Son of David Beckham impresses

Romeo Beckham, son of David and Victoria Beckham impressed those attending a match played at a college football in Los Angeles.

During the match, the child showed that football has learned a lot from his father, using the same technique that David for kicking the ball.

To pay homage to his father, Romeo wore the number 23 shirt, which uses the same David with the Galaxy.

Chilean-game train with tennis stars to repeat feat

Beijing (Reuters) - Chilean tennis players Nicholas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez want to repeat in Beijing winning medals of the Olympic Games in Athens, and for that train with the best in the world.

Gonzalez, number 15 of the ATP ranking, practiced on Wednesday with the Spanish Rafael Nadal, who within a few days will become the best in the world, while on Thursday he did with Australian Lleyton Hewitt.

Meanwhile, Nicolas Massu will train on Saturday with Serbian Novak Djokovic, third in the career ladder.

“It’s important to train high-level players. That it is good to the boys by the theme of trust,” he told Reuters Hans Gildemeister, Chilean Davis Cup captain and who is in Beijing to assist in the preparation of tennis players.

Massu started to train on Thursday to defend the gold won in Athens, where Gonzalez won the bronze and both got the title in doubles.

“Today trained for the first time. It is with very keen. On returning as a champion has taken greater dimension of what he achieved four years ago,” remarked Gildemeister.

In accordance with the provisions of the draw on Thursday, Massu will debut at the Belgian Steve Darcis.

“It is affordable, accessible but difficult,” Gildemeister remarked on the encounter.

The Swiss Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic is the highest preclasificados of competition.

“The important thing is that they played against them in the debut. They are players who are at another level,” he commented.

While Gonzalez-seeded 12, was measured with the Chinese Sun Peng.

Cristiano “not authorized” to make statements

The extreme Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo continues today in Lisbon with his recovery from injury in the right, despite the media lusos state that already was due to his club, Manchester United.

The Portuguese international, object of desire of Real Madrid, went to a clinic in the Portuguese capital to continue his rehabilitation, before traveling in the coming days a Dutch clinic where he was operated on last July 7.

For questions from television journalists lusa, Ronaldo said he could not speak because it is not “authorized”.

However, the star of the Portuguese selection said that though the current situation leads to continuous statements by interested parties and its possible exit from the “Red Devils”, as it is accustomed to live under “great pressure”.

The Manchester United player performs six hours a day working under the supervision of a physiotherapist for your confidence to recover from an injury that will take him away from the playgrounds for several weeks more.

Meanwhile, uncertainty remains about whether wear the shirt of Real Madrid next season or if Manchester United hold pressure from the Bernabeu and keep their top scorer last season.

Lehmann accused “dirty business” in the fine of Euro

The German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann still giving it to the final rounds of Euro 2008, when Spain was imposed on Germany by a goal from Fernando Torres, and accused the referee Roberto Rosetti, of bias in favor of the selection Hispanic.

“Something strange was the referee. You have to be cautious. But the least we can say is that he was partisan,” Lehmann said in statements today to Sunday “Bild am Sonntag”.

“Not the Spaniards showed them the red card,” added the goalkeeper, was expected to respect their last match and internationally.

Lehmann referred to the move against Silva Lukas Podolski, 64 minutes, and “Bild” said that immediately after Luis Aragones withdrew his player field.

“The more I think about it, the more rabid I wear,” says Lehmann, 34 days after that final, as he recalled the Sunday.

Unlike Lehmann, who seems not forgive this defeat, Germany surrendered to the good game of the Spaniards and from the selector Joachim Loe, when captain Michael Ballack to Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the Aragonese deserved to win.

Market passes World: High and low

During the last month, the market passes players in the world has been troubled. The trillada novel of Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid (which goes, who stays at Manchester United) and announced the signing of Ronaldinho to Milan, have become footnotes bomb Now, as well, and to complete, said Chelsea offered $ 200 million by the Brazilian Kaká.

In Spain, Madrid is the athletics team engagements stellar Gregory Coupet (Lyon), John Heitinga (Ajax), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina), while the Barsa was the squad that left more cracks go in League: Deco (Chelsea), Lilian Thuram, Gianluca Zambrotta (Milan), Frank Rijkaard, and Giovanni Dos Santos (Tottenham).

The most prominent Latinos who arrived at the football ‘Motherland’ were the Ecuadorian Joffre Guerrón (Getafe), the Mexican Omar Bravo (Deportivo La Coruna), and Paraguayan Justo Villar (Valladolid).

On the other hand, the Ligue 1 of France surprised the return of Ludovic Giuly (Rome) and Claude Makela (Chelsea), both at PSG. Just as the sale of French goalkeeper Grégory Coupet of Lyon athletes to Madrid. Also the wonder of African American Freddy Adu will arrive in Le Championnat (Monaco) from the Portuguese Benfica, Carlos Bocanegra at Rennes and Czech Milan Baros joining the ranks of Lyon, after passing through Portsmouth.

The Colombian goalkeeper will be the Latino Nice touch for this season. The Serie A was the one that had more ups and downs. The striker Christian Vieri moved from Fiorentina to Atalanta of Bergamo and Milan’s Alberto Gilardino to cast ‘Viola’. In addition, the Swedish Olof Mellberg arrives at Juventus after playing for Aston Villa, Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona) will play for the cast rossonero.

Moreover, the Rome came John Arne Riise (Liverpool), Vincenzo Montella (Sampdoria). The Inter Milan José Mourinho takes his new face in technical command, the return of Brazilian Adriano and the arrival of Amantino Mancini (Roma).

Latinos who will be in the 2008/2009 season of Italian football will be: Ruben Olivera (Peñarol to Genoa), Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate, Argentina to Lazio), Mauro Zarate (from Birmingham to Lazio), Ronaldinho (Barcelona to Milan), German Denis (Independiente, Argentina to Napoli) and the illustrious son leaving the Uruguayan Alvaro Recoba and Cafú (Santos of Brazil).

What more is spoken in the Premier League is whether Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United goes to Real Madrid. In turn, Felipao (Portugal) is shown with Deco (Barcelona) at Chelsea and Robbie Keane (Tottenham) does the same with Liverpool.

The ‘Flaco’ Peter Crouch went from Liverpool to Portsmouth, Robbie Fowler moved from Cardiff City to Blackburn Rovers. The Mexican Carlos Vela (Osasuna) and Giovanni Dos Santos (Barcelona) go to Arsenal and Tottenham respectively.Jonas Gutierrez (Mallorca) will join Newcastle United.

Milan Baros (Lyon), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), John Arne Riise (Rome), Alexander Hleb (Barcelona), Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart), Mathieu Flamini (Milan), Rozenhal (Lazio), Emre Belozoglu (Galatasaray), are players who leave the English league.

With respect to Argentina, Gimnasia de la Plata and Fencing will be Roberto Sosa (Napoli) and Gaston Sessa (Barcelona, Ecuador). While Facundo Quiroga (Wolfsburg, Germany) joined the staff of River Plate. Facundo Sava had left Racing Club to end up in Arsenal Sarandí Daniel garnered.

Meanwhile, Andres D’Alessandro had left San Lorenzo and was immediately hired by the Inter de Porto Alegre. Gaston Fernandez (Tigers) and Jose Luis Calderon (Arsenal Sarandí), is enrolled at Estudiantes de La Plata. A Vélez Sársfield returned Roberto Nanni, following its passage through Dynamo Moscow.

The arrival of Ramon Diaz to the technical direction of the americas Aguilar has been the most prominent in Mexico. Secondly, there is a change of equipment Bruno Marioni (Atlas - Pachuca) and Alfredo Moreno (San Luis-americas). Similarly the incorporation of Paraguayan Dante Lopez to Pumas, the Argentine Ezequiel Maggiolo to Native Ciudad Juarez and the ‘master’ Benjamin Galindo to Cruz Azul.

Finally, Hernan Dario ‘rolls’ Gomez returned to directing in Colombia: Santa Fe. And the defense Ecuadorian Ivan Hurtado will be playing for Millonarios.

Ron Artest will be transferred to the Rockets to play with Ming and McGrady

Everything is agreed to the eaves Ron Artest is pierced by the Sacramento Kings to the Houston Rockets and lack only meet the official announcement, which will not be until next August 14.

According to the “Houston Chronicle”, citing as its source a director of the NBA, the Rockets have agreed to acquire Artest and instead send the Kings to veteran Bobby Jackson basis, the novice dont Greene, two selections draw university and cash.

The Kings will be very pleased to Greene, an eave formed in the Syracuse University who impressed the team in training before the draw.

Greene was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies at position 28 and sent to Houston in an agreement between three teams on the night of raffle university.
Jackson, who last season split their time between New Orleans Hornets and Rockets, achieved an average of 7.7 points per game.

If the transfer is closed, Jackson would begin his second term with the Kings, team with which he played from 2000 to 2005 season, the best seasons of his career and also the team from Sacramento, which had as a coach Rick Adelman.
T
he decision to transfer to the Kings for Artest was given after the player requested it because I wanted to be back with his former coach Adelman, who is your favorite and which is fully confident.

Artest did not want to leave at the end of the New York Knicks nor join the Los Angeles Lakers along with Kobe Bryant, but is convinced that alongside the Chinese pivot Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady can escort to return to be with a team that fight for the league title.

The official announced the agreement reached by the Kings and the Rockets may not occur until next August 14 because it includes the rights Greene, who
is not eligible for this type of transfer until that date.

“Yes, it has been agreed on a provisional basis,” said Artest’s agent, Mark Stevens, according to the television station Krivo, in Houston. “Now you have to be confirmed by the office of the League and until it is completed, it is not official,” he added.

Two weeks ago, Artest told website ESPN.com that he was not happy that it has not been declared a free agent before the deadline of July 1 and expected to be changed “to a team that can be more engaged” with him to Sacramento.

In Houston, Artest will have to peer McGrady and Ming to form one of the toughest trios in the NBA. With Yao injured most of the season, the Rockets got to be 55-27 mark in third place in the Southwest Division and lost 4-2 in the first round of the final phase before the Utah Jazz.

McGrady was the first to hear the news of the possible arrival of Artest as a new partner and called it something “very good”. “It could not be happier,” said T-Mac, according to the television station Krivo. “Pleased how the organization tries to improve this team, get the help that Yao and I really need to get where we want to be among the elite teams in the league,” he said.

McGrady acknowledged that if in the end everything was true, was at the news that he had been waiting for during his 11 years of professional.

Last season, injuries did not allow Artest to play anything more than 57 matches, but managed to average 20.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.3 thefts, but the Kings were left with losing mark of 38-44.

Artest, 28, has established his own reputation as a player with a very volatile personality and confrontational, but has also shown some great qualities as a professional.

While playing for the Indiana pacers, became the protagonist of sad unsportsmanlike biggest scandal that took place in the history of the NBA when faced fans of the Detroit Pistons during a match that his team played at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the season of 2004-05.

Their violent and unsportsmanlike actions cost him a suspension from 73 games, the toughest punishment imposed by the NBA for a fight.

Artest, who has also had trouble with the law in shares of domestic violence, now wants to come to Houston to begin what may be his last major opportunity to achieve and be in some of the NBA Finals.

Argentina have Messi and can not fail

In Athens 2004 and after 52 years of waiting, the Argentine sport again become a gold medal at the Games, thanks to football. Moreover, this discipline won its first Olympic success. Today, the Selection ‘Albiceleste’, with Lionel Messi and compiled a star has a responsibility to defend the title.

Following the announcement of the Barcelona star on its secure presence in the Olympic Games in Beijing, some breathed relieved bearing in mind that in addition to combined formed by Gago, Mascherano, Lavezzi, Riquelme, ‘Kun’ Agüero, among other cracks, never presea may escapársele the maximum.

However, in his country, there are voices who speak an unwavering lack of character on the part of the ‘Flea’ Rosario. He was tried in the media “should shut up when talk”, “not to give the face” and “wash their hands” in a situation where he had placed firm. Until Diego Maradona will recrimino the fact “no escape for Beijing.”

At age 21, the player most destabilising the world, is the highest in the huge idol FC Barcelona of Spain, winner U-20 World Cup with Argentina in the 2005 World Netherlands, along with many players who today form the basis of this Olympic team in Beijing a few days Pisa.

However, Lionel Messi, still lacks a performance with his consecration selected in the eyes of all their compatriots, an opportunity that is offered in the expected competition from the east, which may not let go.

Argentina, commanded by former world champion in Mexico 1986 Sergio Batista, will face in the Olympic tournament on August 7 in Ivory Coast-his rival more complicated-to Australia on 10 and Serbia and Montenegro 13.

The rivals, a priori, not too difficult to oppose Messi, Riquelme, Agüero and company, though, appears on the horizon Brazil Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato, who despite not having Robinho and Kaka aims to get gold, single prize missing from the showcase of pentacampeones world.

In the Chinese land, Messi will miss some ‘difficulties’ he had with the shirt of his country, like banking remain in power without struggle in the quarter-finals of Germany 2006 on the orders of Jose Pekerman, to be what everyone expect it to be.

The challenge then is to emulate Charles’ Apache ‘Tevez, and figure scorer in Athens 2004, to reach back to the podium as high as one team in Athens which led Marcelo Bielsa.

San Luis equates with Morelia

Only half was a feast with the local governor Marcelo de los Santos, who gave the initial kick in a game that ended 2-2 between Morelia and San Luis, for the first day of the Opening Tournament 2008 Mexican soccer.

Entry into the bleachers in the stadium Alfonso Lastras, the visitor was always set up on the scoreboard with annotations of Argentine Mauricio Romero, 20 per minute, and Colombian Aldo Leao Ramirez (86), but Gladiadores back by Uruguayan Victor Piriz (24) and Argentine Eduardo Coudet (90).

Thus, both sets joined his first unit, sanluisinos in Group Three and Two monarchs in the sector.

With the initial silbatazo Monarcas exhibited a more cohesive, especially in defensive work and in the middle field, although in the lead without much power and explosiveness.

Their reinforcements, Marvin Cabrera and Fernando Salazar showed good coupling, but the goalkeeper Moises Munoz followed with mistakes costly for the club.

The sanluisinos plasmaron ordered his game, touch, without much vertical velocity, because this explosion has not enjoyed in recent campaigns with the Argentine Alfredo Moreno, Golea champion in 2007 with 18 opening so many, who now is americas.

So there were few shares of scoring in the first half, although they were the visitors who showed rapid ambition for the triumph with a defender Mauricio Romero of Argentina prepared to open the scoring.

At four minutes made the “pampered” auction with the head that left deflected, then hauling in the ball through the centre, did the Colombian Aldo Leao Ramirez shot that slowed down by the archer Adrian Martinez, at 17.

In a corner-kick right, which was open, Diego Cervantes tried to finish volea but left him pass for Romero, who fired a powerful half-lap to make the first goal of the encounter of the tournament and, at minute 20.

But he lasted little pleasure to visitors, because at minute 24, a centre for high from the left side, Jose Rodolfo Reyes made a ball that won the auction with the ball stuck in the archer and then his body to exit heading toward the goal and finally the Uruguayan Victor Piriz only what pushed for the matched.

As early as the end of the first period did move quickly Braulio Luna on his left and made banda powerful shot that went slightly astray.
The start of the second half was full of emotions and was more because the whole house with everything that moved towards the endorsement of the win by two shots in the left corner, in minute 47.

In the first made solid Diego Cervantes auction with the head that was stamped on the stick right of goalkeeper and the second was unable to make contact Oscar Mascorro half lap, when he was only because the basis of another post.

Then he moved the danger to the goal of Adrian Martinez, to be exploited by a centre for high-Ever Guzman to finish frank with your head, but saw the segments crashed into the crossbar.

After the meeting returned to normal, the local technical Raul Arias made the changes and managed to speed its attack; Piriz auction made with the head that left at the base of the pole right Munoz, to 76, and the defense came just Mascorro by right and instead opted to shoot for the service declined and the goal, to 77.

And when he was the best box house, visitors touched the ball so masterly a left side, between the Brazilian Tiago Wilson, Omar Trujillo and powerful shot that hit Ramirez at the base of the right post and finally internarse Martinez, at minute 86.

But the house never went down arms and returned to the offensive and lack Romero committed on Piriz that the referee marked as criminal, Argentine Eduardo Coudet claimed by the powerful centre of the goal of Munoz, who beat the left.

Cruz Azul and Chivas are not harm

The Paraguayan Pablo Zeballos gave Cruz Azul an agonico tied 2-2 at minute 93 compared to Guadalajara, where the young archer party Sergio Rodriguez was the figure by stopping a penalty of up to the minute Miguel Sabah in two.
This result was also sweet flavor to the debutante at the helm celestial, Benjamin Galindo, facing the team that represented his loves and his party leading in 47 First Division.

The Uruguayan Nicolas Vigneri scored in minute 55 and Paraguayan Pablo Zeballos to 93, by the celestial, while Gonzalo Pineda at 40 and Omar Arellano at 58, got many of the “sacred herd.”

Thus, Machine and Chivas were placed with one point in Group Two, called the “death” at the beginning of 2008 after the opening encounter in the disputed Blue before a packed stadium full and where the end is presented an attempt bronze in the stands.

Early began the good performance of the young cancerbero Chivas, Sergio Rodriguez, just because the minute two, the judge marked a central maximum penalty for lack of Edgar Solis on the Paraguayan Carlos Bonet.

Former chiva Miguel Sabah wanted to get both of his first seasons and ran down the right but Rodriguez was thrown well and sent to the corner-kick shot.
Because when the heat had gone out to thousands of followers rojiblancos, who made a great entry until then seemed most at home of a rival, he had been greeted with cries of “Sergio, Sergio!” And to stop the maximum penalty received applause and slaps his companions.

Chivas sought to respond but behind celestial and in particular Gabino Velasco, who made a mark in the mind Gerardo Torrado, and the Paraguayan Cristian Riveros, maintained in order to control the dynamics of Tapatio.

The “herd” tried to get by gangs, mainly left with Ramon Morales, Sergio Avila and Omar Arellano, but services were finished off toward the sides to continue the game evenly, but with few approximations of scoring.

The machine began to take control of the game with a Miguel Sabah who looked drawn soon spine of the maximum penalty failed, particularly because the technician selection, the Swedish Sven-Goran Eriksson and his assistant Paco Ramirez were present in a box .

The Chivas goalkeeper again show courage in maintaining its arch closed at 37 minutes, when at first instance rejected an auction with the foot of Cesar Villaluz, who had received a pass filtering Riveros right.

The archer continued with the decision of the ball pot to plug the second attempt by Cruz Azul, in charge of Sabah with bringing the stadium chorus of jubilation by both interventions.

Shortly after arrival at the first danger came from Guadalajara 0-1. Sergio Avila implemented a free-kick by left, which focused the same area to Gonzalo Pineda, who won the high mark by Remate glued to the right post and left to Yosgart Gutierrez as a spectator.

For the second time, the machine, which did not make changes, showed push to the front and was soon matched that ended the imbatibilidad of impetuous goalkeeper Sergio Rodriguez at minute 55 of run time.

The Uruguayan Nicolas Vigneri made a couple of walls outside the area with Villaluz, who is empowered to pass through the centre, and to control left-handed cross with a right leg before the futile stretch of Tapatio archer, who did not reach to deflect the ball.

But very soon Chivas, at 58, took further advantage on the scoreboard thanks to a service by Jonny Magallon right side that came to Omar Arellano, who advanced by the center three zagueros and left with no opportunity to Gutierrez balonazo lower left .

This annotation in the game generated a more open game, Cruz Azul was forcefully to try to hit again on the scoreboard, which generated spaces in the defensive zone to the speed of Avila and the “Deer” Medina, who led the soccer spectacular ansiaba see that the public this afternoon.

A Bejanmin Galindo, who decided to make his debut as estraega gray suit with a blue oxford, it was no other way out than to put three men were offensive as the Paraguayan Pablo Zeballos, former chiva Alejandro Vela and the new reinforcement Marcelo Carrusca, the latter came in Sabah, who left booed.

With a team that squandered Tapatio unbeatable occasions to settle the cement in counter in the second half, the home team found itself in its efforts to rescue at least a point award for his attitude.

The Paraguayan Pablo Zabell remato completely alone and overcame his header down the left to Rodriguez for the 2-2 and compensatory time he made the blue flags waving in the gallery.

Barcelona Fife requires a solution in the case Messi

The coach Lionel Messi of Barcelona, Josep Guardiola, has called the president of Fifa, the Swiss Joseph Blatter to take a determination immediately to resolve the issue of Argentine Lionel Messi, about her participation in the Games in Beijing, refuses to what the Spanish club.

“Messi knows that he is as important as any team masseur or someone else in the dressing room. Having said that, I think that Blatter should decide now. In the end, Leo has no blame for this situation. Blatter would have to sit and watch the rules and decide if it stays with us or are going to the Games “, he said the new coach of Barcelona.

“In the end, the victim is Leo. And enough is enough. We have two or three weeks. Some say one thing, others say another. It is so simple that he (Blatter) is in charge and if you read the rules must decide: ‘Leo stays in Barcelona,’ Case closed. ‘Leo is going to the Games’ Case closed, “said the Barcelona coach.

For the new coach of Barcelona “the theme and tired”, and called for a final determination that Leo “focus,” because it understands that this is “what you’re asking him” and therefore calls upon the Fifa “and to pronounce”.

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