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    It is usually for football teams to play against each other for 2 times per year, how about playing with the same opponent for 3 times in a week? Even their fans may feel exhausted. But Liverpool and Arsenal, who are both come from England, have had this experience this week.
    Three games including two games in UEFA Cup and one game in the England Primier League, Liverpool, who was not as hot as Arsenal this season, was considered the under dog in this series.
    But reality showed that Liverpool was not that easy to beat, in the 1st round of the UEFA Cup and the England Primier League, Liverpool tied with Arsenal as road team in both games.
    The third round of their P.K pushed this series into a climax, when Adebeyor scored the goal which put the game to 2-2, fans of Liverpool just felt desperate because their beloved team would be eliminated if this score remained until the end of this game. But hero always jump out in such moments. Ryan Babel, who was substituted in 75′ of this game, won a penalty just 1 minute after Adebayor scored his goal. Steven Gerrard, who was the captain of Liverpool, scored the penalty under so much pressure. Just one minute from hell to heaven! Ryan Babel scored another goal in the end of this game which made the victory more certain.
    This series could be called a classic in this years soccer field. Fans would remember it in heart even after many years.

                          
     As the end of the regular season coming near, the controversies that who should win the MVP of the regular season become more and more hot. Chris Paul from New Orlean Hornets, Kobe Bryant from Los Angelous Lakers, Lebron James from Cleverland Caverliers, Kevin Garnett from Boston Celtics, they are all the hottest MVP candidates. They all have their own advantages and disadvantages, who deserves the MVP? Different people will have different opinions.
     
                   Chris paul— the young leader
     New Orlean have played their best performance this season, who has contributed most? The answer must be Chris Paul, who is just a third grade player for NBA, what he has done in this season? 21.6 points per game, 11.5 assissts per game, 2.7 steals per game, 49.2% feild goal accuracy, 37.1% 3 points accuracy, he leads the APG and SPG in the entire league. Despite his personal statistics, he leads New Orlean rank 1st in the fierce Western Conference. Lacking of off-season experience may become his biggest disadvantage, can he solve this problem well? Let’s see in the playoffs.
                   Kobe Bryant— never beaten warrior
     At the beginning of this season, there is the rumor that Kobe will trade into Chicago bulls, but this rumor did’t affect Kobe and his team a little bit, Kobe never give up in the way of being a champion. Paul Gasol’s coming has strengthen the power of L.A Lakers, the only question about him is about his performance when Gasol and Odom is injured, he is not that stable to get wins.
                   Lebron James— is he a human being??
     30+8+8, statistics that looks inhuman, no one will doubt about his personal ability, his performance game after game tell people the meaning of “impossible is nothing”, but no one will give the MVP who can’t lead his team in a higher rank. His team’s performance is the biggest problem for Lebron.
                  Kevin Garnett— the leader of the best team
     Kevin Garnett, who was traded into Boston Celtics in last summer, formed the “Big Three” with Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, their team ranked first in the entire league, as the leader of this team, Kevin is sure to be a hot candidate for MVP.
    
               
                  
    

     2010 FIFA World Cup qualification games have played previous week, China had played against the new member of Aisan Football Confederation—-Austrilia.
     Austrilia was a strong team all over the world, it was considered the best team in Asia where the level of soccer was not so high.
     Before the game started, injuries filled with Austrilia, Cahill, Kewell, those famous players were reported injured continuously.
     Match was held in the field of Kun Ming, where the altitude was 2800 meters high, players of both sides may be affected by the unpleasant air pressure, there were few shots in the first half, things remained almost the same in the beginning of the second half, more exciting moments occurred in the second half. The climax came at the 88 minutes, Qu Bo, who was substituted in in the second half, was fouled by Austrilian Goal Keeper in the penalty box, a penalty kick was given! But Shao Jiayi, who was also substituded in the second half, missed the great chance for China to get 3 points in the group, China tied with Austrilia at 0-0 finally. 

     50 wins out of 82 games, seems a tremendous play in a season for NBA teams. Yes, things were used to be as this, history showed that 50 winnings was enough for a team to get into the off-season.
     Things are not as simple as them before, this season’s NBA regular season, especially in the western conference, the fighting for the attendance of off-season is so fierce that one lose can kick a team out of the candidates’ list.
     Look at the ranks of the western conference, Portland Trial Blazers, with a winning percentage of 52.8%, which used to be pretty wonderful, is far behind the previous team, Denver Nuggets. Denver has a winning percentage of 60.6%, but if the regular season ends now, Denver will be out of the off-season.
     While there are still ten or more games for each team to play in the regular season, no matter which team will be kicked out of the off-season, it will be a pityful result. Since no team want to be the best 9th team, the following regular season will be more wonderful!

    It is well-known that there is a great gap between eastern and western culture, it exits everywhere, even if in the sports field.
    Yao Ming’s recent injury shocked the whole world, his injury was not the same as common injury not only because it was Yao, who drew attention of whole Chinese and world’s basketball fans, but also because of the unusual kind of injury he had, this kind of injury was not caused by fierce conflicts in the court, but resulted from routine games. Lack of rest, was the direct murderer of it. Wide controversies started spreaded between Yao’s fans in China and America —Who should be blamed more for this tragedy?
    Americans thought that Chinese basketball team should be blamed because Yao Ming played so many national team’s games which are not neccessary, on the other side, Chinese fans considered that Yao had played so many games for the club, while either side believed their own opinion was undoubtfully right, who were more reasonable?

    1,2,3,4…20,21,22…No one dared to predict how far Houston Rockets would go. Even god seemed to have helped Houston, David West was injured when Houston met Hornets; Dirk Nowtziki was penaltied when Houston met Dallas; Paul Gasol was injured when Houston met Lakers. And Houston Rockets continuously prolonged their records of straight winnings. It seemed that they are unstoppable.
    But Boston Celtics, who had the best results in the NBA Conference now, swared to stop Houston in Boston before this game though Ray Allen was still in the list of injured players.
    Two teams were tied at the first half with 40-40, but Houston players couldn’t find the basket when second half started, Tracy Mcgrady, Rafer Alston missed one jump shot after one jump shot, Celtics led by 16 points in the end of 3rd quarter, Houston Rockets couldn’t save the game back in the rest of this game.
   

               
    GuangDong won the 5th game in the CBA finals against LiaoNing, and this winning made them the champion of 07/08 season. This was the 4th one for GuangDong in recent 5 years, which indicated the establishment of their dynasty.
    GuangDong made a perfect start in this game, 12-0, this huge lead established a nice rhythm for GuangDong, LiaoNing played hard in the following, and their consecutive offences shorten the gap of the score. The score was 45-38 when the 1st half ended, GuangDong maintained 7 points’ advantage. LiaoNing collapsed in the third quarter, Zhu Fangyu led GuangDong for a huge run, GuangDong led the game 73-58 in the end of 3rd quarter. LiaoNing did not give up, in the 4th quarter, they shortend the score by consecutive 3 point shootings, but GuangDong gave no chance for LiaoNing, ZhuFangyu’s last 3 point declared their winning for this season! ZhuFangyu was selected to be the off-season MVP after this game.
 

    Li Ting and Sun Tiantian brought the gold medal for Chinese team in Athens Olympic, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi won 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon championships, Chinese women’s tennis team brought more and more surprised for their fans rencent years, they are still on the way of giving more surprises for them.
    On Feburay 3rd, the quarterfinals of annual Fed Cup was held in each country, China was playing against France. In the first day, Chinese players showed their good conditions, Li Na and Peng Shuai won their respective opponents Alize Cornet and Virginie Razzano. China needed only another single win to made their best success in the best of 5 sets. May Chinese ladies were too nervous, Li Na and Yan Zi lost the next two games, the score was tied at 2-2.
    The last chance was left on Zheng Jie/Yan Zi, their opponents were Nathalie Dechy/Virginie Razzano. Chinese pairs were not beaten by the pressure, they won the first set with 6-4, the second set was even more fierce, the score was tied at 6-6, in the tie-break, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi handled the pressure so well and made Chinese women’s tennis team in the semi-finals for the first time in the Fed Cup.               

    Chinese people are always proud of referring to their national diving team, they always win so many gold medals in different games. The Diving World Cup is now held in the National Swimming Pool—Water Square Field.
    On the forth day of this game holding the men’s diving sychronized 10m platform, Lin Yue and Huo Liang, both are young players, represent China in this event. Lin Yue and Huo Liang got into the final game with a excellent score in the prelimilary, in the 1st round of final game, they chose 101B as their starting, Lin Yue made a perfect move and won two perfect scores, they won 58.20 points 1st round. In the following rounds, Lin Yue and Huo Liang showed their best condition, 401B, 5253B, 407C, 307C, all the moves were acted so well by them. after 5 rounds, Lin Yue and Huo Liang scored 383.28 points, led the second-ranked group by 15.72 points. The last round, Chinese group chose a difficult move, 5255B, which degree of difficulty reached 3.8, Lin Yue and Huo Liang spoiled the Water Square Field with a unbelievable acting. This jump conquered all referee’s heart, 99.18! They were the undoubted champion after this jump.

            
    Houston Rockets, which is the daily topic for most Chinese basketball fans, got their victory against Miami Heats with a score of 112-100 this morning. This was their 10th victory in a row, which is the best one after 1994.
    Rockets were no longer depending only on their two superstars Yao Ming and Tracy Mcgrady, other players offered powerful supports, 6 players scored more than 10 points, 3 players got double-double. Although Dawayn Wade scored the highest 33 points, but basketball was a game of 5 players. This victory belonged to the whole team of Houston!
    After this winning, Houston ranked 7th in the Western Conference, althouth Houston were good on the way of getting into the off-season, they need more victories to ensure the can be there eventually.
    Tomorrow Houston will challenge their 11th victory against New Orlean Hornets, which ranks 1st in the Western Conference. It will sure be a hard game for Houston.