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...sales network there: by the end of this year, it aims to have a dealership in 47 Russian cities with populations of more than 300,000. One of the biggest corporate-investment programs, by Italy's Enel - which has spent about $6 billion on an effort to become a player in Russia's electricity-generation industry - also remains on track, according to company officials. They say the firm will invest a further $3 billion on revamping and building new power plants in Russia...
...think the players would entrust their precious paddles to just anybody? Oh, no. They trek to the gluing tent themselves - by international rules, it has to be someplace well ventilated - some 10-15 minutes before they have to play, and engage in the ritualistic application process. After each meet, they peel off the rubber so the paddle is ready for its next gluing. They bring out small plastic pots of glue with brushes and quickly slather on the glue to the outside of their paddle. Vertical stripes? Horizontal bars? Swirly circles? Each player has his own pattern, and once they...
...beginning September 1, the ITTF will enforce even stricter limits on the volatile agents in glue, pretty much restricting players to a water-based compound that doesn't have the same springy effect. "A lot of players are complaining about the glue," said Chen Wang, the US's top-ranked women's player and the first American to reach the quarterfinals in Olympic competition, "because the glue has no power, the ball drops...
...pointer at the buzzer to end the first half with the score at 55-43 and give the U.S. some much needed breathing room. Team USA had led by just one at the end of the first quarter, and the quick silver Australian point guard Patrick Mills - "an NBA player for sure," said the admiring U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski afterwards - was giving them cause for concern, and ended up with 20 points...
...badminton's John McEnroe gets away with his tantrums because he's such a phenomenal player. Lin has been the world champion for the past two years, and the left-hander made Olympic silver medalist Lee, ranked No. 2 in the world, look sluggish and flat-footed. The Malaysian's longest scoring streak was two points. At one mortifying moment in the second game, the score...