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A victory against Andy Roddick separates Roger Federer tomorrow, 6 Wimbledon triumph and the Grand Slam record. In the semifinals of the Swiss had no chance of Tommy Haas.

Tomorrow Sunday (from 15 clock) Roger Federer is again a big piece of tennis history, having only four weeks ago in Paris as the sixth player to the “Career Grand Slam” has completed. With a victory against Andy Roddick (ATP 6) he would be with 15 Grand Slam titles is the sole owner of the most important record in tennis, having at French Open to Pete Sampras was able to unlock. Read the rest of this entry »

The U.S. Golf Star leads in 2008 the annual ranking of the top earners in sport. Roger Federer takes on Ranking Rank 16.

The U.S. magazine “Sports Illustrated” released its annual list of top earners in the world of sport. That the Americans Woods again with a big head start this list though, but a little surprised, but the golfer was a long time from injury. The fact that incomes of Woods including awards, sponsorship and advertising revenue was from the American magazine with 108.072 million francs converted quantified. With some distance follows compatriot and industry colleague Phil Mickelson (57.304 million Swiss francs) to rank 2nd The English football and advertising icon David Beckham made it with 48.944 million francs or over the podium in the ranking of the “piggy bank”.

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The world-first is Dinara Safina at Wimbledon in the first semi. Safina defeated the German teenager Sabine Lisicki 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:1.

The topgesetzte Russian Dinara Safina, in her first Wimbledon Grand Slam title seeks convinced on Tuesday afternoon in the match against Sabine Lisicki not. Safina unterliefen 15 double faults, the middle of the second sentence it was 6:7, 2:3 back. Then they continued to increase run, benefited from conditional problems of respondent and won ten of the last twelve games.  Read the rest of this entry »

As the slogan says the facility, Ski Dubai is “The coolest thing to do in Dubai”, which is the most pussy but a play on words also the cool thing to do in the desert. Arrive at Ski Dubai is simple, just go in the biggest shopping center of the city or the Mall of the Emirates.

Once inside the queue at the cashier does not exist, then buy the ski pass to one of the twenty ticket is easy, mainly because well-educated were the friendly Filipinos face ruddy and tanned smiling winking from their soft fleece blue sea. And we must not worry if preparing a suitcase thought everything was except to bring the wind jacket: in the 180 dirham (about 40 euro) ticket for 2 hours is a hot red-blue suit reminiscent of ski in Sestriere, a pair of boots and poles super technology that for security reasons are delivered just passed the turnstile to enter the runway. Hat, scarf and gloves you can buy at the Snow Pro, along with gadgets, bears and cards for Christmas trees that read “Greetings from the desert.”  Read the rest of this entry »

A few days before the World Air Day which gave satisfaction to many Italian pilots, another event of the sky seen protagonists.

Although few people talk about it, a Laragne-Montéglin, France, began the World Championship of gliding, with these 122 pilots from 32 nations on five continents. Faced with a widespread audience the blue showed their working capacity, for now the head of the ranking for nations, followed by Austria, France and Australia, and also the individual, where the Christian Blind Trentini and Alessandro Ploner certificates are the first and third.  Read the rest of this entry »

The via ferrata is an access path to the summit or to any other alpine destination with cables, chains, brackets, anchors and other fixed (ie ladders or wooden walkways, rope rope) that facilitate the difficulties climbing. This equipment makes it feasible artificial soil or a rocky path exposed by placing it within the reach of even a non-climber. Precisely for this reason, the via ferrata can be practiced by all lovers of the mountains from June to October, so this is the best time to approach a way to live the mountain safely, but no less exciting.

After the break the tips of two pillars Italians involved in routes: Michi Andres of Globo Alpin Dobbiaco (BZ) and Paul Service Center Asnicar guides Recoaro Terme (VI).

Spain suffered a double for South Africa and getting the bronze medal in the Confederations Cup. Just as in United States, Spain went out confident champion plan in Europe, not knowing that was a year ago, and that in football everything moves too fast. Something that the clubs are well aware, since the European competitions are played on a Wednesday but three days later have to fight for the league. I do not know the teams, accustomed to long tournament and followed. Hopefully the world have learned the lesson. Besides the talent, humility and respect are contrary to the best recipes to win.

Boring, boring, boring. Could find no other better word to define what made the squad of Mexican Javier Aguirre in this friendly game, with the silliness of changing to keep most of the box holder who saw action against Venezuela, made the comparison was a concert passes wrong, and the few opportunities they had, the Mexican striker Alberto Medina was charged incredibly fault.

And believe me, if we could highlight some of the party or that catch our attention was the discussion argued that a move by television commentators, Enrique Bermudez and Ricardo Pelaez, who is engaged in a polemic in which he had to speak to your chief (Javier Alarcon) to not go higher.

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Nearly three weeks of the death of her daughter four years, Exodus. It is the third time that Mike Tyson gets remarried.

According to data published in various media, records of marriages County Las Vegas show that Tyson, 42, and Lakiha Spicer, 32, obtained a marriage license last Saturday, about 30 minutes before they were married in a private ceremony held at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel and Casino.

spokeswoman for “La Bella Wedding Chapel” and Spicer reported that Tyson was presented for marriage lightning without friends or family. This is the third marriage to Tyson.

The retired boxing champion was married twice before, with the actress Robin Gives in 1988 and Dr. Monica Turner in 1997.  Read the rest of this entry »

The Scot Andy Murray beat Viktor Troicki the Serbs effortlessly with 6:2, 6:3, 6:4.
Murray needed just over an hour and 36 minutes to sign up for the round in which he died on Monday on the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka will meet to qualify. The compound number 30 Troicki, who in a career already sizes as Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic and David Nalbandian has beaten, it remained a chance against the number 3 in the world.

In which he ended the match quickly, prevented the 22-year-old Murray, which makes it an historic event. Almost had first light drops of rain and the darkness, emerging the first extension of the magnificent new roof needed done.