A foul on the attack’s left from Sokratis Papstathopoulos give Nigeria what looked like a low percentage, set piece opportunity, but when Kalu Uche’s kick caused confusion in Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas, Nigeria had a 1-0, 15th minute lead. The right footed ball from Uche, from about 35 yards out, hooked toward the far post as a Greek and Nigierian player elevated to win the ball.
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Congratulations to Uruguay for winning this World Cup 2010 football match against South Africa. You did a great job as opposed to your previous performance against France. I bet this win will be a tough one for the host nation to …
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Many of the best players on the best teams (the ones that would score the goals) in the World Cup play their trade in Europe in winter months. When it’s cold. Is it the ball? There has been quite a fuss about the new ball: Jabulani. … stop playing with their opponent, and produce a more direct attack, the footballing quality (and goals scored) should improve. Hey, it worked for Uruguay. We can only hope the will to win (and score ) triumphs this next round as well.
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• Lock opts for Gloucester over Stade Français • Coach Bryan Redpath says he is ‘exceptionally pleased’ Gloucester’s Caledonian connection strengthened today when they won the race to sign the giant Scottish lock Jim Hamilton. The 27-year-old had appeared bound for Stade Français but performed a neat U-turn to come back to the Guinness Premiership club closest to his roots. Hamilton, key to Scotland’s win in Argentina last Saturday, was born in Swindon and moved to Edinburgh via Leicester where he played alongside Brett Deacon – another Gloucester signing this summer. With Dave Attwood, one of England’s few successes so far in Australia and Alex Brown, an England A international, also on the books at Kingsholm, Gloucester are acquiring a stable of class locks. In Hamilton and Attwood they will also have a couple of the “enforcers” that have been missing in recent seasons when Gloucester have trodden the Heineken Cup stage. “I’m exceptionally pleased to have signed Jim,” said Gloucester’s head coach, Bryan Redpath, adding with considerable understatement: “He’s a huge physical presence.” In fact Hamilton stands 6ft 8in, currently weighs in at close on 20st and has been a more than adequate replacement for another big man, Nathan Hines, for Scotland in Argentina. Alongside the captain, Alastair Kellock, Hamilton dominated the lineout last Saturday creating the possession Dan Parks turned into penalty goals. Hamilton still had 12 months of a three-year contract remaining at Edinburgh, but was keen to leave and the club was not prepared to stand in his way. He was a product of the Leicester Academy, making his debut for the first XV in 2003. He was capped by England at Under-21 level but opted to play for the land of his Glasgow-born father, becoming the 1,000th man to be capped by Scotland when he made his debut in November 2006. “Any player of Jim’s calibre is going to attract a number of offers, but the fact that he’s chosen to move to Kingsholm after coming down to look around and meet us is a great endorsement of the direction that Gloucester are heading in,” said Redpath, whose Scottish stable already includes another four currently on tour in Argentina – Rory Lawson, Alasdair Strokosch, Alasdair Dickinson and Scott Lawson. Gloucester Premiership Rugby union Scotland rugby union team Mike Averis guardian.co.uk
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Extraordinary hats abound at Ascot Ladies’ Day 2010, from Lego bricks to two plump pheasants
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• Under-16s and over-60s no longer get free time in the pool • ‘This has become a luxury we can no longer afford’ Free swimming for children and pensioners is to be scrapped as part of cost-saving measures. The scheme for the under-16s and over-60s was launched by the Labour government two years ago amid much fanfare as a London 2012 Olympic legacy initiative. But the Sports and Olympics minister, Hugh Robertson, said that the scheme was “a luxury” that could no longer be afforded and has been axed as part of £73m savings made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. “This is not a decision that gives me any pleasure,” Robertson said. “However, the research shows that the great majority of free swimmers were swimming already, and would have paid to swim anyway. With a crippling deficit to tackle and tough decisions to take, this has become a luxury we can no longer afford.” Labour launched the scheme in 2008 as part of a bid to get more people involved in sport by 2012 and claimed their aim was to get England’s swimming pools free to use by the time of the London 2012 Games. Robertson said new research showed the scheme has not delivered value for money nor significantly increased physical activity. He added: “Delivering a legacy from 2012 is one of my top priorities. I want people of all ages and abilities to have opportunities to take part in all kinds of sport, and under our plans to reform the Lottery shares we should see an extra £50m a year going on sports facilities by 2012. “Our plans to deliver a community sports legacy, in partnership with Sport England, are progressing well and we expect to make a full announcement in July.” Other non-sport DCMS projects being cancelled include the planned Stonehenge Visitor Centre and the British Film Institute (BFI) Film Centre. Olympic games 2012 guardian.co.uk
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Tomorrow the 2010 World Cup begins in South Africa . Many people, including many in the IOC, see this as an opportunity for Africa to show they have the capacity to host the Olympics someday. With the Olympics set to play out in Brazil …
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Story by Mat Osman, le cool London Photo courtesy Transport for London Non-Londoners look away now. Because there are certain things that the rest of the country finds a little, well, odd about its capital citizens. Like the fact we take the most disgusting of all fish, the eel, as our signature dish and then further ruin them by encasing them in jelly. Or that a person can have a screaming fit on a crowded tube train and not a soul will say a word. And the fact we care about our buses. When the time came to retire the old Routemaster buses – you remember, the ones you could jump on and off when, inevitably, the bus was moving slower than walking pace – there was uproar. And it was a cross-party uproar. Tories didn’t like part of our heritage disappearing. Left-wingers saw it as the people’s will being trampled. And the rest of us just resented sitting in a traffic jam for 20 minutes while the bus stop was just 200 yards away. So come the last mayoral election, with a city sliding into debt, the Olympics hoving into view, and knife crime seemingly endemic, what was near the top of London’s agenda? Boris’s promise to reintroduce the Routemaster, that’s what. So now, deep into the Johnsonian reign – the Routemasters return. It’s a new design from Heatherwick Studio, that in truth bears little resemblance to the old Routemaster, (and, as was amusingly pointed out on Twitter, with a fringe that makes it look appealingly like the first Emo-bus). Reasons to be cheerful? The aforementioned fringe, the chance of swinging casually from the pole by the open back door like some sixties’ Carnaby Street cat, and not one but two staircases to avoid slowcoaches. There’s also a promise of a conductor; good news for a city where the bendy-buses are known simply as ‘free buses’ to millions of passengers. Not so good? Well, the open platform – the very thing that connects the new design with the Routemaster name – can be closed when there is ‘no conductor’ which, given cost-cutting measures, you can bet will be frequently. And these are only mock-ups – the real things won’t on our streets until late 2011. More at: http://www.london.gov.uk/priorities/transport/new-bus-london ———————————————————– Get your daily London fix at Current.com/London Follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/CurrentUK We're also on Facebook at Facebook.com/CurrentUK added by: lecool
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