Thursday, 19 November 2009

Wickmayer and Malisse Belgian tennis players appeal against doping bans





Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse, who both fell foul of anti-doping regulations, appealed against their one-year bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday.

"Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have filed appeals at CAS against decisions taken by the Vlaams Doping Tribunal of Gand, Belgium, in which they were found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation," a CAS statement said.wickmayer, a U.S. Open semi-finalist this year, was suspended after breaking the controversial whereabouts rule -- that requires players to notify their country's doping agency where they can be reached on a daily basis -- three times.
US Open semi-finalist Wickmayer received the suspension earlier this month from a Flemish anti-doping tribunal after failing three times to report her whereabouts for drug testing.

Malisse twice failed to report his whereabouts and also missed a test when he was unavailable for testing at an address he had provided.
Malisse and compatriot Yanina Wickmayer, the US Open semi-finalist, were both suspended by the Flemish Doping Tribunal (VDT) for failing to comply with the "whereabouts" rule, which ensures that they are available for out-of competition testing.

"In their appeals to the CAS, the athletes request the annulment of the decisions taken by the Flemish Doping Tribunal," the CAS said in a statement. The 29-year-old said earlier this month that the suspension would probably mean the end of his career

Thursday, 26 March 2009

Great performance Maradona vs. Ronaldinho

Great performance .Maradona is a great Football star in the world, also star is Ronaldinho International career
Maradona made his full international debut for Argentina aged 16 in a game against Hungary on 27 February 1977.Along with his time at Napoli, international football is where Maradona found his fame. Playing for the Albicelestes of the Argentina national football team, he participated in four consecutive FIFA World Cup tournaments, leading Argentina to victory in 1986 and to second place in 1990. At age 18, he played the World Youth Championship for Argentina, and was the star of the tournament, shining in their 3–1 final win over the Soviet Union.He made his full international debut at age 16, against Hungary on 27 February 1977.


Football stare Diego MARADONA'S TRICKS

Early years
football stare Diego Maradon.Diego Armando Maradona was born in LanĂºs, but raised in Villa Fiorito, a shantytown on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires,to a poor family that had moved from Corrientes Province.He was the first son after three daughters. He has two younger brothers, Hugo and Eduardo both of whom were also professional football players.At age 10, Maradona was spotted by a talent scout while he was playing in his neighborhood club Estrella Roja. He became a staple of Los Cebollitas the junior team of Buenos Aires's Argentinos Juniors.As a 12-year-old ball boy, he amused spectators by showing his wizardry with the ball during the halftime intermissions of first division games