I would like to take this opportunity to thank the brilliant Barcelona Football Team who have just netted me a small sum of cash. At the start of the Champions League competition a small group of us, mainly family and friends each pick a team and place 5.00 in the kitty. Obviously this year the winner was ME!!!!
Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League soccer final at Wembley Stadium in London.
Pedro Rodriguez, Lionel Messi and David Villa scored for the Spanish team.
Lewis Hamilton was pulled over for a reckless driving offence in a city street in Melbourne, Australia just two days before the Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren Formula 1 driver was said to have spun in the wheels in a “burnout” style manoeuvre in a 2010 silver Mercedes on Friday.
According to the newspaper “The Herald Sun”, Lewis will be charged with improper use of a vehicle. The stunt was performed in front of a crowd of fans, and due to the crowd there was also police present.
Lewis did release a statement soon after the incident saying:
“This evening, I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly, and I want to apologise for it.”
Police have said that although he was embarrassed, Lewis was very cooperative.
The car was then towed to a police compound in Melbourne, where it will be held for 48 hours under what Australian police call “anti-hoon” laws – a law which is designed to clamp down on anti-social driving.
After breaking 35 world records and 85 Olympic records the Beijing 2008 Olympics has come to an end. The Beijing 2008 slogan “One world one dream” has totally summed up the last 16 days for me, as I have avidly watched athletes from around the world compete from venues such as the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, The National Stadium (The Birdsnest) and The National Aquatics Center (The Water Cube).
Viktors Scerbatihs is the Latvian Weightlifter who today won a bronze medal at the Olympics by lifting a total of 448kg – How cool is that?? While Britain get MP’s who are total idiots that dress in stiff looking suits and who generally think that they are better than the rest of us. Latvia get an MP who is a weightlifter, who actually seems quite a normal person and is not at all like the pompous arses that we get as politicians here.
The difference between a Latvian MP and a British MP!
At the age of 22 Rafael Nadal has just won his first Wimbledon final. Beating Roger Federer by 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7, in the longest Wimbledon final in history, they have just finished playing after 4 hours and 48 minutes. He has now become the first player since Bjorn Borg to win both the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back.
From April 2005 to May 2007, Nadal won a record 81 consecutive clay court matches before being defeated by Federer in the 2007 Hamburg Masters final. This is the longest winning streak of any male player on a single surface in the open era. These achievements have led many to regard Nadal as the greatest clay-court player in the history of the sport.
His career looks something like this, so far:
Singles
Career record: 302 – 73
Career titles: 29
Highest ranking: No. 1 (July 6, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (2008)
French Open W (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open QF (2007)
Wimbledon W (2008) (more…)
So now we are down to the Semi Finals of the Euro 2008 competition. After literally hours of sometimes breathtaking and sometimes very boring football we are down to the last four teams, so once again here are the Ugliest players still in the competition:
As promised we are following the Euro 2008 competition to see which of the ugliest players are going through to the next round….So here is the story so far:
Having watched the UEFA Euro 2008 matches so far, I can honestly say that I am not overly excited about the lack of gorgeous men in the teams. So having trawled through all the players in this years tournament, I have finally come up with two of the ugliest players in each team.
Follow the ugly players as I move on from the group stages to the quarter finals, semi finals and then the ugliest players in the Euro 2008 final….Who will win?
How do ugly footballers always end up dating gorgeous women? Maybe they love them for their looks, maybe they love them for their toned bodies, maybe they love them for their skills with a football, maybe they love them for their personalities, maybe they love them for the publicity & fame that comes with football or maybe they love them for their enormous pay-packets!!
Who knows? Maybe we will never find out but until we do here are a few examples of ugly footballers and their stunning WAGS! (Past and present)
Gruffalo author pens protest poem - Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country.
King's Speech premieres on stage - Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere.
Poster 'threat' to Dujardin Oscar - Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press.
Connolly ends shows after heckles - Comedian Billy Connolly is criticised for ending two of his stand-up shows early in the past week due to hecklers.
'Viewers want clearer TV credits' - Actors should be given more prominence in TV credits that are shown at the end of programmes, according to a survey carried out by the acting union Equity.
£18m arts centre shows revealed - Belfast's new £18m Metropolitan Arts centre - MAC - is prepares to open its doors in the city's Cathedral Quarter.
Grant 'on board' for Jones film - Actor Hugh Grant will star in the third Bridget Jones movie, despite recent reports that he had pulled out of the sequel
ITV's Fred West drama wins award - Appropriate Adult, ITV1's dramatisation of the arrest of killer Fred West, picks up best single drama at the Broadcast awards in London.
Noises Off transfers to West End - Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off is to transfer to the West End after breaking box office records at the Old Vic.
Radio 1's Hackney 2012 revealed - BBC Radio 1 have announced more than 25 acts to take part in the Olympic Hackney weekend festival.
Sabbath drummer makes tour threat - Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward threatens to pull out of the bands reunion, unless he is presented with a "signable contract".
Crime dominates library lending - Novels by authors such as James Patterson and Lee Child are among the most borrowed books from British libraries.
Artist set for Facebook windfall - A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
Calvin Harris named top hitmaker - Pop star Calvin Harris was the most successful songwriter in the UK singles chart in 2011, according to research from trade magazine Music Week.
US artist Mike Kelley found dead - Artist Mike Kelley, whose unsettling installations helped define contemporary art in Los Angeles, has died at the age of 57.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the brilliant Barcelona Football Team who have just netted me a small sum of cash. At the start of the Champions League competition a small group of us, mainly family and friends each pick a team and place 5.00 in the kitty. Obviously this year the winner was ME!!!!
After breaking 35 world records and 85 Olympic records the Beijing 2008 Olympics has come to an end. The Beijing 2008 slogan “One world one dream” has totally summed up the last 16 days for me, as I have avidly watched athletes from around the world compete from venues such as the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, The National Stadium (The Birdsnest) and The National Aquatics Center (The Water Cube).
At the age of 22 Rafael Nadal has just won his first Wimbledon final. Beating Roger Federer by 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7, in the longest Wimbledon final in history, they have just finished playing after 4 hours and 48 minutes. He has now become the first player since Bjorn Borg to win both the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back.
