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First goal ever for the Chinese in the olympics.
Ten man Goal score by Jeremy Brockie for New Zealand and the chinese came back for a tie with a goal from Dong at the 86th minutes.
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It has been one year since David Beckham joined the Los Angeles Galaxy football team in the United States.
On the field, Beckham has become a one-man show, responsible for the Galaxy averaging a
league-best 25,513 at home and a league-high 27,094 on the road this year. The Galaxy website could not be accused of understating Beckham, describing him as “one of the world’s most recognisable people”. New York Red Bulls had a crowd of 46,754 for the visit of the Galaxy on Saturday. Usually around 10,000 watch their home games. The 66,237 – an MLS record – who went to Giants Stadium last August to see Beckham and the Galaxy was more than for their five previous home MLS games put together.
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Oliver Kahn
Age: 38
Nationality: German
Club: Bayern Munich
Earnings (million): $10.3, 5.1 pounds, 7.5 euros
The veteran German goalkeeper is nicknamed King Kahn for his size and antics. Now winding down a storied career that brought him seven German league titles, six cups and a European Champions League winner's medal with Bayern Munich and a World Cup runner's up medal with the German national team, for which he appeared 86 times, 49 as captain. Does ads for Paulaner brewery and Burger King hamburgers.
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Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Age: 31
Nationality: Spanish
Club: Real Madrid
Earnings (m): $10.9, 5.5 pounds, 8 euros
Spanish soul of a Real Madrid side that has been studded with a succession of foreign stars. Has captained the team since 2003 and worn its No. 7 jersey since first appearing for the team as a 19-year-old. Signed a lifelong contract with Real earlier this year. Now the club's second-leading goal scorer of all time despite long periods of fluctuating form that periodically exasperate Real's fans. Habitually kisses his wedding ring after scoring, just one of many pre- and in-match superstitions.  © Getty
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Alessandro del Piero
Age: 33
Nationality: Italian
Club: Juventus
Earnings (m): $14.3, 7.1 pounds, 10.4 euros
Won the World Cup with Italy and a string of honors with Juventus, for which he has played more than 400 times since 1993, and is the club's all-time leading scorer. Has slipped down the top-paying ranks since topping it in 2000, but his longevity, success and personality keep the endorsement income coming. Uses his fame and money to support cancer research.
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Lionel Messi
Age: 21
Nationality: Argentine
Club: Barcelona
Earnings (m): $11.9, 5.9 pounds, 8.7 euros
The latest Argentine wunderkind to be cursed with being dubbed "the new Maradona." Short, at 5 feet six inches, for a top class soccer player because of a childhood growth hormone deficiency, he is long on prodigious talent, breaking into the Barcelona, Spain, first team at 17 and winning the Under-20 World Cup with Argentina. Now a key player in the full national side as he is for his club, forming a partnership with play maker Ronaldhinho. Barca signed him to a fat new contract in 2005 that will keep the "Messidona" in the Catalan capital until 2014.
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Rio Ferdinand
Age: 29
Nationality: English
Club: Manchester United
Earnings (m): $12.5, 6.3 pounds, 9.2 euros
England central defender having a career-high season with Manchester United, whom he joined in 2002 on a five-year deal that made him the most expensive British footballer in history and the world's most expensive defender. A string of driving offenses and a controversy over failing to attend a drug test in 2003 have dulled some of the tarnish on his appeal to marketers.
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Didier Drogba
Age: 30
Nationality: Ivory Coast
Club: Chelsea
Earnings (m): $13.4, 6.7 pounds, 9.8 euros
Powerful Chelsea striker was Premier League's top goal scorer in 2006-07 and Africa's Footballer of the Year in 2006. Rich vein of form has continued this season, and he remains the Blues' first choice striker ahead of some very expensive competing talent. Grew up in France from age 5, playing for Olympique de Marseille, where he won French Player of the Year, before moving to Chelsea as the club's then record signing for 23.8 million pounds.
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Frank Lampard
Age: 30
Nationality: English
Club: Chelsea
Earnings (m): $14.8, 7.4 pounds, 10.8 euros
Scion of two famous East London footballing families, the Lampards and the Rednapps, Lampard has become the midfield lynchpin of the Chelsea team assembled by Roman Abramovich's billions, and a regular with the England national side. In 2005 he was runner-up to Ronaldinho as World and European player of the year.
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Great game between Netherland and Italy. The game was really open, great chances.
The dutch style was excellent. It reminds me the good all days when Gullit, van Basten...was in part of the team.
Italy must be very upset. 3 goals in a game is very rare for Italy and their quality in defense.
The dutch kept attacking in the second half aggressively, making the game the most attractive of the euro 2008 so far.
It is the first time in 30 years that the dutch beat the Italian the last win was in 1978.
Watchout France and Romania.
Tags: Netherland Italy
Euro 2008. The first game of the competition is never easy.Petr Cech and other players give there thoughts on Czech Republic's 1-0 win over Switzerland in the opening match of Uefa Euro 2008.
That was not a great game but the Czech won an important game to boost their confidence for the upcomings games.
Tags: Czech Republic Switzerland Euro2008
Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) and Setanta Sports have acquired broadcast rights in the United States for the English FA Cup and England’s national football team matches in a four-year deal with the English FA. The deal covers the seasons 2008-09 to 2011-12, and includes live rights for the FA Community Shield; FA Cup matches, including the final; and England Senior and Under-21 national team home matches, including friendlies and 2010 World Cup qualifiers. FSC and Setanta will also have access to ancillary FA programming, including preview and review shows, archive matches, and magazine programmes. Each broadcaster will show exclusive live matches on television under a rights-sharing agreement, which also provides for sharing of clips, internet rights and mobile rights. Both broadcasters will show the FA Cup Final live.
Tags: Setanta And Fox Acquire England FA Football Rights In US
The winners of tonight's first ever all-English UEFA Champions League final in Moscow will take home more than £85m, according to a comprehensive economic study commissioned by MasterCard. Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC, who go head-to-head at the Luzhniki Stadium just days after Sir Alex Ferguson's men clinched the Barclays Premier League title, stand to profit from positive economic impacts such as increased squad value, prize money, sponsorship deals, television rights and growth in season ticket sales, with even the loser pocketing more than a cool £30m from the game. The MasterCard study - conducted by sport business expert, Professor Simon Chadwick, Director of Coventry University's Centre of the International Business of Sport - noted that in getting to the final, the two English Premier League sides each may have already earned more than £30m, during their respective UEFA Champions League 2007/2008 campaigns, meaning a win in the Moscow final will be worth in excess of £115m. The figures compare favourably to the economic impact of the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final in Athens, where MasterCard research found that AC Milan or Liverpool FC stood to earn up to £67m from winning, which the Rossoneri achieved with a 2-1 victory. Professor Chadwick suggests that the clubs will not be the only beneficiaries, with Moscow set to receive an economic boost to the tune of more than £35m, compared to the £18m Athens were believed to have enjoyed from the 2007 UEFA Champions League final, according to MasterCard. Chadwick considers this positive commerce flow in the short term will be driven by fan spending in bars, clubs, shops, hotels, city attractions, bookmakers and the Luzhniki stadium, but Russia's capital also stands to profit from a longer term economic legacy, realised through increased tourism, civic sponsorship and a greater likelihood of hosting future 'mega events'. The MasterCard study also found that the home city of the winning team stands to benefit to the tune of more than £10m. This windfall is expected to be felt through positive economic impacts such as enhanced city image and reputation, leading to increased tourism, and a boost to consumer confidence, resulting in increased spending after the city's bars, pubs, shops and bookmakers have enjoyed a short term financial boost around the final itself. "The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final is not only the greatest prize in European club football, but it is also expected to be the biggest yet in economic terms, with a total cumulative impact that could amount to upwards of £210m,” said Professor Chadwick. “Quite apart from the qualifying, group and knockout stages of the tournament, this places the Final itself on a par with the world’s leading regular, one-off sporting events, such as the NFL Superbowl." MasterCard has been an Official Sponsor of the UEFA Champions League since 1994.
Tags: Champions League Winner MasterCard
Where there is money and men, there will be cars. For proof, look no further than the world of soccer. To grasp just how much money is floating around in the sport, take a look at last year's research from auditing and consulting company Deloitte.
The richest team in the world, Real Madrid, boasted sales of $400 million last year, while the average player in Britain's top soccer league earned a cool $2.2 million.
A new batch of broadcasting deals beginning this year could take the highest British footballer salary to $20 million. And with so much money up for grabs, it stands to reason that the most successful soccer players will want to flash their cash on the road.
David Beckham, who has a contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy worth a projected $275 million over five years, has splashed millions on a car collection that at one time included an Aston Martin DB7, a Lamborghini Gallardo and a Porsche 911 Turbo.
"For the most part, he collects cars," said Beckham's agent, Simon Oliveira, "tending to buy or sell them based on his keen interest in their heritage and history." Oliveira would not comment on the specifics of Beckham's collection--which is also said to include an armor-plated BMW X-5 and a Rolls-Royce Phantom--but he told Forbes.com that Beckham had already sold the Porsche 911 Turbo he drove in Los Angeles last December.
The cars "footballers" drive often reflect their rags-to-riches career paths. Manchester United star Wayne Rooney began his career with a $20,000 Ford Ka; he now has a $1.5 million collection that includes a $175,990 Bentley Continental GT. Even Beckham drove a humble Ford Escort back in the mid-1990s. Decadent Drives But even the most successful footballers hit speed bumps. Take Eric Djemba-Djemba, the Cameroonian mid-fielder who currently plays for Doha-based Qatar Sports Club.
He was declared bankrupt in a Birmingham, U.K., court last year. His former agent later told the French media that Djemba-Djemba's fleet of 10 SUVs helped explain why. Perhaps a safer option for footballers would be to avoid paying for cars at all. Many automakers have witnessed the benefits of brand sponsorship, with Audi choosing to team up with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester United. Hence Cristiano Ronaldo's complementary Audi R8--part of the brand's sponsorship deal with the team--which otherwise would have set him back at least $109,000.
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