YUSHAN cheap nike air max , CHINA, Sept.19 (Xinhua) -- John Higgins and Ding Junhui had victories in different ways in the first round of 2017 Snooker World Open held here on Tuesday in Yushan County, Jiangxi Province, China.


Coming to Yushan with the glory of winning the champion of last week's Indian Open to surpass Steve Davis and Ronnie O' Sullivan in all-time winners of ranking event, John Higgins enjoyed a quick 5-0 victory over Alexander Ursenbacher in the afternoon.


"I played pretty well, but I don't think Alexander settled. He has been playing some good stuff in the qualifiers, but I think the final stages of events are a new experience for him." said the 29-ranking-title winner. "There are times when you can be struggling and the game seems very hard so you have to capitalise on your good form. I could probably have had three or four centuries today."


Zhang Anda stayed longer in last year's World Open as he was the only Chinese player of the last 16 after Ding Junhui was eliminated. Today he again proved his capability by winning three frames in a row after the mid-session interval when Ding led by 4-0 in their China derby.


In the breath-taking eighth frame, Zhang seemed very promising when he lead by 58-7, but he missed a key red to let Ding finish the match with a 55-point break.


Ding also made breaks of 128, 89, 65 earlier in the match. Another China derby is waiting for him as he will play against Xiao Guodong on Wednesday night.


"Normally I will feel nervous in China derby because your opponent may be very familiar with you and may even train and live with you before just like Zhang Anda." said Ding, "However, I didn't have pressure today and I am looking forward to tomorrow's match."


Mark Selby suffered in a late night clash with Lee walker to lose 2-5. But world No.1 said he could take the result as Lee performed better in safe plays and he had been away from home for a long time.


In another China derby, Li Hang came from behind to surprisingly down English Open champion Liang Wenbo in a 5-4 victory.


LONDON, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- English Premier League side Everton sacked manager Ronald Koeman on Monday as they had dropped to the relegation zone after Sunday's 5-2 defeat to Arsenal.


The club announced the decision in a statement, saying "Chairman Bill Kenwright, the Board of Directors and Major Shareholder Farhad Moshiri would all like to express their gratitude to Ronald for the service he has given to the Club over the past 16 months and for guiding the club to seventh place in last season's Premier League campaign."


Everton won just two of their nine league games this season and have slipped to 18th place.


The 54-year-old became the third Premier League manager to be sacked this season, following his Dutch compatriot Frank de Boer from Crystal Palace and Craig Shakespeare from Leicester.


MOSCOW, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill vesting the government with the power to label foreign-funded media outlets in Russia as "foreign agents," said a presidential decree published Saturday.


The lower and upper houses of Russia's parliament approved the bill on Nov. 15 and Nov. 22, respectively.


The law was enacted after Russia's state-owned English news channel RT America was forced to register as a foreign agent in the United States by the Department of Justice under its Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) effective since 1938.


FARA requires "persons acting as agents of foreign principals in a political or quasi-political capacity to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities."


U.S. authorities accused Russian media outlets of influencing public opinion during the 2016 presidential election by spreading fake news. But Moscow saw the forced registration as an obstacle to Russian media activities in the United States and a step violating the freedom of speech.


According to the new Russian law, the Ministry of Justice will decide which media outlets should be listed as a foreign agent, who may face restrictions in Russia.


The ministry said it has sent letters about possible recognition as foreign agents to VOA, Caucasus Reality, Crimea Reality, Siberia Reality, the Idel Reality regional project, the Current Time TV channel, Radio Free EuropeRadio Liberty, Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service and the Factograph project.



Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg poses with his wife Priscilla with their newborn daughter. They announced Tuesday that they would give away 99 percent of their company shares. Photo: AFP

Wealthy Chinese have come under public pressure to be more charitable after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to donate the majority of his wealth to philanthropic causes.


Chinese people have showered Zuckerberg with praise after the 31-year-old magnate announced Tuesday following the birth of the couple's daughter that he would donate 99 percent of his Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, currently worth about $45 billion.


"He's really a special tycoon, living in an ordinary house, wearing ordinary clothes, and finds an ordinary-looking wife," another Weibo user wrote.


Under the hashtag "Zuckerberg donated 99 percent of his shares," the topic had garnered around 5 million views by press time since it was posted on Tuesday.


Some pointed out the marked contrast between US entrepreneurs and their Chinese counterparts who are accused of being stingy.


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