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TOKYO Air Force 1 White , Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Star spiker Zhu Ting inspired Chinato a 3-2 dramatic victory over defending champions Brazil at the2017 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup here on Wednesday.


China got off to a flying start, winning the first set 25-20,and even stunning Brazil by taking the second set 25-12.


With two sets in hand, the Chinese seemed to loose theirconcentration a little bit during the third set, conceding it25-20. After overtaking the leads several times, Brazil alsomanaged to win the fourth 25-23.


During the decisive set, Brazil surged ahead first and even hadthe biggest lead of 10-5, before China rallied back to wrap up thematch 19-17 through great serves from Zhang Changning Air Force 1 Off White , fiercespikes from Zhu Ting and a winning block from setter Ding Xia.


Zhu scored a game-high 33 points.


"In the first two sets, China played very well. But from thethird set on, we brought ourselves out more, and did better inblocks, defense and serves," said Jose Guimaraes, coach of theBrazilian team.


"In particular, we were able to launch better counter-attacks Air Force 1 Shoes ,and that's very important when we are playing the defending Olympicchampions," he said, adding that it was a typical game and Brazilhas to learn from it.


"We were lucky to win the final set when we were laggingbehind," said Chinese coach An Jiajie, adding that it was aspectacular game and Brazil is a respectable opponent.


An said that China played relatively well in the first two sets,but was a little slack in the third and fourth ones. "We are goingto make some adjustments and do some training to deal with thisproblem," he said.


Six teams featured in this year's FIVB Volleyball Women's WorldGrand Champions Cup that kicked off on Sept. 5 in Japan.


On Tuesday, defending champions Brazil beat Russia 25-17 Air Force 1 , 23-25,25-23, 25-12, China downed the United States 18-25, 25-18, 25-14,25-17, while Japan defeated South Korea 25-23 Cheap Nike Air Force 1 , 25-21, 26-24.Enditem




MADRID， Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Top Spanish athlete Bruno Hortelano was in a "serious" condition and needed an operation on a badly broken hand after suffering a car crash in the early hours of Monday morning.


The sprinter， who was crowned European 200 meters champion this summer and who holds the Spanish 100 and 200 meters records， was involved in the accident when the car in which he was traveling as a passenger crashed into a lorry and turned over.


Although he and the driver were able to escape the vehicle， Hortelano suffered what emergency services described as "catastrophic" injuries to his right hand including fractures and tendon damage.


Hortelano's agent Alberto Armas confirmed the accident， adding that the sprinter was "out of danger" and that the "main worry was the damage suffered to his hand，" while stressing that it would not need amputating.


JINAN, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The owner of a gypsum mine, which collapsed on Friday in east China's Shandong Province with one person died and 17 trapped, committed suicide early Sunday morning, according to local authorities.


The accident happened 7:56 p.m. in Pingyi County in Linyi city of Shandong Province, when a total of 29 people were working underground. One was dead, four managed to escape Nike Air Force 1 Sale , and another seven were rescued so far.


Rescuers have drilled a hole to get to one of the locations where the workers are trapped, and are trying to transfer good and waters and contact the workers, authorities said.


According to Zhang Shuping, mayor of Linyi city, more than 700 rescuers are trying to rescue the seventeen workers who are still trapped underground.


Ma Congbo, chairman of Yurong company that owns the mine, drowned himself by jumping into the water when working together with the rescue team around 2 a.m. Sunday.


The cause of the mine accident is under investigation.


by Matt Walsh and Callum Godde


MELBOURNE, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Open has come and gone for another year Nike Air Force 1 Blue , but not before this year's edition of the "Happy Slam" threw up its fair share of fairytale upsets, jaw-dropping points and off-court controversy.


It was a record Australian Open in many respects. During the two-week tournament, Novak Djokovic captured a record-equaling sixth men's crown, while German seventh seed Angelique Kerber halted Serena Williams' bid to join Steffi Graf's Open-era record of 22 women's titles to win her first.


But, as with every Grand Slam, the champions only tell half the story - Xinhua takes you through the highs and lows of the 2016 Australian Open.


BEST MATCH


Not since 2013 has a women's final lasted three sets, but this year Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber dished up a classic. Fierce, unrelenting defensive tennis from Kerber blunted Williams' power Nike Air Force 1 Red , with the German eventually prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and eight minutes.


Similarly, the men's semi-final between Milos Raonic and Andy Murray was a clash of polar opposite game style. Serve and volley from Raonic looked to work well against the No. 2 seeded Scot, but Murray's staunch baseline tennis won the encounter in the end - in part thanks to a debilitating leg injury to Raonic. The match lasted more than four hours before Murray booked his place in the final in a five-set thriller: 4-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 Nike Air Force 1 Black , 6-2.


BIGGEST UPSETS


Arguably the biggest and best upsets in both men's and women's draws came in the very first round.


Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai's giant-killing exploits in the first round shocked everyone at Melbourne Park, but particularly the world No. 2 Simona Halep.


The 26-year-old Zhang, who had waited 14 Grand Slams and eight years to get past the first round of a major, was not overawed by the occasion of playing the Romanian on center court, winning 6-4, 6-3.


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