marți, 15 decembrie 2015

24-31. Beckham Jr. was the great leader of the Giants winning attack

The figure of WR Odell Beckham Jr. returned to be decisive in the offensive game of the New York Giants that visitors won by 24-31 to the Miami Dolphins the traditional party Monday night which was completed in the fourteenth week of competition of the National Football League (NFL).

Beckham Jr made two touchdown catch, including a 84-yard tiebreaking on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter and secured the victory for the Giants.

The victory allowed the Giants get branded 6-7 and tying for first place in the Eastern Division of the National Conference (NFC) with the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday also achieved triumphs.

The quarterback of the Giants, the star Eli Manning completed 27 of 31 passes for 337 yards and made four shipments annotation, did him no interception nor was demolished allowing him to leave the 151.5 passer rating , the highest since the 2009 season.

"The team played well in the decisive moments, I made a good protection inside the package, I found our players responded offense and defense down the stretch," said Manning. "The win was very important for us to stay ahead in the struggle to reach the finals."

The Giants broke a run of three consecutive defeats and are tied with the Redskins and Eagles in the lead of the weaker devision is in the NFC.

Beckham Jr. had seven catches for 166 yards. This was the sixth straight game of 100 yards or more to produce Beckham, a record for the Giants, with its air offensive work.

Manning also set a record for the franchise by completing 87 percent of his passes against Miami.

The Dolphins (5-8) were mathematically eliminated from the playoff race, extending his drought in the finals seven consecutive years, a record for the franchise, which once was one that was always in the fight for Super Bowl title.

The team lost to Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill star who completed 25 of 41 passes for 236 yards, made a shipment of annotation and left index 85.0 pasador

Serena Williams Live Ultimate Run 5km South Beach 2015 with a Taxi!

Serena Williams MarathonDoing it for love

It is that time of the year, when Serena and Venus Williams run their  5k marathon for Serena Williams Fund, a charity that supports her initiatives: helping individuals, Build Africa Schools, the Equal Justice Initiative and Beyond the Boroughs Scholarship Fund and other projects close to her heart. 
"I didn't run the whole way this year, but next year I will," - on controversies why Serena hobbled into a taxi while she was still two kilometres away from it. 

The incredible year for Serena Williams


The American tennis player Serena Williams ended the 2015 with his appointment as' Sports Person of 2015 "by Sports Illustrated. Since the 80s, no woman had received the cover of the famous publication, filling the headlines of the world as the most brilliant athlete of the year, above players, basketball players, baseball and athletes.


Serena closed the year after winning three Grand Slam tournaments: the Australia Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon and loudly lose US Open, running out to break the record that Steffi Graf won in 1988, to achieve the great titles in one year . 

She also won tournaments in Miami and Cincinnati But Williams surpassed the US Open and went on top of the classification of the WTA throughout the season , he had 53 individual wins and only three losses, that left for the fourth consecutive year and seventh in his career as the best tennis player .

The younger of the Williams launched his fashion collection at Fashion Week in New York, and even caught the thief who stole his cell. He lost his dog Jackie, and earned more than $ 10 million in tournament prizes won.

'Chicharito' official idol Bundesliga

No one can be considered as the Mexican idol in German football

Neither Robert Lewandowski, Shinji Kagawa and Thomas Müller were with the popularity of "Chicharito" who conviritó greatest idol in the Bundesliga as a contest of the competition itself.

Javier Hernandez won the final of the "Bundesliga Idol" Japanese Kagawa, after he had six players who started the test.

Mexico swept the last vote, which had 81.733 votes, of which 75 percent were for him.

"Thank you all for your help. We made it!" Were the words of Hernandez on Sunday in social networks.

On Tuesday and Wednesday began the contest with two semifinals, the first with a triple from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Hernandez (Bayer Leverkusen) and Robert Lewandoswki (Bayern Munich) which was the first eliminated.

The other, moved Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) and Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), while the US was eliminated Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach). On Thursday, Müller went on the road and on Friday was Lewandowski.

So, Javier Hernandez was confirmed as a hero the next day just to score a "hat-trick" in Bayer's victory over Borussia Monchengladbach.

Olympics Games 2024: the Colosseum in green, white and red as logo


A stylised Coliseum in green, white and red of the Italian flag: the Rome bid committee for the 2024 Olympics unveiled its logo Monday at an event bringing together champions of the past and present and budding athletes.

This logo was presented to the Palazzetto dello Sport, a room of the Italian capital where were notably held during the 1960 Olympic weightlifting trials and basketball.

"I have in mind the 1960 Games With Cassius Clay with Abebe Bikila, or Italians, Nino Benvenuti (gold medalist in boxing, ed) or Livio Berruti (Olympic champion in the 200, note) that are here today, "said Luca di Montezemolo, chairman of the bid committee.

"Many of you who are here today will still be there in 2024 to try to win medals," he added, addressing the students of sports schools in the city in the gallery.

Livio Berruti, Olympic champion in 1960, was also arrested these students. "I want to say something to young people who are here. All these years, I was proud to say" the 1960 Games, I was there. "Think about it," he launched them .

Giovanni Malago, president of the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) has in turn insisted on the colours of the logo. "The Italian flag is there to show that it is not that the candidature of Rome but that of the whole of Italy, a country where 30 million people in sport and where 10 million are licensed," a-t- he said.

It also welcomed the announcement on Monday that Rome would organise in 2022 the Ryder Cup in golf. "It's impossible to imagine a more positive signal on the day we unveil the logo," said he said.

- 'Night and day' -


Montezemolo, former president of Ferrari, now head of Alitalia, also felt that now was "to give strong signals".

"First, that the city of Rome, which organised fabulous Games in 1960, wants to organise the best Games of the 2000s was all to do, culture, beauty, technology and a city that wants take this opportunity to put in full light the eyes of the world, "he said.

"And it is also a message to our opponents, we want the Games and we will work night and day for you," he began. Rome is competing with Paris, Budapest and Los Angeles to host the Olympics in 2024.

Hamburg waived late November after a referendum in which the people have said "no" to the application project. Such a move is not expected in Rome.

Questioned by AFP, Mr di Montezemolo also rejected the idea that the current difficulties of the city, mired in a corruption trial mixing politics and crime, called "Mafia capital" can be handicaps.

"That's the past. This means that we now have a clean city. It is a huge opportunity. One of the lessons of Rome-1960 was to look ahead and think in terms of the future of the city. Rome-1960 has left the city of important infrastructure, "he said.

The Rome 2024 project revolves around three poles: the Foro Italico, large sports center built in the 20s and completed for the 1960 Games which is installed including the Olympic Stadium; the area of ​​the Fiera di Roma, where an exhibition center located; and the neighbourhood of Tor Vergata, where the Olympic Village would be built.

No TV for athletes: Rio-2016, ready 80%, tightens its belt

No TV in the rooms of the athletes, VIP area reduced and fewer printouts: the Organizing Committee of Rio 2016 Olympic Games is not to exceed one cent on budget and is now tightening its belt in Brazil in full recession.

Thus, the rooms of the athletes will not have TVs and there will be only one position per apartment. The VIP area will be more modest than in other editions and paper savings will also be made with less printed material. It was even planned to remove the air conditioning in the Olympic Village, but before the chorus of protests, the idea was abandoned.

Brazil's economy entered recession in the second quarter, inflation reached 10% and unemployment is rising. This situation is different from the booming countries chosen in 2009 to host the first Olympics in South America.

"It will be the first Olympics that will have an intelligent management of costs, with a balanced budget. We will play games with the money we have (...) without leaving debts to the government or society," said AFP the communications director of the committee, Mario Andrada.

It emphasised that the cuts could be of the order of 5% -20%.

The Rio-2016 committee has 7.4 billion reais ($ 1.9 billion) to organize the Olympics and its purpose is not to draw on the fund of 780 million dollars from the federal government, which will be used to of other sectors such as security, transport infrastructure and energy.

Mr. Andrada assured however that "it will not save on the grounds of competitions, sports, ceremonies or the legacy of the Olympics" or anything related to athletes and fans.

"Rio 2016 is ready today to 80% in April and it will be ready 100% and 120% during the games. This will be a spectacular Olympiad," the official added.