Full name: Tamsin Barnett
Gender: Female
Height: 6’4″ (193 cm)
Weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)
Born: March 10, 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Affiliations: Ballarat Grammar School
Country: AUS Australia
Sport: Beach Volleyball, Volleyball
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Lynn Mattek-Sands (born March 23, 1985, in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American professional tennis player who competes on the WTA Tour. She lives in Miami, Florida but trains in Phoenix, Arizona. Mattek has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, and her best results on the WTA Tour to date are reaching the semifinals of the tournaments in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2005 and Birmingham, United Kingdom in 2008 and the finals of the Bell Challenge in 2008 and 2010. In doubles, she has won four WTA Tour titles. Mattek also plays for the New York Sportimes for World Team Tennis.
Tennis career
In 1999, Mattek played her first WTA Tour event in Philadelphia where she received a wildcard into the qualifying. She fell in the first round of qualifying to Nana Miyagi 6–3, 6–2. It was the only match of the year for Mattek. Then in 2000, Mattek received a wildcard into qualifying at the Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne, Florida but fell in the first round to Anca Barna 6–1, 6–2. Later in the year, Mattek played in her first Grand Slam event at the US Open. She was gifted a wildcard into the qualification rounds and fell in the first round to 28th-seeded Gisela Riera 5–7, 6–2, 6–2.
Country: United States
Residence: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Date of birth: March 23, 1985
Place of birth: Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight: 145 lb (66 kg)
Turned pro: 1999
Plays: Right-handed
In 2001, Mattek again received a wildcard into the qualifying at the Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. She won her first match against 12th-seeded Catalina Castaño 6–4, 7–6(3) but fell in the next round to 14th-seeded Sandra Cacic 7–5, 6–4. Mattek received direct entry into the ITF event Boynton Beach due to a wildcard. She defeated top-seeded Elena Likhovtseva 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 in the first round and Jennifer Hopkins 6–2, 6–0 in the second round. She lost in the quarterfinals against Asa Carlsson 6–1, 6–1. With these successes, she rose to World No. 343 in the rankings. Mattek received direct entry to the tournament in Amelia Island, Florida thanks to a wildcard. She lost first round to lucky loser Jill Craybas 4–6, 6–1, 6–3. Mattek played another ITF event Bronx as a wildcard and lost first round to Sylvia Plischke 6–1, 6–4. Mattek played her first main draw as a wildcard at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open and lost to Australia’s Alicia Molik 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. Mattek ended the year ranked World No. 338.
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Mattek reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 38 on November 3, 2008 and career-high ranking of World No. 24 in doubles. At Grand Slam tournaments, she has reached the second round of the 2008 French Open, extending World No. 1 Maria Sharapova, who had beaten her on their only meeting till that day 6–0, 6–0 on green clay, to three sets, and the second round of the 2007 US Open; her best result was at Wimbledon in 2008 where she reached the fourth round, claiming her first top 10 win over 2007 Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli. She reached the last sixteen, losing to Serena Williams 6–3, 6–3.
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At the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles, Mattek defeated Abigail Spears in the first round 6–2, 6–4 and 11th-seeded Nicole Vaidišová in the second round 6–4, 6–0. In both victories over Vaidišová this year, Mattek managed to take a love set. She went on to defeat Olga Govortsova 7–5, 6–2 in the third round and Meng Yuan in the quarterfinals 6–2, 7–5 having recovered from a 2–5 deficit in the second set. In the semifinals, Mattek was defeated by tenth-seeded Flavia Pennetta 3–6, 6–2, 7–5. Mattek reached her first ever WTA tour final in November 2008 at the Bell Challenge in Canada losing to the top seed Nadia Petrova 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.
She pulled out of the Australian Open in January 2009 with a hip injury. She made her season debut at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA reaching the second round, defeating Tathiana Garbin in the first, before losing to Gisela Dulko. She also entered the doubles event with Mashona Washington, where she reached the third round. At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the first round to the 18th seed from Australia, Samantha Stosur.
Fashion: Mattek has achieved extensive publicity as a result of her eccentric fashion sense on the court. Notable outfits include leopard print outfits at the 2004 US Open and 2007 US Open, a striped cowboy hat that garnered her a fine at the 2005 US Open, a “soccer theme” at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships that included £10 football socks, chandelier earrings, a tube top worn over a strappy vest top, tiny running shorts and a headband, pink knee-high socks at the 2006 JPMorgan Chase Open , and a loosely draped beige top, with a crocheted waist and split sleeves that resembled a toga and beige knee-high socks at the 2006 US Open . She has since toned down her tennis outfits, but still wears knee-high socks.
Bio of Web Site: Bethanie Mattek-Sands is one of the brightest tennis stars on the WTA Tour and at the perfect age of just 25, she is the future of American tennis.
Mattek-Sands has been playing some of the best tennis of her career having reached an all time high singles ranking of #37 by the start of her 2009 season. Despite battling some injuries throughout 2009, Mattek-Sands was able to improve her doubles ranking all the way to #12 and is looking to break into the top 10 in doubles for 2010.
These impressive rankings however pale to Mattek-Sands’s place in American tennis. She is currently one of the top players not only for the USA, but around the world in both singles and doubles. Over the past two years Mattek-Sands has had some impressive finishes in both singles and doubles having amassed a 26-6 singles record in 2008. In order to achieve a record like that, Mattek-Sands made the Round of 16 at Wimbledon, Finals of Quebec City, Semi Finals of The Bank of the West in Los Angeles and Semi Finals in Birmingham, England and an ITF Title in Dothan, AL. To accompany these stats in 2008 Mattek-Sands also won a doubles title at Amelia Island, FL.
Then in 2009 despite a tough singles season, Mattek-Sands was able to add three doubles titles having won Charleston, SC, Stuttgart, Germany, and Warsaw, Poland. Along with winning two doubles titles, she and partner Nadia Petrova made the SemiFinals of Ponte Vedra, FL, QuarterFinals of US Open and the QuarterFinals of the French Open but not before beating the Williams Sisters in a 3hr 18min battle in the 3rd Round of Roland Garros. Mattek-Sands and Petrova were one of only two teams to beat the Williams Sisters in all of 2009. These captivating performances allowed her to climb to a career high #17. Throughout her career, Mattek has accumulated seven (8) Sony Ericcson WTA Tour Doubles Titles; five (5) ITF Women’s Circuit Singles Titles; and three (3) ITF Women’s Circuit Doubles Titles.
Mattek-Sands began playing tennis at age 5 having trained at the world famous Evert Academy and played her first pro event at just 14yrs old (1999.) Over the course of Bethanie’s career, she has amassed an impressive cumulative earning of over One million dollars. Mattek-Sands’s outgoing, fun and carefree personality has won her fans worldwide both on and off the court. She is also known for an adventurous sense of fashion having had many stories published about her on court attire and the unique personality she has brought to the game of tennis. Along with being a fashionista on and off the courts, Mattek-Sands can also be found cooking it up at home in her kitchen and spending some of her down time enjoying the outdoors.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands was born March 23, 1985 in Rochester, Minnesota to Tim and Heidi Mattek who currently reside in Boca Raton, FL along with their three other children Alison, Andrew and Chad. Alison is currently attending the University of Miami, Chad is attending Florida State University and Andrew is a Junior at Boca West High School. Bethanie recently married former college athlete and Phoenix businessman, Justin Sands, in a private beach ceremony in November 2008. She currently trains and resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with Justin and their Boerboel Mastiff “Ruger”.
Mattek-Sands is represented by CMPR which is run by Steve Webster. Webster is married to UCLA Women’s Tennis Head Coach Stella Sampras and also represents Stella’s brother, tennis legend Pete Sampras.
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Ines Sainz News: ”It’s time to move on from the Ines Sainz saga”
It was a good week for caveman football in more than one area, actually. How Ines Sainz became the standard-bearer for female journalists in the locker room, I’ll never know. But the TV Azteca reporter has become just that after claiming to be harassed by some New York Jets players and coaches last week. Here’s the short version: Sainz, wearing what could only be described as attention-grabbing and shrink-wrapped clothing, says she was granted extra and unwanted attention from several Jets, including a coach.
“It wasn’t crude, or foul-mouthed, or violent. But it was unprofessional.”
And presto, a volcano was born. Sainz has been on a rather disingenuous media tour, talking about how she doesn’t want attention; everyone else has been fighting over the propriety of women in the locker room. Here’s the thing: It’s settled. It’s done. Female journalists have fought through some damned humiliating treatment to gain access to equal rights, and anybody arguing against that right might as well try to build a time machine to return to the 1950s (or 1980s, on this issue).
“As for Sainz, yes, she should perhaps dress more appropriately for a work situation, but it’s not my job to tell her how to dress.”
“No, she doesn’t do fellow female journalists any favours by cooing and stroking biceps, but tell that to her boss.”
So yes, there are varying degrees of professionalism everywhere in sports media, and some of us should all do better. But the locker room is a workplace, and the Jets gave Inez Sainz a credential, and the onus remains primarily on athletes to act accordingly. Saying this is all Sainz’s fault / the initial treatment, not the post-traumatic parade / is a line of logic that is flimsier than any outfit Ines Sainz will ever wear.
Ines Sainz
First Name: Sainz
Build: Average
Height: 5′ 8″ (173 cm)
Hair Color: Blonde
Claim to Fame:Reporter for Mexico`s TV Azteca
Occupation:Model Reporter
Occupation Category:TV News
Biography
Stipe Pletikosa (born 8 January 1979 in Split) is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur on loan from Spartak Moscow. He also plays for the Croatian national team, for whom he made 80 appearances.
Pletikosa made his Croatia debut as a 20-year-old against Denmark in 1999, winning plaudits for his cat-like reflexes and shot-stopping. But insecurity over the handling of high balls took a heavy toll at the 2000 European under-21 championship in Slovakia, where Croatia finished last in their group after Pletikosa conceded some soft goals.
Pletikosa worked hard on improving the weaknesses in his game and under former Croatia coach Mirko Jozić, he became his country’s first-choice goalkeeper, playing in all three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. The once nervous though talented Pletikosa has blossomed, making full use of every centimetre of his 1.93-metre frame and possessing a far greater assurance when dealing with difficult high balls.
He was also supposed to be Croatia’s first goalkeeper at the UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal, but sustained an injury a few days before the beginning of the tournament and the position of the team’s first goalkeeper was taken by Tomislav Butina, who was up to that time his first reserve. Butina retained the position in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying, so Pletikosa appeared in only two qualifying matches. Nevertheless, when the finals tournament started, Pletikosa was chosen over Butina, who had still been recovering from an injury sustained early in the year.
At UEFA Euro 2008, he was named Man of the Match in Croatia’s opening victory against Austria, in which he made many saves to help his side to hang on to a very narrow victory after the Austrians began to completely dominate the Croatian outfit after the first, and only, penalty goal.
On 16 June 2008, during the UEFA Euro 2008 match between Austria and Germany, BBC pundit Alan Hansen stated his belief that Pletikosa had been “the best goalkeeper in the (UEFA Euro 2008) tournament” thus far, ahead of more established ‘keepers like Petr Čech, Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas, although his colleague Alan Shearer said that Edwin van der Sar had been equally impressive. However, despite these comments, Pletikosa was not highlighted as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Those honours went to Buffon, Casillas and van der Sar, who were the three goalkeepers named in the Team of the Tournament.
On 31 August 2010, he signed a season-long loan with Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League.
Biography
The goalkeeper joined us from Sunderland at the age of 20 in January, 2007.
Ben finally made his Spurs first team debut in our Carling Cup semi-final second leg with Burnley at Turf Moor on January 21, 2009, as we booked our place at Wembley for the second season in a row.
During the 2009/10 season, Ben was a valuable understudy to regular number one Heurelho Gomes for the majority of the campaign, before making his first Premier League appearance for the Club on the final day, once again at Burnley.
This followed an early season loan spell at League One Norwich City, where he made six appearances.
He came through the ranks at Sunderland, making his debut in the Championship against Leicester City aged just 18 in April, 2005, going on to make 22 appearances for the Black Cats.
An England youth regular, Ben had been part of the Under-21 squad for the best part of two years and made his debut as a substitute against Romania in August, 2007
Ben has also enjoyed spells with Luton Town, Leicester City and Carlisle United during his time with us.
Biography
Italian goalkeeper with a decade of Premier League experience joined us from Chelsea in January, 2009.
In November, 2009, Carlo sustained injuries to his wrists and pelvis in a road accident, cutting his season short.
But by the end of the 2009-10 campaign, he had returned to training and was awarded a new one-year contract at the Club.
Carlo then made his return to match action in a pre-season friendly at Bournemouth in July, 2010.
The former AC Milan stopper had previously made eight first team appearances in the early part of the 2009-10 season, deputising for injured regular number one Heurelho Gomes.
Having arrived at the Lane during the previous January transfer window, Carlo went straight into Harry Redknapp’s starting lineup for our 3-1 Premier League victory at home to Stoke City the day after he joined.
He then retained his place between the sticks for our following three Premier League games before Gomes reclaimed the No.1 jersey for the remainder of the 2008-09 season.
CARLO CUDICINI INFO
Name Carlo Cudicini
Born September 6, 1973
Position Goalkeeper
Squad No. 23
Joined Spurs January 2009
Previous Club(s) AC Milan, Como, Prato, Lazio, Castel di Sangro, Chelsea
Carlo previously served at Stamford Bridge for almost ten years, making 210 appearances and is second behind Peter Bonetti in Chelsea’s all-time list of clean sheets.
He was number one between 2002-04 before playing understudy to Petr Cech, widely regarded as the world’s best goalkeeper.
Earlier in his career, Carlo had spells at Italian giants AC Milan, where his father Fabio played, and Lazio.
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Biography
Goalkeeper joined us from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven in July 2008 and has since become a massive fans’ favourite at the Lane.
Despite a difficult start to his career in English football, the goalkeeper missed just six games of the 2008-09 campaign, playing a key role in us conceding just 10 goals at home in the league all season.
HEURELHO GOMES INFO
Name Heurelho Gomes
Born February 15, 1981
Position Goalkeeper
Squad No. 1
Joined Spurs July 2008
Previous Club(s) Cruzeiro, PSV
As a result of his fine form, Gomes earned his first call-up to the Brazilian national squad for the first time in nearly three years in May 2009.
He carried this form into his second season at the Lane, despite suffering an early season groin injury.
After regaining the number one jersey once fit again, Gomes continued to dismay opponents and fans alike with seemingly impossible saves, making him a cult hero among Spurs supporters.
He made 42 appearances in total during his second season, and by the end of it was widely regargded as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.
In May, 2010, Gomes was called up to the Brazil squad for the summer’s World Cup Finals in South Africa.
Gomes has a routine before kick-off in each half where he leaps above the crossbar on each side of the goal repeatedly, while fans behind the goal cheer him on.
Born in Minas Gerais, he arrived at White Hart Lane having won four Dutch titles in succession with PSV, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2004-05.
Gomes made his name at Cruzeiro in Brazil, debuting in 2002 before securing his move to Holland in 2004.
Francis Gillot (born 9 February 1960 in Maubeuge, France) is a former football defender and former manager of RC Lens. He was named head coach of FC Sochaux on 1 January 2008.
Full name: Francis Gillot
Date of birth: February 9, 1960
Place of birth: Maubeuge, France
Playing position: Defender
Club career: Villiers-Siré-Nicole – Valenciennes FC – RC Lens – RC Strasbourg – RC Lens – FC Mulhouse – Montauban FC
Teams managed: RC Lens – FC Sochaux
Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American soccer player who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS. He plays usually as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing.
A member of the inaugural class of the U.S. Soccer residency program in Bradenton, Florida, Donovan was declared player of the tournament for his role in the national U-17 team that finished fourth in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, before signing for Bayer Leverkusen. After six years with the club, the majority of which was spent on loan at the San Jose Earthquakes, Donovan moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005, though he returned to the Bundesliga for a three-month spell at the start of 2009 on loan to Bayern Munich.
For the United States national team, Donovan is the all-time leader in scoring and assists, and has the most caps of all active players. He is a three-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award (including the only male to win in consecutive years), as well as the only six-time winner of the Honda Player of the Year award.
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Fernando Llorente Torres (born February 26, 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao in Spain’s first division, as a striker.
Club career: Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Llorente joined Athletic de Bilbao’s youth system in 1996, at the age of 11, being eligible through his Navarrese roots. He spent several seasons in the various junior levels of the club, moving in 2003 to CD Baskonia of the fourth category, effectively an Athletic youth team, and also a feeder club since 1997.
Llorente scored 12 goals in 33 appearances for Baskonia, paving way for his promotion to Bilbao Athletic, Athletic’s reserve team, then in Segunda División B.
Full name: Fernando Llorente Torres
Date of birth: February 26, 1985
Place of birth: Pamplona, Spain
Height: 1.95 m
Playing position: Striker