QUOTE Canberra set to launch A-League bid By Peter Veness November 06, 2008 CANBERRA
appears close to launching a fully-funded bid for an A-League licence after winning backing from
Victorian businesswoman Millissa Fischer. Fischer already owns Victorian Premier League side Altona
Magic and will financially back the Canberra bid. "We can work together and I look forward to
seeing a winning team in Canberra. It's very exciting,'' Fischer said. Football
Federation Australia (FFA) requires a $6 million base before considering the bid and on Thu...

I'm not sure if any of you guys have heard of Rugby, I'm pretty sure most of you haven't
Does any one play this sport? Or watch it on Television? I used to play Rugby a few years ago, But
Now i stopped, I'm pretty much the Lazy type. Any was here is what rugby is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby I'm not sure if thats any help I haven't checked all
the links...

Do you guys prefere soccer or rugby. i personally hate soccer but i love rugby. rugby is my favorite
sport. i wanna know what you guys think....

For those who enjoy watching wonderful footballers in action - of the current crop of Premiership
talent, who would you pick in your squad if you were given the luxury of having any 16 Premier
League footballers? Even more difficult, who'd make your first 11? Earlier in the week Andy
Gray and Jamie Redknapp debated over who to put in their Premier League Team of the Season. Well,
this is a bit similar. Straight to the point: when watching Premiership football what players do you
enjoy watching most? I'm talking the most skilful, or maybe you love seeing a Joey B...

Does anyone here watching the UEFA Champions League? The first matchday has been played (half
though) last night.. As predicted the big clubs wins over their opponents, with one very shocking
news from Rome.. AS Roma, which played at their home was lost to CFR Cluj of Romania, with the score
of 1-2 !!! Waw, this is very shocking and sad for Italians.. I hope they will do well in the next
match day.. The other half of this first matchday will be played tonight, with the highlight the
returns of Juventus (my fave!).. They get back into European championship after their st...

There are English premier league, Spanish league, Italian league, German League and they are most
popular. Which soccer league are you interested most? For me, I like English League as they play
fast football and beautiful to watch. But I also like real madrid and barcelona as well....

June 2008 saw Spain take victory in the European Soccer Championships. Late 2007 saw the first
regular season game from the NFL take place outside the american continent, as Miami played New York
Giants as Wembley Stadium in London, England... The tickets for the NFL game sold out quickly, and
the NFL was so impressed it immediately set up next year's regular season game, and Commissioner
Roger Goodall said he wanted the NFL to be a global passion, played all over the world. That will
never happen and here's why... The Euros 2008 had 4 groups of 4 teams, that&...

In october will start the new hockey league - Continental Hockey league which will be analog to NHL
but into Europe. How do you think - Continental Hockey league is good ice-hockey league to be 2nd
strongest hockey league in the world?...

Last race (German Grand Prix) was one of the best of the season (at least if you are a fan of
McLaren). Few years back this competition became very boring, but now it's interesting and
competitive again. Hamilton is a great driver, though a little wild at times, while Kimi Raikkonen
is as solid as they get, but Kubica, Masa and Nick Heidfeld are the guys who make things really
interesting. Any of them can win any race and even some weaker teams are finding way to be somewhat
competitive. It's not Hakinen vs. Schumacher but it's the best season since that riva...

I think Netherlands will the champion this year. the second would be Croatia and the third would be
Spain. is there anyone think so?...

The Celtics won the NBA championship. This kind of got lost in the Willie Randolph fireing (at least
in new york). Personally i was pulling for the Lakers, but overall it was a boring series. The NHL
wants to take the Rangers away from Ted Dolan. The league has filed a counterclaim against the
Garden in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, seeking the go-ahead to proceed with internal
disciplinary measures that could take the Rangers away from Dolan. The NHL says that the Garden has
violated several league rules to which it consented as a prerequisite for franchise ownersh...

Now, I'm one of Leeds' biggest critics when it comes to Rugby League. I despise Hetherington
for the Hunslet saga, and the recent wanting of £3.2m ordeal with Iestyn Harris. Apart from that
though Leeds Rhinos have blown me away this season. They are just a class above anyone else. I'm
a big fan of Rugby League and watch the sport as much as I can and have to take my hat off to the
Rhinos as they are just something else this season. They were the nearly boys for 32 years and
until 2004 hadn't won the top flight since 1972, since that though they have ...

well well well. United pulled it out of the bag. And of all the people to get the goal it had to
be our main man Scholes. What a game. I think United fully deserved the 1-0 win and played very
well. Over the 2 legs we defended very well. After the Ronaldo penalty miss in the Nou Camp i
thought that was our chance. But what a finish by Scholes. A little bit of luck i agree but he took
it well. Anyway were there in Moscow and we will face Liverpool or Chelsea. Im not bothered who it
is as both will be hard games. But if United play like they didn tonight i wont hav...

The draw for this year quarter-final have been drawn. My team, Liverpool, faced a tough task in
playing against Juventus from Italy. Juve has been doing very well in the Champions League this
year, coming out top of their group in the group stage and beat Real Madrid in the second round in
an extra time in the second leg. Their defensive record really stood up as they only conceded 3
goals in matches, only one against the Galacticos at Bernabue. We also have to play first leg at
home so not conceding goal at home is a must coz we'll definitely find it difficult to s...

With all the hoopla with Santana and the met's. and now with Padro on the DL. and to top it all
off dealing Milage to the national. How is everyone feeling of there chances of winning it? Myself I
think it's a sure bet. as long as 1 Santana stays healthy 2 the mets can get another catcher.
and lastly They don't get killed by Milage and Laduca. From what I have seen and heard, the 2 of
them are not too thrilled with the trade and will be out for blood....

I've only been able to watch the highlights on TV but I think sharapova is going to win, Shes
been playing very strongly from what I've seen shes beaten most of her opponents very easily
including world no 1 henin. I dont think the game will air here sadly. while I'm posting this
Roger Federer (SUI) v. Novak Djokovic (SRB) is in progress I dunno who is leading ; ;. Both
are awsome players and that other guy too who already made it to the finals jo-Wilfried Tsonga. He
looks pretty good too. Well my picks are: Womens - Sharapova Mens - Federer...

Below are my thoughts on the Cubs and the direction the team is taking. Also as reference, here
are some links to the Cubs' stats in 2007: Player Stats Overall Team Hitting Stats
Overall Team Pitching Stats Historical Team Hitting Stats Overall : Despite off-years from
star players Carlos Zambrano , Derrek Lee , Aramis Ramirez , and Alfonso Soriano , the team
reached the playoffs thanks to improved starting pitching and a team that reached base at its best
level since 2001. As it's been said, a team lives and dies by its starting pitching. ...

I'd to like if theres anyone in England, NZ, or Australia here that follow the Rugby League. I
mainly watch the NRL (National Rugby League), and have been following the Manly Seaeagles since the
early 90s. It's finals time down here, and since my team has been knocked out. I've still
been watching the other teams. The Brisbane Broncos was the first through to the GF by defeating
Cantebury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The Broncos will be going to play the winner out of St
George-Illawarra Dragons and the Melbourne Storm. Either way, as a neutral supporter (now ...

MY PICKS FOR THE RUGBY WORLD CUP - 2007 MY PICK TO WIN: Like many people around the
world, I believe that New Zealand are the strongest rugby nation. Although they had a surprise lost
to the Wallabies, I still believe they are going to take the cake (Win the cup). I also believe
South Africa have a very strong line-up, and they may cause a problem for the All Blacks. SURPRISE
PICK: I believe that Australia may be able to stun the world and win the cup. Although they have
had extremely poor results in recent years, they are starting to pick up their game. I...

We beat Ukraine 3-1. Can we actually go all the way? If we were to beat Georgia on wednesday then
we just need a point of Italy to be guarenteed qualification. A year ago this would have sounded
mental but there is huge belief there that we can do it now. And why not we are jumping clear over
every hurdle that comes near us. As for saturdays game Brilliant. I've got to say my MotM was
Barry Ferguson. It wasn't long ago I was heavily criticising him but this campaign he's been
immense. I think it's a pride thing. He looked like he was about to lose i...

Hi all NHL fans !! What do you think about start of this super brutal NHL ? Did you see first match
today Anaheim vs L.A. Kings? It was here at TV in Slovakia and I must watching this NHL season.. I
love it and I loved today match as many crowd in that O2 ARENA. After the singing of the American
and British national anthems, the lights failed to come back on. Players on both teams skated
around, but were soon told to head back into the locker rooms. I had hope that Anaheim will win but
L.A. was really good today and Anaheim just make some actions at the end of match. ...

Presented By http://icltalk.com Every format of Cricket is changing. Now no one can predict the
future of cricket. The latest invention of Cricket world is 20 - Twenty cricket. That became a huge
success and sure that future belongs on that shorter version. But now there is a new era emerging
in the name of ICL - Indian Cricket League. It looks like a big competitor to the biggest cricket
board in the World - BCCI. BCCI now doing every thing to keep the ICL down ie. they even give
warning to the players on country to be ban from every cricket competitions. But the ...

Just finished (re)seeing the Scotland Portugal match (just getting ready for the match tomorrow)and
I have to admit, watching the Portuguese team sing the national anthem actually got me a bit misty
eyed. I can't remember the last time a portuguese side showed so much pride and self-respect at
being in an international tournament. Great fair play shown by the Scots too. What a contrast with
the portuguese national football team , half of the players probably don't know the words and
the other half just mumbles them. And no sense of heart on the pitch, it's l...

Here you can discuss about Rugby 2007 worldcup. QUOTE Fixtures and History Through Centrebet
Group Stage: 07 Sep France V Argentina 08 Sep New Zealand V Italy England V USA Australia V
Japan 09 Sep Wales V Canada Scotland V Repechage 1 South Africa V Samoa Ireland V Namibia 11
Sep Argentina V Georgia 12 Sep USA V Tonga Italy V Romania Japan V Fiji 14 Sep England V South
Africa 15 Sep New Zealand V Repechage 1 Ireland V Georgia Wales V Australia 16 Sep Fiji V
Canada France V Namibia Samoa V Tonga 18 Sep Scotland V Romania 19 Sep Italy V Re...

A brief history of Champions League Champions League is most popular football (soccer)
championship in the world. Champions League started in 1995 when first French sports daily
L'Equipe, mentioned that it would be good to make an European championship that would be played
on Wensday's night. At first it wasn't ment to be just a championship for Leauge champions
but only for clubs that would be invited by the term of bringing the most crowd to the game. As
league evolved now it is played by League Champions which based on their UEFA league score tabl...

Hey is there anyone here who's Australian and loves AFL?... Just curios...GO KANGAROOS!!...

Hi guys, i would just like to say i love AFL and if any enthusiasts are there please feel free to
talk about AFL. My favourite team is Port Adelaide /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle"
emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> all other teams are crap /tongue.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Gooo THE POWER
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0"
alt="biggrin.gif" /> Cheers Scan /cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="B)" border="0"
alt="cool.gif" />...

anyone here in australia love AFL? there are 16 teams: QUOTE 1. Adelaide Crows 2. Port
Adelaide 3. West Coast Eagles 4. Bulldogs 5. Sydney Swans 6. Fremantle 7. Tigers 8. Brisbane Lions
9. Essendon 10. Carlton 11. Collingwood 12. Geelong 13. Kangaroo's 14. Demon's 15. Richmond
and 16. St.Kilda Last Years Ladder QUOTE Pos Team P W L D For
Agst % Pts 1 West Coast 22 17 5 0 2257 1874 120.44 68 2 Adelaide
22 16 6 0 2330 1640 142.07 64 3 Fremantle 22 15 7 0 2079...