MADRID michael kors crossbody bags sale uk , Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United States squad for the forthcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup arrived in Spain on Tuesday with the message that they aim to upset their hosts and win the gold medal, although they will take things one game at a time.


Expectation is high in Spain for a final between the Spanish and the US, but with a different result to the 2012 final of the London Olympic Games, which saw the US take gold. The Spanish have warmed up for 'their' World Cup in style with 8 wins from their warm up games, while Tuesday sees the US play Slovenia in their last warm-up game on Gran Canaria before moving to Bilbao where they will play their group games michael kors crossbody bags uk , starting off against Finland on Saturday night.


Speaking to the press, James Harden said that for the moment they were looking at the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Turkey, Finland and Ukraine michael kors clutch bag sale uk , who they will face in Bilbao.


"We're not worried about teams we're not going to play in the first phase," he said, although he admitted Brazil, Spain and Argentina, who Spain beat by over 30 points on Monday were "very good teams michael kors clutch bag uk ," while insisting the Americans were going to pay more attention to "the rival we are closest to playing."


The Americans are expected to make light work of their group, although Klay Thomson, whose father Michael is an NBA legend and was number 1 draft in 1978, insisted they would be respecting all of their rivals.


"It's a big competition with great sides from every continent. We have to take every team seriously as we are good professionals and we play well as a team," he said michael kors backpacks uk , highlighting the difficulty of the task. "We are playing strong rivals, such as Spain, Argentina and Brazil, who have three or four players who are in the NBA, the same as Greece. Now a lot of countries have players who are in the NBA michael kors accessories sale uk , but there are also a lot of great players in Europe who are used to playing in big competitions," said Thompson.


ATHENS, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- As cleaning crews were withdrawing banners on Monday, the 32nd "Authentic" Athens Marathon winners were still wondering who is the guy depicted on the medals they received from the organizers.


For Greeks, Grigoris Lambrakis is the man who breathed new life in the Marathon race in the 20th century and another symbol of the timeless struggle for peace.


Each year since 1982 the Athens Marathon is dedicated to his memory michael kors accessories uk , underlining the fact that the race for Greece is much more than a major sports event, it is a celebration closely interlinked with the country's history.


This time, they depicted Lambrakis' portrait on the awarded medals and the Greek organizers of the Hellenic Sports Federation were making plans for next year's race to preserve the late Greek pacifist Lambrakis and ancient soldier Pheidippides.


Born in a small village of Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece in 1912, Lambrakis was a Greek and Balkan champion in the long and triple jump in his youth.


He later became an anti-fascist fighter during the Second World War, a doctor by profession michael kors value spree 99 uk , an independent Left leaning deputy in the Greek parliament in 1961 and above all humanitarian and pacifist to the end of his life in 1963.


In 1943 Lambrakis set up the Union of Greek Athletes and organized regular competitions to fund food-banks for the starving Greeks.


By the early 1960s, amidst turbulent times for Greece and the world, he had build a profile of a political activist who participated in several international initiatives against the war in Vietnam and other conflicts.


On April 21, 1963 he organized the first Greek Marathon Peace march that would follow the trace of the marathon. He started from the Marathon Tomb, but never reached Athens. He was arrested due to a police ban.


A month later during an anti-war rally in the northern city port of Thessaloniki Lambrakis was critically injured by a motorcycle in an attack which was later attributed to a gang of Right wing thugs.


He died on May 27 michael kors value spree 111 uk , but with his peace walk he continued to inspire advocates of peace. Six years later his story was portrayed in the film "Z" by Greek director Costas Gavras.


Lambrakis' motto was "It is so beautiful to live for Peace, it is so great to die for Peace."


About 35,000 participants raced Sunday in the Athens Marathon with the finishing line set up at the Panathinaic stadium. Kenyan Felix Kipchirchir Kandie won the race with a new course record of 2:10:37.


As the born place of the sport of Marathon, Greece also want to explore the story of Pheidippides to make the event more historical and world known.


Pheidippides covered the first 42 kilometers distance from the battlefield of the city of Marathon 2,500 years ago to announce to Athenians the victory against Persian forces michael kors handbags sale uk , before collapsing dead from exhaustion.


The soldier, as a symbol of the free man who fights to the end for high ideals and values, inspired the modern Marathon races worldwide.




SINGAPORE， July 28 (Xinhua) -- The net profit of Singapore Airlines (SIA) has almost tripled in its fiscal first quarter， compared with the same period last year， SIA said in a statement on Thursday.


SIA earned 257 million Singapore dollars (190 million U.S. dollars) in the three months to June， up 182 percent from 91.2 million Singapore dollars (67.6 million U.S. dollars) in the same period last year， while its group revenue fell 2.1 percent to 3.65 billion Singapore dollars (2.7 billion U.S. dollars).


The jump in net profit is mainly due to lower fuel prices， better operational performance and one-time gains， the company said.


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