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24 September 2016
20 September 2016
Pep Guardiola wants hair transplant for himself and he really admired Rooney's hair style.
This was how he asked Rooney during Manchester Utd vs Manchester City match.
Rooney : Give me the ball man
Pep Guardiola: Not until you tell me where you got your hair transplant from.
07 September 2016
Paralympics 2016 Opening Ceremony: Start Time, TV Channel, Live Stream Info As Rio Games Get Underway.
RIO 2016 PARALYTIC GAMES
Just over two weeks since the Olympics Games came to a spectacular finale, the Paralympics party will get started in Rio with the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday evening. Like the Olympics itself, the buildup to the Paralympics, held every four years in the same city and at the same venues as the Olympics, has been full of difficulties and negative headlines. Yet it will go on and will be the biggest to date, featuring more than 4,300 athletes competing in 22 different sports across 11 days.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
A massive budget shortfall and poor ticket sales has threatened to compromise the very go ahead of the Games. While that has been averted thanks to a government bailout, major problems remain, leading International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Philip Craven to paint a stark picture this week.
“This is the worst situation that we’ve ever found ourselves in at Paralympic movement,” he told The Associated Press. “We were aware of difficulties, but we weren’t aware it was as critical as this.”
PARALYMPIC SPORT
However, a surge in interest as well as a crowd-funding campaign has seen 1.5 million tickets sold. And the IPC states that it now expects all 2.5 million tickets, down from an original capacity of 3 million, to be sold.
The event still has some way to go to match the success of the 2012 Paralympics in London when 2.7 million tickets were sold in what was widely seen as the most successful games to date. But one area where the Rio Paralympics has already taken a step forward is in television coverage.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
A record 154 countries will broadcast the Games, up from 115 four years ago. And it will be the first time that those in the United States will be treated to extensive coverage. NBC will dedicate more than 70 hours to the Paralympics across NBC, NBCSN and the NBC Sports app, up from just six in London.
It all starts with the opening ceremony at the Maracana, beginning at 5.30 p.m. local time, 4.30 p.m. EDT. NBCSN will provide coverage in primetime from 7 p.m. EDT.
Like the Olympics, a torch that will be the centerpiece of the event, with the Paralympic version on its way to Rio after touring around Brazil. There is also a parade of nations. Following in the footsteps of Michael Phelps, who was the United States flag bearer in the Olympics opening ceremony, the U.S. team will be led out on Wednesday by Allison Jones.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
The 32-year-old, who was born without her right femur, is one one of a select few athletes to have won gold at both the summer and winter Paralympics having competed in cycling and alpine skiing.
“Being able to consider ending my Paralympic career with this honor is just amazing,” she said. “Only one person gets chosen out of almost 300 hundred athletes on the team. That enough people believed in me, my story and my legacy, it’s just a real honor.”
PARALYMPIC SPORT
Jones is not the only American who will have a prominent role in the opening ceremony. Amy Purdy, who won a bronze in the Sochi Paralympic Games, will perform a dance routine with an as yet unnamed partner. A double lower leg amputee after contracting bacterial meningitis at the age of 19, Purdy shot to prominence in the U.S. when competing in Dancing with the Stars. And she has been training intensely in Rio ahead of the opening ceremony.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
“It will be a contemporary dance, with Brazilian elements,” Purdy said. “Having this opportunity to perform for the whole world, with millions of people watching, is an enormous responsibility. That's why I'm training so hard.”
Just over two weeks since the Olympics Games came to a spectacular finale, the Paralympics party will get started in Rio with the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday evening. Like the Olympics itself, the buildup to the Paralympics, held every four years in the same city and at the same venues as the Olympics, has been full of difficulties and negative headlines. Yet it will go on and will be the biggest to date, featuring more than 4,300 athletes competing in 22 different sports across 11 days.
A massive budget shortfall and poor ticket sales has threatened to compromise the very go ahead of the Games. While that has been averted thanks to a government bailout, major problems remain, leading International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Philip Craven to paint a stark picture this week.
“This is the worst situation that we’ve ever found ourselves in at Paralympic movement,” he told The Associated Press. “We were aware of difficulties, but we weren’t aware it was as critical as this.”
However, a surge in interest as well as a crowd-funding campaign has seen 1.5 million tickets sold. And the IPC states that it now expects all 2.5 million tickets, down from an original capacity of 3 million, to be sold.
The event still has some way to go to match the success of the 2012 Paralympics in London when 2.7 million tickets were sold in what was widely seen as the most successful games to date. But one area where the Rio Paralympics has already taken a step forward is in television coverage.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
A record 154 countries will broadcast the Games, up from 115 four years ago. And it will be the first time that those in the United States will be treated to extensive coverage. NBC will dedicate more than 70 hours to the Paralympics across NBC, NBCSN and the NBC Sports app, up from just six in London.
It all starts with the opening ceremony at the Maracana, beginning at 5.30 p.m. local time, 4.30 p.m. EDT. NBCSN will provide coverage in primetime from 7 p.m. EDT.
Like the Olympics, a torch that will be the centerpiece of the event, with the Paralympic version on its way to Rio after touring around Brazil. There is also a parade of nations. Following in the footsteps of Michael Phelps, who was the United States flag bearer in the Olympics opening ceremony, the U.S. team will be led out on Wednesday by Allison Jones.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
The 32-year-old, who was born without her right femur, is one one of a select few athletes to have won gold at both the summer and winter Paralympics having competed in cycling and alpine skiing.
“Being able to consider ending my Paralympic career with this honor is just amazing,” she said. “Only one person gets chosen out of almost 300 hundred athletes on the team. That enough people believed in me, my story and my legacy, it’s just a real honor.”
PARALYMPIC SPORT
Jones is not the only American who will have a prominent role in the opening ceremony. Amy Purdy, who won a bronze in the Sochi Paralympic Games, will perform a dance routine with an as yet unnamed partner. A double lower leg amputee after contracting bacterial meningitis at the age of 19, Purdy shot to prominence in the U.S. when competing in Dancing with the Stars. And she has been training intensely in Rio ahead of the opening ceremony.
PARALYMPIC SPORT
“It will be a contemporary dance, with Brazilian elements,” Purdy said. “Having this opportunity to perform for the whole world, with millions of people watching, is an enormous responsibility. That's why I'm training so hard.”
25 August 2016
Usain Bolt main chick Kasi Bennett has reacted to the cheating scandal rocking the couple.
As of now all signs point to Bolt being a single man because he has been spotted with at least half a dozen different chicks since concluding his impressive Olympic races. So it’s safe to assume that Kasi Bennett wasn’t really Usain Bolt girlfriend or worst case they split prior to the Olympic Games.
Reacting to the damning reports, Kasi’s frustration can be seen on social media judging from the photos that she liked on Instagram and Twitter. Yesterday Kasi liked several photos on IG with one of them being am meme of her and the 20-year-old Brazilian female that leaked photos of herself and Bolt in bed.
“When your girl is Selfridges & you cheat on her with Primark,” the meme reads.
She also liked a tweet from one of Usain Bolt followers that reads, “@usainbolt you traded your life with a #goddess, for a one night fling with someone who will never even come close. I can’t.”
KASI B.
KASI B. TWITTER
USAIN BOLT AND GIRLFRIEND
30 July 2016
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores with scissors kick on Manchester United debut as they beat Galatasaray 5-2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores with bicycle kick on Manchester United debut as United beat Galatasaray 5-2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Manchester United have "something big on the go" after scoring a bicycle-kick on his first Red Devils appearance.
Ibrahimovic, 34, met Antonio Valencia's cross with a typically athletic volley as United beat Galatasaray 5-2.
The Turkish side then bossed the remainder of the half and led thanks to goals from Sinan Gumus and Bruma.
But a much-changed United side turned the match around through Wayne Rooney (2), Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata.
And Swedish striker Ibrahimovic believes the future is bright for the Red Devils, who continue to be linked with a £100m move for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.
"There is something big on the go, it's going to be very interesting this year," he said. "Let us say that if Pogba comes too, it's going to be very interesting.
He added: "I'm going to help the team as much as I can and do what I'm good at, creating chances and scoring goals."
Jose Mourinho used 22 players and will leave Gothenburg with as many questions as answers as he ponders his starting XI for next Sunday's Community Shield match which sees his FA Cup winners face champions Leicester at Wembley.
Ibrahimovic led the line in the first half, with Rooney behind him and Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan either side.
But half-time replacements Marcus Rashford, Ashley Young and Jesse Lingard looked far sharper and led to United's revival after a sleepy first 45 minutes.
Rooney equalised with a clean volley from another Valencia cross before
Rashford won a penalty with an individual run from near halfway, and captain Rooney converted.
Valencia then made another goal as Fellaini drifted a header into the corner and Mata - who was sold by Mourinho at Chelsea - collected Michael Carrick's clever ball to slide in.
World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger - one of nine players reportedly told that they can leave the club this week - did not feature.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho:
"If the players were not in my plans I would not give them one single minute, I would not keep them in my squad.
"The squad is very competitive, the squad is very important for the season.
"We have 38 matches in the Premier League, we have the possibility of 15 matches in the Europa League, plus domestic cups, we are going to play 60 matches. So with 60 matches we cannot do it with 11 players.
"To be in the squad you have to understand that the squad is more important than the individual, the club is more important than all of us, and to be in the squad you have to be ready for this, to play, not to play, play a lot, play less, play 90 minutes, play one minute, not be selected, everything is part of a squad life."
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Rooney, Martial, Ibrahimovic.
Subs : Johnstone, Romero, Darmian, Jones, Rojo, Fellaini, Carrick, Lingard, Mata, Young, Memphis, Rashford.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Manchester United have "something big on the go" after scoring a bicycle-kick on his first Red Devils appearance.
Ibrahimovic, 34, met Antonio Valencia's cross with a typically athletic volley as United beat Galatasaray 5-2.
The Turkish side then bossed the remainder of the half and led thanks to goals from Sinan Gumus and Bruma.
But a much-changed United side turned the match around through Wayne Rooney (2), Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata.
And Swedish striker Ibrahimovic believes the future is bright for the Red Devils, who continue to be linked with a £100m move for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba.
"There is something big on the go, it's going to be very interesting this year," he said. "Let us say that if Pogba comes too, it's going to be very interesting.
He added: "I'm going to help the team as much as I can and do what I'm good at, creating chances and scoring goals."
Jose Mourinho used 22 players and will leave Gothenburg with as many questions as answers as he ponders his starting XI for next Sunday's Community Shield match which sees his FA Cup winners face champions Leicester at Wembley.
Ibrahimovic led the line in the first half, with Rooney behind him and Anthony Martial and Henrikh Mkhitaryan either side.
But half-time replacements Marcus Rashford, Ashley Young and Jesse Lingard looked far sharper and led to United's revival after a sleepy first 45 minutes.
Rooney equalised with a clean volley from another Valencia cross before
Rashford won a penalty with an individual run from near halfway, and captain Rooney converted.
Valencia then made another goal as Fellaini drifted a header into the corner and Mata - who was sold by Mourinho at Chelsea - collected Michael Carrick's clever ball to slide in.
World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger - one of nine players reportedly told that they can leave the club this week - did not feature.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho:
"If the players were not in my plans I would not give them one single minute, I would not keep them in my squad.
"The squad is very competitive, the squad is very important for the season.
"We have 38 matches in the Premier League, we have the possibility of 15 matches in the Europa League, plus domestic cups, we are going to play 60 matches. So with 60 matches we cannot do it with 11 players.
"To be in the squad you have to understand that the squad is more important than the individual, the club is more important than all of us, and to be in the squad you have to be ready for this, to play, not to play, play a lot, play less, play 90 minutes, play one minute, not be selected, everything is part of a squad life."
Manchester United: De Gea, Valencia, Bailly, Blind, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Rooney, Martial, Ibrahimovic.
Subs : Johnstone, Romero, Darmian, Jones, Rojo, Fellaini, Carrick, Lingard, Mata, Young, Memphis, Rashford.
