Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is to join the soccer industry David Montgomery Bears Jersey , having agreed to buy 50 percent of shares in Guangzhou Evergrande, the defending Chinese Super League champion said on Thursday. Alibaba will pay up to 1.2 billion yuan ($191.9 million) to acquire the shares, club sources said.


The club, owned by Chinese property giant Guangzhou Evergrande Real Estate Group, last season became the first Chinese club to win the Asian Football Confederation(AFC) Champions League.


At a joint press conference, Alibaba founder and chairman Ma Yun and real estate tycoon Xu Jiayin announced this much anticipated co-operation.


Evergrande's blitz to conquer the Chinese top league has left many dumbfounded. Promoted to the Super League in 2011 James Daniels Youth Jersey , the Guangzhou club won the title in the very season before they went on to dominate 2012 and 2013.


In 2013, the club claimed the AFC Champions League crown, becoming China's first Asian champion since the country launched the professional league in 1994.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday signed an executive order to lift sanctions on Iran related to its nuclear program, the White House said.


""Iran's implementation of the nuclear-related measures ..., as verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency Anthony Miller Youth Jersey , marks a fundamental shift in circumstances with respect to Iran's nuclear program,"" Obama said in the executive order issued by the White House.


Obama's decision came after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed Iran's compliance of the historic nuclear deal reached last summer.


In a statement, Yukiya Amano, the director general of the IAEA, said that ""agency inspectors on the ground verified that Iran has carried out all measures required under the J.C.P.O.A., to enable implementation day to occur Kevin White Youth Jersey ,"" referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, reached by Iran and the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany.


In Vienna Adam Shaheen Youth Jersey , U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the step as a vindication of diplomacy, saying ""we have also proven once again why diplomacy must be our first choice and war a last resort.""


""Iran has undertaken significant steps that many, and I do mean many, people doubted would ever come to pass,"" he said, adding that ""today marks the first day of a safer world.""


On Saturday Eddie Goldman Youth Jersey , U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan vigorously denounced the nuclear deal, vowing that lawmakers would ""do everything possible"" to prevent Tehran from getting the atomic bomb.


The Republican leader warned in a statement that ""Iran is likely to use this cash infusion -- more than 100 billion U.S. dollars in total -- to finance terrorists.""


""This comes just weeks after Tehran's most recent illegal ballistic missile test, and just days after the IRGC detained 10 American sailors,"" he said, referring to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.


""A bipartisan majority in the House voted to reject this deal in the first place, and we will continue to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear Iran Cody Whitehair Youth Jersey ,"" he said.


Obama's announcement to lift sanctions on Iran came just hours after Iran said it had released four Americans, including a Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.


Iran's prosecutor general announced that ""in line with the order of Iran's Supreme National Security Council and the interests of the country, Iran has released four Iranian dual-national prisoners as a part of prisoners swap.""


When talking to IRINN on Saturday, an informed source identified the released inmates as the Iranian-Americans: Saeed Abedini Leonard Floyd Youth Jersey , Amir Mirzaee Hekmati, Nosratollah Khosravi and Jason Rezaian.


U.S. media reported that Washington will either pardon or drop charges against seven Iranians in exchange for the prisoner swap.


The seven Iranians -- six of whom are dual citizens -- were either accused or convicted of violating U.S. sanctions.


Three of the Iranians were serving prison terms and now have received a commutation or pardon, and three others were awaiting trial. The last one made a plea agreement.


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VIENNATEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Western countries have taken pragmatic steps to start the process of lifting their sanctions against Iran while Iran has responded positively and voiced the hope that some of those sanctions can be lifted this year.