Saturday, 1 May 2010

Ashley Cole English professional footballer

Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for Chelsea in the Premier League and the English national team. He plays as a left-back.

Cole began his career with Arsenal in 1999, going on to make 228 appearances, scoring 9 goals for the club, and winning two Premier League titles, three FA Cups and a runners-up medal from the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final. In August 2006, after a protracted transfer saga, he completed the move to rival club Chelsea in exchange for £5m plus defender William Gallas. Cole is a regular in the Chelsea first-team and won a second Champions League runners-up medal in 2008.

Cole married Cheryl Tweedy in July 2006; they separated in February 2010.

International career

Cole has played for England at youth and senior levels. He was capped for the England U-20 team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside Stuart Taylor, Peter Crouch, Andrew Johnson and Matthew Etherington. However, the team finished bottom of their group, suffering three defeats without scoring any goals. He also made four appearances for England under-21s, scoring once.

Cole made his senior England début against Albania, on 28 March 2001. He played for England at the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004, and was named as one of four England players in the all-star squad for the latter tournament. Cole was also an ever-present for England in the 2006 World Cup; in their second round match against Ecuador he made a crucial block, deflecting Carlos Tenorio's shot onto the crossbar. The match ended with England winning 1–0, but England were knocked out on penalties by Portugal in the quarter-finals. By the end of 2008, Cole had achieved 68 caps for England, all of which were starting appearances.

He made his 77th appearance for England on 10 October 2009 in the 1-0 defeat by Ukraine in the World Cup qualifiers. He is now just two caps short of matching the record of 79 caps by a black English international (John Barnes, who appeared for England from 1983 to 1995).


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Arsenal Football Club (PLUS Markets: AFC) (pronounced /ˈɑrsənəl, ˈɑrsnəl/) (often simply known as Arsenal or The Arsenal, or by their nickname The Gunners) is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. They hold the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight and are the only side to have completed a Premier League season unbeaten.

Arsenal Football Club was founded in 1886 and, in 1893, became the first club from the south of England to join the Football League. They won their first major trophies—five League Championship titles and two FA Cups:—in the 1930s. After a lean period in the post-war years they became the second club of the 20th century to win the League and FA Cup Double, in the 1970–71 season, and in the 1990s and 2000s recorded a series of successes – during this time Arsenal won a Cup Double, two further League and FA Cup Doubles, and became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League Final.

The club's colours, traditionally red and white, have evolved over time. Similarly, the club have moved location; founded in Woolwich, south-east London, in 1913 they moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium, in Highbury. In 2006 they made a shorter move, to the Emirates Stadium in nearby Holloway.

Arsenal have an estimated 27 million fans worldwide, and the fans have long-standing rivalries with several other clubs; the most notable of these is with neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom they regularly contest the North London derby. Arsenal are also the third-richest club in the world as of 2010, valued at $1.2 billion. The club have regularly featured in portrayals of football in British culture. Arsenal Ladies are the most successful English club in women's football and are also affiliated with the club.

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Friday, 30 April 2010


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Fernando Verdasco Carmona (born 15 November 1983 in Madrid) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He is currently the second-highest ranked Spanish tennis player, ranked number 9 in the world. Verdasco started playing tennis at four years of age and had a full-time coach when he was eight. As of 2009, Verdasco has been working in Las Vegas with Andre Agassi and his team including Darren Cahill (Agassi's former coach) and Gil Reyes (Agassi's fitness coach). Verdasco has aided Spain in winning two Davis Cup titles, winning the deciding match in both 2008 and 2009.

2010 career information

Fernando started his 2010 campaign at the exhibition tournament AAMI Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, in preparation for the upcoming Australian Open. He beat Fernando Gonzalez 7-5, 6-1 on day one, and crushed Novak Djokovic 6–1, 6–2 on day two, to reach the final where he faced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He won 7–5, 6–3 against him in the final.

His first official tournament for the year was in the Australian Open. As the 9th seed, he defeated Australian Carsten Ball in the first round 6–7(4), 7–6(1), 7–5, 6–2. He then easily defeated qualifier Ivan Sergeyev 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round. He entered the fourth round after his third round opponent Stefan Koubek was forced to retire when Verdasco was leading by a set. He bowed out in the fourth round against Nikolay Davydenko in a five set thriller, 2–6, 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(5), 3–6. Commentator John Alexander and others believe that Verdasco was not as fit as he was this time last year.

His next tournament is the SAP Open in San Jose, California, starting February 8th and he is the second seed. Notably, he changed his racquet sponsors to Yonex, so he will be using Yonex racquets from now onwards. Before his first round match, he won an exhibition match against Pete Sampras in straight sets [6–3 7–6(2)]. In the first round of the tournament he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu 6–3, 6–7(6), 6–3. In the second round, he defeated Benjamin Becker, 7–5, 6–2, and then qualifier Ričardas Berankis in the quarterfinals 6–3, 7–6(5). He fought past Denis Istomin 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 to reach the final, and defeated Andy Roddick in the final, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 to capture his fourth ATP singles title. This was his first win over a Top 10 ranked player since the 2009 Australian Open.

However, his energy was sapped after his win in San Jose. He arrived at the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, only a day after the tournament started and he didn't have time to practice on the tournament courts. As a result, he was ousted in the opening round 6–7(4), 3–6 by Jérémy Chardy.

At his next tournament at Acapulco, played on red clay, Verdasco defeated Fabio Fognini in the first round, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 and Lukasz Kubot in the second, 6-4, 6-3. He lost to Juan Monaco in the quarter-finals 7-5, 6-3.

Seeded 10th (and as a result, receiving a bye into the second round) at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, he beat Ramón Delgado 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round. However he self-destructed in his third-round match, losing to Tomas Berdych 0-6, 3-6.

At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, he received a bye in the first round and in the second round, beat Dudi Sela 6-1, 6-2. In the third round, he beat Jurgen Melzer 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1. in the fourth round he beat Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6. In the quarterfinals, he once again lost to Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-7(5), 4-6.

At the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters as the 6th seed, he received a first round bye and defeated Julien Benneteau 6-2, 6-1 in the second round. In the third round, he once again faced Tomas Berdych, the tenth seed and prevailed in three sets, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Verdasco then defeated Albert Montañés in the quarterfinals in three sets, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-0 to reach his first masters tournament semi-final. He defeated the number 1 seed Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2 to reach his first ever Masters 1000 final, to meet five-time defending champion Rafael Nadal. It was the first all-Spanish final of a Masters 1000 event since Monte Carlo in 2002. However, he was dominated by Rafael Nadal, 0-6, 1-6 in the final. Despite the lopsided final, Verdasco had done enough to ensure a return to the Top 10, at #9.

Verdasco played the following week at the 2010 Barcelona Open as the fifth seed. After a first round bye he defeated Richard Gasquet for the fifth consecutive time, 7-5, 6-3. He then posted a come-from-behind victory to beat the 11th seed Jurgen Melzer 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-3 in the third round. He defeated Ernests Gulbis in the quarterfinals 6-2, 7-6(4). In the semifinals he fought from a set and break down to beat David Ferrer 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1 to reach his second final in two weeks. He faced Robin Soderling in the final, and he won 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. Verdasco's win here ensured that this tournament is dominated by Spaniards for the 8th consecutive year. It is currently the biggest title he has won to date.

In the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, after a bye in the first round he defeated Simone Bolelli 7-6(11), 6-3, saving multiple set points in the first-set tiebreak. He defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the third round 6-4, 7-6(2). He will face Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.


Playing style and equipment

Verdasco is an offensive baseliner who is comfortable on all surfaces, with fast hard courts being his best[4]. Verdasco considers his best shot to be his forehand[5]. His serve is characteristic of a left-handed player predominantly using slice to create a lot of spin, and is capable of speeds exceeding 210 km/h. He is known for rivaling compatriot Rafael Nadal with the amount of topspin he can put on a . Verdasco has been known for making mistakes during important moments in matches and sometimes losing concentration. He has been showing improvement in this area which partly explains his improved results since 2009, but still struggles with his nerves when facing the best players in the world. He is endorsed by adidas (he wears the Edge Group clothing and Barricade V shoes) and recently switched to Dunlop Sport for racquets, after having played with Tecnifibre for the majority of his career (and with Yonex for a very short time in 2010).

Verdasco learned to play tennis when he was trained by his father on two hard-courts adjacent to his family home while he was growing up.

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