Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023 shows the entrance of the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023 shows the interior view of the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Jacques Landry (L), Director of the World Cycling Centre, speaks during an interview with Xinhua at the UCI headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A bike installation window display is seen in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023 shows the exterior view of the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023 shows the exterior view of the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023 shows the exterior view of the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Athletes train at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dutch track cyclist Jeffrey Hoogland trains at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A bike installation is seen on the way to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man bicycles on a pump track at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

(SP)SWITZERLAND-AIGLE-UCI-WORLD CYCLING CENTRE

(231123) -- AIGLE, Nov. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The mechanical workshop is seen at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 2023. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Cycling Centre (WCC) is an elite coaching and training centre. Opened in 2002, every year it welcomes a large number of athletes from all over the world. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

E

Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu is all smiles after beating Wakanosato on the 13th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2002, becoming the first Mongolian to win the Emperor's Cup. Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, announced his retirement on Feb. 4, 2010, in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage.

E

Tsubasa Securities, UFJ Capital Markets to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Hirokuni Munechika (L), president of Tsubasa Securities Co., and Kimisuke Fujimoto, president of UFJ Capital Markets Securities Co., announce at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Nov. 22 that the two brokerage houses agreed to merge in the first half of fiscal 2002 to reinforce management by restructuring.

E

Senegalese fans expect national team to go further at World Cup

STORY: Senegalese fans expect national team to go further at World Cup DATELINE: Nov. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZIZHENG, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SAYDOU SAMBOU, Football fan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Wolof): OUMY FATY, Football fan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Wolof): PAPE NDIAYE, Football fan 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Wolof): MAME DIOR, Football fan STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZIZHENG, Xinhua correspondent "The Senegal football team is known as the Lions of Teranga. This is Senegal's third appearance at the World Cup. They have reached the quarterfinals in 2002. In February this year, Senegal also won the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time. Although Senegal's star Sadio Mane was ruled out of World Cup with injury, the football fans in Senegal are still enthusiastic, and hopeful for the team to qualify for the eighth finals. They expect (that) the Lions of Teranga can create greater glories." SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SAYDOU SAMBOU, Footba

E

Tsubasa Securities, UFJ Capital Markets to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Hirokuni Munechika (L), president of Tsubasa Securities Co., and Kimisuke Fujimoto, president of UFJ Capital Markets Securities Co., announce at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Nov. 22 that the two brokerage houses agreed to merge in the first half of fiscal 2002 to reinforce management by restructuring.

E

Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Asashoryu is all smiles after beating Wakanosato on the 13th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 22, 2002, becoming the first Mongolian to win the Emperor's Cup. Yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu, whose real name is Dolgorsuren Dagvadorj, announced his retirement on Feb. 4, 2010, in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage. (Kyodo)