Even Liu's father Xuegen said that he had never heard about it. "I didn't know before you told me," Xuegen told Xinhua. "It's helpful for him. It can encourage him to work harder and give help to youngsters."
Li Yuyi, director of Shanghai Sports Bureau, said Liu is not an official. "To be a deputy secretary of China Communist Youth League Shanghai Sports Bureau Committee does not mean that he will work and have an office here. He will take part in some activities but he is still an athlete. "
It's usually the first step for a top athlete to have a position in the Communist Youth League before pursuing higher ranks in his or her political career.
Deng Yaping, a former Olympic table tennis champion, became the Deputy Secretary of the China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee in 2009. She was promoted to become the deputy secretary of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and president of Goso.cn, a news search engine launched by People's Daily in 2010.
The Communist Youth League, a leading youth organization in China, has been described as a school to teach youth about communism, and an assistant to and reserve force for the CPC.
Founded in 1922, the organization is under the leadership of the CPC and is considered to be the CPC's assistant and backup.
http://eccouk.net/
Liu, a former Olympic and world champion, attended a party in the capacity of the deputy secretary and made a speech to encourage Shanghai athletes to work hard and win honors for the country.
A source from Shanghai Sports Bureau said that Liu was selected as a deputy secretary in June, adding that women's swimming Olympic champion Liu Zige has also become a deputy secretary of the China Communist Youth League Shanghai Sports Bureau Committee.
But it was never made public. Even Liu's father Xuegen said that he had never heard about it. "I didn't know before you told me," Xuegen told Xinhua. "It's helpful for him. It can encourage him to work harder and give help to youngsters."
Li Yuyi, director of Shanghai Sports Bureau, said Liu is not an official. "To be a deputy secretary of China Communist Youth League Shanghai Sports Bureau Committee does not mean that he will work and have an office here. He will take part in some activities but he is still an athlete. "
It's usually the first step for a top athlete to have a position in the Communist Youth League before pursuing higher ranks in his or her political career.
Deng Yaping, a former Olympic table tennis champion, became the Deputy Secretary of the China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee in 2009. She was promoted to become the deputy secretary of the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and president of Goso.cn, a news search engine launched by People's Daily in 2010.
The Communist Youth League, a leading youth organization in China, has been described as a school to teach youth about communism, and an assistant to and reserve force for the CPC.
Founded in 1922, the organization is under the leadership of the CPC and is considered to be the CPC's assistant and backup.
http://eccouk.net/
happy marriage of basketball and beach
BROOME - Retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming hailed a basketball game held near an iconic beach in Western Australia a happy marriage of basketball and beach, which combined sports and tourism.
Played on a purpose-built court overlooking the beach, the first Cable Beach Invitational was launched on Friday in Broome northwest of Western Australia. The game hosted Shanghai Sharks, Singapore Slinger, Indonesian national team and Perth Wildcats.
On the sideline of the game, Yao, the owner of Shanghai Sharks, told Xinhua that he believed it was a good idea to play a game alongside the beach.
"It marks a wonderful combination, with which people may appreciate the game while enjoying their leisure time amid the beauty of nature without traveling much," he said.
Yao also said the beach invitational made a creative platform for multicultural exchange among people from different nations.
"Sports have been playing a key role in cultural exchange and I am convinced event of this like will boost people-to-people exchange between China and Australia," he said.
As to his retirement life, Yao said he was planning to continue higher education in Shanghai Jiaotong University and tried to have a transformation from his previous career as a basketball player to a student.
"I am in a stage of adjustment and trying to figure out how to make good use of my abundant time," Yao said. "Study in college serves two purposes for me. Firstly, I may learn some new knowledge, some basic knowledge in particular, which I believe is quite important. Secondly, by study, I will calm down properly and adapt to the new life."
Shanghai Sharks have been beaten by Perth Wildcats on Saturday 66-23 in a match of the beach invitational, after a 45-41 victory against Indonesian team on Friday.
Yao said the Shanghai Sharks was not in its best at this moment, and it remained some way to go before it prepared well for the new season.
http://eccoecco.com/
Played on a purpose-built court overlooking the beach, the first Cable Beach Invitational was launched on Friday in Broome northwest of Western Australia. The game hosted Shanghai Sharks, Singapore Slinger, Indonesian national team and Perth Wildcats.
On the sideline of the game, Yao, the owner of Shanghai Sharks, told Xinhua that he believed it was a good idea to play a game alongside the beach.
"It marks a wonderful combination, with which people may appreciate the game while enjoying their leisure time amid the beauty of nature without traveling much," he said.
Yao also said the beach invitational made a creative platform for multicultural exchange among people from different nations.
"Sports have been playing a key role in cultural exchange and I am convinced event of this like will boost people-to-people exchange between China and Australia," he said.
As to his retirement life, Yao said he was planning to continue higher education in Shanghai Jiaotong University and tried to have a transformation from his previous career as a basketball player to a student.
"I am in a stage of adjustment and trying to figure out how to make good use of my abundant time," Yao said. "Study in college serves two purposes for me. Firstly, I may learn some new knowledge, some basic knowledge in particular, which I believe is quite important. Secondly, by study, I will calm down properly and adapt to the new life."
Shanghai Sharks have been beaten by Perth Wildcats on Saturday 66-23 in a match of the beach invitational, after a 45-41 victory against Indonesian team on Friday.
Yao said the Shanghai Sharks was not in its best at this moment, and it remained some way to go before it prepared well for the new season.
http://eccoecco.com/
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