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SHANE Lowry of Ireland has pulled out of the Olympics because of concerns over the Zika virus.


Lowry said yesterday he received medical advice that he should not travel to Rio de Janeiro. Lowry recently married and said he hopes to start a family soon.


Lowry is the fifth golfer to withdraw specifically because of Zika. Earlier yesterday vans classic slip on noir , world No. 1 Jason Day said he would not be competing. Rory McIlroy cited Zika in pulling out last week, while Charl Schwartzel of South Africa and Marc Leishman of Australia previously withdrew.


The Irish golf team in Rio will not have anyone in the top 100 in the world. Lowry said he would represent Ireland in this year’s World Cup in Australia.


Day’s pullout cost golf its No. 1 player as it returns from a century-long Olympic absence.


“The sole reason for my decision is my concerns about the possible transmission of the Zika virus and the potential risks that it may present to my wife’s future pregnancies and to future members of our family,” Day said in a statement. “I have always placed my family in front of everything else in my life.”


Day and wife Ellie had their second child in November, and he says they want more children.


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Australia has three players in the top 50 in the world, and all of them have withdrawn — 28-year-old Day, Adam Scott (No. 8) and Leishman (No. 39).


Scott was the first to withdraw. He said Olympics were never his priority in a year in which the schedule is crammed with major championships. The sport has not been part of the Games since 1904 in St Louis.


Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa cited scheduling concerns when he withdrew. Vijay Singh of Fiji also mentioned Zika but was more bothered by the schedule. Graeme McDowell, who was in line to replace McIlroy vans toy story pas cher , withdrew late last week because his wife is due with their second child a few weeks after the Olympics.


HONG KONG, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor met here Thursday with Prince Carl Philip of Sweden at the Government House, encouraging more Swedish companies to do business in Hong Kong.


Lam welcomed the prince's visit to Hong Kong to launch the first edition of #SwedenTalks_HK, an event that promotes cooperation and exchanges in innovation vans sk8 hi reissue marron , creativity, design, culture and social values.


Lam said the event focuses on the promotion of Sweden's creative design, and education and learning technology vans sk8 hi slim pas cher , which coincide with the areas of information and technology and creative industries she is keen to develop as announced in her maiden policy address.


The chief executive thanked Sweden for participating in Business of Design Week 2017 and for its support for the event over the years which has helped make it a flagship design event in Asia.


Given Sweden's leading position in the world in various aspects, including innovation and technology, Lam expressed the hope to strengthen exchanges between the two places so Hong Kong can learn from Sweden's experience.


She encouraged more Swedish companies, including startups vans sk8 hi slim femme , to do business and invest in Hong Kong to leverage on its advantage as the gateway to the vast market of the Chinese mainland and to explore more business opportunities together.



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MADRID, March 18 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona announced on Tuesday that the club has reached agreement with young central defender, Marc Bartra to extend his contract into the end of June 2017.


The new contract raises Bartra's buyout clause to 25 million Euros and confirms the 23-year-old's progression to becoming a regular member of the first team squad.


Bartra joined Barcelona when he was just 11 years old and progressed through the ranks of the youth system, making his first team debut in the 2009-10 season vans sk8 hi slim noir , when he played at right back against Atletico Madrid.


He was finally promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2012, although he found chances hard to come by and it was not until the current campaign that he has established himself as a regular player, making 14 appearances in the BBVA Primera Liga, two in the Champions League and five in the Copa del Rey vans sk8 hi noir femme pas cher , clocking up a total of 1,572 minutes football in the process.


He also made his debut for Spain in November 2013 in Spain's friendly match away to Equatorial Guinea.


""I'm very happy. It's a great feeling and I hope everything continues to go as well as they have done in my time at the Club so far,"" said Bartra in an interview on the official Barca website in which he highlighted the help he has received from Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique.


""Pique and Puyol are my reference points. It's a challenge to me to achieve what they have. Establishing myself in the team is a big test, but I am getting there vans sk8 hi noir femme ,"" he said.


Barta's new deal is important given that Puyol will leave the club at the end of the current campaign after admitting he has struggled to overcome the knee injuries which have dogged him in recent campaigns. However, Barca will still almost certainly look to sign an experienced central defender ahead of the 2014-15 season.

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EDINBURGH, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The importance of environment to health in resilient cities and the issue of health inequality in different regions were highlighted Wednesday by academics in Edinburgh to arouse more public awareness.


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