FOOTBALL TOP GOAL SCORERS : 2008-09

(As On March 14,2009)

EPL:
1.Anelka (Chelsea) - 15
2.Cristiano Ronaldo(Man Utd) - 13
3.Robinho(Man City) - 11
Kevin Davies (Bolton)-11
5.Agbonlahor(Aston Villa)-10
Steven Gerrard(Liverpool)-10
Lampard(Chelsea)-10
Zaki(Wigan)-10










La Liga:
1.Eto'o (FC Barcelona)-23
2.David Villa(Valencia)-19
Forlan(Atletico Madrid)-19
4.Messi(FC Barcelona)-18
5.Negredo(Almeria)-16












Italian Serie A:
1.Marco Di Vaio (Bologna)-19
2.Ibrahimovic(Inter)-17
3.Gilardino(Fiorentina)-15
Diego Milito(Genoa)-15
5.Pato(AC Milan)-14















German Bundesliga:
1.Vedad Ibisevic(TSG Hoffenheim)-18
2.Patrick Helmes(Bayer Leverkusen)-17
Grafite(VfL Wolfsburg)-17
4.Mario Gomez(VfB Stuttgart)-14
5.Edin Dzeko(VfL Woflsburg)-13









French Ligue 1:
1.Andre-Pierre Gignac(Toulouse)-17
2.Guillaume Hoarau(PSG)-15
3. Cavenaghi(Bordeauz)-13
4.Benzema(Lyon)-12
5.Fernandes Bastos(Lille)-11

(Updated Regularly)

NADAL VS VERDASCO - MATCH VIDEO

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:

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• Tournament:Australian Open

• Round:Semifinals

• Match Result: Rafael Nadal def Fernando Verdasco

6-7 (4-7),6-4,7-6(7-2),6-7(1-7),6-4.

• Duration: 5 hrs 14 min

Nadal defeated Verdasco in the longest match of the Australian open history which lasted for 5 hours and 14 minutes.The first all-Spanish semifinal in Australian Open history proved to be a heart-stopping affair from the word go.In a touching tribute, the world number one jumped over the net to warmly embrace his compatriot after winning the match.The previous longest match at the Melbourne park came in 1991 when Boris Becker took 5 hours and 11 minutes to beat Omar Camporese.

MATCH STATISTICS:

• 1st serve %:Nadal-74% Verdasco-69%

• Aces:Nadal-12 Verdasco-20

• Double Faults:Nadal-3 Verdasco-4

• Unforced Errors:Nadal-25 Verdasco-76

• Winners:Nadal-52 Verdasco-95

• Break Points Won:Nadal-4/20 Verdasco-2/4

• Net Points Won:Nadal-16/23 Verdasco-33/51

• Total Points Won:Nadal-193 Verdasco-192

• Fastest Serve:Nadal-200KMH Verdasco-220KMH

WORLD'S RICHEST FOOTBALL CLUBS

S.No.	FOOTBALL CLUB	COUNTRY/ ORIGIN	REVENUE (million euros)	VALUE (million $)	OWNER
1	Real Madrid	SPAIN	365.8	1285	Club Members
2	Manchester United	ENGLAND	324.8	1800	Malcolm Glazer
3	Barcelona	SPAIN	308.8	784	Club Members
4	Bayern Munich	GERMANY	295.3	917	Adidas, Salomon AG
5	Chelsea	ENGLAND	268.9	764	Roman Abramovich
6	Arsenal	ENGLAND	264.4	1200	Danny Fiszman, Nina Bracewell-Smith, Stan Kroenke
7	Liverpool	ENGLAND	210.9	1050	George Gillett, Tom Hicks
8	AC Milan	ITALY	209.5	798	Silvio Berlusconi
9	Roma	ITALY	175.4	434	Roselle Sensi
10	Inter Milan	ITALY	172.9	403	Massimo Moratti
11	Juventus	ITALY	167.5	510	Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
12	Lyon	FRANCE	155.7	408	Jean-Michel Aulas
14	Tottenham	ENGLAND	145	414	ENIC International Ltd-Joseph Lewis, Daniel Levy
16	Marseille	FRANCE	126.8	187	Robert Louis-Dreyfus
17	Newcastle	ENGLAND	125.6	300	Mike Ashley
20	Manchester City	ENGLAND	104	191	Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

 

 

13.Schalke (GERMANY) has a revenue of 148.4 mn euros and a value of 470 mn$.

15.Hamburg (GERMANY) has a revenue of 127.9 mn euros and a value of 293 mn$.

18.Stuttgart (GERMANY) has a revenue of 111.5 mn euros and a value of 252 mn$.

19.Fenerbahce (TURKEY) has a revenue of 111.3 mn euros and a value of 214 mn$.

 

 

ENGLAND tops the RICH list with 7 clubs from the League followed by GERMANY, ITALY with 4 clubs. FRANCE and SPAIN have 2 clubs from their league. The only TURKISH side which managed to make it to the RICH list is Fenerbahce. Manchester City is the richest club in terms of asset.

Royal Challengers Player List 2009

Royal Challengers Bangalore is the franchise owned by Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. It represents Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, and Sandalwood (Cinema of Karnataka) film stars Ramya and Upendra are the brand ambassadors of the team.

The first season was a nightmare for the team in which they were able to win only 4 and lost rest 10 games. The second season may bring them back on track with one of the costliest bid in 2009 auction was done by this team. England’s batsman Kevin Pietersen was bought for whopping $1.55m over a base price of $1.35m.

The lineup for second season is…

International Players:

Jacques Kallis

Mark Boucher

Dale Steyn

Nathan Bracken

Cameron White

Dillon du Preez

Ross Taylor

Kevin Pietersen

Jesse Ryder


Indian Players:

Rahul Dravid

Anil Kumble

Wasim Jaffer

Praveen Kumar

Devraj Patil

Bharat Chipli

K.P.Appanna

J.Arun Kumar

Virat Kohli

Sreevats Goswami

Sunil Joshi

Vinay Kumar

Balachandra Akhil

Manish Pandey

Robin Uthappa

Guarav Dhiman

Pankaj Singh

Rajasthan Royals Player List 2009

Rajasthan Royals – Franchise representing Rajasthan in Indian Premier League were the champions in the first season. It is the only team which is coached and led by foreign player Shane Warne. The team has no icon player. Believe it or not this team was the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League and probably the least fancied team in the league at the beginning of the tournament.

The Players lined up for the second season of IPL are…

International Players:

Shane Warne

Graeme Smith

Shane Watson

Dimitri Mascarenhas

Morne Morkel

Robert Quinney

Shaun Tait

Tyron Henderson

Indian Players:

Mohammad Kaif

Munaf Patel

Yousuf Pathan

Siddharth Trivedi

Swapnil Asnodkar

Neeraj Patel

Mahesh Rawat

Ravindra Jadeja

Sumeet Khatri

Anup Revandkar

Dinesh Salunkhe

Kings XI Punjab Player List 2009

Kings XI Punjab – The franchise owned Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur) representing Mohali in the Indian Premier League is one team which gave a slow start but then later gave a good performance managing to get into the semi-final in season 1 of IPL. The team is led by Yuvraj Singh.

The lineup for the second season will be…

International Players:


Brett Lee

Simon Katich

James Hopes

Luke Pomersbach

Kumar Sangakkara

Mahela Jayawardane

Shaun Marsh

Burt Cockley

Ravi Bopara

Jerome Taylor


Indian Players:


Yuvraj Singh

Irfan Pathan

Piyush Chawla

S.Sreesanth

Ramesh Powar

Sahil Kukreja

Wilkin Mota

Yash Gandhi

V.R.V.Singh

Karan Goel

Uday Kaul

Sunny Sohal

Tanmay Srivastava

Ajitesh Argal

Deccan Chargers Player List 2009

Deccan Chargers is a franchise of Indian Premier League representing Hyderabad. Even though the team had a strong line-up of players, it was not able to perform well. Season 2 might be a chance for the team to show their skill and performance. Adam Gilchrist is expected as Captian for the team in the second season due to start in few days.

The lineup for this year is…

International Players:

Adam Gilchrist

Andrew Symonds

Herschelle Gibbs

Scott Styris

Chaminda Vaas

Chamara Silva

Nuwan Zoysa

Ryan Harris

Fidel Edwards

Dwayne Smith


Indian Players:

V.V.S.Laxman

Rohit Sharma

R.P.Singh

Y.Venugopal Rao

N.Arjun Yadav

Dwaraka Ravi Teja

Pragyan Ojha

D.Kalyankrishna

P.Vijay Kumar

Haladhar Das

Sarvesh Kumar

H.S.Bansal

Jaskarandeep Singh

Abhinav Kumar

Tirumalasetti Suman

Manvinder Singh Bisla

Kolkata Knight Riders – Indian Premier League Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders – Indian Premier League Preview

Owner : Bollywood actor ShahRukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband, Jai Mehta

CEO : Joy Bhattacharya

Franchise Fee : $75.09million (10 years)

Most Expensive Player : Saurav Ganguly - $1.09 million – Also the ICON player

Home Ground : Eden Gardens

Official Theme : Korbo, Lorbo, Jitbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it)

Theme Composer : Vishal-Shekhar

Official Color : Black and Gold

Tag line : All the King's Men

Sponsors : The Telegraph, Belmonte, Nokia, HDIL, Reebok, Tag Heuer

Mascot : Hoog Lee, who is a lazy Royal Bengal Tiger and loves to eat burgers

Logo : Blazing golden viking helmet against a black background with the name of the team Kolkata Knight Riders written in gold

Jersey :

Image-Shahrukh unveiling KKR jersey

Jersey Designer : Manish Maholtra

Revenues (Season 1)

Broadcasting Rights

Set Max : 20

Central Sponsorships : 15

Total : 35

Team Sponsors

Main Sponsors : 27

Co-Sponsors : 5

Total : 32

Gate Receipts : 20

Total Revenue : 87

Expenses (Season 1)

Franchise Fees : 31

Team : 25

Advertising : 14

Administration : 6

Total Expense : 76

Profit : 11

*All figures in INR Crores

SWOT Analysis (Season 1)

Strength : Good start, good bowling combination, strong local talent

Weakness : Top two players left halfway, uneven team

Opportunities : Train and provide chance to young talent in squad

Threat : Mercurial Players

Head Coach : John Buchanan (Australia)

Assistant Head Coach : Matthew Mott (Australia)

Physiotherapist : Andrew Leipus (Australia)

Physical Trainer : Adrian Le Roux (South Africa)

Physical Trainer : Michael Buchanan (Australia)

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Mumbai Indians Player List 2009

International Players:

JP Duminy - South Africa

Mohammad Ashraful - Bangladesh

Luke Ronchi - Australia

Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka

Kyle Mills - New Zealand

Dwayn Bravo - West Indies

Graham Napier - England

Ryan Mclaren - South Africa

Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka

Dilhara Fernando - Sri Lanka


Indian Players:


Sachin Tendulkar - Maharashtra

Ajinkya Rahane - Maharashtra

Saurabh Tiwary - Bihar

Shikhar Dhawan - Delhi

Jaydev Shah - Gujarat

Yogesh Takawale - Maharashtra

Pinal Shah - Gujarat

Abhishek Nayar - Andhra Pradesh

Harbhajan Singh - Punjab

Zaheer Khan - Maharashtra

Dhaval Kulkarni - Maharashtra

Rohan Raje - Maharashtra

Chetanya Nanda - Delhi

Rahil Shaikh - Maharashtra

Chennai Super Kings Player List 2009

Chennai Super Kings is a franchise representing city Chennai in the Indian Premier League. They showed a brilliant performance. They were the runner up in the inaugural season of IPL. Out of 14 matches played by them, they won 8 with net run rate of -0.192. Players like Hussey, Hayden, Morkel, Dhoni, Ntini and Balaji showed an extra-ordinary performance with bat and bowl in the first season. The second season may also shine for them with all-rounder Flintoff from England in their team.

The Players for this season are…

International Players:


Matthew Hayden - Australia

Mike Hussey - Australia

George Bailey - Australia

Jacob Oram - New Zealand

Andrew Flintoff - England

Albie Morkel - South Africa

Thilan Thushara - Sri Lanka

Makhaya Ntini - South Africa

M. Muralitharan - Sri Lanka


Indian Players:


Suresh Raina

S.Badrinath

S.Vidyut

M.Vijay

Abhinav Mukund

Srikkanth Anirudha

Arun Karthik

M.S.Dhoni

Parthiv Patel

Napoleon Einstein

S.B.Jakati

Viraj Kadbe

S.Suresh Kumar

Joginder Sharma

Sudeep Tyagi

P.Amarnath

R.Ashwin

Manpreet Singh Goni

Lakshmipathy Balaji