AC Milan midfielder David Beckham has ended his ten-year association with soft drink giant Pepsi.The 33-year-old announced today that the deal, worth a reputed £2 million a year, will be discontinued at the end of the player's current contract.Beckham, who will play for Milan until the recommencement of the MLS season in March with LA Galaxy, told...
Ronaldo: I Feel At Home At Manchester
Cristiano Ronaldo has recently bore the brunt of his fair share of criticism. Following a show-stopping 2007-08 and the resulting summer speculation of a world record-breaking move to Real Madrid, the winger's reluctance to declare his intentions one way or another for weeks on end made him an unpopular figure among many a concerned Manchester United...
Real Madrid make offer for Inter’s Mancini
By Goal.comInter’s Brazilian maestro Mancini joined the club less than six months ago during the summer transfer period from Roma in Serie A. He was Jose Mourinho’s first acquisition in his tenure at the club, and he was expected to fit in nicely in his 4-3-3 system. However, Mancini has had an extremely tough time this term, as he has struggled to...
China’s top players leave state-run system
BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Wimbledon semi-finalist Zheng Jie is relishing her new freedom after being allowed to leave China’s rigid state-run sporting system and keep more of her earnings, local media said on Wednesday. “Finally I can have my own schedule. I can control my time now,” the world number 25 told the China Daily. The paper said Zheng...
Simpson agrees new Arsenal deal
Arsenal striker Jay Simpson has signed a new long-term deal with the club. The 20-year-old is yet to feature for the Gunners in the Premier League but scored twice in his three games for them in this season's Carling Cup. Both goals came...
F1 teams to reduce engine costs
Formula One teams have agreed to cut the cost of customer engines by more than £12m from 2011, according to Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo. The move comes after motorsport boss Max Mosley asked the teams to come up with ways to cut costs in F1. ...
Alonso would love to join Ferrari one day
Double Formula One champion Fernando Alonso would love to join the Ferrari F1 team one day according to his manager Lius García Abad. But According to Alonso's manager there are currently no negotiations with the Maranello based team.Italian media claimed on Monday that Alonso would have signed a contract at Ferrari to join the team as of 2011. Alonso's...
Toyota give Caldarelli maiden test
By Steven EnglishToyota gave a first Formula One test to 18-year-old Italian Andrea Caldarelli in Bahrain this week. Caldarelli has been a member of the Toyota Young Driver Programme since 2007 and finished third in this season's Formula Renault Eurocup. He completed 128 laps during Monday and Tuesday in the TF108, finishing with a best time of 1:33.170...
Formula One News
- Toyota targets Kubica, Kimi- Ferrari reaches Alonso deal to replace Raikkonen- Schumacher tips Button for title- Alonso planning KERS slingshot- Hamilton conscious of Force India pace- Lewis to receive 2010 Lorenzo Bandini award- Barrichello Wins European Grand Prix in Valencia- All the F1 action in Spain was off the track- Schumacher Begins Preparing...
Ex-French Open champ Costa is Spain's new captain
BARCELONA, Spain -- Former French Open champion Albert Costa was named Spain's Davis Cup captain on Thursday, a month after the team beat Argentina for the 2008 title. The 33-year-old Costa replaces Emilio Sanchez Vicario, who stepped down after leading Spain to its third Davis Cup title with a 3-1 win over Argentina in Mar del Plata.Costa was a member...
Kimi Raikkonen
Background: When Kimi joined the Sauber Formula 1 team in 2001 he was only 21 and had raced in only 23 car races in his life. But he had won more than half of them. He raced go-karts until age 19, and was Finnish champion and he also did well in the international series. He...
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher was born on 3 January 1969 in western Germany (in Hurth, near Cologne). As early as four years of age he was notching up his first circuits at the go-kart track nearby where his parents. In the go-kart he was runner-up in the Junior...
Cristiano Ronaldo
Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos AveiroBirth date: February 5, 1985Birthplace: Funchal, Madeira, PortugalHeight: 184cmPlaying position: Left/right winger, strikerFirst club: Sporting LisbonCareer debut: 1999 vs MoreirenseCurrent club: Manchester UnitedInternational...
Biaggi to make Aprilia debut
Max Biaggi will make his debut on the Aprilia RSV4, which he will race in the 2009 World Superbike Championship, during a private test on Tuesday and Wednesday at Valencia.The Roman has been given permission to test for his future team by current employer Sterilgarda Ducati, but is unable to publically comment on the new V4-powered machine until after...
Haslam tests new Honda at Cartagena
Leon Haslam has just completed two days of testing at Cartagena in Spain for the Stiggy Honda team.Haslam spent the test getting his Honda Fireblade set-up in preparation for the 2009 World Superbike Championship. He and team-mate Roby Rolfo were setting up their newly-tuned ORAL Honda engines and Magneti Marelli electronics before the end of the year.Haslam...
Max Biaggi
Massimiliano “Max” Biagginationality · Italianborn · 26 June 1971grand prix début · 1991 Also known as “the Roman Emperor,” Max Biaggi is one of the most successful Grand Prix riders of the last ten years, having won an impressive four consecutive 250cc world titles. He has...
LG G7050
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Fernando Alonso
Born on July 29, 1981, in Oviedo, Spain, Fernando Alonso was born to compete. His father, Jos� Luis Alonso, had always longed to be a go-kart driver and tried to pass this passion on to his two children. First, Fernando Alonso built a kart for his 8-year-old daughter Lorena,...
Carmaker Toyota braced for bad news
The eyes of the formula one world have flicked nervously to Toyota, not yet three weeks after fellow struggling Japanese carmaker Honda announced it is withdrawing from the sport.Toyota, the world's largest automaker, said in a statement on Monday it expected to record its first ever operating loss, to the tune of $1.7 billion in the year through March.The...
F1 crisis to impact driver salaries
F1's high-earning race drivers will not be able to avoid the impact of the financial crisis, according to leading team bosses.Amid the global economic downturn, and Honda's withdrawal from the sport, the teams and the FIA agreed a radical raft of cost-cutting measures that should slash current annual budgets in half by 2010.Mercedes' Norbert Haug admitted...
Ferrari doors stay open for Alonso
Luca di Montezemolo will not rule out one day securing the services of Fernando Alonso for Ferrari's formula one team.Spaniard Alonso, a former double world champion, is regularly linked with the Maranello based outfit, but Ferrari remains committed to Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa for at least the next two years."I regard Fernando Alonso as a great...
Tennis News
- US Open 2009: A Stage for the Next Generations of Stars- US Open Qualifying Complete, Monday's Day Session...- Murray powers into Queen's final- Jankovic wins Andalucia Tennis Experience title- Ferrero beats Serra to win Casablanca final- Serena, Venus Williams to meet at Key Biscayne- Nadal, Serena sparkle in Miami- Murray eases into Miami quarters-...
LG U8110
SpecificationsLG U8110
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MemoryPhonebookCall recordsInternalCard slot500 entries20 dialed, received and missed calls14 MB
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LG U8120
SpecificationsLG U8120
Network2G3GGSM 900 / 1800 UMTS 2100
SizeDimensionsWeightDisplay96 x 50 x 23 mm (3.78 x 1.97 x 0.91 in)126 gramTFT, 64K colors176 x 220 pixels, 7 lines
MemoryPhonebookCall recordsInternalCard slot500 entries20 dialed, received and missed calls32 MB
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Valentino Rossi leads prestigious sports poll
By Matthew BirtMotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi is currently leading a poll by the Telegraph newspaper in its search for the most important sports star of 2008. The Fiat Yamaha rider, who won nine races to reclaim the title he last won in 2005, has currently registered 39 per cent of the vote in the poll in which he is up against nine other of...
Wimbledon - Robson claims title for Britain
England's Laura Robson claimed Britain's first Wimbledon girls' singles title in 24 years when she beat Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the final.The 14-year-old Londoner overcame the 16-year-old Thai third seed in one hour, 34 minutes after an impressive performance on Court One. Robson follows in the footsteps of 1984 champion Annabel Croft,...