WORLD OF FOOTY

          AFL- the very famous professional league of Australian football. For this footy crazed country, one could not keep the excitement especially when the footy's finals is fast approaching.

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          As of this time, AFL is nearing to its finals. Just recently one of the league's favorites, Hawthorne's Hawke, posted a win against another AFL favorite team, Collingwood Magpies. It was a tight contest and as such, it left the spectators both loyal fans of the two teams on the edged on their seats.

          AUSTRALIA FOOTBALL LEAGUE - was first established in 1896 and it was a break away group from Victorian Football Association. It started with just six clubs and during its inaugural season in 1897, it invited two more VFA clubs- St. Kilda and Carlton.

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           Thus every year, AFL fans constantly look forward to every playing date that it offers. No matter what the weather is, winter or non-winter, sunny or rainy day, the show still goes on.

WHAT A GAME!

          The recent success of GILAS PILIPINAS in the ongoing FIBA ASIA Championship as it clobbered South Korea with a 86-79 game was a sweet one not only for the team but for the whole nation.

          It is fresh in the minds of the country how South Korea broke the hearts of the Filipino people when its team defeated the Centennial team in 1998. At that time, the Philippine team was under the leadership of Coach Tim Cone. 

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          Then in 2002, the Philippne team under coach Jong Uichico dropped a heartbreaking semifinal loss to another Korean team. On that game, at the crucial stage of the game, Olsen Racela missed two crucial free throws. Consequently, it allowed Lee Sang-Min, a team's triggerman, made a long trey. 

          Another heartbreaking loss by the Philippine Team against the Korean Team happened in 2011 Fiba Asian Championship, the team under coach Rajko Toroman, lost to another Korean team while it battled for third place. 

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          Thus the recent victory of the Philippine Team against the South Korean team made it more significant as it ended its previous defeats to the Korean Team. 

          Today the Filipino cagers will battle for the championship title against another powerhouse team Iran. Yet whoever emerge as triumphant on this day's final game will eventually be remembered as heroes by all those basketball afficionados everywhere.

                       


                                                      

SUCCESS IS GREAT

          Just recently the famous England club Liverpool came to Melbourne and played against the famous Melbourne Victory. Liverpool won the game with a score of 2 against 0. After 31 minutes, Steven Gerrard stormed the defence of Melbourne Victory and made a goal. 

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          After 90 minutes of the game, another goal was scored by Liverpool this time courtesy of Luis Suarez thus completing a domination on the local team. With this development,  the spectators had mixed reactions like those who were die hard fans of Melbourne Victory, they were feeling awed through the skills showed by both team's players. While those were voting for Liverpool, they were thrilled by the win and it again showed how skillful these players in the game.

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          Indeed it is such a moment when our favorite players triumph in their game most especially when we know that they are really doing their best and play in a very fair way. Their examples will also serve as motivation in reaching our dreams in life. May our dreams come true. 

WIN OR LOSE......STILL A WINNER?

          The world of sports is composed of so many facets. And one of these is its similarity to a coin- it is composed of two parts - positive and negative. Any sport's  aim is always winning the game. Hence giving one's 100% performance in any sport is a must. No second level or lopsided performance but rather, everything should be aiming for the best. 

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          On the other hand, losing in any competition is the other side of the coin. Pain, desolation, downhearted, heartbroken and others are but some of the negative consequences of any loss. Sometimes, a player could ask himself/herself, "What went wrong with my performance? How did it happen when in fact, I have given my best shot?" Other questions could come up in one's mind yet at the very end, this unfortunate result could be a blessing in disguise and it will happen when one says the positive effect of losing.

           That instead of blaming oneself or the worse, blaming others, one will resort to retrospection and assess what needs to be improve or revised in terms of one's approach to the game.

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"Better luck next time" is always a seemed compliment afterwards yet there would always be a room for improvement in one's performance.

          Thus one of the best ways to approach any game is to look at it as a means of emerging as a winner- both in winning or losing the game. It's all in the mind after all.

SPORTS ROUND UP

          The world of sports is so vast. So many interesting events are happening every now and then. To give you some updates on this world,Just some of the recently hot news regarding sports worldwide:

          WIMBLEDOM- final round of the famous grand slam event. The remaining survivors who will slug it out in the prestigious event's finals are: Andy Murray (2) vs. Novak Djokovic (1) for the Men's finals while on the women's side, it is M. Bartoli (15) vs. S. Lisicki (23)

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          It was such a surprise finals this 2013 Wimbledom tournament sicne no top rank player has emerged triumphant. The likes of the Williams sisters, Maria Sharapova and other top rank women were eliminated fromt his year's tourney.

          TOUR DE FRANCE- just a brief  background of this prestigious event. This is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France. " This race was first organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto. It is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organization. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except for when it is stopped for the two World wars. As the tour gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened and its reach began around the globe." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          This year's race is presently ongoing. The present standing is as follows:

1st- Daryl Impeh- team Orica greenedge

2nd- Edvald Boasson Hagen- team Team sky

3rd- Simon Gerrans- team Orica Greenedge

4th- Michael Albasini- team Orica Greenedge

5th- Michal Kwiatkowski- team Omega Pharma

          This is just the partial standing since they still have a long way to go before the final stages of the race.  There are 188 riders for this year's event. What has transpired on the race was just the 8th lap out of 21 stages. 

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          These are just some of the most prominent sports events recently. More updates will be shared in the coming days. Share your own favorite sports updates here for everyone to cherish.

                                                               

NBA FINALS 2013: WHO'S THE BEST OF THEM ALL

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         It's a classic showdown between Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs as these two great teams collide to gain the coveted crown as 2013 NBA Finals champion. These elite teams have both this top three players on their line-up. For the San Antonio Spurs, they have Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker while on the other end, the Heat have Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. 

          Moreover, these two teams have passionate and great coaches. Gregg Popovich, the Spurs coach, is heralded as currently the longest tenured coach of one team in the NBA. He was handling the main coaching position of the Spurs since 1996.  On the other hand, the Heat's coach is Erik Spoelstra who has been bringing the club to glory since 2008. 

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          Currently, their showdown is tallied at 2 all.Who will emerge as this year's eventual champion greatly depends on the consistency and persistence by players of both teams. These star players cannot and never can do it alone. The rest of the team has lots of things to do to make their own worthy contribution.

          Whoever will emerge as the over all champion this year, CONGRATULATIONS and may this triumph serve as inspiration to others to continue striving for perfection and greatness. Never retreat in giving up any competition but rather, consistently aim for the top position.

  

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The Triumph of a Great Champion

          One of my favorite tennis players is Rafael Nadal and he did it again this time by topping the recently concluded Roland Garros tournament- the second of the annual four grand slam tournaments. He defeated his fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the finals with the score: 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. 

          Just to share with you a little background of this annual event, here is a part of an article of this famous event:

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          The French Open, often referred to as Roland Garros (French: Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, IPA: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs]), named after the French aviatorRoland Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June inParis, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Openand Wimbledon. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam event held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.

          It is one of the largest events in tennis and by far the largest clay-court tournament.^[2] Because of the slow-playing surface and the five-set men's singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. (Source-Wikipedia the free encyclopedia)

          Thus, the recent victory of Nadal is a major one since it happened in one of those major tennis annual events. What made it more historic and meaningful for Nadal is that it marked his 8th triumph of this said tournament thus earning him the title of the first player to win 8th titles on this famous tournament. 

          Moreover he is such a powerful player that his arsenal is consists of the following: "His formula includes speed, balance and steely defense. It features a left-handed forehand that he can curl inside every line with sonic speed, or hit with so much topspin on it that it’s near impossible to respond to with a winner off of it if the shot lands deep.

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It includes a twisting serve that usually results in a weak reply that can be buried for a winner. It includes a competent net game, an efficient drop shot, a steady, effective and improving backhand and a library’s worth of strategic knowledge." - Roland Garros 2013 official site.

          Thus, the world celebrates with this great Spaniard as he reasserts himself as one of the greatest players of the game. He joins the likes of those great names in tennis such as Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, John Newcombe, and many more. What made it sweeter for him since he just came back from a long break due to his injury. Welcome back and congratulations Nada.