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NEW ORLEANS， Feb.17 (Xinhua) -- Jamal Murray scored 36 points as the World squad beat the U.S. 150-141 on Friday night in the 2017 All Star Rising Stars Challenge.


"I wouldn't say out of my mind， but I was feeling it. I was just playing within the game， and I wasn't trying to force it. I was trying to find my teammates and make sure everybody have fun. So I had a lot of fun. I'm sure we got the "W." It was good for everybody. So I was just playing，" Murray said after the game.


Murray， a Canadian and Denver Nuggets rookie， went 9 of 14 on 3-pointers and was voted the game's MVP. Buddy Hield added 28 points for the World team. Latvian Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks added 24 points.


"It was a lot of fun. It means a lot to play in New Orleans. I know the city out here， everybody is embracing it， embracing the vibe， the atmosphere， and just try to go out there and give the fans something good to watch，" said Hield， a New Orleans Pelicans rookie.


Frank Kaminsky of the Charlotte Hornets scored 27 for the U.S. team and Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 22 points.

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MANILA Joakim Noah Jersey , Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military said on Monday that they had rescued a Vietnamese sailor taken hostage in November last year by the Abu Sayyaf group based in the southern Basilan province.


The Philippine Navy said the rescued victim as Do Trung Huiqe, a crew member of MV Royal 16, was rescued on Sunday on Mataja Island of Basilan.


""The intensified military offensives caused the Abu Sayyaf (kidnappers) to flee, and opened a chance for rescue operations,"" said Rear Admiral Rene Medina, commander of Naval Forces Western Mindanao, in a statement.


Do Trung Huiqe is among the six crew members of MV Royale 16 who were abducted by Abu Sayyaf criminals around 5 a.m. local time last Nov. 11 near Sibago Island in the Basilan Strait, a strait of water separating the islands of Mindanao and Basilan province.


""Do Trung Huiqe will be brought to a military hospital to undergo medical check-up and debriefing prior turning him over to authorities and eventually to the government of Vietnam,"" Medina said.


Last July, the military said the Abu Sayyaf beheaded two Vietnamese men sailors, Hoang Trung Thong and Hoang Va Hai, who were kidnapped along with Do Trung Huiqe last year. The military rescued Huang Vo last June.


Last February, the Abu Sayyaf also killed a crew member of another Vietnamese ship MV Giang Hai off Sulu's Pearl Bank and abducted seven others.


The Abu Sayyaf group is still holding at least 20 hostages, according to the military.


Abu Sayyaf jihadist group was set up in the early 1990s with money from al-Qaida group. It is one of the Islamic-extremist groups in the Philippines that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) notorious for kidnapping for ransom, bombings and robberies in the southern Philippines.


The Abu Sayyaf bandits have hideouts in the remote impoverished provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.


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NATAL, Brazil, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Japan was held goalless by 10-man Greece in their lethargic Brazil World Cup Group C match here on Thursday after squandering numerous scoring chances here on Thursday.


The Greek skipper Katsouranis was out after picking up his second yellow card in the 38th minute as he slid in and mistimed his challenge on Japan's captain Hasebe. However Japan still found difficult to score though they had a 68% ball possession advantage in the do-or-die match.


With Japan losing its opener 2-1 to Cote d'Ivoire and Greece getting thumped 3-0 by Colombia, both teams desperately need a win to stay in contention to qualify for the last 16 knockout stage of football's biggest international tournament.


In another match in Group C, Colombia beat Cote d'Ivoire 2-1 and with the goalless draw between Japan and Greece, Colombia advance to the knockout stages.


Japan's Shinji Kagawa was left on the bench as the Manchester United player struggled to make an impact in the first match. While Kostas Mitroglou, Greece's top scorer in qualifying, was in the starting 11 for Greece, but he got injured in the 35th minutes and was substituted by Theofanis Gekas.


Japan controlled the rhythm at the beginning but it was Greece who created the threat first. On 4th minute, Mitroglou found space in the Japanese penalty area, but his shot was just over the bar. Six minutes later, Kone broke free of the Japanese midfield after taking the ball inside his own half, but his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Kawashima.


The Blue Samurai fought back in the 21st minute, Osako curled an effort from long range, which flashed wide of goalkeeper Karnezis' left-hand post.