China's basketball legend Yao Ming returns to college

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Yao Ming

China's basketball legend Yao Ming, has returned to college months after he announced his retirement from the game. The 7ft 6in basketball giant, plagued by foot injuries, had made the decision in favour of his higher education.

The ex-Houston Rockets player is getting a tailored degree course in economics.

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Joe Frazier dies of Cancer

Joe Frazier, the former world heavyweight boxing champion dies of cancer. He was 67. Frazier was diagnosed of liver cancer in September.

"Smokin' Joe" as he was generally known rose to the boxing headlines the world over when he beat the then famous unbeaten world heavy weight champion Muhammad Ali in Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971 (highlights of fight video below).

Over their prime time, Muhammad Ali and Frazier had almost become synonymous to each other and their bouts were treat to watch. Muhammad Ali on his death said:

"The world has lost a great champion. I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration. My sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones."

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Italian Marco Simoncelli dies during Malaysian MotoGP motorcycle race

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Marco Simoncelli

24 years old Italian rider Marco Simoncelli has died after wrecking in the Malaysian MotoGP motorcycle race Sunday. Simoncelli lost control of his Honda in the 11th turn on the first lap but his bike regained partial grip and pulled him back across the track, straight into the path of Italy's Valentino Rossi and American Colin Edwards. His tragic death comes a week after Dan Wheldon who was killed in the IndyCar season finale in Las Vegas.

Watch the video of the tragic accident - viewers discretion is requested:

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The dash for cash made the IndyCar race fatal

Full Story: Mail Online

Now that Wheldon, one of the best racer ever, is no more, people are trying to figure out what really happened at IndyCar rac that caused the tragic accident. There are many versions - but one of the most weighted one is that there were too many cars in a very cramped race track - all dashing to fetch the tempting cash reward. Even poor Wheldon was carried away by the prize money, when he confided with friends, " I’ll do everything I can to put on a show." There are other revelations as well.

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Asean Rickshaw Run - Ready, Get, Set, Go!!

Full Story: Jakarata Globe

This is amazing - the race of rickshaws across continents. The rickshaw race starting from Jakarta to Sumatra, across the Malacca Strait to Penang, Malaysia, and hopefully all the way north to Bangkok, covering a distance of more than 2,500 kilometers is unique race of its kind, which may take up to two weeks to finish or may be more. Some 64 participants from 12 countries kicked off from the Asean Secretariat in South Jakarta on Sunday, heading out in a new fleet of bajaj, with each one decorated to promote a different charity. 

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Formula 1 champion Vettel wins Korean Grand Prix

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Twice world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Korean Grand Prix on Sunday to help his Red Bull team retain the Formula 1 title. The win comes just a week after cruising to third place in Japan, where Vettel confirmed himself as the 2011 world champion. This is his 10th win this year and 20th of his career.

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France reaches Rugby World Cup final

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French celebrate win (Photo: CNN)

The French were all joy and jubilant when they beat the Wales 9-8 in Auckland this Saturday to move into the final of Rugby World Cup. The match got a bad tastes when the Wales' captain was dismissed for 18 minutes by the Irish referee for a dangerous tackle. At that time, Wales had a 3-0 lead. For the Wales' captain Sam Warburton, "There was no malicious intent. It was a normal tackle. The next thing I'm walking to the stands."

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Pakistan excels in South Asian Beach Games at Hambantota

Full Story: Dawn News

Pakistan equestrian (Team Sword) during the equestrian finals of the South Asian Beach Games-AFP Photo

With five gold medals, two silver and four bronze medals, Pakistani teams excelled in the South Asia beach Games at Hambantota - Sri Lanka, while India and Sri Lanka are topping the medal chart though.Pakistan won gold medals in Kabaddi, windsurfing-heavyweight, windsurfing-lightweight, beach handball and equestrian-lance and sword pairs.

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Sebastian Vettel - second consecutive time world champion

Full Story: Formula One update

Today while Jenson Button took the chequered flag to claim his 12th win of his career, he was not able to stop Sebastian Vettel from becoming world champion. Jenson Button got the upper hand on Sebastian Vettel today, as the Briton took his third win of the season to maximize his chances to ruin the title challenge for Sebastian Vettel. 

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Hawaii declares Surfing an official athletic competition for high schools

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Hawaii, widely considered the birthplace of modern surfing, becomes the first U.S. state to offer Surfing, the sport of island kings, as an official form of athletic competition in its high schools. The sposoring of the sports to be paid entirely with private funds. 

All of the roughly 50,000 students in the state's 46 public high schools will be eligible to ride Hawaii's famous waves as a school-sponsored extramural sport by the spring of 2013.

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Wolf Creek open October 8

Full Story: Action Sports

For the surprise of many the Wolf Creek ski resort, Colorado has been announced to be opened on October 8. But the recent three feet of snow that fell on the resort makes the early opening possible for ski lovers. The opening will include Alberta Face and Treasure Falls and regular services such as ski school, rentals, the Boarderdome and the Upper Lodge. Get details at Full Sotry and be there first before the rest.

Photo credit: Wolf Creek

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12th Asian Masters Bodybuilding Championship - 55 years old wins bronze

In the field of sports, 55 years is no age to compete internationally as at this age a man is gone past his prime age, agility and body strength. But not for Shabbir Hussain from Pakistan. He even at the age of 55 years, has kept himself in superb physical fitness and maintained his body in an excellent form. He today won a bronze medal at the 12th Asian Masters Bodybuilding Championship, held at Bangkok.  It may be added that Shabbir had won the Asian Junior title in 1984. 

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FanVision - a must device for F1,NFL, and Football fans

Full Story: Sporty Arena

Ever went to see a F1 race? Well if you did, you would know that sitting at a particular place, one only watches a very small percentage of the race. And definitely it isn't worth the price we pay for the costly entry tickets. Technology always come handy in solving such problems - we noow have device now that can not only provide live track coverage of the race, without buffering, besides offering many other features. The device is called FanVision. With this handheld device, one can replay a particular event, and look through the entire race statistics over and over without any interruptions.

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How to train oneself into a champion Batter

Baseball is the favourite game, specially in the USA. While the Pitcher, the bowler in cricket language, is always finding angles to beat back the Batter, or the batsman as we call in cricket, the Batter has to be ready always to hit back precisely and accurately before he finishes away his chances. While the Batter has to read the Pitcher's face and his body language to ascertain how he is going to Pitch or Bowl, h himself has to be very proficient in hitting back.

The training for the Batter is very hard, laborious and technical. Watch the video below and you would know how hard a Batter has to train himself to face a aggressive Pitcher.

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The hair raising Kayak world championship

Full Story: Redbull

Kayaking over gushing river with jagged and razor sharp boulders is not everyone's sports. But those who dare and put their life in extreme danger, the hair raising Kayak world championship is feat of its own kind. The fifth such championship in the Austrian town of  Oetz last weekend was both thrilling and exciting. 140 Kayak rowers from 25 different countries put to test their extreme skills to negotiate the roaring Oetz river.

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Ridiculous Sports Mascots

Full Story: KoldCast

Surprised at the caption? Well not after reading the full story that explains the origin of some of the ridiculous sports mascots, which many love and hate at the same time. These mascots look unusual to many, but they continue to support the teams and sports organizations they belong to. 

For example the Texas Christian University call their mascot a Horned Frog since 1897, which in fact is a thorny lizard and not a frog by any means.

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12 major league teams losing fans

Full Story: The Atlantic

An analysis of the past ten years shows 12 of the major league teams are losing fans due to their wavy performance. the attendance of four major league teams - NHL, NFL, NBA and MLB is quoted to be remaining flat from 2001 to 2010. NFL's fans grew only .49% while the best NHL had a credit of 2.59 percent only. Oakland Raiders had a decrease in attendance by 21.32%. Read the full story for details about all 12 teams.

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Extreme mountain biking race on top of the world

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From 16-18 September some 30 mountain bikers from around the world participated in a race on their mountain bikes starting from an elevation of some 9,000 feet and culminating at 13,500 feet. The Himalayas International Mountainbike Race 2011 was recently organized as a fund raising campaign to build school for the children effected by the massive earthquake that rocked Pakistan in October 2008.

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