LHASA jordan 6 like mike gatorade for sale , Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region received more than 1.2 million tourists, up 16.5 percent year on year, during the National Day holiday, local tourism authorities said Monday.


These tourists brought revenue of 589 million yuan (89 million U.S. dollars), up 20 percent year on year, said a statement issued by the regional tourism development commission.


During the holiday, a highway linking the two major cities and tourist attractions Lhasa and Nyingchi opened, cutting travel time from eight hours to five hours, said the statement.


China had an eight-day holiday for the National Day this year, one more day than usual as Mid-Autumn Day fell on Oct. 4.



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By Kimathi Kamau


NAIROBI, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- South African Paul Treu will officially be unveiled as Kenya rugby sevens head coach Tuesday following his arrival in the country on Monday morning.


A statement from Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) chairman, Mwangi Muthee, confirmed the former South Africa Blitz Bokke sevens squad tactician and his management team had reported to assume the task of leading his new side to medal at the 2016 London Olympics.


""I would like to assure him of a warm welcome from the KRU, the rugby fraternity and the people of Kenya. We sincerely appreciate his agreeing to take up the mantle of heading our national team from where Mike Friday and Chris Brown left us,"" Muthee said.


""In the recent history of our national 7s team, we came to know the bitter taste of failure and sweet taste of success in Friday's time. It is going to be a challenge for Treu to maintain the current pleasant feeling because there will be a lot of hard and smart work needed from him and his coaching panel,"" the chairman said.


""The squad he will select, the Union, our sponsors and every one else will abide by it, in order for success to be part of our lives,"" the union boss assured.


Treu arrived at his new work station with the squad's players and KRU still locked in a pay dispute that saw them strike last week over three months unpaid arrears.


Despite the Union declaring the impasse was over, team captain, Andrew Amonde, said they were yet to sign the new contracts as the side prepares for the Nov.29 and 30 Dubai 7s, the second leg of the HSBC World Series.


Treu is on a three-year contract that expires after the Rio Games and will be earning a monthly net salary of 11,000 U.S. dollars, the highest ever forked out for a coach in Kenya besides other huge perks.


Vuyo Zangqa who was second in command in the South African 7s team that Treu coached until June will be the attack coach with Graham Bentz (strength and conditioning, sports science) and Dr Karen Schwabe (sports medicine) completing the South Africans with key roles in the expanded technical bench.


Kenya rugby stars go on strike


NAIROBI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Core players of the Kenyan national rugby sevens team went on strike late Thursday to protest over delay in signing new contracts.


The strike comes hardly a day after the country's union unveiled South African Paul Treu as the new head coach in a bumper pay, perks and bonus deal that is unprecedented in the East African nation. Full story


Australian rugby union footballer James O'Connor to play in Europe


SYDNEY, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- James O'Connor will not be joining the Western Force for the 2014 Super Rugby season as the Australian international rugby union footballer continues his career in Europe, the Western Australia Rugby Union (RugbyWA) said on Wednesday.


The Force released a statement on Wednesday confirming O'Connor's decision to continue his playing career in Europe.

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