Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Billy Slater Rugby Star
Full name Bill Slater
Nickname Billy The Kid[1]
Born 18 June 1983 (age 28)
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Billy Slater (born 18 June 1983 in Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative fullback, he has played his whole NRL career to date at Melbourne. One of rugby league's most accoladed current players, Slater has been awarded the 2008 Golden Boot Award, the 2008 and 2011 RLIF Awards for the International Player of the Year, the 2009 Clive Churchill Medal, the winner of the television game show Australia's Greatest Athlete in 2009 and 2010, and the Dally M Medal in 2011 for the NRL's best and fairest player. He holds the tryscoring record for the Storm with 124 tries.
Billy Slater
Billy Slater
Billy Slater
Billy Slater
Billy Slater
Billy Slater
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Iker Casillas Girlfriend Sara Carbonero
February 1984 in Corral de Almaguer, Toledo a Spanish TV presenter for Telecinco and sports journalist In July 2009, Carbonero, the girlfriend of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, was voted "The Sexiest Reporter in the Worl by FHM USA.Press controversyDuring the 2010 FIFA World Cup it was alleged that Carbonero, reporting during the match between Spain and Switzerland, had distracted Casillas, causing the unexpected Swiss victory. The allegations were made in the English press, originally by The Guardian and The Times, prompting the Spanish newspapers El Mundo El Paísand the popular sports daily Marcato all run articles suggesting that the claims were preposterous and untrue References.
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Girlfriend
Iker Casillas Goalkeeper Biography and Images 20
Iker Casillas Fernandez (born May 20, 1981 in Mastoles, Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is also the first vice-captain of Spain.
Still only a youngster in goalkeeping terms, Iker Casillas has nonetheless gained a huge reputation in European football. A shot-stopper par excellence, the Real Madrid player is gradually developing the commanding presence in his area which could yet see him become an all-time great.
Trivia
Because he was too young to have a driver’s license, Casillas was the only Madrid player to use public transport to get to training sessions in the 1999/00 season.
He is currently dating Spanish model Eva Gonzalez. She comes from Seville and has appeared in TV programmes and done numerous photo shoots for magazines. She was recently voted the prettiest footballers’ partner in Spain.
Born in Madrid in 1981, Casillas’ entire career has been spent with his hometown club Real Madrid, which he joined as an eight-year old. He first hit the limelight at 17 when he was pulled out of a high school art class to be told he would be on the bench for a Champions League match. His breakthrough came during the 1999-2000 season, when he replaced the injured Bodo Illgner and played in Madrid’s UEFA Champions League triumph in an all-Spanish final against Valencia CF where his senior team mates Raúl González, Fernando Morientes and Steve McManaman scored in a 3-0 win.
Loss of form subsequently allowed Ceasar Sanchez to take the starting position as goalkeeper, but Casillas reclaimed the limelight after coming on as substitute for the veteran in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final against Bayer Leverkusen and preserving Madrid’s 2-1 lead with a series of fine saves.Casillas came on to replace the injured Cesar with 22 minutes remaining at Hampden Park and produced a series of outstanding saves to ensure Real held on to their lead. At one point Leverkusen appeared to be queuing up to score but Casillas was at his best, his efforts to deny Yildiray Basturk and Dimitar Berbatov particularly brilliant.
Again the Real Madrid first choice in the 2002-03 season, an injury-free season saw Casillas play in 15 of his side’s Champions League games as well as all 38 Primera Division matches as Madrid reclaimed the Spanish championship. In the 2003-04 season, Casillas was virtually ever-present as Madrid relinquished their crown and lost the Spanish Cup final, missing just one league game.
Despite Casillas’ stellar performances every week, Real Madrid suffered two trophyless seasons in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Although Casillas was widely considered the team’s most consistent performer during this lean patch, there was much gossip and speculation regarding a possible transfer to another club. Manchester United was the name that regularly cropped up in newspapers. It was speculated that Casillas was unhappy with his salary, which was paltry in comparison to the amounts earned by some of the team’s bigger stars. However, the saga ended when the player signed a contract extension on the November 30, 2005, tying him to the club till 2011.
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Nicolas Almagro Tennis Star Biography
Country: Spain
Residence: Murcia, Spain
Born: 21 August 1985 (age 26)
Murcia, Spain
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro: 2003
Plays: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $5,553,211
Almagro began his year at the 2011 Heineken Open in New Zealand. Seeded 2nd he received a bye into the second round. In his first match he beat Victor Hănescu 6–4, 7–6 to advance to the quarterfinals where he then won against Adrian Mannarino 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 to advance to the semifinals where he was defeated by David Nalbandian 4–6, 2–6.
At the 2011 Australian Open, Almagro was seeded 14th. He defeated Stéphane Robert in the first round 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 7–5. He then battled through Igor Andreev in the second round 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–5 while saving three match points in the process and ralling from a 2–4 deficit in the 5th set. In the third round, he defeated 17th seed Ivan Ljubičić in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, 6–3. In the fourth round he was dismantled by World No.3 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic 3–6, 4–6, 0–6.
Almagro next entered the 2011 Brasil Open, where he had a bye in the first round. He easily cruised to the semifinals and after a slow start, he defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 to reach the final. He then won his eighth career title against Alexandr Dolgopolov 6–3, 7–6. His winning streak continued as he snatched his second consecutive title in as many weeks at the 2011 Copa Claro tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina; defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6–3, 3–6 6–4 in the final. His hot streak stretched even further at the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Acapulco, Mexico—making his 3rd consecutive clay court final after beating Victor Hanescu, Filippo Volandri, Santiago Giraldo and Thomaz Bellucci. He lost, however, to defending champion David Ferrer 6–7, 7–6, 2–6.
Almagro then lost in the third round at both the 2011 BNP Paribas Open (losing to Albert Montanes 6–4, 2–6, 4–6) and at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (losing to Florian Mayer 1–6, 6–3, 1–6).
At the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he beat Marcel Granollers 6–3, 6–3 before prevailing in a marathon encounter against Maximo Gonzalez 6–7, 7–5, 7–6 while saving a total of four match points (3 consecutive match points when *0–40 on serve at *4–5 in the 3rd set, and 1 match point in the third set tiebreak at **7–8). He then lost to Jurgen Melzer 1–6, 4–6 in the preceding third round.
Almagro then appeared at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, where he notched a 7–5, 7–6 win over in-form compatriot Pablo Andujar. In the third round, he defeated Nikolay Davydenko 7–6, 6–3 to enter the World's top 10 for the first time in his career. He followed this victory with a solid 6–3, 6–3 victory in the quarterfinals over a resurgent Juan Carlos Ferrero who had just come back fresh from a knee injury. In the semifinals, he lost to David Ferrer 3–6 4–6.
He lost at the Madrid Masters to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1–6, 3–6 in the first round before making it to the 3rd round at the Rome Masters and losing 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 to Robin Söderling. Almagro improved at the Open de Nice Côte d’Azur where he defeated Victor Hănescu 6–7, 6–3, 6–3. In Hamburg, Almagro lost in the final 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 to Gilles Simon.
As of 2011, Almagro played against J. Benneteau in the first round of U.S. Open. Almagro played a very unusual self with many unforced errors and only managed to break once out of the 13 times when he clearly had the chance to. In the end, it proved that it wasn't the opponent that was too strong for him but himself who had caused soo many mistakes. In the end, he had lost 2–6, 4–6, 2–6 to a unknown ranker.
Nicolas Almagro
Nicolas Almagro
Nicolas Almagro
Nicolas Almagro
Nicolas Almagro
Nicolas Almagro
Monday, November 7, 2011
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