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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinas Olympic dominance in badminton will end in Rio de Janeiro.The nation swept all five gold medals at the 2012 London Games, but Chinas attempt to repeat that feat is over even before the gold medal rounds are set to begin Wednesday.In a major upset on Tuesday, London silver medalist Wang Yihan lost to P.V. Sindhu of India in the quarterfinals.In mixed doubles, Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia knocked out London silver medalists Xu Chen and Ma Jin of China. The Malaysians will play for gold against Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia, who beat Olympic champions Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei of China.In a womens doubles semifinal match, Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark defeated Chinese pair Tang Yuanting and Yu Yang. They will play a Japanese team, Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi, in the final on Thursday.China still has hopes for medals, however.Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan defeated Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis of Britain in the mens doubles semifinals. They will play for gold Friday against Tan Wee Kiong and Goh V. Shem of Malaysia, who beat Chinese team Hong Wei and Chai Biao.In mens singles, many are watching top-ranked Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has lost the last two Olympic finals to two-time champion Lin Dan of China. If both continue winning, the rivals will play in the semifinals.In womens singles, the favorites are top-ranked Carolina Marin of Spain and Li Xuerui, the defending Olympic champion from China. Both won easily Tuesday. Scarpe Air Max 90 Rosa . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. Air Max 90 Saldi . On Mar. 16, coming off a "fight of the year" performance at UFC 154 the previous November, St-Pierre faced Nick Diaz at UFC 158 in what would be his eighth defence of the welterweight title. Using his superior athleticism, St-Pierre cruised to a five round, unanimous decision victory setting up a much-anticipated title defence against number one contender Johny Hendricks. http://www.airmax90scarpescontate.it/air-max-90-off-white-scontate.html . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. Air Max 90 Uomo Ingrosso . Ronaldo produced a spectacular individual performance on Tuesday, scoring all three goals and guiding Portugal into the next years World Cup in Brazil with a 3-2 victory in Sweden. The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov. Air Max 90 Rosse Scontate .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. The designation was released Monday after the deadline passed for NFL teams to use franchise or transition tags on players becoming free agents. WICHITA, Kan. -- Rauno Nurger scored 14 points to lead a 54-point bench performance, and Wichita State easily handled South Carolina State 85-39 in a season-opening win on Friday night.None of Wichita States starting five scored in double figures. Instead, Nurgers 14 points led the Shockers in 16 minutes played. Markis McDuffie added 11 points and seven rebounds. Rashard Kelly, a starter, had nine points and nine rebounds.Greg Mortimer led the Bulldogs with 14 points, and Eric Eaves aadded 10.dddddddddddd. South Carolina State made just 14 of 52 from the field (27 percent) and 3 of 16 from beyond the arc (18.8 percent).Wichita State outrebounded South Carolina State 49-28 and won points in the paint 44-14. The Shockers have won 21 straight home openers and improved to 55-1 in home non-conference regular season games since November 2008. ' ' '