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The Sydney Kings have broken new ground in signing the first Chinese-born player in the history of the NBL.The Kings have signed 207cm forward Bo Liu from Chinese CBA team the Shenzen Leopards.The 23-year-old last year signed with the Melbourne Tigers in the SEABL League, but joins the Kings for the upcoming season as a development player on a loan deal from Shenzen.Liu represented China at the world junior championships in 2013 where his team lost to an Australian side led by Dante Exum and Ben Simmons in the semifinal.The Kings utilised a recent NBL rule change that allowed players born within the FIBA Asian zone to be considered non-restricted (as per Australian and New Zealand-born players).China is home to more than 300 million registered basketball players. In July, former Boomers coach and current Shanghai Sharks assistant Brian Goorjian told ESPN he believed the CBA league was at the very least, on par with the NBL.Last week, the NBL announced plans for a new pre-season competition - the Australian Basketball Challenge to run in Brisbane from September 23 to 26. ?Two CBA clubs -- Zhejiang CB Golden Bulls and Tianjin Ronggang -- will compete at the event alongside all eight NBL teams.Kings coach Andrew Gaze said he was excited by Lius potential.Hes a high-energy guy, runs the floor really well and is super aggressive on the defensive end, Gaze said.Having played for Brian Goorjian in China as well as working with Nik Popovic, both friends of ours at the club, we know Bos fundamentals are sound. He picks things up quickly and has a great work ethic. Bo is a quality young guy with a great sense of humour.Liu said playing under Gaze was a big attraction. ?I like Andrews style a lot because on court hes really serious. 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MOSCOW -- At least eight Russian athletes are set to miss next months games in Rio de Janeiro under new IOC rules prohibiting former dopers from competing, Russias top Olympic official said.Alexander Zhukov had said earlier that only eight athletes would be affected, but acknowledged after a meeting of his Russian Olympic Committee that the number would rise.I think that in the near future we will have full information, Zhukov said. I had said eight, but its already clear that its more.While Zhukov did not name the athletes, competitors in swimming, cycling and weightlifting are likely to be affected.Zhukov spoke a day after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided against imposing a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio Games over allegations of state-sponsored doping. The IOC asked individual global sports federations to decide on entry of Russian athletes, and announced new eligibility criteria.The rules prohibit Russia from sending to the Rio Games any athletes who have previously served doping bans. Sports federations can also reject Russian entries if they have not undergone enough international drug testing. Results of Russian tests will not be accepted following allegations of routine cover-ups at Moscows anti-doping laboratory.It remains unclear whether there could be legal challenges to the IOC criteria. A similar IOC measure, known as the Osaka Rule, which would have prohibited any athletes who had received doping bans from competing in the subsequent Olympics, was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Zhukov said the IOCs latest criteria violated the principle of equality because they only applied to Russia, although he has previously ruled out legal action.However, Andrei Mitkov, the agent of previously-banned world champion swimmer Yulia Efimova, told Russias Sportbox website that she would apply to CAS if she was not allowed to compete.Russias track and field athletes remain barred from the games by the IAAF, a decision upheld last week by CAS and accepted by the IOC.Now, with the Aug. 5 opening ceremony approaching, it is up to the remaining 27 international sports federations to vet Russian athletes on an individual basis.The archery federation said Monday it had approved the entry of three Russian archers after determining they have no links to doping.World Archery said it was satisffied that the three female Russian archers nominated for the games had been tested extensively and have never been sanctioned for doping.dddddddddddd They were listed as Tuiana Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova and Inna Stepanova.Archery was not implicated in the World Anti-Doping Agency report released last week by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, which accused Russia of covering up doping in 20 summer Olympic sports.Russian archers have been targeted for additional testing, both in and out of competition, since the report was released, the federation said.No Russian archery athlete has received an adverse analytical finding, it said, adding that it would submit its findings to the IOC.The International Tennis Federation said Sunday it expects Russias eight-player Olympic tennis team to be eligible for the games. The ITF said the players have been subject to a rigorous anti-doping testing program outside Russia.The International Equestrian federation said there was no indication of doping within Russias five-rider team.Russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin, who won a stage during the Tour de France which ended Sunday, could be ruled out because he served a two-year ban after testing positive for a steroid in 2009.The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russias President Vladimir Putin, said it has already tested 84 percent of the 389 athletes from 136 countries who are qualified to compete in Rio. It made no mention of the 11 Russian judo athletes entered.The international gymnastics federation, FIG, said it has taken note of the IOC ruling and shall fully adhere to it. It said it would establish a pool of Russian eligible athletes. Gymnastics was not mentioned in the McLaren report.Boxings governing body, AIBA, said it was examining Russias entrants. Russia has qualified 11 boxers for Rio, including reigning world champions Vitaly Dunaytsev and Evgeny Tishchenko.We are reviewing and analyzing, on a case by case basis, the anti-doping record of the 11 Russian boxers currently qualified for Rio 2016, AIBA said. This information and the decision of AIBA in respect of the athletes eligibility will be submitted to the IOC for confirmation in due course.---AP Sports Writer Stephen Wilson in London contributed. ' ' '