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European Football Championship 2008: Romania seize the moment
A patient performance from Euro 2008 hopefuls Romania was ultimately rewarded with a comfortable 3-0 friendly victory against under-strength, fellow-finalists Russia in Bucharest.
The Russians dominated the first half, enjoying 75 per cent of possession during one ruthless, five-minute spell. But despite winning more free-kicks and more corners than their hosts, Guus Hiddink’s side – made up entirely of home-based players – just could not find a breakthrough.
Having been pegged back…
European Football Championship 2008: Gomez steals the show
German supporters could be excused for a sense of déjà vû. In another game against one of the co-hosts of this summer’s European Championships, there was another convincing win and, with it, one more clean sheet for Joachim Löw’s tournament hopefuls.
Moreover, Low saw a return to form for his strikers, with youngster Mario Gomez particularly impressing with a double that is sure to see him climb the Castrol Performance rankings.
A…
European Football Championship 2008: The Euro-Files: Poland
In the latest instalment of previews ahead of Euro 2008, we put Poland under the microscope...
This summer the Red Eagles will be looking to make it third time lucky at a major international tournament. This will be their first ever appearance at the European Championships, but their scintillating performance in qualifying, where they finished above Portugal, Serbia and Finland in top spot, mirrors their form going into the 2002 and…
European Football Championship 2008: Austria 0-3 Germany
Whatever Germany coach Joachim Löw said to his players at half time in their friendly against Austria this week, it worked. As the stats show, the UEFA Euro 2008TM co-hosts had Germany on the ropes for 45 minutes, before goals by Hitzlsperger, Klose and Gomez re-asserted the visiting squad’s status as potential tournament winners…
In what was an entertaining dress rehearsal for the tournament\'s final group B game on June 16th,…
Team forms to tackle world’s longest non-stop paddle race
KANSAS CITY, MO. – March 25, 2008 – Two women and two men have formed the first mixed-gender team entry in the Missouri River 340 (MR340), what organizers call the “world’s longest non-stop river race.” The experienced kayakers, who have all paddled ultra-marathon events in solo or tandem kayaks, will take on the challenge in a specialized four-person racing canoe to race the 340 miles of the Missouri River from…
European Football Championship 2008: Strike Force
Luca Toni is the hottest striker in Europe – at least according to the Castrol Performance Index. But how, precisely, did he get there…?
Take a peak at the top goalscorers in qualifying for Euro 2008 and you won’t find the name Luca Toni in the top 10. Neither will you find Toni’s Italian team-mate Antonio di Natale. The Italian duo is, however, first and third in the Castrol Performance Index…
European Football Championship 2008: Euro-Files: Spain
At the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland this summer, Spain coach Luis Aragones will be hoping his side can break their tag of perennial underachievers.
Since winning the European Championships in 1964, La Furia Roja have failed to progress further than the quarter-finals in six European Championships and 12 World Cups. And while, this time around the Spanish enter the tournament with a solid backline and competition in both midfield…
Kevin Pearce new Swatch TTR World Tour Champion
Stratton, VT, USA - March 21st, 2008: After a full-out season of close calls and flawless victories, US snowboarder Kevin Pearce charged through the opposition, defeating his challengers and rising to the occasion to become the new 07/08 Men’s Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion.
Kevin Pearce, a Vermont native, was crowned at 04.30 pm U.S. EST at the base of Stratton Mountain in front of a mass of spectators…
Border Motorseats Gets A Great Start On New Reclining Seat
Border Motorseats is more than just racing seat manufacturer, but a real racing seat designer. As General Manager Sam Chi\'s leading, its proactive step for new reclining racing seat production absolutely opens its market wider and brings customers more choices.
Congratulation to Border Motorseats Industrial on new product release, its first reclining racing seat series are ergonomic designed with fiberglass, carbon fiber, Kevlar materials. According to upgraded lightweight aluminum construction, stylish…
Hermosa Beach Soccer Club Supports L.A. Watts Summer Games
The Hermosa Beach Soccer Club (HermosaBeachSoccerClub.com) today announced that it will again support the L.A. Watts Summer Games Boys and Girls Soccer Tournaments.
The 2008 LAWSG Boys and Girls Soccer Tournaments, hosted by the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce (www.lajcc.org), will take place June 7, 8, 14 and 15 at the John Ferraro Soccer Complex in Los Angeles. The tournaments are sponsored by Chivas USA (chivasusa.com) and the City…
Hermosa Beach Soccer Club Premier Team Finishes Runner-Up
The Hermosa Beach Soccer Club (HermosaBeachSoccerClub.com) today announced that on its Men’s Premier Division team clinched the runner-up position in the South Bay Peninsula Soccer League’s (sbpsl.com) Men’s Premier Division.
Founded in 2000, the Hermosa Beach Soccer Club has developed into one of Southern California’s leading soccer clubs. With Premier, Over-30, Over-40 and Women’s Premier teams, HBSC is home to some of the best soccer talent in Los Angeles.
“Our Premier…
Hermosa Beach Soccer Club Clinches League Title
The Hermosa Beach Soccer Club (HermosaBeachSoccerClub.com) today announced that on March 2nd, its Men’s Over-30 team clinched the South Bay Peninsula Soccer League’s (www.sbpsl.com) Over-30 League Championship.
Founded in 2000, the Hermosa Beach Soccer Club has developed into one of Southern California’s leading soccer clubs. With Premier, Over-30, Over-40 and Women’s Premier teams, HBSC is home to some of the best soccer talent in Los Angeles.
“The past couple years we…
2008 NCAA Men's Basketball East Regionals Tickets sale announced by TICKETFINDER …
Online ticketing portal TICKETFINDER.com™ (ticketfinder.com) has recently announced the immediate sale of 2008 Men's NCAA Basketball East Regionals tickets. Tickets to the games, which will be played over a period of 2 days, can be purchased by visiting: http://www.ticketfinder.com/ncaa_mens_east_regionals_tickets.html In addition to college basketball tickets, TICKETFINDER.com™ offers all sports, theater and concert tickets.
“After the 1st and 2nd Rounds, match-ups get even more competitive and fierce. Over time, the Regionals Semifinals…
Dive Friends Bonaire Welcomes Dive Inn as their Fourth Location on Bonaire; Offe …
Dive Friends Bonaire is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, Dive Inn Bonaire officially became the fourth location of Dive Friends Bonaire. The company welcomes this newest facility to its family of dive facilities, and feels Dive Inn will complement the existing three dive stores at Dive Friends Yellow Sub, Dive Friends Port Bonaire, Dive Friends Hamlet Oasis, as well as the two retail stores in…
European Football Championship 2008: Friendly Previews
At this stage it\'s all about honing your squad. With some respite between qualifying and the tournament proper, here\'s how some of the world\'s finest footballing minds are tinkering ahead of this week\'s friendlies.
In giving first call-ups to Olympique de Marseille keeper Steve Mandanda, Arsenal FC’s pacy full-back Gaël Clichy and AS Monaco FC striker Jérémy Menez for the game against Spain, Raymond Domenech is obviously trying to convey the…
European Football Championship 2008: "I Wanted A Sofa..."
…and they bought me a lamp.” So said Rafa Benítez of Valencia CF’s transfer dealings on his behalf. Which Euro 2008 hopefuls were on the move during January’s transfer window?
The transfer window is a manager’s equivalent of the bit in the marriage ceremony where the vicar asks the congregation to speak now of any impediment to the forthcoming nuptials or forever hold their peace. Coaches across Europe – some looking…
European Football Championship 2008: League leaders
It’s a debate that continues to fuel discussions all over Europe: which is the strongest league on the continent? The Castrol Performance Index reveals all…
The old adage ‘quality, not quantity’ is particularly relevant when it comes to the Castrol Performance Index. Assessing the top 20 players in each category of the rankings shows that the Spanish and German leagues are level pegging on 13 players each, with 12 players coming…
CHEVROLET GRAND PRIX VICTORIES PROPEL KORPI AND FLIRI INTO TTR TOP 5
Killington, Vermont, USA – March 17th 2008: The Chevrolet Grand Prix, a 5-Star competition on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, finally got under way after a foggy weather delay on Saturday. Slopestyle finals kicked off in the morning and Halfpipe finals took place in the afternoon making for an action packed day. Janne Korpi (FIN) and Claudia Fliri (AUT) stood atop the Slopestyle podium whilst American snowboarders Louie…
Special Olympics Singapore Athletes to Play Better, Safer
Athletes from the Special Olympics Singapore get fitted with foot orthotics to help improve sports performance and reduce occurrence of sports related injuries.
SINGAPORE, March 18, 2008 – Special Olympics Singapore athletes will get fitted today with foot orthotics to help them perform better at sports and help lower the risk of sports related injuries.
Some 20 athletes will be fitted by Back2Sports physiotherapists with customised foot orthotics. These foot orthotics…
Interview with Speedsailing World Record Holder Antoine Albeau
Double world champion in 2006, triple world champion in 2007, Antoine Albeau wrote himself into the history books on March 5th 2008 by setting a new world record for sail speed. With his 49.09 knots, the big Frenchie has set the bar very high indeed and establishes himself as the men closest to that 50 knot mark, and very much the man to beat. Here’s the WJ interview with a…
European Football Championship 2008: And now the end is near
All good careers must come to an end. Here, we feature five national heroes for whom this summer’s Euro 2008 finals might be the final curtain, along with their possible replacements.
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) 1098pts
At 34, the Azzurri skipper doesn’t look as assured as he did during the 2006 World Cup. For a player trained in the best defensive school in European football, being at the heart of Real Madrid CF’s…
2008 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Tickets sale announced by TICKETFINDER.com …
TICKETFINDER.com™ (ticketfinder.com), a recognized leader in the online ticketing business, has announced the immediate sale of 2008 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament tickets for all the scheduled games at all venues. Tickets to the Tournament, which will be played throughout March at different venues nationwide, can be purchased from – http://www.ticketfinder.com/ncaa_mens_basketball_tournament_tickets.html#tickets. In business since 1990, TICKETFINDER.com™ offers premium tickets to all major sports events, theater shows and concerts.
While talking about the…
European Football Championship 2008: Stars on fire
These eight players are in the form of their life and poised to astonish, impress and dazzle on the playing fields of Austria and Switzerland this summer.
Grégory Coupet France 3250pts
The most highly rated keeper in the Castrol Performance Index rankings with 3250 points, Coupet had dreamed of playing for France from the age of six. Now 35 and in fine form, he has been single minded in his pursuit of…
SST PURE Powers Through PODS and Honda Events
JUPITER, Fla. — SST PURE®, the No. 1 shaft-alignment technology on the PGA Tour, added another victory and nine Top 10 money positions to its season totals on the PGA Tour. The win marks the sixth victory so far this season by players on the PGA and Champions Tour with a history of PUREing their clubs.
Four of the Top Five players at The Honda Classic, including the winner, and…
SPORTS PROPHET® ANNOUNCES NEW FANTASY BASEBALL TEAM SOFTWARE LAUNCH IN TIME FOR …
Orlando, Florida. - (March 10, 2008) – With only three weeks left before Major League Baseball’s opening day, Sports Prophet LLC today announced the official launch of its 2008 fantasy baseball draft assistance and roster management software product for fantasy baseball teams. This entirely web based product is the most technologically advanced fantasy sports draft assistance tool available.
“We are very pleased to have added fantasy baseball team software to…
WHO WILL BE THE NEW SWATCH TTR TOUR CHAMPION IN 2008?
Stratton, VT, USA – March 12, 2008: Yes, it’s that time of the year again. The Men’s Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour has gone through a rollercoaster ride of new Tour leaders and hard bails, and now arrives at the climactic end of the 07/08 season. Commencing March 17th, and cruising right on through to the 22nd, the 6-Star Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships in Stratton, Vermont USA will host…
Shawn Kim the founder of the Challengers Club launches a social networking websi …
Sunnyvale, CA - Date - Challengers Club has created a website that allows golfers a free sign up to enable them to challenge any other member to a great game of golf wherever they may be around the globe.
As an innovative website challengersclub.com opens out a green path for dedicated golfers creating an online golfing community. As an incentive the Challengers Club offers Challengersclub.com golf apparel customized with your name…
cricketparty.com, the world’s first Cricket MMOG launched
CRICKET is a passion and national obsession in India. Ever since India won the Cricket World Cup and subsequent tournaments, the sport has become a craze with Indians. Be it children or teens, adults or old, male or female, cricket is the common code word for brotherhood.
To give further fillip to the sport is Agneya Infotech, a Hyderabad based Socio-Gaming Company. It has conceptualised and developed…
Interview with Production Board Speedsailing World Record Holder Patrik Diethelm
Not content simply with being among the 6 fastest sail-powered people in the world with his 46.57 knots, Patrik Diethelm made his run on F2 manufactured production equipment. One of the 3 windsurfers to have really shown last Wednesday 5th March on the canal at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, ITA-120 tells us his story of the day, and how he’s started dreaming of the absolute record…
Windsurfjournal.com : What is your feeling about…
PGA Golf Professionals complete specialist putting coaching course at Swash Putt …
The early part of the year has been a busy time for HSPSE as the Harold Swash Accredited Instructor Scheme continues to grow. The scheme educates teaching professionals in tour proven coaching methods to help them specialise as putting instructors.
January saw Rob Roelofs from Holland and Stephen Campbell from Germany completed the 2 day course while.
In February Thomas Burden, Peter Thelin and Jonas Wulker became the first teaching pros…
Three PGA Golf Professionals to become the first Level 2 Putting Coaches
The Harold Swash Putting School of Excellence is please to announce the successful completion of its first level 2 Accredited Instructors programme.
A year after completing level one Bart van der Wind (Holland), Bart Bollen (Belgium) and Christian Schonfeldt (Denmark), attended the 2nd tier of the coaching programme to further educate themselves along their journey as specialist putting instructors.
The level 2 programme builds upon the introduction of the Swash philosophy that…
PIFA Colaba Youngstar FC in the Finals of the Mumbai league
The Mahindra Football League Super Division final will be played between PIFA Colaba Youngstar FC and Central Railway.
PIFA Colaba Youngstar FC (PIFA CYFC) is a community project of the Premier India Football Academy & PIFA Foundation for the benefit of sports. The goal of this project is to help support and develop talented under privileged football players in the Colaba area of Mumbai.
The team was setup in 2006-2007season and finished…
WRC Rally: Ford extends championship lead in Mexico
There was pre-event controversy when the stewards handed Loeb a 5 minute penalty for changing his engine after shakedown and then withdrew it after Citroen reinstalled the repaired unit. Then, on only the first stage, Loeb\'s team-mate Daniel Sordo retired after smashing his suspension on a rock.
Once again benefiting from a good road position it was Latvala who took the early lead and defended his advantage against the assault from…
European Football Championship 2008: The Euro-Files: Germany
Every major international football tournament is now preceded by a familiar refrain: the coaches and players of one of the favourites preparing their alibis by complaining they’ve played too many games.
Joachim Löw and Germany will not be able to use that ploy ahead of Euro 2008. Their first-choice goalkeeper, Jens Lehmann, has been a fringe player at Arsenal this season. Christoph Metzelder, once described by Sir Alex Ferguson as the…
European Football Championship 2008: Don’t call us…
They may be big names whose presence at UEFA Euro 2008TM is widely expected, but here are four stars whose coaches may have other ideas...
Deco (Portugal)
This might sound absurd but some Portuguese fans say Luis Felipe Scolari shouldn’t take Deco to Euro 2008. His technique and industry drove Portugal to the Euro 2004 final and the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup but he has not fired on all cylinders…
2008 MLB All Star Game Tickets sale announced by TICKETFINDER.com™
TICKETFINDER.com™, one of Internet's foremost ticket brokers, recently announced ready availability of tickets for the 2008 MLB All Star Game to be held on July 15 at the Yankee Stadium. MLB All Star Game tickets can be viewed at: ticketfinder.com/mlb_all_star_game_tickets. html#tickets TICKETFINDER.com™ is one of the pioneers in online ticketing. Tickets for all major sporting events, concerts & theater events are readily made available at the best rates possible.
“Few would…
European Football Championship 2008 - The Euro-Files - Italy
National coaches are used to getting flak over their squad selections. But Roberto Donadoni’s continued refusal to select in-form national icon Alessandro Del Piero has astonished even the coach’s son Andrea. “Del Piero should have been called up,” Donadoni Jr told Gazzetta dello Sport. “With Juve he is playing at a very high level.”
The good news – for Roberto – is that his son did agree with his other controversial…
Rinkya Floats Into The Year of the Rat with the Tokyo Drift
Tempe, AZ and Tokyo, Japan –February 29, 2008. Drifting is a relatively new motorsport born on the mountain roads of Japan known as “touges.” While the actual technique has been relatively common in certain forms of racing, for example American dirt track racers drift through curves in the track, to feature it as a sport in and of itself stems from the late 1980s in Japan and the late 1990s…
Hydroptere is getting ready
It is largely a challenge full of history that has gained interest and passion for several years now.
This challenge takes us back in time, reminding us of the beginnings of aviation, where many inventors and “Gyro Gearlooses” competed with each other in furthering the progress of trying to make their wooden and canvas birds fly.
The setbacks were many and often severe, but these early trials have led to the A380…
European Football Championship 2008: Croatia’s unlucky break
Anyone who saw the incident that broke Eduardo’s leg and ended his chances of playing at Euro 2008 may be astonished to hear that his club, Arsenal FC, and his country, Croatia, estimate that the striker may only be out for a year.
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has tried to put a brave a face on it, saying: “Our sorrow is not so large because of the Euro but because of…
Fusco Auctions to sponsor the Ohio Sports Collectors Convention
(Strongsville, OH) – In the 1980s, there were sports collecting hotel shows all over the country. Fusco Auctions revives this tradition with what will be the largest vintage sports card and memorabilia show held in a hotel location this year. The Ohio Sports Collectors Convention takes pace April 11-13, 2008 at the Holiday Inn Select, 15471 Royalton Road in Strongsville, Ohio. With over 120 tables…
Sam Roberts from The Opie & Anthony Show to serve as “special guest judge” for N …
On Saturday, April 5, the world will be in “Prime Time” Sam Roberts’ hands as he will serve as a special guest judge for the Boxer vs. Wrestler match pitting professional wrestler Larry Sweeney against boxer Larry Barnes (44-3-0, 17 Knockout’s)
Sam Roberts of The Opie & Anthony Show on XM Radio and The Than & Sam Show (www.thanandsam.com) will certainly make an impact on the New York State Wrestling Federation…
Major League Softball Association Announces Inaugural Season in 2009
The Major League Softball Association (MLSA) has arrived, taking men’s slow-pitch softball to the next level!
The MLSA will feature men’s professional softball as it has never been played before. The games will be played in minor league ballparks and college baseball stadiums exclusively. MLSA softball will emphasize speed, defense and athleticism. When combined with outstanding offensive performances, our fans will be entertained with constant action and excitement. This combination…
eBeanstalk introduces unique new strategy for selecting kids’ toys
Norwalk, CT, February 7, 2008 - Online toys merchant eBeanstalk’s novel approach ensures children get access to the right toys at the right time.
A retailer dedicated to finding and providing the best learning and educational toys from around the world for kids, eBeanstalk.com recently announced a unique approach to buying toys wherein toys are expertly matched to a child’s stage of development. While all their toys are expert-selected, eBeanstalk’s Gift…
European Championships 2008: Fantastic four
These four players aren’t all household names but, thanks to the Castrol Performance Index, we can reveal they are among the best in Europe.
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Russia) 1623 pts
FC Lokomotiv Moscow’s 22-year-old midfielder is a rising star in the most promising generation of footballers to emerge in Russia since the 1950s. The fourth-best midfielder on the Castrol Performance Index rankings, Bilyaletdinov averaged almost two shots a game in the Euro 2008…
European Football Championship: May the best team win
It’s far easier for Tina Turner to belt out ‘Simply The Best’ than it is to decide which football team is indeed simply the best. This endless debate often revolves around FIFA’s monthly rankings of the best national sides.
If you take the February 2008 FIFA ranking as a yardstick, this is how the 16 UEFA Euro 2008TM qualifiers rank in the UEFA zone.
1 Italy: 1,484pts
2 Spain: 1,352
3 …
Yes! Golf announces The Donna hybrid putter
Somewhere in the Yes! Golf organization is a person whose sole function is to gaze across the Yes! Putter range and look for chinks of daylight in what otherwise seems a totally comprehensive choice of putter types. When a gap appears, it has to be filled. If the ‘spotter’ fails to see a gap, it’s often a passing comment from a Tour pro who gives the opinion that such-and-such a…
A new series of forged wedges to be launched by Yes! Golf UK
Has the undisputed world leader in golf groove technology got the yips? What else could explain the sight of the world-renowned Yes! logo on a wedge?
It’s not a forgery or a trick of the light. February has seen the first consignment of Yes! Wedges land in the UK.
Yes! Golf MD for UK & Ireland Peter Allison comments : “It’s a combination of our increased presence on the Tour and our…
European Championships 2008: All-rounder Sneijder leads
Flair players, precision passers, irrepressible tacklers and supersonic wingers – all of them feature in the Castrol Performance Index top 20 midfielders bound for the UEFA Euro 2008TM finals.
More than any other area of a team the midfield plays host to the largest variety of player shapes, sizes, strengths and techniques. And following the recent round of friendly games a much larger number of clubs and countries are also represented…
Euro 2008: Romanians remain
Defenders rarely steal as much of the limelight as their goal-scoring counterparts, but a solid back four has been the linchpin of many successful teams and according to the Castrol Performance Index Romania have one of the best in Europe.
The top three defenders have remained as resilient in the Index as they have on the pitch following the recent round of friendly games. While Greek centre back Sotirios Kyrgiakos stays…
