Houston Rockets Yao Ming Confirms Retirement
SHANGHAI – China’s Yao Ming, who opened up the world’s most populous country to the NBA and became an Asian sporting icon, officially announced the end of his basketball career on Wednesday..
The Houston Rockets center, who has become a household name in China and one of the stars of the NBA since his career as the top draft pick in 2002, confirmed weeks of speculation about his retirement by stating: “I will formally end my career.”
The 7-foot-6 (2.29-meter)
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Sebastian Vettel Urges Red Bull Must Refocus
Sebastian Vettel has urged Red Bull produce a prompt response to Ferrari’s British Grand Prix win last weekend.
Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari their first win in eleven races as a pit-stop blunder from Red Bull cost Vettel another victory.
The reigning world champion went on to finish second ahead of team-mate Mark Webber.
Speaking in a video interview on Red Bull’s official website, Vettel has warned his team against allowing Ferrari to sneak into the championship race while it is still
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David Haye Wants Immediate Rematch With Klitschko
Beaten British heavyweight David Haye hinted on Sunday that he could be prepared to put retirement on hold in the unlikely event of Vladimir Klitschko offering him a swift title rematch.
The Londoner has said he would call it a day on his 31st birthday on Oct. 13 and told reporters after losing his WBA title to the Ukrainian in Hamburg on Saturday that he would make a decision in the next few weeks.
The Ukrainian enjoyed a resounding points victory at the Imtech Arena to add Haye’s
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Argentina Striker-Tevez Wants To Leave Manchester City
Manchester City captain Carlos Tevez wants to leave the Premier League club for personal reasons, the Argentine said in a statement to British media on Monday.
Tevez, who joined City from arch-rivals Manchester United in 2009, had said in December he wanted to quit City, before withdrawing his transfer request a few days later.
The Argentina captain helped City finish third in the Premier League last season and qualify for the Champions League for the first time.
Currently playing for
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Serena Williams won Round 2 of Wimbledon 2011 beating Simona Halep
Serena Williams won round 2 of Wimbledon 2011 on Thursday, June 23, 2011, beating Simona Halep of Romania on their first ever tennis match, 3-6 6-2 6-1.
Serena Williams initially lost in the first set but managed to recover and won the remaining two sets against the 19-year old Romanian tennis player, who ranked 57 in the world.
Serena, 29, won the first round against Aravane Rezai of France on Tuesday. Her victory made her cry after almost a year of not playing tennis due to foot injury and
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Heat Facing Mavericks Once More After 5 Years
This year’s NBA season finally reached the finals and to the astonishment of everyone, the legendary 2006 Finals repeats itself. Heat and Mavericks would then be facing each once more. Legendary as it was when their series reached Game 6 for the first title of Heat. Mavericks was already in a 2-1 standing that time when Heat managed to seal in 3 consecutive wins after that.
5 years ago, Wade was still good being alone in Heat but as the years pass by, he came to a point of warning Heat
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Arsenal beat Manchester United to blow title race wide open
Arsenal 1 Manchester United 0: Arsenal blew the Barclays Premier League title race wide open after finally finding the character of champions to beat leaders Manchester United 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium.
Aaron Ramsey’s second-half goal – his first in the Premier League since January 2010 – saw United’s lead remain at just three points from Chelsea, whom they face next week at Old Trafford.
A win for United would have all but sealed a record 19th championship, but
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Dani Pedrosa Shrugs Off Pain To Win Portugal MotoGP
Dani Pedrosa battled through the pain barrier to win the Portuguese MotoGP on Sunday less than a month after shoulder surgery.
Dani Pedrosa managed to beat the defending champion Jorge Lorenzo that dominated in the third series of MotoGP races in 2011 and become the champions in the MotoGP of Portugal at Estoril. Pedrosa managed to become champion in the third series in 2011 MotoGP Portugal May 1, 2011 which was held at the Estoril Circuit.
It was a remarkable performance considering his
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Bahrain Grand Prix Deadline Extended
The FIA has given Bahrain a further month to decide whether or not it will be able to stage a grand prix later this year. A ststement issued by the FIA read: “The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, has granted the Bahrain Motor Federation and the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) an extension until June 3rd, date of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Barcelona.
The Bahrain Motor Federation and officials from the circuit in Sakhir now have until June 3 to announce whether or
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