Another young Fijian player makes it big in New Zealand

Another Fijian has made it into the Bay of Plenty sevens team to boost their campaign at the upcoming Provincial tournament.

Marist St Michael youngster Ilaitia Lomani, will join up with former New Zealand sevens representatives Zar Lawrence, Lance MacDonald and Nathaniel Walker at the Bay of Plenty Rugby Union Bay Engineers Supplies Provincial Rugby Sevens tournament.

Lomani and Lawrence will be out to help their side defend their title for the third season.

The cream of the North Island Sevens sides will compete in the tournament to be held at Blake Park tomorrow.

While there is always a multitude of holiday makers from throughout the country on hand, the local Bay of Plenty supporters come out in force, to support the team in the Blue and Gold uniform.

New Bay Coach Charles Baxter says with at least half the side making their tournament debut, the emphasis is on development of the team and the continuation of the form that the side has shown at the last two tournaments.

Baxter said Lomani had his own class.

"He (Lomani) has burst his way into the side and shows real class and will make a valuable contribution with his ability to slot into any position in the team," Charles told sunlive news.

The side is well served with the experience of MacDonald, Lawrence and Walker booking berths in the tournament team.

The trio have played in New Zealand Sevens teams in recent years and have come under the influence of New Zealand Sevens maestro coach Gordon Tietjens.

"All three have leadership qualities and know what is needed at the top level of the game," said Charles.

BOP defeated Counties Manukau 38-26 to clinch the title last year. (Emoni Narawa)

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Essien ready to return for Chelsea

London - Ghanaian international midfielder Michael Essien should be in line for a first team start in mid-January after recovering from a serious knee injury said Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas on Friday.

Essien, 29, has not played this season after suffering the injury before the first match of the campaign but Villas-Boas said he was nearing the stage where he could compete for a starting place.

"He (Essien) will return to the squad in mid-January and will be available for matches," said Villas-Boas.

"I think that in three weeks, he will be in a position to compete for a starting place."

Essien ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament at the start of pre-season training, just the latest in a series of injuries that have disrupted his career.

He has been plagued by knee injuries during his time at Stamford Bridge; he sustained another cruciate problem in September 2008 that ruled him out until the following March and also missed last year's World Cup after tearing medial knee ligaments during training for the Africa Cup of Nations in January 2010.

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Minister Agung Laksono closes ASEAN paragames

Solo, C Java - Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono here on Tuesday night officially closed the 6th ASEAN paragames from which the Thai contingent emerged as the overall champion.

Minister Laksono on the occasion expressed his appreciation to Thai athletes over their success in the biennial sports event.

"The ASEAN handicapped athletes through honesty and struggle have proven their special qualities," the minister said at the sports event closing ceremony that took place in the Manahan stadium.

A total of 1,296 handicapped athletes and their officials from 11 countries took part in the sixth ASEAN Paragames to vie for 419 gold medals.

Of the number of gold medals for grabs 134 were for swimming, 120 for athletics, 45 for sitting table tennis, 32 for chess, 30 for bowling, 20 for weightlifting, 18 for badminton, 7 for sitting tennis, 2 for sitting volley ball and one for goal ball.

"Other athletes who haven`t been successful should not despair because they will have other opportunities in the future," Laksono said.

The minister also hoped that all the ASEAN member countries would send their athletes to compete in all games of the next event.

"See you in Myanmar in 2013," the minister said who then handed over the flag as a symbol of the biennial sports event to the Myanmar contingent.

Following is the final medal tally of the 6th ASEAN Paragames:

gold silver bronze

1. Thailand 123 96 73
2. Indonesia 113 108 89
3. Malaysia 51 36 45
4. Vietnam 44 44 72
5. Philippines 23 23 18
6. Myanmar 11 8 12
7. Singapore 9 10 9
8. Brunei Darussalam 3 5 8
9. Cambodia 0 5 2
10. Timor Leste 0 2 1
11. Laos 0 1 1. (*)

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* display of the main OpenGL capabilities (OpenGL version, texture size, number of texture units, etc.)
* display of the OpenGL extensions supported by your graphics card or display of all existing OpenGL extensions no matter what graphics card you have. For each extension, you can open its description webpage available at the OpenGL Extension Registry or at NVIDIA´s OpenGL Extensions spec. Very handy for graphics developers!
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* list of links related to your graphics card: graphics drivers and graphics cards reviews. These links are regularly updated.
* full report in text and XML format. This kind of report is useful for developers who needs an outline of the customer graphics system (for support purposes for example).

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* Bugfix: in OpenCL extensions list: removed the empty extension.

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