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Reggina have officially completed the signing of Manchester City striker 32-year-old Bernardo Corradi. The 32-year-old joined Manchester City from Valencia in 2006, after a poor season in EPL he was trasfered to Parma on loan.

He scored 5 goals in 27 appearances for Parma, but it was of no use as Parma was relegated to Serie B.

Australia is sending a 43-member swimming team to Beijing Olympics. In addition 9 women will represent Australia in synchronised swimming.

Australia's Swimming Team for Beijing Olympics 2008.

WOMEN

Angie Bainbridge (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Bronte Barratt (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle)

Cate Campbell (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle)

Alicia Coutts (200m individual medley)

Lara Davenport (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Sophie Edington (100m backstroke)

Sally Foster (200m breaststroke)

Felicity Galvez (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Melissa Gorman (800m freestyle, 10km open water)

Samantha Hamill (200m butterfly, 400m individual medley)

Belinda Hocking (200m backstroke)

Leisel Jones (100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke)

Linda Mackenzie (200m freestyle, 400m freestyle)

Alice Mills (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Meagen Nay (200m backstroke)

Kylie Palmer (800m freestyle)

Shayne Reese (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Stephanie Rice (200m individual medley, 400m individual medley)

Jessicah Schipper (100m butterfly, 200m butterfly)

Melanie Schlanger (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Emily Seebohm (100m backstroke)

Lisbeth Trickett (100m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle)

Tarnee White (100m breaststroke)

MEN

Grant Brits (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle )

Leith Brodie (200m individual medley)

Ashley Callus (50m freestyle)

Ashley Delaney (100m backstroke, 200m backstroke)

Nick Frost (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Grant Hackett (400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle)

Ky Hurst (10km open water)

Andrew Lauterstein (100m butterfly)

Kenrick Monk (200m freestyle)

Patrick Murphy (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Travis Nederpelt (200m butterfly, 400m individual medley)

Kirk Palmer (4x100m freestyle, 4x200m freestyle)

Adam Pine (100m butterfly)

Brenton Rickard (100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke)

Christian Sprenger (100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke)

Nicholas Sprenger (200m freestyle)

Craig Stevens (400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle)

Hayden Stoeckel (100m backstroke, 200m backstroke)

Eamon Sullivan (50m freestyle, 100m freestyle)

Matt Targett (100m freestyle)

OFFICIALS

Alan Thompson (head coach)
Michael Bohl (coach)
Matthew Brown (coach)
Ian Pope (coach)
Vince Raleigh (coach)
Shannon Rollason (coach)
Gregory Salter (coach)
Grant Stoelwinder (coach)
Rohan Taylor (coach)
Stephan Widmer (coach)
Ken Wood (coach)
Greg Towle (coach)
Paul Clinch (massage therapist)
Jo-Anne Hare (massage therapist)
Paul Penna (psychologist)
David Pyne (sport scientist)
Bernard Savage (sport scientist)
David Morarty (physiotherapist)
Brett Slocombe (physiotherapist)
Peter Wells (physiotherapist)
Susan White (doctor)
David Wilson (section manager)
Bruce Steed (assistant section manager)
Lymn Fowlie (asistant setion mnager)

Australia's SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING TEAM

Eloise Amberger
Coral Bentley
Sarah Bombell
Tamika Domrow
Myriam Glez
Erika Leal-Ramirez
Tarren Otte
Samantha Reid
Bethany Walsh

25-year-old American Gymnast Paul Hamm siad on Monday that he will not be able to participate at this year's Beijing Olympics and defend US men's all-round title.

Hamm broke his right hand two months ago at the National Championships, which he said that it did not heal enough to make him fit for the tournament. He notified his withdrwal from the Olympics to USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday.

He is still feeling pain in his right hand, but the bigger concern could be the strained rotator cuff in his left shoulder that made training last week "a disaster."


"For my comeback to be successful, I needed to make continuous progress and have no setbacks ...The time frame I was given was extremely short. ... This has been hardest decision I've ever had to make, but I have too much respect for the Olympics and my team to continue on when I know the best thing for everyone is for me to step aside." - Paul Hamm.

Raj Bhavsar, who also was an alternate in 2004, will take Hamm's spot.

Last years German double winners, Bayern Munich, were embarrassed to lose new coach Jurgen Klinsmann's first chance of a trophy yesterday.
They were beaten 2-1 by Borrussia Dortmund, who gained revenge for their narrow defeat in the Cup Final last season.

Dortmund took control in a lively first half when they scored twice within five minutes after half-an-hours play. Jakub Blaszczykowski scored the first from Mladen Petric's pass, and the advantage was doubled just four minutes later when Tamas Hajnal's 20-yard free-kick gave Bayern keeper Michael Rensing no chance.

In the second half, Klinsmann made five changes, and they finally pulled one back through substitute Mehmet Ekici, but they couldn't improve on that.

Munich were missing Ribery, who was badly injured in the Euro2008 tournament, but with Podolski, Klose, Toni, Schweinsteiger et al on the pitch, would have expected a better showing than that.

Gordon Bulloch and Kenny Logan last night led the tributes to former team-mate Gordon Mackay who died suddenly at the age of 39.

Former Scotland captain Bulloch claimed Mackay, who had a solitary Under-21 cap, one of the best players never to have won full honours.

Mackay, who had been coaching Glasgow Accies, launched his career at Glasgow Academy and joined Accies, before a move to Stirling County and then France.

Bulloch said: "Gordon's career spanned the transition between amateur and professional rugby and I don't think his talents were fully rewarded.

"I can't recall hearing anybody saying anything negative about him and I was totally shattered when I heard the terrible news.

"My heart goes out to his wife and their two young children."

Logan added: "I played alongside 'Scnozz' both for Stirling County and Glasgow and he was a real fun guy.

"There aren't that many larger than life individuals in rugby in the professional era. He was one of them however."

News Courtsey: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/

Barcelona 28-year-old defender Oleguer Presas signs for Dutch club Ajax. The defender has signed a 3-year-deal with Ajax, where Ajax pay 3 million euros to Barcelona. If the Amsterdam giants qualify for the Champions League in one of the next three years an extra 2.25 million will be paid.

Presas will sign a three-year deal worth 750.000 euros per season. He is the fourth signing of Ajax after the transfers of Ismael Aissati, Miralem Sulejmani and Dario Cvitanich.

The latest chapter in F1 boss Max Mosley's dramatic sex orgy scandal has recently concluded in a British civil court today where he was awarded 60,000 pounds (roughly $119,000) to be paid by The News of the World publication.

Mosley's legal team claimed the tabloid overstepped their boundaries illegally published private sexual material and wrongfully infused connotations that such S&M acts were Nazi themed.

In a statement issued by presiding Mr. Justice Eady, no reasonable evidence was found to support the publication's written accusations that Mosley's sexual activities were an "enactment of Nazi behaviour or adoption of any of its attitudes" or a mockery of Holocaust victims.

"I decided that the claimant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to sexual activities -- albeit unconventional -- carried on between consenting adults on private property," Justice Eady stated.

Furthermore he writes: "There was bondage, beating and domination which seem to be typical of S&M behaviour. But there was no public interest or other justification for the clandestine recording, for the publication of the resulting information and still photographs, or for the placing of the video extracts on the News of the World website -- all of this on a massive scale."

Mosley was denied punitive exemplary damages and still maintains his sexual acts with five prostitutes was consensual and in no way Nazi themed.

News of the World editor Colin Myler adamantly stood by his newspaper staff and stated outside of court, "The News of the World will remain committed to fighting for its readers' right to know." Myler continued to say the story was of "legitimate public interest and one that I believe was legitimately published."

Prior to this court ruling, Mosley was given a majority vote of confidence by members of Formula 1's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), to retain his position as president.

Source: The News of the World

Honeymoon snapshots of Michael Ballack and his new wife Simone Lambe at island of Formentera, part of the Balearic Islands.

Injured U.S. star Abby Wambach said she expects to return in time for the debut of the new Women's Professional Soccer league in the spring.

The national team's leading scorer knew when she collided with a Brazilian player last Wednesday her leg was broken and she'd miss the Olympics.

"I looked down and my knee was pointing up and my foot was pointing in a little bit different direction," she said after her first physical therapy session Monday. It was her first major injury.

"Have I cried tears over it?" she said. "Yeah, this is a horrible accident and very bad timing. But I don't feel sorry for myself because this is what my life has shown me."

News Courtsey: Chicagotribune.com

Chelsea thrashed Chinese Super League side, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-0, in their opening match of their Asian Tour. The goals were scored by Salomon Kalou, Frank Lampard, Argentinian teenager Franco Di Santo and Shaun Wright-Phillips. The match was played at Guangzhou Olympic Stadium.

Deco made his debut today for Chelsea in midfield alongside Lampard. Andriy Shevchenko not included in the squad due to minor injuries.

The game was witnessed by 35,000 people.

Chelsea continue their Asian tour with a match against Chengdu Blades on Saturday.

Italy has named their football squad for Beijing Olympics. Lazio striker Tommaso Rocchi is the only over-age player in the 18-man squad.

Italy is Group D with Cameroon, Honduras and South Korea. Italy's first game is on August 7.

Italy’ squad:

Abate (Milan)
Acquafresca (Cagliari)
Bocchetti (Genoa)
Cigarini (Parma)
Coda (Udinese)
Consigli (Atalanta)
Criscito (Genoa)
De Ceglie (Juventus)
De Silvestri (Lazio)
Dessena (Parma)
Giovinco (Juventus)
Marchisio (Juventus)
Montolivo (Fiorentina)
Motta (Udinese)
Nocerino (Palermo)
Rocchi (Lazio)
Rossi (Villarreal)
Viviano (Brescia)

Standbys: Candreva (Udinese), Ranocchia (Arezzo), Russotto (Napoli), Sirigu (Palermo)

Image: Courtsey: Xinhua Photo

Brazilian 31-year-old midfielder Gilberto Silva joined Greek club, Panathinaikos from Arsenal on Thursday (17th July) .

As per Greek local media, Panathinaikos had paid about 1.25 million euros (989,000 pounds) for the Brazilian.

As per Greek club's website, http://www.pao.gr/index, Gilberto Silva is quoted as

"I knew Panathinaikos before coming here but having met the president and the people of the club I have seen their ambition and believed in it. My goals are the goals of my team," ... "I'm fully aware of Panathinaikos's expectations and I'm confident the club will enter its second century successfully,"... "Panathinaikos is the new chapter in my career and I believe that it's going to be most successful."

The owner of a "perfect" figure Anna Kournikova , in a white mini skirt and black camisole at the Red Carter swimwear fashion show for Miami Fashion Week at the Raleigh Hotel on Monday.

Anna Kournikova with boyfriend Enrique Iglesias, had a front row seat at the show.

Hmmm...I love those curves! Great going Anna...Just be there!

Here is a video of tennis star Jelena Jankovic changing her panties at a tennis match.