Voleiball

Superliga male 07/08: Cimed is bicampeã

RIO DE JANEIRO - In its third year of existence, the Cimed (SC) preceded by the third consecutive year the end of the Superliga men's volleyball and won, this Sunday (20.04), the bicampeonato (05/06 and 07/08). In front of 10,180 people who colored Maracanãzinho of the gym, the team of Florianopolis defeated the Telemig Celular / Mines (MG), by 3 sets to 2 (25/27, 25/21, 24/26, 25/15 and 15/12 ), 2:12 a.m. in the game. The mining team, incidentally, was the only one that could match the pentacampeonato obtained by Rexona-Ades (RJ), yesterday (Saturday), before the Finasa / Osasco (SP). The largest pontuadores departure were the pointer Thiago Alves, Cimed, Rivaldo and the opposite of Telemig Celular / Mines, with 19 hits, each. The Kid pointer, the team Catarina, received the Trophy VivaVôlei, always offered the best performance of athletes in all departures of Superliga.

THE BEST OF SUPERLIGA MEN 07/08

SERVE (SAQUE) - Jardel (Telemig Celular/Minas-MG)
ATTACK (ATAQUE) - Anderson (Ulbra/Uptime/Suzano-RS)
BLOCK (BLOQUEIO) - Othon (Álvares Vitória-ES)
RECEPTION (RECEPÇÃO) - Leo Mineiro (Sada Betim-MG)
SAVE (DEFESA) - Renato (Cimed-SC)
(LEVANTADOR) - Bruninho (Cimed-SC)

Link: http://www.superliga.com.br/

Tennis News

Camilo is in the final pairing of the Future of Brasilia


Rafael Camilo (Credicard Citi / Institute Tennis), next to Rodrigo Guidolin, is in the final pairing of the Future of Brasilia, which distributes prize total of $ 15 thousand. The dispute on the title will be against the double winner of the match between Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner and Andrew Miele against Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez and Eduardo Struvay, coming into court on the evening of Friday. Camilo is part of the team Institute Tennis / Sogipa. The Institute Tennis, nonprofit agency based in Itamirim Club de Campo and centers in the state of Parana, in Paranaense Tennis Academy and Rio Grande do Sul, in Sogipa, works in the development of Brazilian tennis structure offering training for youth teams and professionals. It also serves 800 children in three social projects. To do so, has the sponsorship of the Foundation Lemann and Credicard Citi and with the support of Olympikus, Dunlop, Daquiprafora, Kirschbaum Strings and Unified College.

30/05/2008

Link: http://www.vivatenis.com.br/noticias/visualizar.asp?Cod=18267

Confident Nadal Beats Third Lefty for Last 16 Berth


Three-time defending champion Rafael Nadal beat his third left-hander in a row to take his place in the last 16 at Roland Garros on Friday. The second seed improved to 5-0 lifetime over No. 26 seed Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in one hour and 58 minutes. The pair also met in the Australian Open quarterfinals in January.
World No. 2 Nadal, who is bidding to become the first player since Bjorn Borg in 1981 to win four successive titles at the clay-court Grand Slam, struck three aces, won five of 12 net approaches and converted five of 12 break point opportunities.

30/05/2008

Link: http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/rg_friday.asp

Top 8

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Federer, Roger (SUI)
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Nadal, Rafael (ESP)
5585
3
Djokovic, Novak (SRB)
5225
4
Davydenko, Nikolay (RUS)
3425
5
Ferrer, David (ESP)
2730
6
Roddick, Andy (USA)
2410
7
Nalbandian, David (ARG)
2115
8
Blake, James (USA)
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26/05/2008

Link with top 100: http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/rankings/entrysystem/

Grêmio's news

Grêmio Hurricane wins, jumps to second and expects the arch-rival Roger makes three of penalty; vice new leader will face Inter

With three goals from penalty of Roger, the Grêmio defeated Atletico-PR by 3 to 0 on the night of Sunday, the Olympic and won a position in the fight between the first placed the Brazilian Championship. The Tricolor gaucho follows invicto at home, with 16 points, second, losing in the number of goals marked for the Flemish leader (nine against eight), but the passing cruise balance (new against eight). The Hurricane is the same with eight points and 11 th place. The two teams play again on Sunday in their stadiums, with the front two arch-rivals in regional classics. The Athletic receives the Coritiba in the Arena da Baixada, and takes the Grêmio International, again in the Olympic, the first of two classic gauchos of 2008.
At the rate of galera In embalo the tricolor fans, not stopped singing one minute, the Jersey 10 Roger dared the first chute from outside the area to seven minutes, but the ball went over the dash. At 12, after incurring ball in the area-rubro black, the attacker Marcel had the shirt pulled by Fahel: the arbitrator Cereta Guilherme de Lima apitou penalty. Roger rasteiro fought in the corner of former gremista Galatto and opened the score.
The Hurricane had two good chances to empatar soon after. Marcelo Ramos cabeceou well for defense of Victor. Then it was the turn of the archer save Completion of Julius Caesar. When the time rubro-black seemed to balance the departure, the steering wheel Fahel pulled Roger arrancava toward that goal. As I had received yellow, was expelled from the game. With one more, the Tricolor went up, and 31, Roger is almost the second, but the defender Antonio Carlos got the head and botou for calls, in sequence, Galatto defended chutaço by Paulo Sérgio. The archer of the Hurricane, which was one of the heroes of the "Battle of Aflitos" by the club gaucho, still saw the ball explode in a crash arrival of Perea. To enshrine before the crowd of his former club, the goalkeeper also did another great defense in another chute of Colombia.
In between, he went to the changing rooms listening to his name be gritado throughout the Olympic. More and more penalties Roger The Atletico turned the interval without the technical Roberto Fernandes, who complained to the referee after the initial stage and eventually expelled. The second minute of the final round, Victor had to do flies in chute strong defence of Ferreira. But the field of play remained gremista, despite the pressure it is not the first time.
At 12 minutes, Roger entered the area rubro black-and took a pisão of Chico: one more penalty for Grêmio. Even the half gremista fought in the right corner, with no chance to Galatto: 2 to 0. With good advantage, the team's home followed sending the game, trying to put the goal that the second, passing the cruise balance. And the 26, succeeded. After kicking for goal, William Magrão took a kick from Danilo behind, and the third arbitrator apitou penalty. Roger again, this time with Paradita, hit in the left corner, closing the beautiful victory tricolor.