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The argentine Ricardo Gonzalez took the lead in solitary Masters of Malmoe, evidence that the European circuit male of golf, ahead of English Lee Dowie, who had commanded the day before, after will this Friday the second day to travel with Swedish par 73.

Ricardo Gonzalez, who last week could not qualify for the British Open at the tour of Turnberry, returned to sign a card of 68, as Thursday, and it was a blow ahead of Dowie, who the day before it was exceeded by an impact.

This Friday, Dowie, 30 years, delivered a letter of 70, worse than the 67 of the day before, leaving a step back from Gonzalez, although it had to cope with a strong storm that prevented him from deploy all their repertoire.

The magazine “Forbes” places the golfer american Tiger Woods as the first in the list of athletes richest in the world.

According to the internet page of the magazine “Forbes.com”, Woods, after achieving the bonus of $10 million of triumph in the FedEx Cup, became the first sportsman in history comes to $1 billion.

Tiger Woods had already won $895 million when he started the season of 2009 and, according to the same source, by adding 10.5 million dollars with the sporting triumphs, plus bonus of the FedEx Cup and the $100 million that receives annually from the sale of image, joined the 1,000 million.

Only the legendary Michael Jordan, a former player of the Bulls in Chicago, and the seven times world champion of the Formula One, the German Michael Schumacher, are the other two athletes, according to “Forbes.com” are closer to Woods in regard to profits. Jordan achieved more than $800 million since he came in 1984 to the NBA, while Schumacher was left in the 700 during its activity as a pilot.

The president and co-founding of Nike Inc, Phil Knight, said that the scandal surrounding Tiger Woods is “part of the game” by signing sponsorship contracts with athletes and stressed that there will be no changes in the relationship of the manufacturer of shoes and sportswear with the golfer.

While some advertising agencies it withdrew its support for Tiger Woods, Nike anticipated this Monday that it will continue to sponsor despite the scandal by infidelity that is involved the u.s. golfer.

“Woods remains the best Golfer of the world,” said Phil Knight, who said that his company is going to continue to sponsor the astro american, a day after the signing Accenture decide break its relationship with the golfer. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger remains the subject of fashion in the world of sport and gives for everything. The expectation generated by the news on the hectic life sexual golfer Tiger Woods is being used by the attacks of spam messages for “creep” in the computers, as has alerted the company SPAMfighter, signature specializing in the fight against spam.

The decision by the u.s. golfer, world’s number one, of abandon this sport “for an indefinite period” after going well beyond their marital infidelities, has led to the spammers to send millions of these emails garbage that have begun to flood the trays of entry of users.

This type of holders of newspapers and magazines “makes the spammers have the perfect excuse and information necessary to send millions of mail from spam”, denounced the company Spamfighter, dedicated to combating the junk. In fact, in December stood at the head of the “ranking” of “hooks” employees”.

SPAMfighter has warned, through a press release, that the spammers, disguised under the name of Tiger Woods, will continue to threaten millions of users for quite some time. When you click on a spam, users identify their e-mails as directions of work and this comes to the spammer to generate more spam and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

The spaniard Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha YZR M 1) won an epic victory in the Grand Prix of Spain of MotoGP, after lead a traced in the race and also in the table of points, in which now is the world championship leader of the world. Once again, in contrast to Dani Pedrosa (Honda RC 212 V), Jorge Lorenzo not went well and was found in the fifth place after completing the first giro, from where it started timidly to overcome in a first instance and then with the claw and aggressiveness that tend to the Yamaha driver.

Jorge Lorenzo sealed the full of spanish pilots in Jerez and was imposed in the race of MotoGP ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi, after which Pol Espargaró and Toni Elias would take the victory in 125cc and Moto2, respectively. They could not complain of the show the 122,048 fans who gathered at the Jerez circuit to witness this test: feast in Spanish 125cc, a career of Moto2 with suspension including after a spectacular fall in which were involved up to nine drivers. Sports – MOTORCYCLING – - In addition to all this this Tuesday May 4, only two days after realizing one of its greatest dreams sports, doctorate in Jerez, Jorge Lorenzo held its 23th birthday, with the leadership in the pocket thanks to a start to the season overwhelming.

Jorge Lorenzo celebrated the victory of the Grand Prize of Spain as very few times had done. And that is that Jerez has a triple significance for the mallorquin: it is his first victory in this circuit in the category queen, this is the sanctuary of motorcycling Spanish (the only able to compete in charisma with Assen), and was where he made his debut in the World MotoGP, in the category of 125cc, with 15 years recently completed. Since then, have spent eight years, and the size of sport that talent early the two wheels has not done anything other than grow

The captain Iker Casillas, lifted the World Cup to heaven in Madrid, barely stopped the plane traveling “red” opposite the old Flag of State of Madrid Barajas airport. The goalie, one of the architects of the victory Sunday at 1-0 on Holland and nicknamed San Iker, showed the trophy next to the technical Vicente Del Bosque to journalists and employees of Barajas airport after the landing of the flight that led to the world champions and Europe to return home.

“The Red” arrived in flight 2801 Iberia, landing at 1440 hours in Barajas with the flamboyant champions of the world of football, which have been received by several hundreds of workers from the airport and by the firefighters, who have done a circle of water on the plane as a sign of welcome. Nothing more reach the plane, the commander has leaned two flags of Spain through the window of the apparatus, which displays the slogan “proud of our selection. Champions”.

At the opening the door of the aircraft, has been Iker Casillas the first that has come to the steps with the Cup, together with the coach, Vicente Del Bosque, and the president of the Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF), Angel Maria Villar. After raising the Cup and able to forest, which initially was reluctant to receive it, Boxes descended the steps of the aircraft with the trophy conquered, then lift on several occasions and followed by the rest of members of the “Red”. Then, the selection approached the area where they were the media, where posed for photos that inmortalizarán this time. Read the rest of this entry »

Paul, the octopus that has been notorious for its successes in the forecasts of the parties in the World-2010, “received” this Monday a replica of the trophy of the World Cup, while their caregivers announced its withdrawal. The octopus Paul pass to the retirement with his immaculate curriculum of the 100% of successes, but without satisfying curiosity universal around how refinement both their forecasts, where it came and to what devotes his free time. Neither devoted its tentacles to move election results or put again at the service of football, even for the next Euro2004: those responsible for the aquarium Sea Life, of Oberhausen, announced that there will be no more forecasts on account of cephalopod. “Retires, it gives them to thank you all.

It was a fantastic World”, reported a spokesman for the aquarium, thus giving also by settled applications arrivals worldwide, the public or domestic, asking their services. The octopus Paul, guess of the results of World of South Africa, where the Red has been the triumph, you cannot predict the outcome of the next edition of the euro to be held in Poland and Ukraine in 2012, since the cephalopods tend to live up to two years, and in addition, the experts consider that this animal has been able predict the victory of Spain in the world for the colors of the Spanish flag. Sports – Football General – - so has explained, the expert in octopus of Marine Research Institute of CSIC in Vigo, Angel War, even as it has clarified that an animal cannot become fortunetelling, “is a metacientífico” that is beyond the human knowledge, although he may come to learn and assimilate behaviors. In relation to if it can predict the results of the next World, War has stressed that, despite the fact that live in an aquarium, this type of copies do not survive more than two years. Read the rest of this entry »

The pilot Italian Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) world champion MotoGP, will tonight a test in the Czech circuit of Brno to decide whether returns to the World MotoGP Grand Prix of Germany, which takes place the next weekend in the circuit of Sachsenring. After the test conducted last week in the circuit of Misano, the first after the fracture of tibia and fibula that occurred in early June in Mugello, the Italian pilot made a new test this Monday in the Czech circuit of Brno.

After this new test, Rossi valued their physical sensations and decide whether dispute or not the German Grand Prix. His team Yamaha said in a statement that the pilot italian will rise to a Motorbike in Czech Republic, and then decide whether or not in the form for the German Grand Prix of MotoGP next weekend. It was scheduled to Rossi, who suffered a fracture at the tests on the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, was inactive for at least three months, but has made an impressive recovery and already proved a Superbike last Wednesday.

Sports – MOTORCYCLING – - The champion of 31 years, linked to a possible step to Ducati next season, noted previously as a possible return to the Grand Prix of Czech Republic on August 15 in Brno

Dani Pedrosa ready to continue the momentum. Repsol Honda rider was determined not to make mistakes and perform in pursuit of victory at this weekend’s German Moto GP.

Dani Pedrosa just came in second place while performing in his hometown in Moto GP Barcelona ago. Pedrosa Jorge Lorenzo failed to pass but could be in second position after a fight with Casey Stoner.

The Spaniard admitted the result was achieved in Said is a positive result. Pedrosa is now also hoping he can perform better at the Sachsenring and fought for victory for the Repsol Honda this year.

“Racing in Catalonia is very positive for us, for me personally because I can give my friends and fans a good result, and for the team, they worked hard and we could be in second place,” Pedrosa said as quoted by Crash.

Valentino Rossi tests after breaking both legs in the Circuit Brno, Czech Republic. Although smooth, Moto GP world champion was delaying the decision of when to launch the comeback.

Rossi Tests at Brno on Monday (12/07/2010) is the second test on Wednesday last week after he also had Undergoing tests. In Brno, Rossi, riding a Yamaha bike YZF-R1 Superbike, the same engine that he used in a test last week at Misano.

Quoted by Auto sport, devouring 46 laps Rossi in Brno and record his best time was 1 minute 59.135 seconds. Incision was one second slower than pole position record in the Czech WSBK last week, but still faster than the fastest lap in the race.

As is known, suffered a broken leg when Rossi fell off his motorcycle in Italian GP practice six weeks ago. Had predicted would be sidelined for 3-4 months, it turned out to drivers 31 years to recover faster.

Given the growing conditions are good, Rossi was able to race again foreseen in the Czech Moto GP, mid-August. But surprises can happen, and Rossi can actually German Moto GP race this weekend.

At first, this test is over Rossi is expected to announce whether he decides comeback in Germany or not. But Moto GP/500 cc world champion seven times it had to wait until Wednesday (14 / 7) because they have to Undergoing medical tests.