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KIGALI， Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda female cricket player Cathia Uwamahoro has set a new female Guinness world record for the longest hours (26 hours) batting in the net by a woman.
The 23-year-old cricket player started batting in the net on Friday and successfully concluded her attempt at Amahoro indoor stadium in the Rwandan capital Kigali on Saturday morning.
She becomes the second Rwandan cricket player to set a world record in batting after her compatriot Eric Dusingizimana who holds a 51-hour longest record of batting in the net he set in May， last year.
Speaking to reporters shortly after setting the world record， Uwamahoro said that she was batting for a cause of raising money to build the first ever international cricket stadium in Rwanda.
"I am extremely happy to achieve this. It was a long journey， but finally I have made it. I am looking forward to see our country have an international cricket stadium. I am so proud of what I have done for our country and fellow Rwandan cricketers，" she said.
Uwamahoro said that the record also aims at promoting women cricket in Rwanda， as well as fundraise for the first international cricket stadium construction that is already underway at Gahanga in Kicukiro District.
Rwanda is a country where cricket is not a big sport compared to soccer and basketball.
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) champions the Beijing Ducks will play all their home games at the MasterCard Center from next season on Cheap Nike Air Max Plus TN Ultra All White UK , the club -announced Thursday at a news conference in Beijing.
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Former NBA star Stephon Marbury, who played a key role in winning all of the Ducks' three titles, jokingly said playing games at MasterCard Center means he will spend less time driving to work.
He told reporters at the news conference that he still remembers "the amazing feeling" when he first played a sold-out game in the stadium. Marbury's first game there was the CBA All-Star Game in 2010 Cheap Men's Nike Air Max TN Shoes Triple Black UK , when he was -playing for the Shanxi Brave Dragons during his first season in China. He said the CBA's regular--season games have -finally moved to an "NBA-level" stadium.
Also on Thursday, the CBA announced the winners of the Best Coach award for the 2014-15 season. Ducks coach Min Lulei and Qingdao Eagles coach Li Qiuping shared the honor.
Min led the Ducks to their third CBA title in the last four years. The Eagles, minnows in previous seasons, finished with the third-best record in the 2014-15 regular season under Li, but lost to the Liaoning Flying Leopards in the semis.
Zhou Qi of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers won the Best Rookie award. The 19-year-old averaged 14.1 points and seven -rebounds in the 2014-2015 season.
Feature: Japan folds to int'l pressure over bloody Taiji drive hunt of dolphins
by Jon Day
TOKYO Cheap Men's Nike Air Max 95 Shoes Triple Black UK , May 20 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) said on Wednesday that members obtaining their dolphins from the bloody drive hunts held near the town of Taiji in the western Wakayama Prefecture will be prohibited from achieving JAZA status.
The move follows a decision made by the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) in late April to suspend JAZA from the body after a unanimous vote by its council, based on the cruel way in which hundreds of dolphins are brutally massacred in Taiji's biannual drive hunts.
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But such is the feeling of abhorrence toward the Taiji hunt that observers have said the pressure from WAZA and now JAZA may lead to the biannual hunt to be outlawed as activists become ever more vociferous about the event, which first reached the international community by way of "The Cove" documentary film which captured the hunt and the slaughters to Academy Award winning acclaim in 2009.
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