European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 23 2007 stars and stripes Page 35 women world cup draw rough for us the associated press Wuhan China the to ranked United states got a Tough draw sunday for this years women world cup placed in group b with Sweden North Korea and Nigeria Sweden was runner up at the 2003 world cup and is ranked no 4 by world governing body fifa North Korea is ranked no 5 asias top team the United states one of the four seeded teams this year has won the world cup twice the inaugural tournament in 1991 and again in 99 Norway won in 1995 and Germany is the defend ing Champion the americans who were knocked out in the semifinals by Germany in 2003 will open against North Korea on sept 11 in the Western City of Chengdu the four group b teams were also drawn together in the 2003 world cup Germany was placed in group a and fared better than the Ameri cans with preliminary matches against Japan England and Argentina the germans play the first game of the world cup against Argentina on sept 10 in Shanghai the tournament closes on sept 30 also in Shanghai in group c Norway was the seeded team and Drew games with Ghana Australia and Canada while Host China was seeded in group d and will face new zealand Brazil and Denmark Lei wins close mens race at London Marathon London Martin Lei won the mens race at the London mar athon on sunday by out sprinting three others to the finish and Zhou Chunyiu became the first chinese Winner by taking the women tide Lei a kenyan who also won the London race in 2005 finished in 2 hours 7 minutes 41 seconds Abderrahim Gouri of moroc co finished second in his Mara Thon debut in and last years Champion Felix Limo of Kenya was third in Lei lost to Limo in a sprint finish last year Haile Gebreslassie one of the greatest distance runners of All time withdrew after about 19 Miles the main pack for much of the race also included world record Holder Paul Ter Gat former win Ner Khalid Kha Nouchi olympic Gold medallist Stefano Baldini and two time world Champion Aouad Gharib cubs broadcaster misses game with irregular heartbeat Chicago cubs broadcaster and former ail Star Ron Santo remained hospitalized sunday while undergoing tests for an irregular heartbeat wet  Teddy bears fast worldwide shipping order now for mothers Day big Luscom styles of Claude Rafael Nada of Spain returns to Roger Federer of Switzerland during their final match of the Monte Carlo open in Monaco the 67yearold Santo was admitted to the Hospital saturday night and his return to the radio Booth is undetermined Santo was diagnosed with Type i diabetes when he was 18 and both legs were amputated below the knee in recent years he had a heart bypass in 2000 and was diag nosed with bladder tutors four years ago Santo was a nine time Allstar and five time Gold Glove Winner at third base for the cubs Nadal beats Federer wins Monte Carlo masters Monte Carlo Monaco Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 64 64 sunday to win his third straight Monte Carlo masters title and extend his winning Streak on Clay to 67 Nadal beat the to ranked fed Erer for the fifth consecutive time on Clay four of them in finals the second ranked spaniard beat Federer last year in the Monte Carlo masters the Rome masters and the French open Federer had won their previous two meetings on other surfaces but missed chances to break Nadal on sunday in the eighth game of the first set the 10time grand slam Champion had two breakpoints opportunities but Nadal saved the first with a Strong serve and the second when Federer forehand went wide Federer made 38 unforced errors half on his forehand and Nadal won on his second match Point when Federer sent a backhand Long for Grafe Woehr Lesheim and Vilseck for More information please Contact Tom at 01726707342 Green sports converting from wasteful Endeavor Green from Back Page or the Mounds of paper used to produce Media guides press re leases and Box scores or the fertilizers that keep Fields Green while potentially contaminating groundwater but a new Shade of Green rapidly is making its Mark in the sport ing world As teams leagues and stadium owning municipalities answer the Call to make a Dent in the fight against global warming some Are motivated by a desire to save the planet others see it As Good or or As a Way to save Money often if s a combination of the three the new nationals stadium takes going Green to another level the do sports and entertain ment commission plans to make the Ballpark the first major pro sports venue in the country to earn leed Means it has to accumulate at least 26 Points on the leadership in Energy and environmental de sign scorecard compiled by the us Green building Council the Minnesota twins new Park projected to open in 2010 also is expected to be certified Green were the nations capital where policies Are set Laws Are set and it seems like if s appropriate for the new Ballpark in the nations capital to be the forerunner to be the one who sets that bar commission chief executive officer Allen y Lew said during a recent tour of the nationals construction site project manager Naeemi beamed about his five Sand under ground bunkers that will purify water from the Ballpark before it trickles into the troubled Anacostia the Ballpark also will have Lowlow plumbing fixtures that will save an estimated 36 million Gallons of water per year the construction materials will have a minimum of 10 percent recycled Content an education program will encourage fans to Recycle their trash High efficiency Field lighting will use roughly 21 per cent less Energy than the lights at a typical Ballpark a subway Sta Tion is about a Block away which Means fewer people will drive to the games there Are plans to Plant vegetation on a portion of the roof to keep it cooler and its All affordable the Green upgrades account for less than 1 percent of the million Ballpark budget there Are a lot of myths out there about Green building Cost ing a whole lot More said Gwyn Jones of the local chapter of the Sierra club which has supported the project we didst want the myths and the perceptions out there to detract from the goal which was to make the stadium Green the nil spent even less Mak ing the super bowl Green the league salvaged unused supplies recycled tons of materials planned its super bowl Trees and More All on a budget of because the league found local partners willing to Chip in this is the biggest single sport ing event in the world every year Groh said if we can find a Way to make our event car Bon Neutral and do it for 2500 Bucks there goes the excuse for other people who say Well we would do this if it didst Cost so much Money Groh would like to see More teams involved in the greening movement the nil Aba nil and major league baseball Man Date dress codes and All sorts of rules but they leave it up to individual teams when it comes to environmental policy Lurie said 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