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The NBL has signed a deal to broadcast every game of the 2016-17 season in China, paving the way for a Chinese team to eventually join the league.In what the NBL has described as a first for Australian sport, the games will stream live on Youku - described as the YouTube of China - and sports website Sina Sports, and will feature commentary and graphics in Mandarin.The deal comes as NBL general manager Jeremy Loeliger prepares to visit China to sound out interest in a Chinese team one day joining the league.If you look at the strategy of the players who are getting involved now, I have no doubt in my mind that theyre putting themselves in a position to take content in the event that there is a Chinese team that joins the NBL, he told reporters on Wednesday.Obviously, thats very high on my agenda when I go and have those discussions in China next week. At this stage, thats still very much fact-finding and feeling out the local market as to what that opportunity might look like and how it might be structured.Sport is often talked about as the next big boom industry in China ... were there at the very beginning of that wave starting to form.Youku, owned by online commerce giant Alibaba, attracts 50 million unique daily visits.The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed but Loeliger said the ability to reach Chinese households would provide a lucrative incentive for potential sponsors.The league was on its knees several years ago as dwindling crowds, poor TV ratings, and a lack of star power threatened the existence of Australias professional basketball competition.But it has enjoyed a revival over the past two years, helped by a new digital broadcast strategy.The league has this year made every game available live through its NBL TV app, which is free to season-ticket holders, in addition to broadcast deals with Fox Sports and SBS.Wednesdays announcement follows the Sydney Kings becoming the first club in NBL history to lure a Chinese-born player, signing Shenzen Leopards giant Bo Liu as a development player via a loan deal.Loeliger hinted that Liu wont be the only Chinese player to join the league.Certainly, our partners in China have asked questions about what they can do around Sydney games to highlight Bo Lius involvement, he said. 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Radwanska, making her debut in the Seoul tournament, hit eight aces in a match that lasted 1 hour, 4 minutes at Olympic Park tennis stadium. "It was definitely a very good match -- I was playing really good tennis," Radwanska said. ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rougned Odor followed his game-ending shot Tuesday night with two more homers Wednesday, and the Texas Rangers completed a sweep of the Seattle Mariners.New teammate Carlos Gomez had the blast that mattered most in finishing off the three-game set -- a grand slam off Felix Hernandez that sent the Rangers on their way to a 14-1 romp over the Mariners.After sinking Seattle to third in the AL West, the division-leading Rangers get three at home against second-place Houston, which comes in a lot hotter than the Mariners but still 8 1/2 games back.So far the body of work speaks for itself, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. We still have some work to do.Odor tied a career high with five RBI and Adrian Beltre and Ryan Rua also homered as the Rangers tied their season high with five homers. Texas (80-54) moved a season-high 26 games over .500 with a fifth straight win and gave Seattle its fifth loss in a row.The Mariners went 1-6 on a trip that started at the Chicago White Sox after finishing a homestand with two straight losses to the Yankees.We need to pick it up, no doubt, manager Scott Servais said. Guys are down a little bit and rightfully so.The Rangers matched the 1999 and 2012 Texas teams as the fastest to reach 80 wins.Odor had a two-run shot for a 10-0 lead in the seventh and a three-run homer in the eighth, and leads the team with 27 home runs. On Tuesday night, his two-run homer in the ninth gave Texas an 8-7 win.Weve been playing well, Odor said. Were just going to try to do the same thing the next game.Martin Perez (9-10) pitched six shutout innings despite giving up seven hits and three walks.Hernandez (9-5) matched a season high by allowing six runs in his shortest outing, coming out after four innings in his first loss since May 27.Beltres 25th homer of the season was a two-run shot in the fifth.GOMEZ SLAMGomez, who will face his former tteam for the first time this weekend less than a month after the Astros released him, hit a soaring fly ball about a dozen rows above the 14-foot wall in left field for his second grand slam this season and a 6-0 lead in the fourth.dddddddddddd The other slam also was against Seattle on July 17 when he was still with Astros.Gomez has three hits in two games since ending a 0-for-18 skid following a homer in his first at-bat for Texas. He has seven homers this season.I think the ability to come into our mix on this team and not be asked to be the man, the main player, has relaxed him a little bit and allowed him to get going, Banister said.CAMINERO EJECTIONSeattle reliever Arquimedes Caminero was ejected after hitting Texas Elvis Andrus with a pitch in the seventh. Caminero hit Andrus in the ribs with a high 98 mph fastball two batters after allowing Odors two-run homer. In the second inning, Andrus ran into Mariners first baseman Dae-Ho Lee while running out a groundball. Andrus tried to apologize, but Lee didnt look pleased.Caminero was ejected May 24 while with Pittsburgh after hitting two Arizona batters in the head.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: DH Nelson Cruz missed his second straight game with a nerve issue in his left hand that affects his grip on the bat. Servais said he was responding to medication and should be in the lineup Friday against the Los Angeles Angels. The Mariners are off Thursday. ... Servais said he expects LHP James Paxton to make his next start after he ripped a fingernail Tuesday.UP NEXTBoth teams are off Thursday. Seattle LHP Ariel Miranda (1-1, 4.98 ERA) will open a home series against the Angels on Friday night. Texas RHP A.J. Griffin (6-3, 4.39) gets the opener of a home series against Houston, which has won 10 of 12. ' ' '