Archive for July, 2010




Raul Gonzalez Biography

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Raúl González Blanco (born 27 June 1977 in Madrid, Spain), known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04, in the Bundesliga. Raul has spent most of his career playing for Spanish club Real Madrid until 2010 and is the club’s all-time top goalscorer. Raúl is a three-time winner of the UEFA Champions League and has long been the competition’s all-time leading goal scorer. He left Real Madrid on the 25th July 2010, having scored 323 goals in 740 appearances. He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Spanish national side.

Raul Gonzalez

Raul Gonzalez

Full name: Raúl González Blanco
Date of birth: 27 June 1977
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
Height: 1.82 m
Playing position: Striker
Club Career: San Cristóbal de los Ángeles / Atlético Madrid / Real Madrid (Youth career) / 1994–2010 – Real Madrid – 550 – (228) / Schalke 04

Real Madrid: Although he started out with cross-town rivals Atlético Madrid, he began the 1994-95 season in Madrid’s C-team, but was promoted…

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Dunga Biography

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri (born October 31, 1963 in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul), commonly known as Dunga, is a Brazilian former football defensive midfielder, of Italian and German descent, and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup. Dunga coached the national team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was dismissed by the Brazilian Football Confederation following the team’s elimination in the quarter finals.

His nickname is derived from the portuguese translation of Dopey dwarf from Snow White tale, and was given to him by an uncle due to his short height.

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri
Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri

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Tiger Woods Biography

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he is the highest-paid professional athlete in the world, having earned an estimated $90.5 million from winnings and endorsements in 2010.

Woods has won 14 professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player (Jack Nicklaus leads with 18), and 71 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour. Additionally, Woods is only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times. Woods has won 16 World Golf Championships, and has won at least one of those events each of the 11 years they have been in existence.

Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods

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Natalie Gulbis Biography

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Natalie Anne Gulbis (born January 7, 1983) is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Golf career: Gulbis started finding interest in the game at the early age of 4.By the time she reached 7 years old, she had won her first tournament.In three years, at age 10, she was breaking par.

She played in her first LPGA tour event as an amateur at the age of 14 (handicap of 2). She attended Granite Bay High School and graduated when she was 16. She turned professional at age 18 after playing for one season on the women’s golf team at the University of Arizona.

Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Gulbis

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Maria Sharapova Biography

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова​ / born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player. She has won 3 Grand Slam titles (2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open, and 2008 Australian Open). She was also runner-up at the 2007 Australian Open. She is currently ranked World No. 15.

Maria Sharapova GQ Magazine

Maria Sharapova GQ Magazine

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Edin Džeko Biography

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Edin Džeko (born 17 March 1986) is a Bosnian footballer who currently plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg in the German Bundesliga. In December 2009, he was named Bosnian Footballer of the Year.

He is also a member of the Bosnian national team, featuring as the team’s star player.

Edin Džeko
Edin Džeko

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Joe Cole Biography

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Joseph John “Joe” Cole (born 8 November 1981) is an English footballer who joined Liverpool, subject to medical examination, in July 2010. He played for West Ham United from 1998 to 2003 before joining Chelsea. He is also a member of the England national team. He started his career with West Ham United where he played more than 100 games during five years, until he left for Chelsea in 2003. He won a number of trophies with Chelsea, including three Premier League titles and two FA Cups before leaving on a free transfer in Summer 2010.

Joe Cole
Joe Cole

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Katie Uhlaender Biography

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

2010 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit

2010 U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit

Katie Uhlaender (born July 17, 1984) is an American skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one silver (women’s skeleton: 2008) and three bronzes (women’s skeleton: 2007, mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event: 2008, 2009).

Uhlaender won the women’s Skeleton World Cup title twice (2006-7, 2007-8). She also finished sixth in the women’s skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. She earned a medical waiver to compete in the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup season following surgery in the wake of an April 2009 snowmobile accident where Uhelander shattered her kneecap, and broke it again in August 2009 (having a total of four surgeries).

A native of Vail, Colorado, Uhlaender now lives in nearby Breckenridge. She is the daughter of the late Major League Baseball outfielder (and former Cleveland Indians coach) Ted Uhlaender. In memory of her father, she wears around her neck his ring of the 1972 Cincinnati Reds season in which the Reds won the National League pennant.

It was announced on 16 January 2010 that Uhleander qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where she finished 11th.




Allison Stokke Biography

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Allison Stokke, born on 1989, is an American pole vaulter from Orange County, California. In 2004, Stokke won a California state championship at age 15, and broke several national records in her age division. Her 2005 season was hampered by an injury, as she broke her right tibia in May. As a senior at Newport Harbor High School, her personal best was 13′ 7″ (4.14 m), the second-best mark in the nation for a female senior in that calendar year.

Allison Stokke
Allison Stokke

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Adriano Correia Biography

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Adriano Correia Claro (born 26 October 1984), simply Adriano, is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for FC Barcelona in La Liga.

One of few players in the world who is genuinely two-footed, he is capable of playing as a defender,midfielder, or winger, on both sides of the pitch.

Full name: Adriano Correia Claro
Date of birth: 26 October 1984
Place of birth: Curitiba, Brazil
Height: 1.72 m
Playing position: Defender / Midfielder / Winger
Club career: Coritiba / Sevilla / Barcelona
National team: Brazil: 8 = (0)

Adriano Correia
Adriano Correia

Sevilla: Born in Curitiba, Paraná, Adriano started professionally for his hometown club, Coritiba Foot Ball Club, making his first team debuts at not yet 18. In January 2005, he joined Sevilla FC in a four 1/2-year deal, his La Liga debut arriving on the 29th, a 0–4 home loss against eventual champions FC Barcelona – the Andalusians did finish sixth and qualified for the UEFA Cup.

In the following seasons, Adriano continued to feature in several positions for Sevilla with equal success, as it won back-to-back UEFA Cups, with the player contributing with 25 matches and four goals in both editions combined. In the final of the latter edition, he opened the score against RCD Espanyol, in an eventual penalty shootout win; previously, in late September 2006, he had added a further five years to his link.

Adriano struggled with some injuries during the 2009–10 season, but still contributed with 27 games (no goals) as Sevilla finished fourth and returned to the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona: On 16 July 2010, Adriano signed a 4+1 deal with Barcelona, for €9.5 million plus a conditional fee of €4; it also included a buyout clause of €90 million. He was awarded the #21 shirt, vacated by Ukrainian Dmytro Chygrynskiy, departed after just one season

Adriano Correia Video

Adriano Correia: Adriano scored the signature….

Barcelona, Sevilla player, Brazilian Adriano Correia was transferred. Barcelona Club, which can serve in the defense and midfield with 25-year-old Adriano has been told four-year contract.