Invincible China adds more gold as Japan plays catch up
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An invincible China has added seven more gold medals to its bulging bag of Asian Games titles, with more in store when its world class gymnasts and badminton players spring into action.
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Latest launches put Japan back into Asia's space race
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Mizuki Noguchi kept the Olympic Games women's marathon title in Japan when she clinched gold here in a time of 2hrs 26min 20sec.
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Ichiro Suzuki's relentless assault on   Major League Baseball's (MLB) record books has given sport in   Japan a huge lift after a disappointing year.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says the strong performances of China and Japan in Athens marked the &quot;awakening of Asia&quot; ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Japan's industrial output hits a record level, as the world's second-largest economy continues to recover.
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Brendan Kingman's sixth-inning RBI single sent Australia to a stunning 1-0 victory yesterday over Japan, putting the Aussies in today's gold medal game against Cuba.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and the  United States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the  first time in 28 years on Monday.
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Great Britain chiefs have proclaimed the Paralympics in Athens as a success after another superb medal haul. Team GB finished second in the table behind China with 94 medals, including
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China look set to surpass their gold-medal haul from last year&#39;s worlds as Yang Wei fired the 2008 Olympic hosts into pole position ahead of the Hiroyuki Tomita-inspired Japanese during men&#39;s qualifying at the world gymnastics championships on Monday.
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China's state media was basking in nationalist glory as it celebrated the best Chinese performance at the Olympic Games yet with four more gold medals.
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Brendan Kingman&#39;s sixth-inning single sent Australia to a 1-0 victory Tuesday over stunned Japan, putting the Aussies in the gold medal game.
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While Chinese athletics were striving for gold at the Athens Olympics, Chinese companies and international firms are competing for the business chances offered by the Games.
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The projection of a ÃÂ¿relativeÃÂ¿ Olympic medals table released Feb. 20 by the British Olympic Association says China will win 11 more gold medals than the United States in the Summer Olympics.
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Japan hustled, hurled, homered--and what would it be if it didn&#39;t bunt a few times--to a face-saving Olympic bronze medal in baseball.
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South Korea surged up the medals table thanks to their short-track speed skating champions but China still dominated the Asian Winter Games with four new titles.
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China&#39;s victorious Olympic athletes have arrived in Hong Kong for a celebration of their record-breaking achievements. China picked up 32 gold medals at the Athens games, and came second only to the USA in the overall medals table.