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Nu va speriati de dragon! Pentru ca acesta va va duce in lumea mistica a simbolismului chinezesc. Combinati-l cu un opt norocos si va va acompania pe drumul divertismentului si al cIstigurilor. Nu rata sansa de a [detalii...]

Af-Asia Conf (London)-Officials are building up expectations for the fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC V), which Beijing will host in the last quarter of this year. The showpiece summit, which began in 2000 and has been held every three years since, now returns in the year of the dragon - which will be doubtlessly trumpeted as auspicious for China-Africa [detalii...]

Welsh international loose forward Robin Sowden-Taylor has signed at two-year deal to play for Magners League side the Newport Gwent [detalii...]

Asta spune gura targului, de unde am auzit si ca Global Agenda o ia pe sistemul moka si ca dragon Age 3 ar putea avea multiplayer [detalii...]

East African nations have become the latest beneficiaries of the battle heating up between India and China for control of Africas economic [detalii...]

dragons captain Tom Willis returns to lead the Men of Gwent and Tom Cheeseman gets his first call-up in dragons colours as they take on the Scarlets at Rodney Parade on Friday [detalii...]

Argentinianul imprumutat de la Porto are o clauza conform careia poate pleca in pauza competitionala daca e nemultumit de statutul sauTomas Costa a fost prezentat la FC Porto drept succesorul lui Lucho Gonzalez (Marseille). [detalii...]

dragonul Maiestatii Sale de Naomi Novik: Viata capitanului Will Laurence din Marina Regala britanica este rasturnata din clipa in care captureaza o fregata franceza, avand la bord un ou de dragon destinat imparatului [detalii...]

Pentru al treilea an consecutiv, Romania are un castigator de cupa europeana! Dupa Lucescu, Rat si Chivu, a venit randul "dragonului" Sapunaru. Miercuri seara, la Dublin, fundasul roman a castigat Liga Europa, cu Porto, dupa 1-0 [detalii...]

Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua knocks out Lyoto 'The dragon' Machida in first round of their light-heavyweight title fight in [detalii...]

Working in a pub on Saturdays gave ex-England rugby player Matt Dawson a taste of independenceWhen I was 14 or 15, I got a job at the George & dragon pub at the bottom of Marlow High Street, where I grew up. I was based in the kitchens doing the washing up, cleaning floors, emptying ashtrays and so on.This would have been in the mid-80s and it was an opportunity to get a few quid together so I could enjoy it with my mates. It was a bit of a fad among the group I was hanging out with at the time ... we all wanted a bit of money and we were all looking for jobs we could do.I knew one of the senior kitchen porters at the George & dragon and they were quite happy for me to go in there and potter around. I think I was on 2.14 an hour. There wasnt an awful lot to go wrong, really, loading up the dishwasher and pulling this enormous hood down over the dishes, pootling about sweeping the floors, and so on. I seem to remember I was very thorough, learning not to run around in the kitchen.We didnt have too much contact with the punters, but at the end of the day we were allowed into the bar to have a glass of Coke and, now and again, or depending on who was in charge, we were allowed a knickerbocker glory. It was quite a family-oriented place. In fact, my family used to go there quite a lot after rugby training on Sunday or after a tournament; wed go down and meet up with other family friends.Ive got very fond memories of that time. Rugby was still an amateur game, it wasnt like you were training in the week, you were still just at school really. Having a Saturday job was part and parcel of my mum and dad giving me a bit of independence and I got to meet people of different ages and from other walks of life. Also, it was nice to have your own money rather than relying on your parents. Little as it was, at least it was mine, and it was up to me how I spent it.When I was 18, I went to work for a security company in Northampton, then taught in a prep school until 1995 when rugby union went professional and I went full-time with Northampton. Whether its advising people in rugby, or anywhere else, its about breadth of knowledge, not being afraid to try different things and having a different outlook on things.Funnily enough, I do a lot of work around food, and I never would have thought that would happen back in those days at the George & dragon.Matt Dawsons Rugby Academy is supported by The Co-operative Work & careersRugby unionGraham Snowdon guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

PMailer, South Africas leading bulk email and SMS marketing platform, has announced it will be the Ring sponsor of Digital Edge Lives upcoming Title Fight event in Cape Town on 14 October 2011, at the dragon Power Arena in Cape [detalii...]

The San Francisco 49ers are trying to win the Super Bowl with Alex Smith, and the Baltimore Ravens are trying to win it with Joe Flacco, which seems like trying to shower without using water. The NFL, we have been told 1,000 times, is a quarterback league. You either have a great one or you need a great one. ESPN even declared that 2011 was "The Year of the Quarterback," but sadly couldnt get that confirmed on menus at Chinese restaurants. (Imagine! 2010: Year of the Tiger. 2011: Year of the Quarterback. 2012: Year of the [detalii...]

Course and distance winner Torres Del Paine is napped to win the closing contest on Kemptons all-weatherMarket Rasen 1.30 Bar De Ligne 2.00 River dragon 2.30 Global Power 3.05 Flaming Charlie 3.35 Seigneur Des Bois 4.05 KykateTowcester 1.10 Financial Climate 1.40 Loose Chips 2.10 Chestnut Ben 2.40 Kilmacowen 3.15 Spot The Ball 3.45 Chartreux 4.15 Palypso De CreekKempton 2.20 Trojan Rocket 2.50 Mataajir 3.25 My Best Man 3.55 Fire In Babylon 4.25 Nazreef (nb) 4.55 Torres Del Paine (nap)Horse racing tipsHorse racingGreg Wood guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

Having displaced Bradley Davies from the boiler room of Warren Gatlands confident side, the giant dragon is breathing fireBefore Wales last played South Africa in Cardiff last November, Warren Gatland compared his second-row pairing of Bradley Davies and Alun Wyn Jones to their opposite numbers, Bakkies Botha and Victor Matfield, two World Cup winners who are widely considered to be the best combination in the game.Ten months on, the Davies-Jones partnership has been broken. Gatland will not only start with the 6ft 9in Luke Charteris against South Africa here on Sunday: he has declared that the Newport Gwent dragon is his in-form second-row. Davies is on the bench and Jones has been left in no doubt that his game needs to improve."It is always nice to hear something like that, especially as the other two are high-quality second-rows," says Charteris. "I have pushed myself hard and the reward is a starting place. I am no different to anyone in that I was never going to be satisfied with a place in the squad and that is why you put in so much work in training sessions."Fifteen of us have been given the opportunity on Sunday and we have to go out and do the job. We know it is going to be hard against their eight but we have a big pack ourselves. There is no better way to start your World Cup campaign [than] against the defending champions: win and you know you are going in the right direction. The weather has turned after a lovely week and it is going to be fun in the forecast wind and rain, but we are prepared."South Africa will be without the injured Botha but Matfield, the leading practitioner at stealing opposition lineout ball, will be present. The elevation of Charteris, who will win his 26th cap, is not just a reflection of how Davies has been playing but a recognition that the set pieces will go some way to determining the result. The Springboks are never worried about playing for position and kicking to touch because they back themselves to win the throw.Like Matfield, Charteris disrupts opposition throws and gives Wales the option to resort to a kicking game."They have one of the best lineout units in the world and they have a number of targets," says the 28-year-old. "It is not just about Matfield and it is tough to mark them, but it is essential, with the back division we have, that we provide them with the ball to attack. They have lost Botha, which will be a blow to them, but Danie Rossouw offers extra mobility and will set a different challenge to us."Gatland says Charteris has responded to demands from the management team. "He has worked on the areas we have asked him to, such as the breakdown," the head coach says. "It was a close call with Bradley, but Luke is our No1 second-row. He played really well against England last month and he is in great shape. He has had problems with his neck in the past, but he is now fully fit and has really come on in the last couple of months."Charteris is appearing in his first World Cup, like most of the 30-man squad, and he feels that Waless relative inexperience in the finals will not count against them, because they will not be tainted by failure. While South Africa were winning the tournament four years ago, Wales were going home early after losing to Fiji and failing to qualify for the knockout stage. The islanders went to Marseille to confront the Springboks, scaring them before going under."Past World Cups mean nothing," Charteris says. "We have a number of new boys who have never experienced the tournament and we have come in with one goal which is to do the best we can. It is a massive game and we just want to get on with it. As players, we have to enjoy the occasion and soak up the atmosphere. What has happened in previous tournaments is history: this is our chance to do something that will allow people to look back in a years time and reflect on a successful time for Wales rather than reflect on another disappointment."Wales rugby union teamRugby World Cup 2011Newport Gwent dragonsRugby unionPaul Rees guardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]

The latest news and best bets in our daily horse racing blog, plus day three of our weekly tipping competitionTodays best bets, by Will HaylerJust days after apparently delighting her trainer with a back-to-form workout at Saratoga, Rachel Alexandra has been retired. Unbeaten last season when named Horse of the Year, the filly wowed American racing fans with a number of impressive performances, especially when beating the boys, although a much-anticipated clash with Breeders Cup Classic winner Zenyatta never came off.However things havent gone so swimmingly for Rachel Alexandra this season and she was going to have to win Saturdays Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park if she was to prove herself a leading candidate for this years Breeders Cup.The deterioration in her form this year is a reminder of just how hard it can be to keep a top-class filly performing to the same level over a period of years and how well Freddie Head has done to keep Goldikova at the top of her league as a five-year-old.Despite fighting all the way to the line, Chain Lightning (2.00) had to settle for second behind Baptist at Newbury 11 days ago, but that was a good effort in an above-average maiden contest, the form of which was given a boost when Red Lover - well beaten in 11th - ran particularly well at the same track yesterday.Richard Hannon may be expressing fears about the wellbeing of some of his team, but hes still firing in the winners and this colt stands out on form in the opener at Salisbury today.Devastation (4.00) is worth keeping an eye on at Nottingham today, as a Montjeu-foaled daughter of Attraction, whose first foal Elation proved capable enough as a youngster only for injury problems to keep her from the track so far this year.Punters of a more adventurous disposition could wait for the last race at the same track, as I have a sneaking fancy for dragon Slayer (6.10), twice a course-and-distance winner whose handicap mark has come down after a couple of recent runs in claimers - one in which he performed creditably when staying on late behind the in-form Sunnyside Tom and the other in which he had no chance dropped back to seven furlongs.Its only a couple of months since he finished second in a good handicap at Chester off a higher mark and although dragon Slayer often hampers himself with slow starts, he has fared well in amateur riders races before. Under the experienced Scott Dobson, he could just get the job done at a big price this afternoon.Tipping competition - day threeMulldog and Templegate found two winners apiece yesterday to shoot to the top of the leaderboard.This weeks prize is a copy of Frankincense and More, the biography of Barry Hills, written by Robin Oakley, who was once the BBCs political editor. It includes "an analysis of Barrys own betting habits and coups", the blurb says, and should make for fascinating reading.For today, wed like your tips, please, for these races: 2.50 Nottingham, 3.25 Nottingham, 3.50 Newcastle.As ever, our champion will be the tipster who returns the best profit to notional level stakes of 1 at starting price on our nominated races, of which there will be three each day up until Friday. Non-runners count as losers. You can join in today but you must start on -6.For terms and conditions click here.Good luck!Standings after day oneMulldog +20Templegate +20erifder +11.5Shear39 +11.5johne5knuckle +11.5TL127 +10.5twig28 +8xwireman +8suckzinclee +8Cairo +7.5tom1977 +4Chiefhk -1.5MrPositive -1.5Diegoisgod -1.5melonk -1.5JahLion -1.5Donlewis -1.5DrSativa -1.5Moidadembums -1.5Maurice1NL -1.5Londonpatrick -1.5MillieJ -1.55244 -1.5Akcptgrey -1.5Rivercity -1.5mybismarcks -5goofs -5Factormax -5Snowy81 -5chris1623 -5stablelad -5copshaw -5Elmatador1 -5Harrytheactor -523skidoo -5carl31 -5Millreef -5Mai11 -5Tampabay -5Ormrod76 -5chrishol -5pops2 -5slackdad -5Scandalous -5robsonvail -5shrewdette -5onmeheadson -5coma88 -5JDK1 -5MISTERCHESTER -5Ellandback -5robmct -5BearRides -5titusisashambles -5Rollneck -5sandiuk -5drupat -5The Vic -5orso -5Walthamstowlad -5sangfroid -5Viejo -5zanno -5Peterpickum -5Superscouser -5brochdoll -5teddyfrost -5byrnedjp -5xerox91 -5sportingchad -5Click here for all the days racecards, form, stats and results.Click here for todays latest odds.And post your racing-related comments below.Horse racingHorse racing tipsWill HaylerTony Paley guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More [detalii...]