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The phone calls came flooding in, though Edgar Manvelyan wasn't necessarily expecting them. He'd just been named the Pasadena City College men's soccer coach, and his former club players were calling to congratulate him. Little did they know that when Manvelyan took the calls, they would be more than congratulatory.  

BEACH volleyball star Karley Hynes was last night selected as the August winner in the Bendigo Advertiser-WIN Television Sports Star of the Year. The judging panel for the long-running awards, proudly sponsored by mecu credit union, met at WIN Television's offices. Hynes teamed with Queensland's Taliqua Clancy to win bronze at the world youth beach volleyball championships in Portugal. The 13th seeds became the first Australian line-up to win a medal at the youth titles since 2006.  

In spite of Japan's rising yen, computer manufacturers Fujitsu and Sony, which have a strong overseas presence, are strengthening their domestic production of high-performance computers. The electronics giants have determined that the power of the "made in Japan" label remains strong for high-performance models competing in design, weight and processing power. They have also concluded that having domestic planning and design divisions will enable them to quickly respond to changes in consumers' preferen  

The American women won all five events, while the US men won three of three. The United States took both 4x100-meter freestyle relays, with Phelps and Lochte giving the men a 2.56-second victory over Australia. The women beat the Aussies by 2.95 seconds.  

Olympic champion Lochte led the backstroke from start to finish, winning in 1min 54.12 sec. That saw him take over from Japan's Ryosuke Irie as fastest in the world this year. "I felt pretty in control. I tried to hold back on my first 50," Lochte said.  

Ryosuke Irie won the bronze medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on Friday. Irie touched the wall in 1 minute, 55.21 seconds while reigning Olympic champion Ryan Lochte led the United States to a 1-2 finish, winning the race ahead of Tyler Clary in 1:54.12. Clary clocked 1:54.90. World record holder Aaron Peirsol of the United States failed to advance to the final. Takuro Fujii also took third place in the men's 100 butterfly in 52.12, well behind American sw