Fast Facts (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Issue date: 8/20/07 Section: Extra! ? Matt Groening, creator of " The Simpsons," incorporated his initials into the drawing of Homer. M is his hair, and G is his ear....more...Day 9: Bessonova sweeps five golds for Ukraine, divers add three for China (2) (People's Daily)
The judo events were concluded on Friday with Japan reaping half of the total 18 gold medals. South Korea and China took two golds apiece, while Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, France and Uzbekistan split the other five golds. Australia ......more... Thailand: China Takes Gold Lead After 3 More Diving Wins At University Games (Sinchew)
BANGKOK, THAILAND: China is using its superiority in diving to take it to the top of the gold medal table at the World University Games. Less than 5 months after Chinese divers won nine of 10 gold medals at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia, the country is doing similar in Bangkok....more... Put your best inky foot forward (Bangkok Post)
As the ballots are being counted tomorrow, our tycoon/fugitive will be sitting on a grandstand in northern England watching his first Manchester Derby _ City vs United, Eriksson vs Ferguson, Thaksin vs Extradition Request....more... University Games: China divers continue dominance (Honolulu Advertiser)
BANGKOK, Thailand ? China is using its superiority in diving to take it to the top of the gold medal table at the World University Games. Less than five months after Chinese divers won nine of 10 gold medals at the world championships in Melbourne, Australia, the country is doing similar in Bangkok....more... U.S. hoops fails to medal in int'l event (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
The four major U.S. teams at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand will go home without gold medals - and three of them without one of any color....more... China ousts Russia from top of medals table (Khaleej Times)
BANGKOK - China squeezed ahead in the overall medals table at the World University Games on Thursday, overturning Russia, who had held the top spot over seven days of competition....more... Water polo women want more Olympic gold (AAP via Yahoo!7 Sports)
The Australian women's water polo team are planning to emulate their gold medal performance in 2000 at next year's Beijing Games....more... How it's made (York Daily Record)
BUTTERFAT is the single most critical ingredient in ice cream. It affects taste, smoothness, consistency and texture. Federal regulations require at least 10 percent butterfat in ice cream. Gourmet or superpremium ice cream contains 12 percent or more....more... |