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ABU DHABI, February 11, 2010 - A glittering collection of the world’s greatest sports stars have been nominated for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot by the world’s media. The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognise sporting achievement during the period January 1 - December 31, 2009, are recognised as the premier honours on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the

Chinese tennis star, Zheng Jie, defeated Alona Bondarenko of the Ukraine by a score of 2-1, in the Hisense Arena to advance to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Jan. 24. Also in the Hisense Arena, Li Na, China's top female tennis player, beat the fourth seed Danish player, Caroline Wozniacki, by a 6-4 and 6-3 margin to reach the quarter-finals today. This was the first time that Chinese

Two of the world’s deadliest strikers, Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres, come together in a new viral film from Nike to showcase the accuracy of the new Total 90 Laser III boot launched on Saturday 16th January. The Total90 Laser III boot is designed to allow strikers to put the ball exactly where they want to, and the film features Wayne Rooney in a ‘Mission Impossible’ style accuracy challenge, as lasers

PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service today commemorates the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games with the issuance of a stamp featuring an illustration of a snowboarder. The stamp goes on sale today in Park City, UT, and in Post Offices across the United States. The XXI Olympic Winter Games will be held Feb. 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. First-day-of-issue ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic