David Beckham came out as the highest earner in world football, according to a report that appears in Tuesday’s edition of France Football magazine.
The former Manchester United/Real Madrid/LA Galaxy/England superstar, who joined French Club Paris Saint-Germain in January, is ahead of current young superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. According to the report, Beckham will earn $46.7M (£30.9m) in 2012-13 through salaries, bonuses, endorsements and business ventures.
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I was with a crowd inside a mall in Cebu watching the Pacquiao-Marquez4 on a big screeen. All I did was show the organizers some receipts and then I was gladly catered in.
I came with the expectation of a 6th round TKO win by Manny Pacquiao, a fitting ending to erase all doubts.
Seriousness was all over the face of Juan Manuel Marquez as he stood opposite Pacquiao while the referee Kenny Bayless was giving instructions. Pacquiao, on the other hand, was trying his hardest to create a killer gaze. I think he failed at that, and perhaps at any time, it would have exploded into a laughter had JMM’s stiff face melted. Remember the Bradley-Pacquiao presscon?
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I never doubted Cung Le’s abilities right from the first time I saw videos of his fights. Even his loss to Wanderlei Silva, I still thought he could have won it.
Saturday, at the Cotai Arena inside the Venetian Macau Resort Hotel in Macau, China, Cung Le knocked out former champion Rick Franklin at 2:17 of the first round. It was such a brutal counter right hook that you would have wondered what happened to Franklin as he limped down, crashing face first to the canvas.
In the pre-fight interview, Franklin said he was prepared to face Le. In fact, at the start, he kicked effectively to Le’s legs and body and then made punching combinations to the head.
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Hurricane Sandy (Frankenstorm) is coming to the U.S. East Coast and may cause a catastrophe in the area knocking out power and affecting millions of people. Not only that, the start of the 2012 NBA season for certain teams may also be affected.
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Here we go again taking sides for the 4th Edition of the Pacquiao vs Marquez boxing fight. The fight will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada this December 8, 2012 (December 9 in the Philippines). Who do you think will prevail this time?
Plenty of boxing avid fans were not convinced of Pacquiao’s victory in their 3rd encounter. Some even suggested that he should humbly acknowledge defeat, even if it was against the judges’ verdict. Others say that Pacquiao wasn’t as hungry as before. Some even blamed his new-found faith – which they say, diminishes his killer instinct.
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Murray vs Djokovic at the US Open 2012 Finals is one of those rare grand slam events wherein there is neither Nadal nor Federer. As much as I’d like Roger to be in the Finals, I was glad Nadal wasn’t there either.
A Murray vs Djokovic rivalry is inevitable and is surely bound to happen now that Roger and Nadal lost their invincibility. Both are just months apart when it comes to age. And they were already rivals since the tender age of 11.
Head to head, Djokovic won 8 out their 14 duels. This year, they are 2-2. The last time they met at a grand slam finals, it was Australian Open 2011 and won by the Serb.
Murray already has an Olympic gold medal to boast of. But he still has none of those grand slam titles. In 5 attempts, he got nothing. Will the sixth be his lucky number?
Djokovic, on the other hand, is chasing his sixth title. And he is currently the defending champ of the US Open.
Results Prediction
I hope Murray wins his first here. It will be sweeter as he’ll be the first man to bring a major championship back to Britain since Fred Perry in 1936. But as we know, the Serb’s resilience and power has worked for him many times. He can break Murray’s game and nerves at the end game. Title number 6 will be for Djokovic this time as I predict a 3-2 win.
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Who are the athletes from the Philippines who will compete in the London 2012 Summer Olympics? Sadly, the Philippine contingent for this Olympiad will be the smallest delegation in the history of its participation in the Olympics since 1932 – 11 athletes in 8 sports.
You might ask if we are sending teams for basketball and football. The answer is no, because we have not qualified. We’re only sending players who have qualified and these are:
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Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey had offered Jeremy Lin a deal worth at least $31M.
According to a report from the New York Post “Morey showed Lin Houston and took him out for dinner, where he was offered a three-year deal with a fourth-year player option that would total at least $31 million.
The first two years are at $5 million and $5.2 million with the backloaded “poison pill’’ coming in the third and fourth years, when the salary was to jump to about $10.5 million to create luxury-tax hardship for the Knicks.”
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It’s Andy Murray vs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the other half of Wimbledon 2012 men’s semifinals. With the early exit of no.2-ranked Rafael Nadal, it’s not surprising that the no.5 Tsonga stepped up to reach this stage. And it’s not often that these two outstanding players meet at the tournaments they entered. But here they are now, vying for their first ever Grand Slam title.
I predicted that they face each other at the finals last year. Yet the two never met as both we’re eliminated by Nadal and Djokovic at this same stage of the competition. I was dead wrong in my prediction, but this time, one will have to go to the finals to face either Federer or Djokovic.
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Many will be asking that question because these days, if you are not Federer, Murray, Djokovic, or anyone in Tennis’ top 10, you cannot beat Rafael Nadal at any Grand Slam. But someone did the unthinkable. Who was he?
In most Grand Slam events, I’d skip the early rounds and just wait for the quarters to check on the results. Any pretenders would be gone by then. When my boss mentioned that Nadal was beaten by an unknown player, I couldn’t help but ask: “Who beat Nadal?”
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