Messi named Best Player in Europe
MADRID: UEFA has named Barcelona forward Lionel Messi as the Best Player in Europe for the 2010-11 season.
Messi claimed 38 votes for the newly-created award, putting him some distance ahead of Barcelona team-mate Xavi, in second place with 11 votes, and third-placed Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who received just three votes.
The UEFA Best Player in Europe Award is given to players on the basis of their performances for club and country. The award is designed to replace the old Ballon d’Or award for the best player in Europe, which has been supplanted by the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world.
Messi enjoyed a hugely successful season with his club, scoring 31 goals in the league to help clinch the league title and putting in a man-of-the-match performance in the Champions League final victory over Manchester United.
“I’d like to thank all the people that voted for me, and all my team-mates,” Messi said. “I keep all these awards at home and I still have some space for more. It’s an honour to be so successful and to come up with the goods at the right time – thanks to my team-mates for helping me achieve this.
“My motivation comes from being at a club that’s so successful and having a structure that allows us to be so successful. That was taught to me when I moved over and I’ve tried my best to keep it up.”
UEFA Best Player in Europe 2010-11 top ten
1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2 Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
4 Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
5 Falcao (FC Porto)
6 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
7 Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)
8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan)
9 Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
10 Manuel Neuer (FC Schalke)
Zulqarnain’s family say they have received threats
November 28, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: The family of Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider have told police they have received threatening calls after the player said he would expose people involved in corruption in Pakistan cricket.
“Zulqarnain’s wife got three calls today, two from an unknown number and one from a number in Greece in which the caller speaking in Urdu threatened her of dire consequences if Zulqarnain said anything about anyone,” Aqeel Haider, the player’s brother, told Reuters.
He said the calls came after Zulqarnain said on his Facebook page on Sunday that he would soon expose people who had taken bribes.
“All these people who are saying negative things about me…they should wait for five more days then I will show them my background and status. After five days I will show them their background and place and also those who don’t take money and those who have taken
Mullen: US trying to shield Afghans named in leak
August 1, 2010 by Trend PK
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WASHINGTON: The top US military officer says the Pentagon is trying to protect Afghans who may be at risk from Taliban retaliation following the publication of tens of thousands of secret war documents.
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Sangakkara topples Sehwag as top batsman
August 1, 2010 by Trend PK
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NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has toppled India’s Virender Sehwag to claim top spot of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
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Oil above $72 in Asia
June 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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KUALA LUMPUR: Oil prices extended gains to rise above $72 a barrel Wednesday in Asia, bolstered by hopes of rising fuel demand ahead of the release of U.
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Maradona, Messi critical pair for Argentina WC hopes
June 9, 2010 by Trend PK
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JOHANNESBURG: Argentina’s Lionel Messi heads into the World Cup as the player everyone wants to see but it will be the strengths and weaknesses of coach Diego Maradona that will determine how far the South Americans progress.
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red dead
May 19, 2010 by Trend PK
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Inside Red Dead Redemption’s Sprawling Wild West
Red Dead Redemption could have been titled Grand Theft Horse. That would have been a terrible name, but totally accurate.
Rockstar Games’ latest epic, released Tuesday for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, takes the open-world formula that works so well for Grand Theft Auto and applies it to a wholly different place and time. Now you’re jacking horses and firing repeater rifles in the Old West.
The first thing you’ll notice about Red Dead Redemption is just how pretty it is. The game’s early moments take you on a few horse rides that, not coincidentally, place you in front of some gorgeous vistas, overlooking vast mountains and ranges of cacti. I personally sustain no fantasies about living the pioneer life, but I imagine that a lot of people do. Absent the holodeck, Redemption’s massive world might well fit the bill.
Rockstar has done a good job transplanting the familiar Grand Theft Auto feel into a world without skyscrapers or cars. Having spent some time in Liberty City, I know where everything is — there’s my mini-map in the corner, with its wildly anachronistic but indispensable GPS; there’s my bedroom on the map where I can save my game.
Red Dead Redemption is filled with interesting characters, from Bonnie — the improbably attractive pioneer lady who gives you a place to crash and walks you through the game’s tutorials — to the harried, gruff old sheriff tasked with keeping his townsfolk alive and safe from unsavory rustlers. The main characters seem to have that whiff of period authenticity about them, creating what feels like an authentic sort of time-travel experience.
That reader isn’t alone. Red Dead Redemption, the hottest new video game of the week appears to be afflicted by a bug or bugs that are turning very important elements of the game invisible. Do note that Kotaku can’t verify how widespread the issue is but the multiple reports we’re getting make this something we feel is best to share so people know what might be going on.
After the original publication of this post, we received word from Rockstar that the company is “really happy with how well Red Dead Redemption has been received by the community on both platforms so far. We’re aware of the issues some people are experiencing on multiplayer and we’re working hard to fix them.”
Players are reporting these glitches on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 copies of Red Dead Redemption, primarily when the game’s multiplayer mode is activated. Some of them have isolated the problem to specific locations in the game’s map. Stepping into those zones makes the player or horse flick away, going invisible, but still being controllable by the player. Imagine the problems in a multiplayer match, one gamers told us, when a player starts sniping others while he is in an invisibility zone and they are not.
One RDR player told Kotaku directly that he’s seen four versions of the invisibility bug: one that makes the player’s own character or horse invisible, one that makes the horse and guns disappear, one that just vanishes the guns and one that makes every players’ horse and character disappear during a multiplayer session.
Red Dead development studio Rockstar Games already issued an Xbox 360 patch yesterday, on the day of the game’s release, to address problems with system-link multiplayer.
Rockstar’s new Western has received high praise from reviewers and strong buzz this week. Hopefully this bug is not widespread and will be fixed swiftly.
horatio sanz
April 16, 2010 by Trend PK
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‘SNL’ alum Horatio Sanz lost a whopping 100 pounds
Horatio Sanz has brought the laughs to “Saturday Night Live,” but Thursday night (April 15) his presence brought surprise and curiosity.
What was the big deal? His 100-pound weight loss that was very apparent during the “Saturday Night Live in the 2000s” special.
During the two-hour retrospective, snippets of Sanz today commenting on past skits contrasted dramatically with his appearance from a few years before.
The Chilean comic was known for cracking up fellow cast member Jimmy Fallon on the show, but when Sanz left in 2006, apparently his weight was no laughing matter.
Looking through past photos, it’s apparent he started to actively attack his weight problem soon after. In 2008, photos of Sanz out and about showed that the efforts paid off. According to New York Magazine in November that year, Sanz confessed to “eating better,” working out and losing about 100 pounds.
“I never weighed myself when I was at my fattest, because I was scared I might die,” he confessed at the time.
We don’t think he has to worry about stepping on the scale now. Hell, why not get a Wii Fit while you’re at it, Horatio?
adobe flash player update
April 16, 2010 by Trend PK
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Latest Huge Software Update: Adobe Flash Player Update
The web would not survive without Flash Players. Your whole web experience will be drained down the toilet if Adobe Flash Player on web is not installed on your browser yet. It is a bit frustrating sometimes when you borrow other people’s laptops or go to Internet Coffee shops and you need to go to a website to see something and it will prompt a message “Flash Player not installed.”
Adobe has been really up on its game to provide a Flash Player to add more spice to the websites. They have recently announced a big update on theirAdobe Flash Player. It is called the Adobe Flash Player Update 10.1. People are asking why they named it a 10.1 and did not update it to 11.0 instead since it’s a big update
What do you think?
You may visit get.adobe.com/flashplayer for more info and downloads
Mohsin backs PCB punishments to players
LAHORE: Chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Hasan Khan said the decision of PCB to punish players on discipline violation was right.
Talking to media, Mohsin said if such step will be taken 14 years ago, cricket would be free of such violations. He said now the player who will be fit and disciplined will play for Pakistan.
Chief selector said ban and fine will be abolish if players admit mistakes and tender written apology. Replying to a question, he conveyed best wishes for Shoaib and Sania.
