Nash selected Canada team general manager

 　　OTTAWA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Phoenix¹ Suns star guard Steve Nash was named on Tuesday general manager of Canada's national basketball program in their bid for the London Olympic Games.

　　Nash will lead the men's team to try to qualify² for the London Olympics. Nash led Canada to a seventh finish in 2000 Sydney Games since which the country has never seen their men's or women's team play in the Olympics.

　　Also hired Tuesday was Rowan Barrett as assistant general manager.

　　The men's team has been without a head coach since Leo Rautins resigned in September after Canada's disappointing performance at the Olympic qualifying³ tournament.

1 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

2 qualify   

vt.取得资格，有资格，限定，描述；vi.取得资格，有资格

参考例句：

• I won't qualify until next year.我明年才具备资格。
• You must qualify yourself for the post.你必须使自己具备担任这一工作的资格。

3 qualifying   

使具有资格的

参考例句：

• players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage 在预选赛中淘汰掉的选手
• A doctoral candidate is required to pass a qualifying examination. 考博士需通过一个资格考试。