Lionel Messi is European Soccer Player of The Year
FC Barcelona player Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball as European soccer’s player of the year.
Messi pushed aside his closest rival, Christiano Ronaldo, and bacame the very first Argentine to win the title.
Messi undoubtedly deserves to win the Golden Ball because he's had a very successful year all together; he won the Spanish League title, the Copa del Rey, the Champions League and helped Argentina qualify for the World Cup 2010 finals.
The cherry on the icing for Messi would be if he wins FIFA’s world player of the year!
He is the leading candidate for the award, which will be announced on December 21st.
Federer and Ivanovic To Compete in the Olympics
This year’s Olympic Games is just about ready to roll. There’s just one month to go before we get fascinated by the splendid sportsmanship of athletes around the world. Each country is busy readying its roster of athletes. The players for Tennis have already been unveiled. Roger Federer and Ana Ivanovic are two of the most distinguished players selected to compete at the Beijing Olympics.
Syrian Official to Swim 110KM!
Firas Mela is a 36 year old ex-swimming champion who is now a very high ranking sporting official in Syria. It seemed to many that his days as a swimmer were over as he got older and stopped competing but they were wrong. Mela who retired from competitive swimming five years ago has decided to do the unthinkable, he will swim non stop from the beaches of Cyprus to those of Syria! This trip is estimated to be 110KM and will take Mela at least 24 hours to complete.
World's New Fastest Man Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell set a world record in the men's 100 meters in Greece, Tuesday, clocking 9.77 seconds.
The Jamaican 22-year-old beat Tim Montgomery's previous record of 9.78 set in Paris in September 2002 to become the fastest man ever over the distance.
Montgomery's record already was at risk because he faces doping charges.
Hasna BenHassi
In addition to Hisham Garrouj and Ibrahim Boulami, Hassiba benHassi / Hasna Benhassi completes the golden trio of Moroccan runners.
At only 19, she won her first gold medal after winning the 800-meter in the Mediterranean games. Two years later she scored a world record for women at the same game.