Cristiano Ronaldo

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro

Birth date: February 5, 1985
Birthplace: Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Height: 184cm
Playing position: Left/right winger, striker
First club: Sporting Lisbon
Career debut: 1999 vs Moreirense
Current club: Manchester United
International team: Portugal
International debut: August 20, 2003 vs
Kazakhstan

Cristiano Ronaldo started playing competitive football at 8-year-old for amateur club Andorinha, and then for local team CD Nacional when he was 10. He then move to one of Portugal’s largest football clubs, Sporting Lisbon in 1996.

Ronaldo trained in the youth team before playing his first senior game for Sporting in 1999 against Moreirense, and scored a double on his debut.

Ronaldo played for Portugal’s youth side in the UEFA U-17 Championships and drew attention internationally. Liverpool under manager Gérard Houllier back then was reported to have interest in signing Ronaldo, but it was Manchester United that made the move in 2003 to fill the void of departed David Beckham.

Ronaldo’s signature came after Sporting Lisbon beat Manchester United 3–1 in a friendly; on the way back to England the United players spoke enthusiastically about the young winger and suggested manager Sir Alex Ferguson to secure his signature, which they did.

Ronaldo made his memorable debut for Manchester United as a substitute against Bolton. His 30 minutes performances created hype with United fans and the English media with his dazzling dribbles.

Ronaldo’s first two seasons at United received mixed reviews; despite praised for his skills, Ronaldo was often being criticized for lack of consistency and poor decision making on the field. However his consistency level has been greatly since the 2006/2007 season, which saw him becoming one of the best player in EPL.

Cristiano Ronaldo made his senior debut for Portugal shortly after being signed by United in a match against Kazakhstan in August 2003. He has become one of the key players for Portugal since then.

The controversial moment of Ronaldo’s career was in World Cup 2006, where he was alleged to influence referee to send off his Manchester United team mate and England striker Wayne Rooney in their quarter finals clash.

Ronaldo was being used as the scapegoat for England’s defeat in the World Cup and the hatred towards him had prompted his intention to leave England and Manchester United. In the end United managed to keep him, and Ronaldo had a wonderful season in the Premiership against all odds.

Ronaldo won both the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year Award in 2007. He is the first player since 1977 to bag the double in the same season. Ronaldo was also voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association for the same year.

Ronaldo’s performance was crucial to help Manchester United securing their first Premiership title in 4 years in the 2006/2007 season.

Ronaldo was the top 3 finalists for both the FIFA World Player of the Year and European Player of the Year awards in 2007. The eventual winner however went to AC Milan’s Brazilian playmaker, Kaka instead.

Ronaldo continued his fine form in the 2007/2008 season, netted in 40 goals in all competition (31 in Premier League), and was again voted as the PFA Player of The Year and Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year. His performance contributed to United’s double for the season; winning the Premiership in succession as well as bringing home the UEFA Champions League trophy.

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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 the conclusion of the 2008 season, at Portimao on November 2.

"[Tuesday] will be my debut on the Aprilia," Max wrote on his official website. "I want to say thanks to my Sterilgarda Team that has approved this test before the end of the Championship. Thank you!

"I write you these few lines to tell you that I cannot make any declaration regarding the test, so you will have to wait the end of the championship.

"We will be on track for two days and then I will come back home waiting for the last GP of the year in Portugal. The tests will immediately continue in Portimao after the race and in particular 4th and 5th of November."

Biaggi sits sixth in the 2008 WSBK standings heading into the season finale. The Italian's 2009 Aprilia team-mate is still to be announced.

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http://www.crash.net

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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 said: "After these two days of testing my feelings are only positive. The team works extremely well together and the crew are just great. The atmosphere in the team is fantastic. This test was focused on finding out as much as possible about the engines as well as the electronics. I think we pulled that off pretty well because we improved the bike and our lap times after every pit stop. My bike already feels better than a lot of the bikes I rode in the past."

Rolfo added, "My feeling with the team is really good. It's a very experienced team and I'm very pleased with my crew chief and everybody else. Over the two days we managed to improve the bike and the rideability a lot. Today we worked on the engine characteristics and found out a lot of important information. I have to say the engine feels very powerful and smooth."

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Max Biaggi

Massimiliano “Max” Biaggi
nationality · Italian
born · 26 June 1971
grand 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 since added eight 500cc race victories and five more in the 990cc four-stroke class, winning at least one GP every year from 1992 to 2004. Although he has not been crowned champion in the leading GP class, Max has been a consistent threat with both Yamaha and Honda, but is now looking forward to his next challenge

1989
Made racing début

1990
Italian 125cc Sports Production Champion
Riding an Aprilia, Max won six times from seven starts
Also finished third in the Italian 125cc championship race at Vallelunga, riding a Honda

1991
European 250cc Champion; World Championship 250cc début
Riding an Aprilia all season, for Team Italia, Max made his first appearance at World level in the eighth round of fourteen, at Járama in Spain. Finishing twelfth at Mugello and thirteenth at Paul Ricard, he finished the year in 27th position, with seven points

1992 Telkor Valesi Racing, number 29 Aprilia
In his first full season in the 250 World Championship, Max finished third in rounds five and six, second in rounds seven and eleven, and won the final race, at Kyalami in South Africa. He also sat on pole four times, and this effort netted him fifth position overall, on a score of 78 points

1993 Rothmans Kanemoto Honda, number 5 Honda
Now on a Honda, Biaggi achieved top six results in nine races, with podiums at five venues. Three of these came at Spanish tracks, and included a win in Barcelona. Altogether he scored 142 points, and was fourth in the final table

1994 Chesterfield Aprilia, number 4 Aprilia
1994 was the Roman’s proper breakthrough year, as he finished fourth once, third once, second four times, and was the winner five times. This impressive sequence brought the Aprilia rider his first World title, with a twenty point margin despite three no-scores. His final tally was 234

1995 Chesterfield Aprilia, number 1 Aprilia
Max’s position as the leading 250 rider was strengthened in 1995, when his performances included nine pole positions and eight race wins. He was second three times, and ultimately defeated Tetsuya Harada by 63 points, after scoring an amazing 283. Once again he elected to stay on in the 250cc series for the following season

1996 Chesterfield Aprilia, number 1 Aprilia
Again with twelve top four finishes, this time Biaggi was victorious on nine occasions, and a third title was no surpise. With 274 points taking his overall Grand Prix score up to 1018, it was a shock for the Italian when Aprilia decided to sack him

1997 Marlboro Team Kanemoto Honda, number 1 Honda
Max bounced back by rejoining Erv Kanemoto’s team, where he had to sort his new machine in quick order. Despite a number of handicaps, and some off-track incidents, Biaggi put in a late surge to pip Ralf Waldmann to the title by two points. In the process he won five times and stood on five other podiums. With nothing left to prove in 250s, it was time to move up a step

1998 Marlboro Team Kanemoto, number 6 Honda
Staying with the same team, Biaggi was a revelation as he made his 500cc début, winning first time out and becoming a genuine season-long rival to Mick Doohan. A second victory came in the tenth round, and he was on the podium for the eighth time a race later. At this stage, Max was a few points ahead of both Doohan and Àlex Crivillé, but disqualification in the next event, for a yellow flag offence, put paid to his hopes. He wound up second overall, on 208 points

1999 Marlboro Yamaha Team, number 2 Yamaha
His rookie 500 performance earned Max a works ride in 1999, when he switched over to Yamaha. This time his progress was hindered by adapting to his new mount, and one or two falls resulted. After best finishes of two seconds, a third, two fourths and a fifth in the first twelve races, the Roman was back on track with a win and three seconds in the last four rounds. This strong finish lifted him onto 194 points, good enough for fourth in the final table

2000 Marlboro Yamaha Team, number 4 Yamaha
Biaggi was firmly established with Yamaha by 2000, but the championship seemed rather more open this year. Team-mate Carlos Checa started the season with four second places in six events, making him the early challenger to Suzuki’s Kenny Roberts. Max was eighty points down at this stage, but turned his fortunes around by scoring nine top five results in the last ten races. Best of these were wins in the Czech Republic and Australia, and thirds at Valência and Motegi, while Checa’s form was fading. The Italian ended up third overall, behind Roberts and Valentino Rossi, scoring 170 points. He had also recorded five pole positions

2001 Marlboro Yamaha Team, number 3 Yamaha
The 2001 season evolved into a three-way Italian battle, with Biaggi locked in combat against Rossi and Loris Capirossi. A surge from Max across rounds four to nine resulted in three wins, two seconds and a third, keeping him in touch with Rossi on the latest Honda. However, the pressure seemed to get to him after this, and he managed to tumble out on more than one occasion, even with a run of pole positions. Despite a near photo finish with Rossi in Australia, Biaggi was to finish 106 points down at the year’s end, but his 219 kept him ahead of Capirossi’s older Honda for second

2002 Marlboro Yamaha Team, number 3 Yamaha
As the new four-stroke era kicked off, Max found the new YZR-M1 initially lagged behind the Honda RCV, especially in the handling stakes. Development work paid off when the Roman had a run of top four finishes, beginning with the French GP in May, and taking him through to the season’s end. He achieved four poles, finished second in Italy, Britain, Germany and Brazil, and took impressive wins at Brno and Sepang. In the end this was enough to relegate Tohru Ukawa’s works Honda to third position, but left Biaggi trailing serial race winner Rossi

2003 Camel Pramac Pons, number 3 Honda
With Rossi’s 2002 dominance in mind, as well as Marlboro’s switch of support to Ducati, Biaggi opted to join the list of Honda RC211V riders for this season. His front-running experience makes him one of the favourites in a strong and varied field of entrants

2004 Camel Honda, number 3 Honda
Max carried on with the Pramac Pons customer Honda team this year

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LG G7030

Specifications
LG G7030

Network	2G 3G	GSM 900 / 1800
Size	Dimensions Weight Display	85 x 45 x 23 mm (3.35 x 1.77 x 0.91 in) 88 gram UFB, 65K colors 128 x 160 pixels, 7 lines
Memory	Phonebook Call records Internal Card slot	255 x 3 fields, 7 contact groups 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
Data	GPRS EDGE 3G WLAN Bluetooth Infrared port USB	Class 10 Yes
Features	OS CPU Messaging Ringtones Browser Radio GPS Games Camera Video Colors Java	SMS, EMS Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones WAP 1.2.1 Othello, Ice Cave Silver - Mini-SIM - Second external OLED 256 color display (96 x 64 pixels) - Downloadable wallpapers - 100 short messages - 3 x 30 sec voice memo - 20 calendar events - Predictive text input - Organizer - World clock - Voice memo - Clock - Calendar - Alarm
Battery	Stand-by Talk time	Standard battery, Li-Ion 720 mAh Up to 200 h Up to 2 h 30 min

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LG G7050

Specifications
LG G7050

Network	2G 3G	GSM 900 / 1800
Size	Dimensions Weight Display	94 x 44 x 21 mm (3.70 x 1.73 x 0.83 in) 89 gram STN, 65K colors 128 x 160 pixels, 6 lines
Memory	Phonebook Call records Internal Card slot	200 x 5 fields, 7 contact groups 20 dialed, received and missed calls 350 KB
Data	GPRS EDGE 3G WLAN Bluetooth Infrared port USB	Class 10 Yes
Features	OS CPU Messaging Alert Browser Radio GPS Games Camera Video Colors Java	SMS, EMS, MMS Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones WAP 2.0/xHTML Mobile Hawk VGA Silver Yes - Mini-SIM - Four way navigation keys - Wallpapers - 100 short messages - 11 message templates - 20 calendar events - 10 voice dial slots - Predictive text input - Organizer - World clock - Voice dial - Voice memo - Clock - Calendar - Alarm
Battery	Stand-by Talk time	Standard battery, Li-Ion 760 mAh Up to 200 h Up to 2 h

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