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Rossi : MotoGP World Champion 2009


Italy's Valentino Rossi secured his seventh world MotoGP crown after finishing third in the rain-delayed Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.

Rossi, 30, began in pole and only needed a top-four finish, with Yahama team-mate Jorge Lorenzo the only rider able to catch up in the standings.

Australian Casey Stoner won the race on his Ducati ahead of Spaniard Dani Pedrosa (Honda), with Lorenzo fourth.

The final race of the championship is in Valencia in two weeks.

Rossi, who is on 286 points in the standings ahead of Lorenzo (245) and Stoner (220), now has nine world titles in total.

"It was a difficult year," he said. "This race reflected how the season went - very tough, with some mistakes, some disappointing results.

Age may be getting older, but he still capable of making achievements. That is the theme of celebration of the written Rossi T-shirt 'Gallina Vecchia fa buon brodo' which roughly means 'good old chicken soup is made'.

Yes, Vale was getting older, is now entering the age of 30, his performance still shiny. Records were kept falling and he has now been signed as one of the legends Motogp because it's nine times a champion of the world.

Valentino Rossi


Valentino Rossi, (born February 16, 1979 in Urbino), is an Italian professional motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with 9 Grand Prix World Championships to his name. According to Sports Illustrated, Rossi is one of the highest earning sports personalities in the world, having earned an estimated $34 million in 2007.

Following his father, Graziano Rossi, Rossi started racing in Grand Prix in 1996 for Aprilia in the 125cc category and won his first World Championship the following year. From there, he moved up to the 250cc category with Aprilia and won the 250cc World Championship in 1999. He won the 500cc World Championship with Honda in 2001, the MotoGP World Championships (also with Honda) in 2002 and 2003, and continued his streak of back-to-back championships by winning the 2004 and 2005 titles after leaving Honda to join Yamaha, before regaining the title in 2008 and retaining it in 2009.

Rossi is first in all time 500 cc/MotoGP race wins standings, with 77 victories, and second in all time overall wins standings with 103 race wins (behind Giacomo Agostini with 122).

Records

All records are correct as of October 24, 2009

At the Netherlands's MotoGP at TT Assen on 27 June, 2009, Rossi became only the second rider to reach 100 Grand Prix wins. He is only behind Giacomo Agostini who has 122 wins, but ahead of Ángel Nieto with 90 wins.

500 cc/MotoGP records: Rossi is

  • First in all time race wins standings with 77 race wins.
  • First in all time podium standings with 127 podiums in premier class.
  • First in most podiums in a season with 16 podiums in 2003, 2005 and 2008.
  • First in most fastest laps in a season with 12 fastest laps in 2003.
  • First in most points in one season with 373 points in 2008.
  • Second in all time premier class world championship wins with 7 world championships behind Giacomo Agostini with 8 titles.
  • Second in consecutive world championship wins with 5 consecutive world championships in 2001-2005 along with Michael Doohan with 5 consecutive world championships in 1994-1998, behind Giacomo Agostini with 7 consecutive world championships in 1966-1972.
  • Second in all time race fastest laps standings with 63 race fastest laps, behind Giacomo Agostini with 89.
  • Second in most race wins in a season with 11 race wins in 2001, 2002 and 2005 along with Giacomo Agostini, behind Michael Doohan with 12 race wins in 1997.
  • Third in most pole positions in a season with 9 pole positions in 2003 along with Casey Stoner and Kevin Schwantz, behind Michael Doohan with 12 pole positions in 1997, Wayne Gardner and Freddie Spencer with 10 pole positions in 1987 and 1985 respectively.
250 cc records: Rossi is
  • Third in most race wins in a season with 9 race wins in 1999 along with Jorge Lorenzo, Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi, behind Daijiro Kato with 11 race wins in 2001, Anton Mang and Mike Hailwood with 10 race wins in 1981 and 1966 respectively.
  • Second most podiums in a season with 12 podiums in 1999 along with Jorge Lorenzo, Marco Melandri, Shinya Nakano, Max Biaggi, Luca Cadalora, John Kocinski and Sito Pons, behind Dani Pedrosa, Tetsuya Harada, Daijiro Kato and Ralf Waldmann with 13 podiums in 2004, 2001, 2001 and 1996 respectively.

125 cc records: Rossi is
  • First in most race wins in a season with 11 race wins in 1997.
  • Second in most podiums in a season with 13 podiums in 1997, behind Álvaro Bautista with 14 podiums in 2006.

Overall records:
  • First in all time points with 4006 points, the only rider to achieve more than 4000 points in the history of the continental circus.
  • First in all time podium standings with 163 podiums.
  • First in all time pole positions standings with 58 pole positions, the same pole positions number than Michael Doohan.
  • Second in all time race wins standings with 103 race wins, behind Agostini with 122 race wins.
  • Second in all time fastest laps standings with 83 fastest laps, behind Agostini with 117 fastest laps.
  • Third in all time world championship wins with 9 world championships along with Carlo Ubbiali and Mike Hailwood, behind Ángel Nieto with 13 world championships and Giacomo Agostini with 15 world championships.

Other records: Rossi is
  • the only rider to win World Championship titles in five different classes: 125 cc, 250 cc, 500 cc, 990 cc & 800 cc.
  • the only rider to win consecutive races with different manufacturers. He won the final race of 2003 with Honda at Valencia and the first race of 2004 with Yamaha at Welkom (South Africa).
  • the only rider to win championships with the 3 different engines used in MotoGP history, 500cc 2 stroke (2001), 990cc 4 stroke (2002/03/04/05) and 800cc 4stroke (2008/09).
  • the only rider to win seven consecutive races at his home Grand Prix at Mugello in 2002-2008.
  • the only rider to win three races after starting the race from 11th or lower on the grid (British GP 2001, German GP 2006 & Dutch TT 2007).
  • the only rider to win the premier-class title on four different types of motorcycle: A Honda 500cc four-cylinder two-stroke (2001), Honda 990cc five-cylinder four-stroke (2002, 2003), Yamaha 990cc four-cylinder four-stroke (2004, 2005) and a Yamaha 800cc four-cylinder four-stroke (2008, 2009).
  • the second rider to win consecutive world championships with different manufacturers (2001-2003 with Honda and 2004-2005 with Yamaha) along with Eddie Lawson (1988 with Yamaha and 1989 with Honda).
  • the second rider in history - after Giacomo Agostini - to regain the premier-class crown after two successive defeats.
  • Yamaha's most successful rider in the premier class with 44 wins,and 4 titles (2004/05/08/09).
  • Aprilia's most successful rider in all classes with 26 wins (12 wins in 125 cc and one title in 1997, and 14 wins in 250cc and one title in 1999).
  • From all the active riders, he is Honda's most successful rider in all classes with 33 wins (13 500cc, 20 MotoGP), and 3 world titles (2001 500cc, 2002 2003 MotoGP).
  • The only rider to win at least one race per each year for 14 consecutive years.

Jyothi Raj, "Spider Man" dari India


Jyothi Raj "Spiderman" dari India menghibur turis di Benteng (Dinding) Chitradurga di India dengan keterampilan mendaki.

Setelah merambat cepat pada sebuah dinding terjal setinggi 300 kaki dia menyeringai: "Saya suka melihat wajah mereka ketika aku gantung terbalik dan mendengar mereka menahan napas untuk keselamatan saya. Kemampuanku adalah bukti bahwa aku dilahirkan untuk mendaki."

Jyothi menceritakan bagaimana ia belajar memanjat dengan menonton monyet kemudian mengasah keahliannya di lokasi konstruksi scaffolding. Setidaknya tak ada yang akan pernah bisa memanggilnya Wimpey (lemah).

Anak-anak menonton dengan kagum sebagai buruh bangunan menggantung di atas setinggi 35 kaki. Dengan gaya akrobat kaki di atas Jyothi Raj, 22, membuat mata anak sekolah yang sedang lewat dalam perjalanannya.

Manusia pemberani itu sering disebut sebagai India's Spider-Man oleh orang-orang yang berbondong-bondong menonton kematiannya-menantang kejenakaan di Chitradurga.


Ini adalah hal yang paling penting ..... Keren!! .. Tetapi mohon agar anak-anak untuk tidak meniru!

Boaz Solossa


Boaz Solossa (born in West Papua) is an Indonesian footballer. His brother, Ortizan, is also a footballer. Boaz plays at Persipura while Ortizan plays at Persija. They met in a match at the 2005 Liga Indonesia final, where Persipura beat Persija 3-2.

Boaz was born in the Solossa family, a well-known family in the province of West Papua. His uncle, Jaap Solossa, was the governor of Papua before he died last year. Boaz was born in a footballing family as well, being the youngest of five children. Almost all of them were professionals, including his brother Ortizan and Nehemia Solossa.

Boaz is considered to be a bright prospect in Indonesian football after performing brilliantly in the 2004 Tiger Cup, where Indonesia was defeated by Singapore in a home and away match, which resulted in an aggregate score of 5-2 to Singapore. In the group phase, Boaz managed to score 4 goals and along with Ilham Jayakesuma, who scored 5 goals, both led the top scorers chart. He is well-known for his two-footedness, born as a left-footed but is equally dangerous with his right.

Nevertheless, Boaz was unable to perform for Persipura for almost 6 months due to an incident where he and his Persipura teammates assaulted a referee officiating one of Persipura matches in the 2004-2005 season. During the time he was out of action, many considered his skills to drop and his prospect wasted. This resulted in the Indonesian national team manager Peter Withe crossing his name off the team list from the national team in 2006. He also has a bad reputation due to his alcoholism, which also contributed to his decline in form over the past year although Boaz stated that he is trying his best to quit and gain back his place in the Indonesian national team.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Paris Hilton Kissing In MyHouse Club Los Angeles 2009 (Video)


TMZ got these picture of Paris Hilton and Cristiano Ronaldo snuggling up at club MyHouse last night. A source close to Paris told TMZ Ronaldo was staring at her all night before he finally went up to her. After he finally got the nerve to approach her, he couldn't keep his hands off her and they eventually headed over to sister Nicky's house.

A source said, "Paris is stoked to be with a real athlete -- unlike her ex, a low-paid minor league baseball player."

Maria Sharapova


Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Maria_sharapova.ogg Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова​ , Mariya Yur’evna Shara'pova [pronounced Sha-RA-po-va]; born April 19, 1987) is a formerly World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player and three time Grand Slam champion. In 2004 at the age of 17, she won Wimbledon, defeating Serena Williams in the final. She has since won the 2006 US Open, defeating Justine Henin in the final, and the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Ana Ivanović in the final. Sharapova has represented Russia in Fed Cup, although her appearances have been controversial.

She has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in Sports Illustrated. Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in both 2005 and 2008. In July 2008, as a result of her success both on and off court, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete earning $26 million. Sharapova is on track to repeat this feat again in 2009; despite playing few matches due to injury Sharapova made $22 million between June 2008 and June 2009.

Starting in 2007, Sharapova began to suffer from a right shoulder injury. She underwent surgery and as a result did not play a professional singles match from August 2008 to May 2009. Because of her inability to play because of injury, she was unable to defend her ranking points. As a result, she was ranked #102 on May 18, 2009. She is currently ranked World No. 60 as of June 21, 2009.

Cristiano Ronaldo


Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾɨʃˈtiɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu]; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and as captain for the Portuguese national team. He previously played for Sporting CP in Portugal and Manchester United in England. Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid on 1 July 2009 in a deal worth £80 million (€94m, US$132m), making him the most expensive player in football history. His contract with Real Madrid is also expected to make him the highest-paid player in the world.

Ronaldo began his career as a youth player at CD Nacional and his successes with the team led to a move to Sporting Clube de Portugal two seasons afterwards. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and reached the UEFA Euro 2004 final with Portugal, in which tournament he scored his first international goal.

In 2008, Ronaldo won his first UEFA Champions League title, and was named player of the tournament. He was named the FIFPro World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Player of the Year, in addition to becoming Manchester United's first Ballon d'Or winner in 40 years.

Three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff said in an interview on 2 April 2008, "Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."

Alex Ferguson


Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson, CBE, more commonly known as Alex Ferguson, Sir Alex, or Fergie (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United , where he has been in charge since 1986. He has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of the English game.

With 22 years as manager of Manchester United, he is the second-longest serving manager in their history after Sir Matt Busby, while his tenure is the longest of all the current League managers. During this time, Ferguson has won many awards and holds many records including winning Manager of the Year most times in British football history. Manchester United have won more honours during Ferguson's tenure than they did in all the years combined prior to his appointment.

He was an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame for his great services to the English game, was knighted in 1999 by Queen Elizabeth II and currently holds the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen for his services to the city, having managed the city's football club to a host of major trophies in the early to mid 1980s.

Ferguson previously managed East Stirlingshire and St. Mirren, before a highly successful period as manager of Aberdeen. Briefly manager of the Scotland national team – in a temporary capacity owing to the death of Jock Stein – he was appointed manager of Manchester United in November 1986.

At Manchester United, Sir Alex has become the most successful manager in the history of English football, having guided the team to eleven league championships and two Champions League titles. In 1999, he became the first manager to lead an English team to the treble of league championship, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. As well as being the only manager to win the FA Cup five times, he is also the only manager ever to win three successive league championships in the top flight in England with the same club (1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01), repeating the feat again in 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09. In 2008, he joined Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest) and Bob Paisley (Liverpool) as only the third British manager to win the European Cup on more than one occasion.

One recurring theme of Ferguson's management of Manchester United has been his view that no player is bigger than the club. He has consistently taken a "my way or the highway" approach in his dealings with players and the pressure of this management tactic has often been the cause of many notable players' departures. Over the years players such as Gordon Strachan, Paul McGrath, Paul Ince, Jaap Stam, Dwight Yorke, David Beckham and more recently, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gabriel Heinze have left the club after varying degrees of conflict with Ferguson. It is also suggested that one of the most inspirational players in the club's history, Roy Keane was a victim of Ferguson's wrath following damning criticism of his team mates on the club's in-house television channel, MUTV. This disciplinary line that he takes with such highly paid, high-profile players has been mentioned as a reason for the ongoing success of Manchester United.

Manchester United


Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974–75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964–65.

Manchester United are the reigning English champions and Club World Cup holders, having won the 2008–09 Premier League and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. The club is one of the most successful in the history of English football and has won 22 major honours since Alex Ferguson became manager in November 1986. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4–1. They won a second European Cup as part of a Treble in 1999, before winning their third in 2008. The club holds the joint record for the most English league titles with 18 and also holds the record for the most FA Cup wins with 11.

Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world with the highest revenue of any football club, and is currently ranked as the richest and most valuable club in any sport, with an estimated value of £897 million (€1.333 billion / $1.8 billion) as of September 2008. Manchester United was a founding member of the now defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs, and its replacement, the European Club Association.

Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986, joining from Aberdeen after the departure of Ron Atkinson. The current club captain is Gary Neville, who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005.

Sisa-sisa Kekalahan Perancis


Sekembalinya dari Kejuaraan Piala Dunia 2002, pemain-pemain tim Perancis karena dirundung rasa malu yang amat sangat memutuskan untuk menyamar agar tidak dikenali orang.

Zizou (panggilan akrab Zidane) dengan samaran sebagai pastur (kepala dengan rambut jarang sudah mendukung) berjalan-jalan di tempat mejeng terkenal di Paris, Champs Elysees. Tiba-tiba nenek-nenek menyapa "Hai Zizou"
Kesal, Zizou segera bergegas pulang untuk merubah samarannya, kali ini sebagai syekh Arab. Kemudian ia kembali melanjutkan acara jalan-jalan di Champs Elysees. Untuk kali ke-dua ia berpapasan dengan nenek-nenek tadi yang kembali menyapa "Hai Zizou"
Masih dalam keadaan terheran-heran ia datangi si nenek dan bertanya dengan nada sopan "Maaf bagaimana anda dapat mengenali saya ?"
Dan nenek menjawab "Loe goblok kali ye, ini gue Barthez !!"

Kiper Piala Dunia


Seorang pria sedang berjalan-jalan di Dublin, ketika dia mendengar seorang wanita berteriak-teriak, disertai asap yang mengepul dari sebuah bangunan. Dia lari menuju ke rumah itu dan melihat banyak orang berdiri melihat pemandangan kebakaran itu.

Di pinggir jendela dari bangunan tingkat 10 itu, seorang wanita dengan bayinya, berteriak minta tolong, supaya bayinya selamat.

Pria itu berteriak, "Lempar bayimu ke bawah, aku akan menangkapnya."

Jawab si wanita, "Tidak ! Tidak ! Kamu akan gagal menangkap bayiku, dan dia bisa mati !"

Pria ini berkata, "Nggak bakalan ! Aku Alec Maguire. Sayalah penjaga gawang dari kesebelasan Irlandia. Aku tidak pernah gagal selama 10 th ini dalam menangkap apapun, dan aku tidak pernah membiarkan satu bolapun masuk ke gawangku !"

Wanita bertanya, "Apa? Tidak satupun?"

Jawab si pria, "Tidak ! Tak satupun ! Setiap pemain bola di dunia tahu siapa aku, dan mereka mengakui, akulah penjaga gawang terbaik seluruh dunia yg pernah ada !"

Kemudian pria itu menunjukkan gayanya menangkap sebuahbola, yang membuat kagum penonton di sekitarnya.

Wanita itu berkata, "Ok ! Aku percaya kamu. Daripada tidak ada pilihan lain. Ini, tangkap!"

Maka, si wanita melemparkan bayinya ke arah pria itu. Tapi sayang lemparannya rada spin, alias muter, jadinya tuh bayi muter-muter jatuhnya dan nggak tentu arahnya.

Si wanita teriak ketakutan. Tapi si pria dgn sigap,menangkap bayi itu dgn tangan kanannya. Kemudian ....diletakkannya bayi itu di atas tanah, lalu dia mundur kebelakang sejauh dua meter. Pelan tapi pasti, dia berlari ke arah bayi itu, dan .... menendangnya sejauh 60 meter.

Elephant Practices


BasketballElephant Practices his Basketball Skills

Hampir Sampai


Ceritanya ada 3 orang muda di perbatasan Meksico-America yang dibatasi oleh sungai Rio Grande yang satu orang Spanyol, orang Mexico dan satu lagi orang Indian. Ketiga pemuda ini ingin pergi ke amerika, untuk ,meraih the american dream mereka di land of hopes itu. Yang menjadi halangan adalah sungai rio grande itu. karena saat itu sungai rio grande lagi deras-derasnya. Tetapi demi impian mereka akhirnya...mereka semua bertekad agar sampai di Amerika...

Dan akhirnya keputusan mereka adalah mereka akan berenang satu persatu menyeberangi sungai Rio Grande yang lebarnya sekitar 100 meter itu...

And there the spanish goes...
5 meter...8 meter....15 meter...25 meter...
ahhhhh...help me...i can't take this anymore...help...help...
dan matilah si spanyol terbawa arus sungai yang sangat deras....

Kedua temannya ketakutan melihat peristiwa itu...tapi demi American Dream...ok kita lanjutkan...

and now...giliran si orang mexico...
5 meter...10 .meter...25 meter...35 meter....50 meter... ahhhh...help me...gua 'gak kuat lagi...tolong...
dan si mexico pun mati...

Sekarang tinggal giliran si Indian... dan setelah menguatkan hati dia pun terjun ke sungai itu...5 meter...10 meter...60 meter...75 meter...80 meter...90 meter... akhir perjalanan tinggal sepuluh meter..tapi... ahhh...help me...help...tolong...gua 'gak kuat lagi... dan dia pun berenang balik lagi ke tempat semula...

Everybody was Kung Fu fightin!


Only in India


Marathon Runner


After 20 years two college rivals bumped into each other. "Do you remember how I used to be so fat and flabby?' asked the first. "Well, I've been on an exercise program for a few years, and now I run marathons."

"That's great!" replied the other man.

"And," the first man continued, "Do you remember how I used to be shy and a poor student? Well, I took a course in public speaking, and now I make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on the lecture circuit."

"That's great!" came the reply.

"Oh, and how about you?" the first man asked. "Have you changed at all?"

"Well, yes I have", replied the second man. "Remember how brutally honest I used to be, and how when someone said something uninteresting, I would reply, 'I couldn't care less?'"

"Well now I just say, 'That's great!'"

Skydiving Advice


A man who had just spent megabucks on a skydiving class, dove out of the airplane and pulled the ripcord. The chute emerged, tangled, and he cut it free. He then pulled the cord on the reserve chute, and it also was tangled. He prayed fervently as he looked at the quickly approaching ground below. To his amazement, a woman was coming up with equal velocity.

"Hey, you know anything about parachutes?" he shouted to her, as they passed by.

"No..." she replied, "do you know anything about gas stoves?"

Early Morning Run


A man had been driving all night and by morning was still far from his destination. He decided to stop at the next city he came to, and park somewhere quiet so he could get an hour or two of sleep. As luck would have it, the quiet place he chose happened to be on one of the city's major jogging routes. No sooner had he settled back to snooze when there came a knocking on his window. He looked out and saw a jogger running in place.

"Yes?"

"Excuse me, sir," the jogger said, "do you have the time?"

The man looked at the car clock and answered, "8:15".

The jogger said thanks and left. The man settled back again, and was just dozing off when there was another knock on the window and another jogger.

"Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?"

"8:25!"

The jogger said thanks and left. Now the man could see other joggers passing by and he knew it was only a matter of time before another one disturbed him. To avoid the problem, he got out a pen and paper and put a sign in his window saying, "I do not know the time!"

Once again he settled back to sleep. He was just dozing off when there was another knock on the window.

"Sir, sir? It's 8:45!."

Bowling Ball Extrication


An auto mechanic received a repair order that read: "Check for clunking sound when going around corners."

Taking the car out for a test drive, he made a right turn, and a moment later he heard a "clunk."

He then made a left turn and again heard a "clunk."

Back at the shop he opened the car's trunk, and soon discovered the problem.

Promptly he returned the repair order to the service manager with the notation, "Removed bowling ball from trunk".

Playing Sick


Negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse. The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusing their contract's sick-leave provisions.

One morning at the bargaining table, the company's chief negotiator held aloft the morning edition of the newspaper, "This man," he announced, "Called in sick yesterday!" There on the sports page, was a photo of the supposedly ill employee, who had just won a local golf tournament with an excellent score.

The silence in the room was broken by a union negotiator. "Wow," he said. "Think of what kind of score he could have had if he hadn't been sick!"