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Football / Stern picked for Championship team of the week

« on: September 12, 2006, 12:10:26 PM »

John and Hall in Championship team of the week
Two Coventry City players were named in the Championship team of the week after the Sky Blues destroyed Norwich at the Ricoh.

Stern John was at his explosive best against the Canaries and made the team which appears on the official football League website.

Stern grabbed his second goal of the season to make it 3-0 to City - somehow evading the challenges of about half the Norwich team before his shot deflected into the back of the net.

The Trinidad and Tobago international revealed afterwards how he was happy to be back on the scoresheet, having not netted since the opening day of the campaign against Sunderland.

"It was nice to get a goal but the main thing was that we got the right result and everybody will be confident after a result like that.

"I think that was definitely one of our best performances of the season so far and it was a thoroughly deserved victory."

Stern also had praise for his international teammate Chris Birchall who got the ball rolling with a stunning opener.

"I've seen Chris do that quite a few times for Trinidad and I knew it wouldn't be long before he scored one for us. It was a great strike and it really set things up for us last week."

The other Coventry man in the Team of the Week was Marcus Hall. The left-back has been everpresent in the City side so far this term and his solid performances have helped the Sky Blues to three clean sheets on the bounce in the league.

Link : ccfc.co.uk

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Football / England ,Sweden vs Trinidad N Tobago Torrents

« on: September 11, 2006, 05:19:52 PM »

These seeds are running low ,anybody don"t have these should grab them before they die  and seed
them cause when they gone they gone  .Hopefully they work perfect 

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183

Entertainment & Culture Discussion / MysticalBall

« on: September 07, 2006, 03:39:45 PM »

Be amazed 

 http://www.mysticalball.com/

184

What about Track & Field / Donovan Bailey

« on: July 27, 2006, 09:21:46 PM »

Hey Ato ah have a question for you............What or how you feel about Bailey.You see apparently is Donovan B week in Canada and it making me sick cause I have to watch that stupid race  in Atlanta.And he big head talking talking ...wait just remeber u had a grudge for him dissing johnson.But u know what he never ask u for a rematch.u got cheated dude.Where do you think he rates in your generation of sprinters cause in his mind he right up there.

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General Discussion / Man cuts off penis ,to win bet

« on: July 26, 2006, 08:39:54 PM »

Man cuts off penis in drunken bet
From: Agence France-Presse

July 21, 2006
 

A MAN who cut off his own penis in a drunken bet had it stitched back on by Latvian doctors, the first such operation in the country's history.

While strongly under the influence of alcohol, the 30-year-old made a bet with his friend for 1000 lats ($A2600) that he would cut off his penis, according to a Latvian public television report.

He was taken to hospital with severe bleeding yesterday.


"We have had a few cases with penis traumas, when it was half-cut or damaged, but this is the first time that it was totally cut off - and brought to hospital in a plastic bag," said microsurgeon Aivars Tihonovs from Gailezers hospital in the Latvian capital, Riga.

The operation lasted three and a half hours as doctors had to sew six nerves back together, according to media reports.

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"The first operation of this kind in the world was carried out in 1977, and it is still very rare," Dr Tihonovs said, adding that such surgery was sometimes needed after bomb explosions.

The surgeon said that he was proud of his work but also "really angry that he (the patient) did it to himself".

Doctors said that it would take four or five days to assess if the operation was successful. It would take about half a year to be sure that the man's penis was functioning properly.

This is when you have a gambling problem   

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Football / Anthony Noreiga scores for Vancover white caps

« on: July 15, 2006, 09:36:22 AM »

WHITECAPS WIN 2-1 OVER THUNDER
« Back                        http://www.whitecapsfc.com/teams/
 
July 14, 2006 - Minnesota Thunder 1
Vancouver Whitecaps 2

Friday, July 14, 2006
James Griffin Stadium, St Paul, MN (attendance: 3,412)

Overview:
The Whitecaps closed out a run of four straight road games with a win, as they defeated the Minnesota Thunder 2-1. The Caps got goals from defenders Anthony Noreigaand Steve Kindel, before Minnesota got on the board late. The win gives the Whitecaps sole possession of first place, two points up on Rochester and three ahead of Montreal.

Vancouver's record improves to 7W-4L-28T for 29 points. Minnesota falls to 2-8-5 for 11 points, and remains in 11th place.

The Whitecaps now return home to face the Montreal Impact on Sunday, July 16, in a 7:00 p.m. start at Swangard Stadium.

Scoring Summary:
22' Vancouver Anthony Noreiga (Joey Gjertsen)
Martin Nash's corner kick was partially cleared but fell to Gjertsen who quickly crossed the ball back in to defender Anthony Noreiga who scored with a powerful header. The ball took a deflection off a Minnesota player, but the goal was awarded to Noreiga for his first as a Whitecap.

80' Vancouver Steve Kindel (Dave Morris)
Morris made a good break on the right, playing a one-two with new signing Gary Brooks, and then firing the ball on net; it was fumbled by goalkeeper Joe Warren to Steve Kindel whose shot deflected high into the air before dropping into the goal. It was Kindel's third goal of the season.

90' Minnesota Matt Schmidt (Leo Gibson)
Gibson's clever back-heel at the top of the box put Schmidt in on goal and he fired it past goalkeeper Tony Caig.

Game Notes:
Whitecaps forward David Testo was buzzing in the first half. He produced a good turn and shot at 7' but goalkeeper Joe Warren was there to make the save. At 14' Testo showed a good burst of speed to break into the box, but wasn't able to poke it past the onrushing keeper. Finally at 24', Testo was set up with a good cross by Martin Nash, but volleyed well over the bar.

Minnesota thought they had equalised at 40' when top scorer Melvin Tarley broke in, rounded goalkeeper Tony Caig, and hit the empty net, but was then disappointed to see the assistant referee flagging for offside.

Minnesota defender Chad Dombrowski had a couple of chances to equalise. He had a shot on target at 40' but was stopped by goalkeeper Tony Caig, and had another effort at 54' blocked by defender Anthony Noreiga.

Leading 1-0, Vancouver had several chances in the second half to add an insurance goal. Joey Gjertsen made a good run at 63' but fired wide, and at 76' a thumping free kick from John Jones but it was stopped by goalkeeper Joe Warren.

Making his debut for the Whitecaps was newly signed 25-year-old Jamaican striker Gary Brooks who subbed in at 67'. He nearly scored at 86', as he showed good speed to out-race his marker and get in on goal, but fired over the bar.

Martin Nash has played in 55 consecutive games for Vancouver spanning three seasons. Last year, Steve Kindel ran a consecutive game streak to 58.

This was Steve Kindel's 12th game winning goal of his career. Only Jason Jordan (20), John Catliff (27), and Domenic Mobilio (41) have more.

Minnesota are winless in their last seven games.

Vancouver Whitecaps: 1.Tony Caig - 4.Adrian Cann, 12.Geordie Lyall, 22.John Jones, 25.Anthony Noreiga - 2.Jeff Clarke (19.Sita-Taty Matondo 86'), 6.Jay Alberts (20.Dave Morris 57'), 7.Martin Nash (14.Tony Donatelli 57'), 8.Steve Kindel - 17.Joey Gjertsen (16.Gary Brooks 67'), 11.David Testo (33.Ryan Suarez 78')

Minnesota Thunder: 23.Joe Warren - 2.Brett Branan, 5.Chad Dombrowski, 13.Dustin Branan (26.Terry Alvino 84'), 25.Brian Kallman (25.Zafer Kilickan 78') - 3.Freddy Juarez, 11.Godfrey Tenoff, 19.Kiki Lara (9.Aaron Paye 59'), 21.Matt Schmidt - 10.Nathan Knox (14.Leo Gibson 45'), 18.Melvin Tarley

Shots: Vancouver 10 Minnesota 9
Saves: Vancouver 7 Minnesota 5
Fouls: Vancouver 9 Minnesota 10
Offside: Vancouver 4 Minnesota 2
Corner Kicks: Vancouver 1 Minnesota 3

Referee: Brad Clem

Cautions
Vancouver: Anthony Noreiga 38'[/b] , John Jones 69', Gary Brooks 90'
Minnesota: Brett Branan 90'

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Other Sports / Sickest Dunk ever

« on: July 06, 2006, 02:13:39 PM »

This happen recently,u ppl seen it,never happen before the 720* dunk.Beat back vince. 

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz8FDB9WUyI&search=720%20dunk

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXgC7Wr34c&mode=related&search=720%20dunk

Think it"s "the air up there " from and 1

 

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Football / Blatter cautions Referees

« on: June 27, 2006, 07:46:06 AM »

Blatter cautions referees
26/06/2006 15:08  - (SA) 

Berlin - The record stream of yellow and red cards in the World Cup has soccer's highest official issuing his own caution - to the referees.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter criticised Valentin Ivanov's handling of Portugal's 1-0 second-round win over the Netherlands, when the Russian referee handed out a record-tying 16 yellow cards and an unprecedented four reds.

In a frank assessment to a Portuguese TV station, Blatter said Ivanov was not up to the level of the players.

"I think there could have been a yellow card for the referee," Blatter said.

There were 23 red and 291 yellow cards handed out in the first 52 matches at Germany 2006, surpassing marks in any previous World Cup. And there's still 12 matches remaining.

Portugal captain Luis Figo was lucky to escape ejection, getting a yellow card for a skirmish with Mark van Bommel when TV replays clearly showed him head-butting the Dutch player in the 58th minute - a direct red card offence.

Fifa communications director Markus Siegler said on Monday that the disciplinary committee would not review the incident because Ivanov had taken action, on the field, on advice from his linesman.

Has been sanctioned already

Figo "was sanctioned immediately by the referee," he said. "The referee's report came in last night and is being analysed by the relevant people. But it is very unlikely anything will happen as he has been sanctioned already on the spot."

"It is only where there is a clear disciplinary issue which has not been acted upon by the referee that the (disciplinary) committee can look at it," Siegler said.

Siegler refused to expand on Blatter's stinging criticism of Ivanov's performance, saying - in German - "you might have seen the Fifa president made a comment. There is nothing more to add."

Ivanov set the tone with some early cautions for incidents that would have been overlooked in most league competitions.

And once Portugal scored the only goal in the 23rd minute-winner from Maniche, Ivanov struggled to deal with mounting tension and the loss of sportsmanship on both sides.

"This was a game of emotion, with exceptional drama in the last instant, with a deserved winner," Blatter said. "But it was a great show with intervention by the referee that was not consistent, and had a lack of fair play by some players."

The Fifa referees committee will meet on Wednesday to decide which officials stay after the second round. Already they're likely to be without experienced English referee Graham Poll, who issued three yellow cards to the same Croatia player - two yellow cards should immediately be followed by a red. That technical error could have resulted in a first-round match with Australia being replayed.

Dented his chances

Markus Merk, an early favourite to handle the final if host Germany does not make it, also dented his chances with a highly criticised performance in the Brazil-Australia first-round match.

Ivanov's chances of more appointments appear remote.

Responding to questions about referees adhering to instructions from Fifa and not being allowed enough discretion, Siegler reiterated earlier comments.

"It's not about instructions being given," he said. "They're reiterated because this is the biggest platform to show the consistent application of the laws of the game."

After the first round, Siegler said the World Cup had been wide open, with offensive flair, and rejected the notion that the extraordinarily high number of cautions was a paradox.

"You could say if the referees were not active, it could have turned out into a more unfair or dirty tournament," he said. "I'm convinced that because the referee is applying rules consistently and the players have been warned from the beginning," the tournament has been "quite fair." - Sapa-AP

http://www.news24.com/News24/Soccer/News/0,8817,2-2035-2036_1958241,00.html

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / Raptors report

« on: June 23, 2006, 10:59:44 AM »

For all the fans ,well palos was right the GM Colangelo traded Arujo {hoffa} to Utah jazz for Kris Humphries,decent move.
Yesterday he traded Matt Bonner and Eric Williams for 7ft San Antonio starter Rasto Nesterovic <spurs fans is he good ?>

Today he annouced that the best GM in europe is now his assistant.

Next week is the draft,the 3 top players wants to come,they might choose the italian 7fter ,he"s good.

And free agents Sam Cassell,Jason Terry and Brevin Knight told there agents they want to come here,if possible.

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Cricket Anyone / What link Audio link

« on: June 04, 2006, 07:59:54 AM »

 working I need 1 please  Deepthi ,change       

191

Quizz Time & Facts / Question 14

« on: May 25, 2006, 09:19:51 PM »

In what world cup,between what two teams,did which team trainer to protest the refs desision to allow a goal,run on the feild,to help an injured player.
But Use chlorofoam on himself and had to be carried off.

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Other Sports / Raptors get no.1 Pick

« on: May 24, 2006, 07:34:43 AM »

Wow this new GM is lucky,8.8% chance of winning and he did.I don 't know what"s available, but what
ever it has we got it.this is the first no. 1 ever.
Rumor: might trade it for Magloire still good.

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Jokes / Who"s Bob

« on: May 20, 2006, 09:15:24 PM »

Bobby Bonds wife loved him so much,she decided to tattoo a B on each of her butt cheeks.When

he got home she was so excited she said,"honey look" and bent over pulling down her pant.

  He looked at it,then pushed her down and start to cuss she up bad,she looked at him and say honey

honey what and he say"s WHO"S   B o B   

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Jokes / heavens winning 11

« on: May 11, 2006, 03:16:34 PM »

The devil was continually challenging St. Peter to a game of soccer,but St.Peter  refused,until one day

while walking around heaven he discovered that quite anumber of Irish International footballers had

entered the pearly gates.

Now I"ll arrange to play that soccer game." said saint Peter."How about it?"

"You"ll lose" said the devil " you"ll lose"

Oh, don"t be so sure ," replied saint Peter."We now have in heaven a great number of International

soccer stars from which to select a winning team."

You"ll lose ,you"ll lose!" repeated the devil.

'what makes you so sure we"ll lose?" enquired St.Peter.

"Because," laughted the devil," we have all the referees down here.''

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Trinbago, NBA & World Basketball / NBA Playoffs start!!!

« on: April 23, 2006, 07:52:29 AM »

OK the playoffs on Maimi , San Antone and cleveland win ,Ilike Detroit and Indiana today

Interesting matchup today with Phoenix and LA, Nash vs Bryant i.e the most selfless vs most selfish...

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Football / How to crete a Pro from Concacaf 1 story.

« on: April 23, 2006, 06:24:04 AM »

    

Bill Lankhof
Sun, April 23, 2006
         
The Last Word

By BILL LANKHOF

   
         

Toronto’s Jonathan de Guzman is 18 and one of the top 10 teenage soccer players in the world as rated by The Sunday Times in London, England.

Think Sidney Crosby, in spikes.

His brother, Julian de Guzman, is 24 and one season into the footsteps of the legendary Mauro Silva at Spain’s Deportiva de la Coruna.

The tale of how two boys — let alone siblings — from the centre of the hockey universe could end up swapping sweat with soccer’s icons is of Gretzkian proportion.

It includes a father, Bobby, who sees unique talent and sacrifices everything — including, some might say, sanity — to mould his sons into pro soccer players.

Overshadowed brother

There is the overshadowed brother, Julian, who nonetheless plays doggedly with more heart than natural talent and ultimately finds a modest place with one of Spain’s most celebrated first division teams.

Then, there is Jonathan, the playmaker, the scorer, the kid with the magic feet and explosive shot. He left the family’s Scarborough home at age 12, to play in Rotterdam with the Feyenoord youth system. He has charisma like Maradona, the touch of Pele and in his first division debut won the midfield battle against Dutch international Phillip Cocu.

Dutch soccer great Willem Van Hanegem wrote in his weekly column he could be another Zidane. People stop him for autographs.

It began nine years ago when Bobby told Julian good grades at Cardinal Newman high school were his only ticket to Europe.

“He got his name on the honours’ role. I had no choice,” Bobby says, “so I took our life’s savings and used it for hotels and plane tickets to Amsterdam. People thought I was some crazy dad. Who in their right mind takes all their money to play a game in Europe?”

Precisely what his ex-wife, Pauline, thought. “I had a big argument and she’d guilt me about it once in a while,” he says. It was just one more price to be paid in a climb up the backroad to fame.

“I wonder about the cost sometimes,” Julian says on a phone line from Spain. “My dad was definitely behind us but it was hard for my mother to see her babies go away. I wouldn’t say it hurt the family to the point that it was the reason they broke up, but it was hard.”

Bobby, from the Phillipines, and Pauline, from Jamaica, came to Canada when each was 10 and Julian says he can’t ever remember soccer not being paramount in their lives.

“I played baseball and basketball but my father definitely wanted us to become pros,” Julian says. “He had all these tapes he’d take me to watch. He did it with Jonathan, too, but then I took over. Between me and my dad, my brother pretty much didn’t even have a childhood. It was pretty much football. It was soccer before school, after school. If we played Nintendo it was only soccer.”

Julian, who has played 14 games for Canada’s national teams, has one goal this year — the first by a Canadian in the Spanish League. Jonathan has four goals, 12 assists and, according to a spokesman for the Canadian Soccer Association, “he’s an incredible talent. The real deal.”

Julian knows superior talent when, like Gretzky’s siblings, he’s sharing bedrooms with it.

“He plays like a veteran,” he says of his younger brother. “Your typical kid, you can look out on the pitch and know what mistakes he’s going to make. He doesn’t make them ... that’s why he’s one of the top teenage players in the world.”

Too bad the best soccer player ever born in Canada never will play for the nation. The de Guzmans may not exactly be feuding with the Canadian soccer establishment, but they’re not feeling the love either.

The roots of disenchantment run deep. Bobby was upset when Julian was injured playing for the national team and he ended up footing the rehab bills.

‘A lot of politics’

“That was unprofessional,” Bobby says, “and through all that there was a big mess with the coaching. Even now there’s a lot of politics.”

The Canadian Soccer Association wants Jonathan for the world under-20 tournament that will be held in Toronto and other parts of Canada next year. Dale Mitchell, coach of Canada’s under-20 team, says “he’s a unique talent and he’d definitely make our team better. I’ve talked ... to let them know we’re interested.”

It’s not happening.

“I know he’s been approached,” Bobby says. “Definitely he’s not participating in any youth tournament. He was already been approached by the under-20 Dutch team and he said no. He’s not playing junior.”

When Julian made his Canadian team debut he was so ecstatic he said it “felt like I lost my virginity.” Jonathan, though, is waiting for a call from the national team of the Netherlands. It is where the prestige, the money, the opportunity lies. It’s not like it hasn’t happened before.

“There was another kid, Owen Hargreaves, cut from (Canada’s) under-17 team and he ended up playing for England. Just goes to show you how incompetent our soccer coaches are over here,” Bobby says, critical of their inability to know talent when they see it.

Julian says he’d love to play with his brother but understands why it can’t happen.

“I can see there will be (criticism). I know my brother is proud to be Canadian. But you can’t forget he’s been in Holland since he was 12. He speaks the language fluently. He graduated from school there, drove his first car there. He loves to come home as much as I do, but when it comes to football it’s kind of another life.”

It is not always an easy life for an outsider in Europe.

Europeans are as protective of soccer as Canadians are with hockey.

“Football can be a lonely sport,” Julian says. “The hardest thing in my life were the first three years (in Marseilles). I wasn’t French. I didn’t speak the language. If you’re having success there can be jealousies because you’re taking someone else’s spot. They (teammates) neglected me.”

Turned against him

It happened to Jonathan, too, with a Feyenoord youth team. “He was captain and they all turned against him. They didn’t want some Canadian kid coming in ... Not a lot of 15-year-olds can deal with that, especially a couple thousand miles away from home,” Julian says, “but it toughens you.”

They may need some toughness when Jonathan picks orange over maple leaf red. The reaction from the Canadian public and media is expected to be harsh.

“Right now he has a $50,000 contract with adidas for unlimited equipment. What do we have (in Canada), some orange juice or McCain stuff? It sounds selfish but career and money-wise in Europe it’s far more advanced. Holland goes to the World Cup all the time. Canada’s only been there once. There’s a lot of other sides that people don’t understand. They just look at the patriotic side,” Bobby says.

“At 18 he’s making more than I’ll make in my lifetime. If you get on a European team like England, France or Holland ... we’re absolutely talking millions and millions of dollars.”

In other words, even if he felt a patriotic tug, Jonathan de Guzman can’t afford to come home.

Regrets, even over lost childhoods, come less often now, says Julian. They’re playing a game they love, they’ve travelled from China to Africa to the Caribbean to Russia and they will be millionaires before their 25th birthdays.

“You always question yourself: Did I just throw away my life savings? Did we just waste our time? Because we like to spoil our kids, did I go overboard? When I look back I’m going to say: ‘Hell no,’ ” Bobby says.

“But I’ve been very lucky.If both of them hadn’t been so successful maybe I’d think differently.”

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Football / Zinedine Zidane announces retirement

« on: April 22, 2006, 10:49:43 AM »

     Reports out of Europe state that ZZ Top , will once again announce his retirement this week, so look

     out for that.    I don"t know where  this site rate"s him , but I think I can safely say one of the best

     of  his generation and  arguably top  5 leaders in world sport .

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Jokes / Under Garment

« on: April 06, 2006, 08:37:33 PM »

what does it feel like to make love to an 80yr old women? depends!!

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Football / 967fm kenwyn jones

« on: March 13, 2006, 03:05:04 PM »

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