CANBERRA， May 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Adelaide Zoo has been closed "indefinitely" after brazen thieves unsuccessfully attempted to blow up an ATM outside the complex， the zoo has said on Friday.


South Australia Police said the ATM's alarm was activated in the early hours of Friday morning， and responding officers arrived to find the scene in a mess and the machine badly damaged.


As a result of the damage sustained by the Zoo's ATM and the perimeter wall， Adelaide Zoo said it would be closed to the public indefinitely while repairs were undertaken.


The Adelaide Zoo's Russell Schrale said public safety was the utmost importance， and allowing thousands of revelers to walk around the zoo while extensive repairs to the ATM and outer wall could be risky.


"Clearly with a situation like this， it may impact on some people's day. The safety of the public is our primary concern，" Schrale was quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).


He said the repairs to the zoo's outer perimeter would be costly， while the closure of the zoo would affect conservation work being undertaken by Zoos South Australia.



The Rio Olympics is shaping up to be the most pivotal of recent times.


Not because the sporting action is any more anticipated than at previous Games - far from it - but because the Olympic concept has taken so many knocks in recent years that the very credibility of the Games is under threat.


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Locally, health has been a big concern with the Zika virus seeing a number of high-profile withdrawals - mostly notably the top four male golfers in the world - even though the official line from the IOC has been that there is nothing to worry about.


Additionally, the water in the bay in which some of the athletes will be swimming has been criticized for being filthier than swimming pool. More -recently, the sub-standard accommodation has been a favorite target - as it was in Sochi two years ago.


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But the pressure has been building on China's athletes and officials alike, with Liu Peng, head of China's Olympic Committee, saying that the country will face sterner competition in some of the disciplines it traditionally dominates. China will still puma court star nere , no doubt, see success in diving, gymnastics and some of the other sports Liu mentioned, but his comments prove that - in China as elsewhere - funding has to be justified by medals.


But it is the issue of doping that has arguably created the biggest cloud for Rio.


By refusing to issue a blanket ban on Russian athletes for state-sponsored -doping puma clyde nere , the IOC has transferred the -burden to individual sporting federations. While arguing that this is somehow more fair to those affected, the result has done nothing to repair the damaged reputation of the Olympics.


Athletics - the showpiece event of the Games - already has its credibility in tatters. If these Games fails to win over sports fans from around the world, the Olympics may lose its relevancy forever.



Reform to build nation’s soft power via the world’s most popular sport


China will choose its new national soccer coach from 45 candidates from 18 countries to boost the nation's unprecedented reform of the game, an effort to build soft power via the world's most popular sport.


Former Chinese national coach Gao Hongbo and foreign coaches of national teams and international clubs have applied since the offer was announced on January 8 puma basket heart denim blu , the Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday.


Among the high-profile applicants are Brazil legend Zico, Italian coach Cesare Prandelli, and former Inter Milan coach Walter Mazzarri.


"Foreign coaches are more competitive and tend to outperform their Chinese counterparts in tactics and directing skills," Ma Dexing puma suede heart reset rosa , deputy editor of Changsha-based magazine Titan Sports, told the Global Times.


China needs a prestigious coach with convincing accomplishments so he can fully implement his ideas and tactics without unnecessary mistrust from the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Ma said.


The name of the new coach is likely to be announced as early as March 24 when China is to play the first of two remaining matches in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, according to Xinhua.


The constantly underachieving national team sacked former national coach puma fierce uomo , Frenchman Alain Perrin, on January 8 after a disappointing run of results - including a 1-0 defeat to Qatar - leaving its World Cup qualifying campaign hanging by a thread.


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"On the one hand, foreign coaches may take longer to adjust to China's training and management system. On the other, we also need a better system to evaluate coaches puma basket heart nere , instead of just firing them after defeats," Beijing-based sports commentator Wang Dazhao told the Global Times.


Sending domestic coaches and players overseas to learn from international soccer clubs would be a more sustainable move, as they can integrate world-leading ideas and tactics with the system in China, Wang added.


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