Archive for April, 2008

Giggs expects Manchester United to use the bitter memory of their title slip at Chelsea to kill off barcelona in Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final second-leg.  After the first leg 0-0 draw last week, United are slight favourites but a score-draw would send the Catalan club through on away goals.  the captain of Manchester United Giggs said that they want to win the league and they also want to win the Champions League . now they get a chance to do that. they are looking forward to the game. the most important  thing for them is to pick themselves up. last game in spain, barcelona did play well and they hope in enland something will be different.

Olympic torch made its first-ever relay run in north korea. a crowd of thousands of people watched the start of of the relay in Pyongyang. and some chinese people swing the chineses flag to support beijing olympic game. North Korea is one of the world’s most tightly controlled countries, an ally of neighbor China. but because the resent world affairs many people focused their ire on Beijing’s recent crackdown on anti-government riots in Tibet. and north korea said that theysupported Beijing in its crackdown against violent protests in Tibet. The relay began from beneath the large sculpted flame that tops the obelisk of the Juche Tower and The relay finished after about five hours at Kim Il Sung Stadium.

Frank Rijkaard  the coach of Barcelona finally admit the going of ronaldinho. on sunday, in a programme, when they asked him whether the last home game of barca would be a gala send off for Ronaldinho and he admitted. and he said that:”I don’t want people to forget what he’s done for this club. I hope that he leaves with his head held high and that he demonstrates to the world of football just who he is”. as we all know that ronaldiniho was a super star and a hero of barca club, but in next league, we can not see him on the spain stadium. he will be a best player of AC milan club. and let us pray for him.

coach fabio capello said that the door for beckham is still open. as he understands that  physically they aren’t what they used to be  and they must take more care, and a lot of things are depends on this. he saw beckham  played in games and he did a very well job. now, coach capello was settling down well in england. through training together he felt the team had made progress. and he said  David Beckham could play for England at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa if he looks after himself.

Wednesday night, lakers towards their second game and second victory. The greatest hero of this game was Kobe Bryant . in the first quarter , he scored 20 points and get the lakers off to a fast start and keep his team safety ahead by 19 points over in the last 17 minutes. Pau Gasol added 18 points and 10 rebounds and Luke Walton scored 18 points for the Lakers. in the fourth quarter, The Lakers led 89-79, two foul shots and a 3-pointer 18 seconds made by Kobe Bryant extend the Los Angeles lead to 14.
and the game over, Kobe Bryant had 49 points and 10 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 122-107 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
The next game and the 4th game will be in Denver on Saturday and Monday night.

yesterday, Federer finally ended up Aishitelier station for more than four months champion Arakawa and towards the 54th career crown. despite the opponent withdrawal the game because of the injury, and he conquest the clay which he is not  good at.

“This is not the way I want to win” said federer. certainly，when the most dramatic event happened on the second scene, there is not even any signs. the second set, nikolay davydenko  broke serve federer and had a advantage with 2:0. and then on the 3rd set, davydenko quit the game because his injury of his leg and gave the crown to federer. the unparalleled champion gave federer confidence and Swiss returned to the track to win.

now he expects the Monte Carlo Masters and have confidence to win.

Beijing Olympic main stadium , bird’s nest will be open on April 18 and held the first competition-IAAF Race Walking Challenge. the debut of the bird’s nest attracts many visitors competing discount.

on April 16th, two foreiners asked volunteers how to buy the tickets outside the national stadium.

A travellor from heilongjiang province was so pleased after she got the ticket.

Hundruds of people who want to buy the ticket are waiting in a line outside the bird’s nest.

Yao Restaurant & Bar is popular in houston even elder bush is the guest of honor of it. the most attractive thing of this restaurant is the dishes which are made by yao’s morther. but she said that she won’t cook for the costomers by herself. she only cook for her son. however yao’s friends and teamates will have some special treatment and they also can enjoy the dishes cooked by yao’s morther.

in 2006, the branch store of yao restaurant and bar was opened in shanghai. if you are interested in this restaurant and you can go to houston, now you can go to shanghai to have a try of its delicious food.

World short course swimming championships which held in Manchester has become a truely record-breaking competition. following last week on friday 5 projects in the world has been broken, three world records has changed its names the day before yesterday.

The longer 4×200m freestyle relay also resulted in a new world record with the victorious Dutch team

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe , an athlete of south africa, achieved the gold in women’s 400 meters individual medley competition and also broke the world record.

The same day the men’s 4 X100-meter freestyle relay final, the united states team won the gold medal and broke the record.

In order to concentrate in the games of portugal national team and Manchester United，c.ronaldo refused a 1,500,000$ fiature advertisement. in this season, the no.7 player c.ronaldo’s performces are so steable and strong. so, his opponents feel shame of themselves. he refuse this advertisement because he think he was too busy and he doesn’t have time to distracted. he shows his responsbility for his team and cpmpititions. he proves that he is the best player of the england super league again. and his action made his chief coach very pleased.