China's national team gets Major League training
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China's national baseball team is in the United States learning the finer points of the game from Major League representatives as part of their preparation for the Beijing Olympics, officials said on Tuesday.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - Holders China set the early pace in qualifying at the world championships on Saturday, using a spectacular array of skill from newcomers and champions to build a convincing team lead.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will play the first Major League Baseball games in China at Beijing's Olympic stadium in March, the MLB announced on Thursday.
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NBA Commissioner David Stern, hoping to tap into the burgeoning sports and entertainment market in China, said on Tuesday that the first step may be to run a league in the communist nation.
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As the widespread coverage of Yi  Jianlian&#39;s NBA move reaffirmed China&#39;s love affair with  basketball, a first-round pick from the 2004 NFL draft was in  Beijing on Friday to promote &quot;America&#39;s favorite sport.&quot;
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Amid a labor dispute with the national team players association, the U.S. Soccer Federation opens training camp for World Cup qualifying with minor leaguers.
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According to several baseball officials, District residents could learn on Thursday that Major League Baseball plans to return to the national capital next season.
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With many of the stars on the U.S. national team playing with Major League Soccer clubs this weekend, some of the younger players got a chance to show they can contribute in international play.
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There will come a time when playing host to preseason basketball games will not set pulses racing in China, a time when the country is secure enough in its place as a world sports superpower that it will settle for nothing but the meaningful.
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FIFA is looking at ways to help players prepare better for major international tournaments starting with the 2006 World Cup. The Football Committee and Technical and Development
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The United States will play an exhibition game against China on June 2 in San Jose, Calif.
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England's players all train ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Wales.
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The Yankees and Mariners have become the first major league teams to sign Chinese players, so could baseball's version of NBA superstar Yao Ming be on deck? Unlikely, for reasons that are varied and complicated.
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Brazil&#39;s coach Wanderley Luxemburgo gives instructions to his players during a training session of Brazil&#39;s national soccer team in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, in this Thursday, July 8, 1999 file photo.
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Given the weekly food sirens from China, and the suspicious nature of Olympians, athletes in Beijing will no doubt need a reservation for a training table with made-in-America cuisine.
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The NBA will embark on its biggest promotional event in China when it rolls out a &quot;two-on-two&quot; competition in 112 cities involving up to 35,000 players, league officials said here Wednesday.
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Declaring himself &quot;here on business,&quot; hometown favorite Yao Ming joined Tracy McGrady and the rest of the Houston Rockets on Tuesday as they prepared for a pair of exhibition games against the Sacramento Kings -- the first NBA games played in China.