NAIROBI puma suede heart satin grise , Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two seasons ago, Kenya made history to clinch fourth spot at the final round of the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Series.
That performance would have secured the country its dream ticket to the 2016 Rio Olympics, had the results been for the 2014-15 season.
That however, will remain a dream and as the team plans to tackle the new season, head coach Paul Treu will have his work cut out to guide the team to the summit and secure one of the four automatic tickets to the Olympics.
"The challenge in 201415 season will be tough puma suede heart satin rose , but so is the tournament. To play at this level, you must be good in all departments. Teams will come focused to claim the top four slots and get the automatic ticket to the Olympics.
"Kenya team is picking up well. We have been together long enough and now we know our weaknesses and strength. We will strive for the best and improve on our seeding last season," said Treu.
Kenya, who were fourth under Englishman Mike Friday back in 201213 season, were not so good and had to settle for position seven on 84 points after the nine-leg series in the last campaign with champions New Zealand leading with 180 points ahead of runners-up South Africa 152 and Fiji 144. Others were England (134) puma suede heart satin noir , Australia (116), and Canada (90).
Already, IRB has released the draws for the first leg of the World Series for the new season.
Defending champions New Zealand will play Samoa, France and Japan on the first day of the new season, after the pools were drawn for the first round of the HSBC Sevens World Series on Australia's Gold Coast on Oct. 11-12.
Having finished runners-up to New Zealand in 2013 puma suede heart satin pas cher , Australia will be looking to go one better on home soil this season. They line up against Fiji, Scotland and Portugal.
Commonwealth Games gold medalists South Africa will face Kenya, Samoa and American Samoa on day one and in the fourth of the pools England and Argentina will kick off the Series.
They are joined by U.S.A and Canada with every match this season bringing a new level of passion and excitement as teams vie for the four direct qualification spots for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
"The aim for us is to go one better than last year on the Gold Coast to get those all-important World Series championship points," said Australia's Cameron Clark, a member of last season's Sevens Dream Team in a statement.
"In order to qualify for the 2016 Olympics puma heart patent blanche pas cher , we need to be at the top end of the World Series, playing in Cup quarter finals and semi-finals on a regular basis. We ultimately want to be more consistent, something which we seem to be achieving with each passing tournament," Clark said.
"We are all looking forward to playing on the Gold Coast. We have not played a lot of footy lately and a lot of the squad are jumping out of their skin to get out on the paddock. We' ll have the crowd backing us. Friends and family will be there to support us and it' s always special to play at home."
Avan Lee, IRB's General Manager for Sevens said: "The 201415 HSBC Sevens World Series promises to be the most exciting season of Sevens to date. With Olympic qualification at stake puma heart patent blanche , all teams will want to start well in the Gold Coast.
"Reigning Series champions New Zealand and Commonwealth Games winners South Africa might start as favourites but a number of teams like Fiji, England, Australia and Canada are also desperate to gain direct qualification into the 2016 Olympics in Rio".
LISBON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Following are the Portuguese soccer league standings after Monday's match (tabulated under matches played, won puma heart patent noir pas cher , drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Sporting CP 17 14 2 1 35 9 44
SL Benfica 17 13 1 3 45 11 40
FC Porto 17 12 4 1 36 10 40
SC Braga 17 8 5 4 25 11 29
FC P. Ferreira 17 8 4 5 25 18 28
Rio Ave FC 17 7 4 6 26 24 25
FC Arouca 17 5 9 3 22 19 24
Vitoria SC 17 6 5 6 22 26 23
Vitoria FC 17 5 7 5 28 30 22
Maritimo M. 17 6 3 8 26 35 21
Estoril Praia 17 5 5 7 14 19 20
Os Belenenses 17 4 6 7 20 36 18
CD Nacional 17 4 5 8 17 23 17
Moreirense FC 17 4 5 8 19 27 17
U. Madeira 17 4 5 8 10 22 17
A. Academica 17 4 4 9 16 31 16
Boavista FC 17 2 4 11 9 27 10
CD Tondela 17 2 2 13 10 27 8
TOKYO puma heart patent noir , Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rebounded to the mid-110 yen zone here on Thursday ahead of the release of U.S. inflation data expected later in the day.
At 5 p.m. local time, the dollar was quoted at 110.40-42 yen compared with 110.43-53 yen in New York and 109.94-95 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The dollar fluctuated between 110.37 yen and 110.73 yen during the day.
The euro fetched 1.1905-1907 dollars and 131.43-47 yen against 1.1881-1891 dollars and 131.28-38 yen in New York and 1.1984-1985 dollars and 131.76-80 yen in Tokyo late Wednesday afternoon.
Local analysts said that the rally was largely caused by the easing geopolitical concerns on the Korean Peninsula as well as expectation of a tax reform in the United States.
The market was also in a wait-and-see mood ahead of the release of some key economic data later this week, including Thursday's consumer price index and Friday's retail sales, both for August.
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