RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic swimming team has demanded an apology from Australian gold medallist Mack Horton after his "malicious personal attack" on rival Sun Yang.
Horton described Sun as a "drug cheat" last week and refused to retract the comments after defeating his rival in the 400m freestyle final at the Rio 2016 Games on Saturday.
"We have been noticing what has been said in the past two days by Horton, who launched a malicious personal attack [on Chinese swimmers]," Chinese swim team manager Xu Qi said on Sunday.
"We think his inappropriate words greatly hurt the feelings between Chinese and Australian swimmers. It is proof of a lack of good manners and upbringing. We strongly demand an apology from this swimmer."
Sun, who won gold in the 400m freestyle and 1500m freestyle at the London 2012 Olympics, served a three-month ban in 2014 after testing positive to a banned substance.
The 24-year-old said he unwittingly took the drug as part of treatment for a chronic heart problem.
After winning the gold medal race on Saturday, Horton said: "I used the words drug cheat because he tested positive. He's one of the athletes here who has tested positive."
The Australian's comments prompted a heated response on social media, where many Chinese fans describing the remarks as unjustified. \
NAIROBI adidas springblade kopen , Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Another foreigner is in line to replace departed South African Paul Treu who stepped down as Kenya sevens head coach last Friday after a trouble year and a half reign.
The decorated tactician in the HSBC World Sevens Series circuit sighted infighting among board members at Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) as the reason he elected to leave his position after the conclusion of the third leg of the 201415 event at Port Elizabeth at his native South Africa.
"We are working hard to have a replacement before the next leg of the 7s Series and he will be a foreigner," KRU boss, Mwangi Muthee, declared after Kenya ended the Port Elizabeth leg with seven points after losing the Bowl final 4-24 to familiar foes Canada on Sunday.
Kenya have been drawn in Pool D for the Wellington 7s in New Zealand that will be held on the weekend of Feb. 6 and 7 next year with the country languishing 14th on the log with 11 points after three legs of the 2016 Olympics qualifying campaign.
KRU are expected to hold a Special General Meeting with one director Godwin Karuga resigning from the board citing an impossible working environment in yet more turmoil for the governing body.
Kenya lost both Shield finals to Canada at the opening leg in Gold Coast and the previous competition in Dubai before their defeat in the Bowl competition on Sunday in a stuttering start to the season where the top four finishers will automatically qualify for the Olympics.
VIENTIANE adidas superstar zwart goud dames , Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Lao Football Federation (LFF) has announced a national squad of 23 players to compete at the AFC U16 Women's Championship in Thailand from Sept. 10 to 23.
The finalized squad will continue to prepare at the Lao National Sports Training Center in the capital Vientiane under the instruction of head coach Vongmisay Soubouakham, reported the Lao state-run daily Vientiane Times on Thursday.
Unfortunately, the Lao U16 team will be missing the services of talented striker Kemmy Phatdala for the AFC Championship due to injury. Kemmy is taking a six-month break to recover from an operation on her leg, Vongmisay explained.
However adidas superstar wit goud bestellen , the coach remained quietly confident that the team would perform well. The Lao girls will depart for Thailand early next month before making final preparations for the crucial competition in Thailand's Chonburi province.
The AFC U16 Women's Championship is divided into two groups with Group A comprising Thailand, China, South Korea and Laos, while Group B contains the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) adidas superstar 80s kopen , Japan, Australia and Bangladesh.
The competition organizers will select the top team from each group, along with the next best placed team from either group to compete in the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay from Nov. 20 to Dec. 13 next year.
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