Richards, who finished fourth, was also the first British woman to complete the marathon round-the-world event.
"It's giving players something to talk about and could possibly be considered the first proper 'world event'", he said.
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Or there is the now de rigeur tumblr as there is for any either important or trivial world event.
For example, Hampshire captain Dimitri Mascarenhas would have to play for Rajasthan Royals in the world event if both sides qualify.
The company also introduced four feature phones, from its new Asha series, aimed at emerging markets, at its annual Nokia World event in London.
Management upheaval at the company threatened to overshadow its recent Nokia World event in London, meant to showcase the N8 and the improvements to Symbian.
Next week at its annual Nokia World event in London, the company is widely expected to unveil some of its first Windows Phones to the world.
Mr. FORSTER: It's also a lot of fun, raises lots of money for charity and it's just a world event that people want to take part in.
But F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone still branded the British round a "country fair masquerading as a world event" after he had problems driving to the track on race day in July.
In the 1960s, the straight 200 metres was a separate world record event for men.
The WBC may or may not make it as a major world sports event.
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The two-day world championship event concludes Saturday evening with women's singles followed by the team relay.
McPhie dropped five pounds, lowered her body fat composition and won her first World Cup event in January 2010.
In supporting the partnership, staff also showed support with their feet, by taking part in the company's "Walk the World" event.
Top North West competitors John McGuinness and Keith Amor are scheduled to compete for Honda Europe that day at the World Endurance event in Albacete.
It now plans to build on this success with a Battle.net World Championship event in Shanghai next week featuring dozens of WoW and Starcraft pro-gamers.
Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From, gave the keynote speech at Innovation Days, an internal World Bank event held last week at Washington, D.
Despite growing up in the tropics, she showed a natural talent and became hooked on the sport after qualifying for her first World Cup event in December 2000.
This is the first time that a World Cup event for both men and women has been held in the UK, and entries have been received from 27 countries.
That was followed by a sorry first round exit -- Woods also went out on the same day -- at the WGC Accenture World Matchplay event in Arizona last week.
Boisson, who has never finished on the podium at a World Cup event, claimed France's first medal in the sport's premier discipline since Luc Alphand also took bronze in 1996.
However, James returned to the bow seat in time for the last World Cup event of the season in Poznan, Poland - Lucy returning to the eight - and then on to Beijing.
The world cup event took place in the city for the second year - its first time in the UK was 2003 - on a course seen as one of the world's best.
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Since changing from his Titleist clubs to the Nike brand, he has failed to shine, missing the cut at Abu Dhabi and exiting the WGC Accenture World Matchplay event in Arizona at the first-round stage.
The American has shown signs of returning to form in recent times, finishing tied for third at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship last month and winning the Chevron World Challenge event he hosts in December.
American Hannah Kearney, who won the women's moguls on the first day of the Games, said afterwards she didn't even know if she'd have the money to compete at the next World Cup event, despite winning gold.
Since that time, Amanpour has reported from every major world news event and hotspot, including Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, the Palestinian territories, Iran, Sudan, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, Egypt, Libya, throughout Europe and the United States.
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