The Victory of Eckermann

     

           On 30th Dec. 2012 the Swedish rider Henrik von Eckermann made it to the first place and won the important competition from the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping series. It took place at Mechelen in Belgium and it’s the eight part of the Western European League. Besides him as a winner the men from Sweden also had another reason to celebrate because the third place was taken by their presenter-the rider Jens Fredricson who si 31-year-old. The competition started with 40 horses but only nine could make it to the jump off where they had to compete with the watch and find the best path to get over the higher obstacles. In the second round jump off von Eckermann clearly showed that he possessed better qualities and concentration together with his mare Gotha FRH. He led her carefully and fast enough to ensure his win in the jump off which requires balance, speed and turning skills. He also declared his desire to continue riding the 11-year-old horse which was earlier under the coaching of the German legend-Ludger Beerbaum.

NHL is Back

After 119 days, long four months of unsuccessful negotiations the waiting has finally ended. The NHL and NHLPA  have finally signed a new collective bargaining agreement for the next 8 to 10 years. The agreement was officially signed Saturday when the players voted for the signing of the the new agreement. Neither the NHL owners nor the players actually won in these negotiations. The one that benefit the most are the fans. After losing once again a bunch of games Gary Bettman and the whole league where entirely criticized for the fact that tehy alowed another extensive lockout. The losses are enormous. The league has lost 24 million a day in the lockout. besides that in America, where the audience is just limited and most people turn to american football and basketball. Thus it seemed that we are heading again for another lost season, but we were suprised and fortunately this Saturday the big show returns.

Here is the schedule enjoy the games and wait for more reports from the fastest game in the world!

Falcao's New Record

The goal-scoring machine Radamel Falcao scored once again in the match against Zaragoza yesterday. That way he became one of the top players of his club Atletico Madrid. It was his 18th goal for Atletico since the beginning of the season when he scored from penalty in the 38th minute of the match. This is a record umber of goal for the club. The brazilian player Baltazar was the only other player to score 18 goals in the first 19 rounds of Primera Division during the 1988/1989 season. Then he finished the season in La Liga with total of 33 goals and won the Pichichi Trophy for becoming the top scorer in Spain. However, Falcao probably won't win the same trophy, because Leo Messi has already scored 28 goals.

Tsvetana Pironkova is out of Australia Open

The best bulgarian woman tennis player in present times was eliminated from the Grand Slam " Australia Open"  in the first round. Tsvetana had not lost in the very first round since 2007 when she was bested by Akiko Morigami. Today she played a very tough match against Romina Oprandi which she sadly lost with a score of 6:4, 5:7 and 2:6. The match lasted a total of one hour and fifty-two minutes and was full of comebacks and breaks. The two tennis players had a total of 11 breaks during the match. Pironkova managed to best her opponent in the first set in which she managed to secure it with a break when the score was 5:4. However, in the second set, which was very close until Romina Oprandi broke Pironkova's service game at a score of 6:5. The third set was very one sided as Oprandi completely dominated and closed out the match with a score of 6:2. In the second round, she is going to face Julia Georges, who is ranked number 18 in the world.

Bayern Munchen - Determined to become a super team

The past week Bayern was having a series of test games against various teams to determine whether they are ready for the second half of the season. The first game was against Shalke 04. The clash of the German teams that are also competing in the Champions League resulted in a 5-0 victory for Bayern. Jupp Heynckes appears to have prepared the team well after the break so that now they are ready to face Arsenal in the Champions League and defend the first place in the Bundesliga. On Saturday, 12 January, Bayern Munchen faced the Swiss team on St. Jakob-Park in Basel. The Bayern players crushed the hosts with the classical 0-3 in front of 30 000 spectators. The goals in the net of the Swiss started in the 8th minute when the Croatian star of Bayern Mario Madzukic scored. Just 3 minutes later Schweinsteiger scored again and doubled the lead of the Germans. The last goal for Bayern was scored by the player of the French national team Frank Ribery just before the end of the first half. The last test game of Bayern was on 13.01 when they faced SpVgg Unterhaching from the 3rd Liga - the team where Tobias Schweinsteiger, the brother of Bastian, is loaned for a period of 6 months. Claudio Pizzaro opened the game with a goal in the 10th minute. The "Super Mario" of Bayern, Mario Gomez doubled the score in the 68th minute and formed the final result: 0-2. As these games illustrate, Bayern are more than ready for the season and the expectations are that they will preserve their form throughout the season, aiming at both the Champions League title and the Bundesliga, which sliped away from them last year.