Thursday, 23 January 2014

Juan Mata: Chelsea accept Manchester United's £37m bid.

Manchester United have had a bid, believed to be in the region of £37m, accepted by Chelsea for Spanish midfielder Juan Mata.
The 25-year-old will have a medical on Thursday before completing a move to the Premier League champions.
Mata is expected to sign a four-and-a-half year deal at Old Trafford.
The Spain international, who has won 32 caps, said goodbye to team-mates and staff at Chelsea's Cobham training ground on Wednesday.

Q&A: 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' to Stream in China.

One of the most popular daytime television talk programs on U.S. television will soon be available to the people of China. As Ellen DeGeneres, of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, announced the availability of her program, she said, “This is big news. We recently became the first American talk show to air in China. It's basically the same show but it will have subtitles and will be called The Happy Lady Dance Hour. The show is streaming online on Sohu.com. This is exciting because over a billion people are in China!"

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Cristiano Ronaldo: Real Madrid star's journey to the Ballon d'Or.

                                       
           
A spindly teenager with an unruly mop of curly hair strides through the corridors of Manchester United's Carrington training complex and embarks on his path to greatness
The 18-year-old makes his way into the gym and sees a vision beyond the ocean of dumbbells, cardiovascular machines and medicine balls.
He sees a culture of success and witnesses the camaraderie that binds together a group of winners with the same thirst for improvement.
All the while, he envisages stitching his own patchwork around the template laid out before him and extracting every last ounce of potential from the talents gifted to him.

Cristiano Ronaldo beats Lionel Messi to Ballon d'Or.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery of Bayern Munich to win the 2013 Fifa Ballon d'Or.
The Portugal captain, 28, was named world player of the year for the first time since 2008 by national coaches, captains and journalists.

It is a tremendously emotional moment