World Cup Cuts

The FIFA deadline for World Cup squads is Tuesday, with each of the 32 teams finally deciding on which 23 men will proudly represent their nations in South Africa. For the coaches doing the choosing, it's the culmination of a long series of cuts.

They start with every eligible male in the population. Then they cut everyone who's not a professional footballer. Then they cut everyone who's not a very good professional footballer and/or they don't have some personal gripe against, and they end up with 30 or so players. Then Tuesday, the coaches make a series of awkward phone calls to the guys who came close but not close enough. Some will be very surprised.

Several big names have heard the bad news recently.

South Africa's Benni McCarthy — the all-time leading scorer for the host nation — didn't quite make the final grade. It has been suggested that he was a little chubbier than international footballers should be, and has shown more commitment to his various clubs (Celta Vigo, Porto, Blackburn, West Ham) than to country in recent years. So he's off the South Africa's World Cup squad.

Italy's Fabio Grosso — the man who scored not only this goal vs. Germany in the 2006 World Cup semi-final, but also the winning spot kick in the 2006 World Cup final shootout — was axed from Marcello Lippi's Italy squad. This came just a week after being included in the preliminary squad. Seems past exploits are no guarantee of future inclusion.

Speaking of which ... The once great Ronaldinho was on Brazil coach Dunga's official 30-man list submitted to FIFA last month, but not on Dunga's publicly expressed preferred list of 23. So Ronaldinho's 2010 dream dies Tuesday, when the final cut becomes official.

The player maybe most surprised to be excluded Tuesday was England's Theo Walcott. He must have been quietly confident. He was called up for the 2006 World Cup squad as a 17-year-old, despite never having set foot in the Premier League. And he scored a vital hat-trick against Croatia during England's World Cup qualification campaign in September 2008. But it wasn't to be. To make things worse, the whole of England this morning.

It's hard not to feel sympathy for the guys above, and others like them. When I fell short of England's World Cup squad in the first round of cuts by virtue of not being anything even resembling a professional footballer, I didn't notice. So it didn't hurt. There were also a lot of professional players who knew they weren't good enough and so they had no expectation of making a World Cup squad. So they probably didn't feel too bad about it either. But to be on the preliminary World Cup squad, within touching distance of the finish line only to be excluded at the very last minute, well, that has to hurt. Because now instead of being involved in the action, they're going to have to watch it on TV with the rest of us. Pass the chips Ronaldinho.

Feel pity for those star players which is not included in the world cup squad.

Robinho happy to be back in Brazil

RobinRobinho said Tuesday he was glad he decided to return to Brazilian football and reiterated that he wanted to remain at Santos after his six-month spell on loan from English club Manchester City expires in August.Robinho believed his move back to Santos, where he started his career, in January was the main reason why he is in top form heading into this month's World Cup.
"It was a great decision," Robinho said. "What I wanted was to go to Brazil to prepare and be ready for the World Cup."

Robinho was used sparingly at City and was worried his lack of first-team action would harm his chances of being ready for the World Cup.

His loan deal at Santos ends in August but Robinho made it clear he wanted to stay longer.

"I'm not sure what to expect of my future yet but I hope to stay with Santos," he said.
A potential problem could be that City paid Real Madrid 32.5 million pounds ($58 million) for Robinho and Santos, or indeed any other Brazilian club, will struggle to afford that fee.

Santos was able to sign Robinho on loan only because the player reportedly took a pay cut and several sponsors got involved.

Robinho was City's first signing following Sheikh Mansour's takeover of the club but he did not hit the heights expected at the Premier League side, claiming he wasn't being used regularly by the coaches.

"I didn't even play that bad, I just didn't get the run (in the side) that I wanted," Robinho said. "Football in England is about strength; it's difficult for a Brazilian player to adapt to that."

Robinho's career skyrocketed after he led Santos to Brazilian league titles in 2002 and 2004. This year, he helped the team win the traditional Sao Paulo state championship and reach the Brazilian Cup final, which will be played after the World Cup.

"I've been playing well with Santos and that helped me get prepared for the national team," Robinho said.

The 26-year-old Robinho, who was a reserve in the 2006 team eliminated by France in the quarterfinals in Germany, will be one of Brazil's main players in South Africa.

"Robinho couldn't play the way he likes in Europe," Brazil midfielder Elano said. "But in this World Cup, he will have the chance to show he is one of the best in the world."

Cameroon 1 Portugal 3: Eto'o sees red

Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o was sent off during a 3-1 defeat by fellow World Cup finalists Portugal in a warm-up Tuesday.

Eto'o, who on Friday threatened not to go to the finals after criticism about his performances for the team from former international Roger Milla, was dismissed for dangerous play when challenging for a loose ball with left back Duda, his second yellow card of the first half.

Portugal eased to victory with two goals by Raul Meireles and one from Nani. The hosts went ahead in the 32nd minute with midfielder Meireles volleying in from near the penalty spot after a Simao Sabrosa assist.

Eto'o was dismissed moments later and Portugal doubled their lead just after halftime with a bizarre goal when Nani found Meireles on the left wing and his angled cross floated over Cameroon keeper Carlos Kameni.

Achille Webo pulled one back for Cameroon with a header from a Benoit Assou-Ekoto cross on 69 minutes, but substitute Nani added a third for Portugal with a delightful chip after a Ronaldo assist in the 81st minute.

The Picture of Samuel Eto'o

Passion Of Basketball

In this post i will write about why i love basketball so much ? I still remember when i was form 3 my mum ask me why i love it so much? She see me train from 3pm to 9 pm at night everyday. I did not answer her question directly that time but i just tell her that i want to train until i can play for the state of Penang. Eventually after all the hard work i put in i went in to the state team. Till now i dont know why i love basketball so much. But i just feel very good when i play basketball. Maybe someday i will find the answer

NBA Finals

WHO WILL BE THE NBA CHAMPION OF THIS YEAR???? Last week, LA Lakers win the Western Conference Finals and The Boston Celtics win the Eastern Conference Finals. This week on 3rd of June, the 2 giants will face each other and win the NBA Finals. This is some of the interesting video about this 2 teams.



After watching the video who do you think will win the NBA Final 2010?

www.dailychilli.com

http://www.dailychilli.com/ This is the website where i everyday will on. Inside there, there is all kinds of news. There are news for sports, buzz and happenings. Inside this website, some of the news are not reported by the local news paper. So for further general knowledge i will visit this website and read.

Nike Advertisement About World Cup

I think this advertisement about world cup by Nike is cool and quite interesting.

World Cup

As we all know 2010 world cup will be held at South Africa. there are 32 countries will participate and there is 8 group. below are the grouping and names of the country.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Africa (83)	Argentina (7)	England (8)	Germany (6)
Mexico (17)	Nigeria (21)	United States (14)	Australia (20)
Uruguay (61)	Korea Republic (47)	Algeria (30)	Serbia (15)
France (9)	Greece (13)	Slovenia (25)	Ghana (32)

Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Netherlands (4)	Italy (5)	Brazil (1)	Spain (2)
Denmark (36)	Paraguay (31)	Korea DPR (105)	Switzerland (24)
Japan (45)	New Zealand (78)	Côte d'Ivoire (27)	Honduras (38)
Cameroon (19)	Slovakia (34)	Portugal (3)	Chile (18)

the number behind each country is the world ranking. This is some information that i want to share today

Ip Man 2

In this post there is trailer of Ip Man 2. I feel this is the movie of the year for the year 2010 for me. the action and the story line is quite good. i hope you all will enjoy this trailer.

Linkin Park - "New Divide"

This is my favourite song from the movie tranformers. It is called New Divide.

Penang Tourism

This is a video on some of the favorite spots for tourism in Penang. In this video there are some of the things that represent Penang such as the sleeping buddha temple, kek lok si temple, Penang Hill and the Penang bridge.

Penang Food

Penang is the paradise of food in Malaysia.

Here are some of the pictures of example food in Penang.

My Favourite Footballer Of All Time

Thierry Henry is The Man. i think in this world there is no one who does not know Thierry Henry

Thierry Daniel Henry is a French footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Barcelona and the French national team. Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne (a suburb of Paris) where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and signed instantly, making his professional debut in 1994. Good form led to an international call-up in 1998, after which he signed for the Serie A defending champions Juventus. He had a disappointing season playing on the wing, before joining Arsenal for £10.5 million in 1999.

It was at Arsenal that Henry made his name as a world-class footballer. Despite initially struggling in the Premier League, he emerged as Arsenal's top goal-scorer for almost every season of his tenure there. Under long-time mentor and coach Arsène Wenger, Henry became a prolific striker and Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with 226 goals in all competitions. The Frenchman won two league titles and three FA Cups with the Gunners; he was twice nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year, was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year twice, and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year three times. Henry spent his final two seasons with Arsenal as club captain, leading them to the UEFA Champions League final in 2006. In June 2007, after eight years with Arsenal, he transferred to Barcelona for a fee of €24 million. His first honours with the Catalan club came in 2009 when they won the league, cup and Champions League treble. Later he would go on to achieve an unprecedented sextuple by also winning the Spanish Supercup, the UEFA Supercup and the Club World Cup. Henry has been named in the UEFA Team of the Year five times.

Henry has enjoyed similar success with the French national squad, having won the 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. In October 2007, he surpassed Michel Platini's record to become France's top goal-scorer of all time. Off the pitch, as a result of his own experience, Henry is an active spokesperson against racism in football. He married English model Nicole Merry in 2003 and had a daughter with her, but they divorced in 2007. Henry is also one of the top commercially marketed footballers; he was ranked ninth in the world in 2006.

The Smoke House,Bangsar

The Smokehouse restaurant in Bangsar, it has the style of an English cottage like i had imagined. The big cushion, decorated fireplace, vintage stuff - hanging lamps, mirrors, old time vinyl player, porcelain plates and tea cups contribute to the overall traditional English house style. I thought i was back to England when I was there, if outside was raining, it will be perfect for me!


I had a very light lunch, cant wait to begin my food tasting! Yup!! I've tried every single thing food that placed on the table! *big grin!" Here's my food review...start with the tea sets...

Smokehouse set A (RM12) -scone, apple pie. Serve with a pot of tea or coffee. A Must try!! The scones are popular here in Smokehouse, their yummylicious strawberry jam is homemade, love tis combination the most! Goes well with butter too, but for the clotted cream i find it abit airy for my liking. The scone looks like a harden puff pastry, but surprisingly it's not as hard as it seem. Not too soft or hard texture for this scone. The apple pie is so appetizing! The best apple pie I have tasted in KL!! The tantalizing smell of the apple taste melts in your mouth when taking a bite down. The outer layer pastry is pretty crispy. Thumbs up for Smokehouse apple pie!! I would come back here for more apple pie cravings! Ohh did i mention that the apple pie in Smokehouse homemade too??

Smokehouse set B (RM18)- scone, apple pie, cake, brownie, sandwiches. Served with a pot of coffee/tea.

This is some pictures and information that i want to share. Hope u all enjoy

My Favourite Movies

I like Ip Man and Ip Man 2 because both of the movies are good in actions especially in Chinese kung fu.

As for Avatar, I think the graphic of this movie is nice.

This is also my favourite movie Tranformers. It is because I think it's very cool.