HO CHI MINH CITY cheap air max 90 mens nz , Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam moved up one place to the 137th in the world Football Federation (FIFA) rankings for December, according to the Vietnam Football Federation on Friday.
Although losing to Malaysia in the semifinals at the Southeast Asian Football Championships or AFF Suzuki Cup cheap air max 90 womens nz , Vietnam still ranked second in Southeast Asia, behind the Philippines.
In Asia air max 90 free shipping nz , Vietnam is placed in the 20th position.
The world's top three remained unchanged, namely Germany air max 90 online nz , Argentina, and Colombia.
ANKARA air max 90 sale nz , May 19 (Xinhua) -- May 19th is the youth and sport day in Turkey, however some football fans just crossed the line in watching match by riot over disputed penalty.
Dozens of Turkish football fans of the home team Yeni Diyarbakirspor clashed with police and visiting Denizli Buyuksehir Belediyespor players on May 18 after disputing the decision of the referee to award a penalty in a crucial lower-tier league game in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir air max 90 shoes nz , Turkish daliy news reported Tuesday.
Police used riot shields, tear gas and a water cannon to keep the fans at bay air max 90 wholesale nz , and the match was then abandoned.
The chaos started in the 88th minute of the match when the referee, with the home side up 1-0 and approaching victory air max 90 mens nz , awarded a penalty to the visiting Denizli team, who duly converted the penalty in the pivotal end of season tie to level the game 1-1. Incensed by the decision air max 90 womens nz , Yeni Diyarbakirspor fans invaded the pitch and began attacking the referee and the visiting team.
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LONDON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Crufts, the world's biggest dog show opened Thursday in Birmingham, with over 22,000 dogs competing for the coveted "best in show" prize.
New figures released by the Kennel Club, organisers of Crufts, show new trends in dog ownership.
The French Bulldog, the favorite dog of football hero David Beckham and his wife Victoria, is tipped to become Britain's favorite breed by 2019. It has already overtaken the Labrador Retriever as Birmingham's top dog.
Nationally, the French Bulldog has seen a 3,000 percent increase in popularity the last ten years.
A Kennel Club spokesperson said: "The French Bulldog, a breed favored by celebrities such as the Beckhams, Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio, Reese Witherspoon and Hugh Jackman, could be set to overtake the Labrador as the Britain's most popular breed of dog."
Other breeds favored by celebrities and often used in advertising, such as the Pug and Bulldog, have shot up in popularity in Birmingham in the last ten years Old favorites including the Labrador, Cocker Spaniel and Staffordshire Bull Terrier are falling out of favor in the city
The English Springer Spaniel has been knocked out of Birmingham's top ten favourite breeds and has been replaced by the Miniature Schnauzer, a German breed, and the Dogue de Bordeaux, a French breed.
The show at the NEC in Birmingham features 200 breeds of pedigree dogs.
Around 160,000 people are expected to come through the doors of the NEC over the course of the four days. Animal lovers will come in their droves to meet thousands of dogs, watch live events, speak to breed and health experts, and shop at hundreds of trade stands over the course of the event. Enditem
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WELLINGTON, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Double Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams took on a new role Friday to build sporting links across the Pacific as New Zealand's first Pacific Sports Ambassador.
""Valerie Adams is uniquely qualified to carry out this important role. She has strong connections to the Pacific through her Tongan heritage and is one of New Zealand's most successful and admired athletes,"" Foreign Minister Murray McCully said in a statement.
In addition to winning two Olympic gold medals in the shot put, Adams was a four-time world champion and won silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
""The development of this new role follows several years of New Zealand's active involvement in the sports sector in Pacific countries and complements the ties that exist between New Zealand and the Pacific,"" said McCully.
Adams would travel to Tonga and Samoa next week to conduct coaching clinics with up-and-coming and elite athletes, promote healthy lifestyles and encourage participation in physical activity.
The government last month launched the Pacific Sporting Partnerships program, with a fund of 10 million NZ dollars (7.14 million U.S. dollars), aimed at getting more children in Pacific countries playing organized sports.
Initially the program will focus on working with netball and rugby management in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands, but could include other sports and countries in the future.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama called himself a feminist in an essay published on Thursday in Glamour magazine, urging all men to keep fighting against gender stereotypes and double standards.
Thursday is Obama's 55th birthday and also the last one he can celebrate in the White House. In the essay titled "This is What a Feminist Looks Like," he writes: "It's important that their (his two daughters') dad is a feminist, because now that's what they expect of all men."
He is reportedly the first sitting U.S. president to openly proclaim that he is a feminist. The 1500-word essay was widely praised in social media here.
Reviewing what have shaped his own feminism, Obama cited the hardworking of his mother and grandmother and the pressure on his wife Michelle to balance her career and parenting.
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