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Friday, 3 August 2012

DAY 6: London Olympics 2012 Results

Zhang Jike completed the table tennis Grand Slam as Wang Hao endured more Olympics heartache at the London 2012 Games.Wang ended with silver at the two previous showpieces, in Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004.And the 28-year-old failed to go one step further again, meaning he will likely end his glittering career without winning all of the biggest prizes in the sport.Both athletes entered the final knowing they could become only the fourth man to complete the Slam of World Cup, World Championships and Olympic success.Zhang follows in the footsteps of countrymen Liu Guoliang - who now coaches China's men - and Kong Linghui as well as Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner.The 22-year-old Zhang came out on top, romping to a 4-1 (18-16, 11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 13-11) success and, in the process, becoming the youngest player to achieve the feat.As a result, China is now halfway to its target of winning every table tennis gold on offer, with the team events to start tomorrow.


The Olympic LIVE Day 6


MEDAL TABLE
China
18
11
4
A
2
35
18
8
10
USA
3
14
7
2
5
KOR
4
16
6
4
6
FRA
5
15
5
6
4
GBR
6
17
4
8
5
DEU
7
5
4
0
A
PRK
8
16
3
5
8
RUS
9
10
3
5
2
ITA
10
3
3
0
0
KAZ
10
3
3
0
0
ZAF
12
19
2
6
11
JPN
13
4
2
A
A
HUN
14
6
2
0
4
UKR
15
11
A
7
3
AUS
16
6
A
3
2
ROM
17
5
A
A
3
NLD
18
4
A
A
2
BRA
19
3
A
0
2
NZL
20
2
A
0
A
SVN
21
A
A
0
0
GEO
21
A
A
0
0
Fri
21
A
A
0
0
LTU
24
4
0
3
A
MEX
25
7
0
2
5
CAN
26
3
0
2
A
CUB
26
3
0
2
A
COL
28
2
0
2
0
SWE
29
2
0
A
A
DNK
29
2
0
A
A
MNG
29
2
0
A
A
IDN
29
2
0
A
A
NOR
29
2
0
A
A
ESP
34
A
0
A
0
THA
34
A
0
A
0
TPE
34
A
0
A
0
POL
34
A
0
A
0
CZE
34
A
0
A
0
EGY
39
3
0
0
3
SVK
40
A
0
0
A
SRB
40
A
0
0
A
RCMP
40
A
0
0
A
UZB
40
A
0
0
A
AZE
40
A
0
0
A
BEL
40
A
0
0
A
IND
40
A
0
0
A
GSP
40
A
0
0
A
BLR
40
A
0
0
A
MDA
40
A
0
0
A
QAT






0:40

Italy triumph in foil

Not surprisingly, Italy retains his gold medal in women's foil team. The semi-finals as France, Russia has not emerged in the finals (45-31). Surprising since Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Erigo and Valentina Vezzali had monopolized the podium in the individual.Vezzali took the opportunity to celebrate 38 years his ninth medal and his sixth Olympic title.



0:31
25-23 for Brazil in the first set against the U.S. Olympic champions. Auriverde fans are delirious



0:28
Phelps wins at the same time her 20th Olympic medal, the 16th gold. He beat Ryan Lochte (1'54'' 90) and Laszlo Cseh (1'56'' 72) in the final of the 200m medley 4.




0:26

The incredible tripled Phelps

1'54'' 27! Michael Phelps won his challenge, only 27 hundredths off the world record in the 200m medley 4.The American became the first swimmer to be crowned three times in a row in the same discipline. It adds one more line to his immense legend




9:01 p.m.
For the fourth time in Castel Alexianne 2'08'' 24. It's better than this morning. It was not until the second round to see if it passes in the final.



8:55 p.m.
Ryan Lochte defeated in the final of the 200m backstroke! The American left his title to his compatriot Tyler Clary (1'53'' 41, Olympic record).Japan's Ryosuke Irie takes money (1'53'' 78) and Lochte had to settle for bronze (1'53'' 94). A blow to the head of the triple Olympic champion in the Games, before his final of the 200m medley 4 against Michael Phelps in a few minutes.




8:48 p.m.
The title and world record for Rebecca Soni ! The American retains the gold medal in the 200m breaststroke in establishing a new reference (2'19'' 59). Japan's Satomi Suzuki (2'20'' 72) and Iulia Russian Efimova (2'20'' 92) completed the podium.




8:27 p.m.

Fencing always fanny

It's over for the French who bow down 45-32 against the South Koreans. So the recent drop in foil team bronze! The French fencing fanny is still in London.



7:55 p.m.

The Blues silver

Untouchable Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny! The British still beat the world record in 42'' 600. Gregory Bauge, Kevin Sireau and Michael D'Almeidamust settle for silver (43'' 013). The bronze goes to the Germans, winners of Australians in the small final.




7:52 p.m.
Zero hour approaches for Gregory Bauge, Kevin Sireau and Michael D'Almeida . It will be hard to resist the British and their fans supercharged 6000 ...



7:45 p.m.

Tsonga and Llodra in the semis, assured French medal

Eliminated in single by Novak Djokovic , Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will contest the Olympic semifinals in doubles. The Manceau and Michael Llodra dominated the Brazilians Melo and Soares (6/4 6/2). They will play their final place against the Spaniards Lopez and Ferrer. Recall that Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet are also qualified. So there will be a French medal in tennis.



7:36 p.m.

The Chinese disqualified!

Thunderclap at Olympic Velodrome! The Chinese, who flew all the competition sprint team were disqualified for an out of bounds in the final relay. Gold is up to German Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel! Shuang Guo Gong Jinjie and must settle for silver.




7:23 p.m.

Already titrated by teams, the American Gabrielle Douglas was crowned champion of gymnastics after the individual competition. The Russians Victoria Komova and Aliya Mustafina completed the podium.The French Aurélie Malaussena finished next to last (23 th ).




7:13 p.m.

World record for the British!

In an atmosphere of madness, Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy broke the world record (42'' 747)! They will play the Olympic title against the Blues in twenty minutes.





6:20 p.m.
Russia against a basket of Brazil (30-28) in the two e quarter. Already 11 points and 3 rebounds for Andrei Kirilenko.



6:07 p.m.
A new title for China in Table Tennis. China's Zhang Jike won the individual gold by dominating his compatriot Wang Hao in the finals (4-1). The German Dimitrij Ovtcharov gets the bronze.




5:57 p.m.
Tagir Khaibulaev has won the Olympic title in the -100 kg category. In the finals, the Russian has dominated the Mongol Naidan Tuvshinbayar with an ippon. Germany's Dimitri Peters and Dutch Henk Grol get the bronze.




5:56 p.m.
Britain's Gemma Gibbons, who beat Audrey TCHEUMEO in half, failed to win Olympic gold in the-78kg category. This is indeed returned to the American Kayla Harrison, who won by two yuko.Historic title as this is the first for the United States in judo.





5:40 p.m.
Emilie Fer reported to France's 6 th gold medal. The delegation tricolor is already more than one unit of its total of Olympic titles in Beijing. And there are still ten days of competition ...




5:28 p.m.
Finally, Emilie Iron (105.90) ​​beat Australian Jessica Fox (106.51) and the Spanish Maialen Chourraut (106.87).




5:25 p.m.

Iron Gold!

This is gold for Iron! The Polish Pacierpnik completely crazy!




5:16 p.m.
It left for track cycling at the velodrome! First test, the speed by women teams.The French Sandie Clair and Virginie Cueff finished 6th series (33'' 638) and the Germans find themselves in the next round. Jinjie Gong and the Chinese Guo Shuang successfully a new world record (32'' 447).





5:08 p.m.
Gold medal for South Korea at archery individual. Ko Bo-bae dominated the Mexican Aida Roman (6-5) in the final. The bronze went to another Mexican Marianna Avitia.




4:57 p.m.
This is definitely a great day for the British. Peter Wilson has indeed brought a new gold medal to his country by winning in the men's double trap. The Swede Hakan Dahlby takes the silver and bronze goes to Russian Vasily Mosin.




4:49 p.m.
Novak Djokovic will play his place in the final against Andy Murray



4:46 p.m.

Tsonga eliminated


It's over for Tsonga  ! The French leans against Novak Djokovic (6/2 7/5) in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.




4:36 p.m.
We read the disappointment on the faces of the French judoka. She passed a nothing an Olympic final. World champion title brings to France its 14th medal, the fifth for judo tricolor (1 gold, 4 bronze).



4:34 p.m.

Bronze for TCHEUMEO!

Ippon for Audrey TCHEUMEO ! At 1'18'' to end the contest, the French stick a pin in his Hungarian opponent. The - 78 kg won the bronze. A reward even if she wanted the gold, as evidenced by her tears.





4:24 p.m.

The Chinese pair Hu-Shu is far behind the British with a total of 112.85. It is the turn of Polish Piotr Szczepanski and Marcin Pochwala.





4:10 p.m.

Benneteau in half-Gasquet

This is done to Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet ! Both the French out seeded Nos. 3, Serbs Nenad Zimonjic and Janko Tipsarevic (6/4 7/6). Here they are in the semifinals where they will face American Bryan twins, world No. 1.



3:54 p.m.

Tsonga wrong board

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is not engaged face Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.French is conducted in the first set 1-4.




3:44 p.m.

Iron in the final of the kayak

Emilie Fer has the fastest time in provisional kayak (K1), while nine remaining competitors in the race. She has already qualified for the finals at 16:57.





3:33 p.m.
The French Bérangère Schuh sold in the quarter finals in the competition of archery. She was beaten by American Lorig Khatuna 6-2. Know that the speed of an arrow from the American was measured at 213 km / h.




3:11 p.m.
The France team takes a lesson in the face of Italian foil. In the last stint, The transalpine 43-22 lead.




3:03 p.m.

Azarenka in half

The world number 1, Victoria Azarenka , has qualified for the semifinals in straight sets by dominating Angelique Kerber 6/4 7/5. She will face Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki opposite right now. The U.S. leads 3-0.



3:01 p.m.

Klauss and fishing in the final

The French pair Matthew Peche and Gauthier Klauss few mistakes in the second part of the course but it ends with the third time. They are in the final!It will begin at 4:18 p.m..




2:40 p.m.

Gasquet Benneteau-nominated

In doubles, the pair Benneteau - Gasquet started his match against Tipsarevic of Serbia-Zimonjic duo. It's quarter finals.



2:36 p.m.

France-Italy, here we go!

It smells the powder at the ExCel with a semifinal difficult for Blue which has just begun. Corinne Maitrejean, Ysaora Thibus, Astrid Guyart face the formidable team of Italy as outsiders.




2:23 p.m.

Murray in semifinals

Andy Murray is the first qualified for the semifinals of the Olympic tournament after a win over Nicolas Almagro (6/4 6/1). The Scot will face the winner of the match between Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, which begins shortly.




2:18 p.m.

Excluded an athlete retires

Yu Yang , one of the badminton players hit by an exclusion for not having squandered a meeting to be better positioned in the table, announced her retirement account through his Twitter .




2:02 p.m.

Australia dominates China

The Australian is also honored in basketball with a clear victory against China (81-61) with 20 points from Mills. This meeting is not about the group of France.



1:55 p.m.

The U.S. gold

The finals are linked in rowing. The Americans have won the showpiece event, the eight ladies, on Thursday the pool of Eton. The eight U.S. beat Canada in the finals, second, and the Netherlands third.




1:46 p.m.

Experts in the quarter

Third game and the third victory for the France team handball . It was a bit more complicated than expected against Tunisia, very catchy for 40 minutes.But the experts have come to fly on the scoreboard with a 25-19 victory. Daniel Narcisse finished as top scorer (7 goals). El Tri will face Iceland on Saturday.




1:39 p.m.

South Africa gold

South Africans have become Olympic champions advanced lightweight four men in rowing on the pond in London Eton. James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and Sizwe Ndlovu beat the British favorites (Peter Chambers, Rob Williams, Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley). Denmark with Kasper Winther, Morten Jorgensen, Eskild Ebbesen and Barsoe Jacob took third place.




1:35 p.m.

The mystery Manaudou

The day was marked by the elimination ofLaure Manaudouin the 200 backstroke with the eighth and final stage of its series.While the French had little chance of a medal, but its level was significantly lower than that displayed at the last Championships in France at Dunkirk. The preparation of the Habs was it good?Recall that Alexianne Castel , she has qualified on the same distance. It will start in lane 3 of the first semifinal (8:58 p.m.).




1:16 p.m.

Beginnings of tennis quarters

It left for the quarterfinals in tennis . The world number 1, Victoria Azarneka opens the ball against Angelique Kerber. In the man, the darling Andy Murray is opposed to Nicolas Almagro.



1:13 p.m.
France-Tunisia has taken over and completely thwart the Blues last few minutes (13-13).




1:06 p.m.

TCHEUMEO in the semifinals!

Audrey TCHEUMEO continues its faultless journey to ExCeL by dominating China's Yang Xiuli, reigning Olympic champion with a waza-ari. After such a performance, one can dream of a gold medal. The French will face Columbia Gemma Gibbons for the finals.




1:01 p.m.

New Zealand gold

New Zealand (Nathan Cohen Joseph Sullivan)won the gold medal in double sculls in 6'31'' 67. He covered the 2,000 m ahead of Italy (Alessio Sartori and Romano Battisti in 6'32'' 80) and Slovenia (Luka Spik and Iztok Cop in 6'34'' 35)




12:57

The Blues ahead at the break

It's halftime in handball and experts lead by a nose at the break (12-11).




12:53

Manaudou eliminated in series

Big disappointment forLaure Manaudououtput in series with the eighth and final time in 2'14'' 19,'' nearly 7 of the American Franklin, winner of the race.The Habs let go after only 50 m




12:42
17 point lead for Blue against Poland (39-22) on the road to semifinals in foil.Guyart Astrid is in contention.



12:28
In group B, which is not that of France, the Australi e and China began their match. Advantage to the Chinese people but not favorites in the first quarter time (18-13)




12:17

Balmy to final

This is true but it goes! Coralie Balmy tore his ticket to the final of the 800m freestyle with the eighth playoff time. Meet at 8:45 p.m. for a small chance to medal.



12:07

Delayre-Azou in the final!

Superb performance of the two lights coxswain who qualifies for the finals.Stany Delayre and Jeremie Azou signed the second time in their semi-final behind the English.



12:00

Over for Fabre

Thierry Fabre was powerless to face the defending champion Naidan, who won in 8th finals by immobilization.




11:52
In table tennis, a Chinese first qualified for the finals. This is Zhang Jike that dominated in the German doctors Otcharov sets (11-8, 11-3, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8).




11:46

Success of the Blues!

The team from France won a convincing success over Lithuania (82-74) .A victory that allows men to Vincent Collet position itself ideally for second place in the group behind the United States. The best marker lights is calledTony Parker with 27 points, just ahead of Nicolas Batum  and 21 units.



11:26

TCHEUMEO victory!

Just after Fabre is Audrey TCHEUMEO who has started his tournament by dominating a yuko the Canadian Amy Cotton. Next opponent: Maryna Pryshchepa.




11:24

Thierry Fabre continues

Thierry Fabre has qualified with the Egyptian Darwish in golden score! In 8th finals, the French will face the Mongol Naidan Tuvshinbayar, reigning Olympic champion.



11:16

Leveaux already eliminated!

Florent Manaudou finished third in the last series. Amaury Leveaux but will miss the semi-finals!




11:12
The French Thierry Fabre began his first match with the Egyptian Ramadan Darwish ...



11:08
In volleyball, Serbia has won the first set against Germany (25-22) ...




10:58
After two defeats, South Korea responded Thursday in field hockey. By winning over the shorter of margins against Japan (1-0), the South Koreans can still dream of a place in the quarterfinals.




10:49
In handball, the Spain leads to South Korea after a quarter of an hour of play (9-6) ...





10:45

The France team led at the break

As it was permissible to be expected, the France team suffers against Lithuania, which took the lead (39-43) at the time of joining the locker room. Nicolas Batum is the top scorer with 15 points tricolor.



10:42

On the site of the FFT, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga did not show worried about being in contention on two tables. " I, the two suits me very well! Seriously, I'd rather be playing in both competitions even if I play a lot. It increases the chances of a medal and it's good for the France Olympic team. Sure, I'm a bit touched.But twice, Mika was very supportive. I hope a good night's rest. "



10:31

Schuh in quarterfinals

Superb Bérangère Schuh who manages an unstoppable 10 of the arrow barrage and dismissed the South Coréennne Choi. In the quarterfinals, the French will take on the American Khatuna Lorig, on Thursday around 15:00.




10:10

TCHEUMEO in line?

Purveyor of medals for France since the beginning of the Games, judo could pursue the same path with Audrey TCHEUMEO in-78kg and Thierry Fabre in -100 kg.



9:59

An explosive-Djokovic Tsonga in quarter

In tennis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will again be a busy day with the quarterfinals of a simple face Novak Djokovic and fourth in doubles alongside Michael Llodraagainst the Brazilians Soares and Melo.



9:57
After the fiasco in individual hexagonal fencing will attempt to raise its head with the early team events, and the ladies foil (Astrid Guyart, Corinne Maitrejean, Yasaora thibus Blaze and Anita). The French will face Poland in the quarterfinals at 11:30.




9:46

After his sixth place in 400m and bronze in the 4x200m, Coralie Balmy will play it, the 800 series. Vice-European Champion on the distance, the French have explained in more mature approach to the competition than in the past.



9:45
Side of swimming, attention will be trained on the duel Lochte - Phelps in the 200m Medley 4 (9:20 p.m.), which could allow the second named to win his 16th Olympic gold medal.



9:32
Moreover, the day will begin with a very important 10:00 France-Lithuania in basketball.


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Thursday, 2 August 2012

Football Breaking News,Transfers,Rumours,Speculations

Chelsea In Thoughts Of Cesar Azpilicueta With Price Of £5million Tag:
Chelsea have targeted The Marseille Defender Cesar With Price Tag of £5million,Therefore The Frence Club insists £8million.Chelsea, with the backing of owner Roman Abramovich, are desperate to increase competition for the right-back slot with Azpilicueta, 22, the No 1 target.Jose Bosingwa was released at the end of the season, leaving fellow Portuguese ace Paulo Ferreira as the sole dedicated right-back.Branislav Ivanovic prefers playing as a centre-half, but more often than not gets the nod for a wide role.Boss Roberto Di Matteo is refusing to give up despite the snub and Chelsea are set to increase their offer in the next few days.

David Villa Progress In Preseason Training,a Pleased one:
Barcelona medical chiefs are delighted with David Villa's progress in preseason training.The forward will increase his work rate and physical conditioning in the team's upcoming training sessions in order to be match fit as soon as possibleDoctors Cugat and Pruna note that "he's doing very well medically, but he's not in optimal physical condition".The striker fractured his tibia in the semifinals of the Club World Cup in Japan this December. Villa missed the second half of Barça’s season and the Euro championship with the Spanish national team.

Keita-"I Didn't Quit Barcelona Over Finances":
Dalian Aerbin midfielder Seydou Keita admits he feels former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was never straight with him He told Malian Match: "I've heard many times that I was loved by Guardiola. As he spoke well of me to people in the media, I thought everything was fine. But then I did not play."My only regret today is related to those words that he has had for me. Talk man to man, because I thought he was praising me, but then would not put me on the team.

Malaga Coach May Follow His Players Out:
Coach Of Malaga Fc Manuel Pellegrini could be forced out of Malaga.The cash-strapped outfit face a major raft of player sales to stay afloat, says AS. Pellegrini could follow his players, including Santi Cazorla, Isco, Jose Salomon Rondon and Jeremy Toulalan, out of the club in the coming days.

Mourinho-"My aim For now is to Win Champions League":
Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho Says He's Desperate to win Cl Trophy Insisting as a Burning Ambitious."This season we'll look for the Champions League and the League. We aspire to win the title and make a step in the Champions League, where we have fell in two consecutive years in the semis."

The Long Spell Of Roberto Carlos Comes To an End:
Real Madrid Legend Roberto Carlos Announes His Retirement From Football At the of 39.The Brazilian wing-back had been player-coach with Anzhi last season.Roberto Carlos formally announced his retirement yesterday,though revealed to Terra he has an agreement to come out of retirement for Anzhi should they face Real Madrid this season.

Galatasaray Keen On Luring Sahin:
Galatasaray Are Building Up their Ambition On Luring Nuri Sahin From Real Madrid.Gala chief Adem Cukur admits hopes of luring Sahin to the Istanbul giants."I hope to see Nuri Sahin at Galatasaray soon. The player is very close and the operation may end at any time."Fatih Terim wants the player to be the number 10 of the team," said Cukur.

Xavi Torres On Getafe Bound:
Xavi Torres have snapped up Levante midfielder Xavi Torres.Torres moves to Getafe after Levante took up their signing option from Malaga this summer.Levante have since sod the midfielder onto Getafe for the new season.

Pepe Backs Coentrao For Support:
Pepe says Fabio Coentrao will win over the Real Madrid fans.The Portugal fullback struggled to make an impact in his first season at Real last term."When I got here my signing sparked a lot of controversy. I adapted and things turned out well. People like me and are very fond of me. I really like that fondness," said Coentrao."Fabio doesn't have to show anything. He's a quality player, is young and played well during the European Football Championship. His entire career has been in Portugal and the time he spent at Zaragoza was a bad experience for him. Nobody can deny his skill, but it is difficult to play for Real Madrid. People must support him and be patient with him. Together with Marcelo, it's an honour for us to have the two best left-backs in the world."

Pique-"No Need Of New Centre Half At Barca":
Gerard Pique insists Barcelona do not need to buy a new centre-half.Pique insists Marc Bartra is capable of stepping up into the first team."The way I’ve seen him in training, he looks ready to play a role in the first team and fight for a starting place. We all have a lot of confidence in him," said Pique.

Real Madrid To Make Price Of £10M On Dembele:
Real Madrid plan a £10 million bid for Fulham attacker Moussa Dembele.The Sun says Dembele is a shock £10million target for La Liga champions Real Madrid.Bernabeu boss Jose Mourinho wants the Belgian international to see off the title threat from Barcelona next season.

Lucas Moura Surprised As He been Likened From Alex Ferguson:
Lucas is flattered to be likened to a Brazilian legend by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.Lucas has spoken about Sir Alex allegedly comparing him to Jairzinho.He said: "I was not born when he played but I know many people think my way of playing is like his. It makes me happy. But I want to win as Lucas and make my own story in football."


Andre Villas-Boas may demand Luka Modric train on his own:
Andre Villas-Boas may demand Luka Modric train on his own as his Real Madrid transfer rumbles on.The Sun says he wants to make sure the wantaway star, 26, is in the right frame of mind to resume training with his first-team squad.If AVB feels Real Madrid target Mod’s head is NOT correct he will make him train alone.The Croatian midfielder has been working in exile at Tottenham’s training ground after failing to show for the US pre-season.AVB said: “We have to analyse his situation as it stands at the moment.“I need to see how the player feels mentally to return and that the club has not received any offers that are rated enough for his talent.“Hopefully we will get him back but if not we will continue to monitor his situation and improve on his fitness on an individual basis.”

AC.Milan Looking To Lure Kaka Again,Helding Talks In NY:
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has announced planned transfer talks with Real Madrid for Kaka.Galliani revealed the upcoming negotiations with the Real Madrid chief in an interview with Radio Marca in Spain.“We will speak to Florentino Perez in New York. The operation is a difficult one, because Kaka earns a lot of money,” said Galliani.“He earns really, really a lot of money. But he is part of our history."

Inter Milan Target Man Utd's Target Lucas Moura:
Inter Milan President Massimo Moratti admits they want to sign Sao Paulo star Lucas Moura.Manchester United are also chasing the young Brazilian."As you know we are strongly interested in the guy, but our interest does not compel us to accept every type of condition imposed," declared Moratti.

Arbeloa Signs New Contarct with Real Madrid:
Alvaro Arbeloa has signed a new contract with Real Madrid.Arbeloa has signed a new deal with Real Madrid and will remain at the club until 2016.He told the club's official website: "I am more than happy. It is a pride and an honour for me to be a part of this club."To be able to extend my contract by two years, until 2016, is a source of absolute joy. I am delighted that the club has faith in me and l hope it continues."

Borja Valero Signs For Fiorentina:
Fiorentina have completed the signing of Villarreal midfielder Borja Valero.The 27-year-old has arrived on a permanent transfer, although the financial details have not been confirmed.It is reported the deal cost the Viola around €7m.Borja Valero grew up in the Real Madrid youth academy, then played for Mallorca, West Bromwich Albion and Villarreal.

Man Utd wins 6-2 In a Friendly Match:
Bebe was again on the mark for Manchester United in victory at Market Drayton Town.Ryan Tunnicliffe, Bebe and Davide Petrucci, who was captain for the day, struck for United in the first-half. Bebe, who had spurned three or four decent-looking chances earlier in the half, finally found the net with a firm header.Jesse Lingard (2) and Kiko Machedo were the goal scorers after the break.

Antonio Valencia Given Shirt No.7:
Man Utd Winger Antonio Valencia is proud to be sporting the No7 on his back this season.Valencia says its an honour to wear the shirt number of past greats like Eric Cantona, Bryan Robson, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo."I’m excited to be wearing the no.7 shirt in the coming season. It's a number I really respect because so many great players have worn the shirt and made history for Manchester United in it. Now I hope I can write my own. It's a new adventure but it's something that I'm very relaxed about and also humbled by," he told manutd.com.

Pepe -"Spanish League Best In the World":
Real Madrid Defender Pepe has declared the Spanish Liga as the best competition in the world.Pepe says Real can be proud of the way they won last season's title."The points we have earned and the goals scored show that we deserved to win the League. We demonstrated that we are a very strong team and that when we have to play, we really do play and when we have to fight for victory, we really do fight. We have a strong sense of comradeship and we won the world's best League thanks to that comradeship."

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"Money Damaging Football" Says Arsene Wenger


Arsenal Fc Manager Arsene Wenger insists that Big spenders Like Chelsea,Man-City,PSG all Are damaging Football by Wasting their Money consistantly. He has repeated his warning that the sport will suffer in the long-term."We consider ourselves in a privileged position because we have a massive income. But overall we are not mega-rich because we do not [have] unlimited resources. A club can buy players like PSG has done or Manchester City or Chelsea, with unlimited resources, but overall football suffers," Wenger said".The Frenchman hasn't been as miserly as he normally is, having already confirmed transfers for Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud from FC Koln and Montpellier, respectively. In addition, he is reportedly close to signing Malaga midfielder Santi Cazorla for £16m and if that happens his summer spending could cross the £40m mark.However that is a pittance compared to the amounts of money Chelsea and PSG have spent this summer. The Blues have already spent over £70m (on Eden Hazard, Marko Marin and Oscar), reportedly, and there could yet be more arrivals at Stamford Bridge. PSG spent an unconfirmed £52m to sign Brazilian centre back Thiago Silva from Italian club AC Milan."Europe at the moment is like the Titanic but we live in football like nothing matters. More than ever we have to run our club in a strict way because it looks like everybody suffers in Europe. I would be surprised if football is not touched by it at some stage. If you look at debt in football across Europe at the moment it is quite massive and we have to be responsible," Wenger added.Meanwhile, the Gunners and Manchester United have reportedly stepped up their interest in Celtic midfielder Victor Wanyama, the Daily Mail reports. The Premier League clubs have sent scouts to watch the 21 year old Kenyan in action when Celtic take on Helsinki in a Champions League qualifier on 1 August. This will be the third time that representatives from Arsenal and United will be watching Wanyama; they have already seen him play against Norwich City and Inter Milan. The 21 year old midfielder has clearly impressed both Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson and is also believed to be interesting QPR, Stoke City and Newcastle United.In other transfer news for the Gunners, Blackburn Rovers are reportedly interested in signing Arsenal's outcast striker Park Chu-Young as a replacement for Leon Best, himself a new signing, who has been sidelined for six months with a knee injury. Blackburn boss Steve Kean has admitted he will sign strikers this summer and has Park on his wish list following positive reviews from his scouts, who have been monitoring the 27 year old's performances for South Korea at the London 2012 Olympics.
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