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10 Best Footballers in the FIFA World Cup 2010
The biggest sporting event on this planet is about to start in a couple of days and all eyes are set on South Africa. Teams have started coming to host country and so does the spectators. Everyone is thriving to see there favorite players on the field fighting for FIFA world cup trophy. Some of the players of a certain sporting event are always highlighted as favorites. From the massive players who compete in a tournament, there are always best players who prevail. Let’s talk about the best players participating in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. So here is a list of 10 best footballers to look forward in the FIFA World Cup 2010.
10 Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi, a 22 years old forward, from Argentina with a club team named Barcelona. He is the youngest among the top 10 and a left-footer who uses low center of gravity in striking the ball to goal. More about Footballers after the break...
09 Kaka
09 Kaka
Kaka, a 27 years old midfielder, from Brazil with a club team named Real Madrid. Coming from the upper-middle-class clan, he has been one of the best players in the football world making the Brazil team one of the best.
08 Wayne Rooney
08 Wayne Rooney
Wayne Rooney, a 24 years old forward, from England with a club team named Manchester United. He is known as the baby-face-assassin who can strike from anywhere which allows him to score any type of goal and been proving his finishing skills.
07 Cristiano Ronaldo
07 Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo, a 25 years old midfielder, from Portugal with a club named Real Madrid. He has a special skill in long-range free kicks which enables him to score from anywhere.
06 Didier Drogba
06 Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba, 31 years old, from Ivory Coast with a club team named Chelsea and holds the position of forward. This athletic player has become one of the world’s leading strikers. His participation in world cup is not shower right now due to his recent injury.
05 Steven Gerrard
05 Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard, a 29 years old midfielder, from England with a club team named Liverpool. He has been an outstanding midfielder who also acts as a second striker or as a winger. Along with Frank Lampard, they formed the best duo attacking midfielders in the world. He is a nine-year veteran of the English team.
04 Fernando Torres
04 Fernando Torres
Fernando Torres, a 25 years old forward, from Spain with a club team named Liverpool. He has been playing in the football world since the age of 7 and never stops scoring goals which made him one of the best strikers in the world.
03 Xavi
03 Xavi
Xavi, 30 years old, from Spain with the club team FC Barcelona and acts as a midfielder. He has his artistic ways of accurate passes and vision with a great ability of keeping the ball.
02 Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and at international level for the England national team. He plays most often as a box-to-box midfielder and has also enjoyed spells in a more advanced attacking midfield. He is considered to be one of the best footballers in the world.
01 Robinho
01 Robinho
Robinho is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Brazilian National team. Robinho was personally picked by Brazil legend Pele as his heir apparent at only 15 years of age.
Catching up with chef Marcus Samuelsson
Ten years before he won "Top Chefs Masters" in an upset victory, Ethiopian-born Swede Marcus Samuelsson conquered the New York dining world with his contemporary take on Scandinavian cuisine at Aquavit. Later, he took on the challenges of Japanese fusion (Riingo), gourmet hamburgers (Marc Burger) and modern American seafood (C-House).
This fall he's embarking on another ambitious project: an American, farm-to-table restaurant in Harlem. This love of American food culture was clear from his 2009 cookbook "The American Table," which interspersed innovative recipes with stories of regional foods and cooks.
We caught up with Samuelsson (before his big win) at the launch of a new line of cooking ranges he designed for BlueStar Ranges.
Q Tell us about your next restaurant project.
A It's going to be called The Red Rooster and we are going to take the same farm-to-table theme we have (at C-House) and it will have all the same love and care. It's going to be American food, but very democratic and affordable. I already have the space. It should open September-ish.
Q You have such a diverse background. What are your best food memories?
A Sunday dinners with my family at my grandmother's house (in Gothenburg, Sweden) where we all had our jobs to do. She might cook a pork roast stuffed with prunes and serve it with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts and carrots. Very basic. Maybe we started with a lentil soup and then had apple cake served with a sauce for dessert. It was all very rustic and made from scratch. We had luxury and didn't even know it.
Q What do you think about the Swedish cooking in the U.S.?
A I love meeting Scandinavian Americans and seeing Swedish restaurants in the States. But I do think there is a difference between the Scandinavian American cooking and the cooking in Scandinavia today. The cooking here reflects what food was like in Sweden 150 or 100 years ago with lutefisk and a lot of dishes we don't eat anymore. But then there are certain dishes like meatballs from Ikea that we all still eat.
Q What was it like to cook the Obamas' first state dinner?
A I worked very closely with the first lady months in advance to plan for the state dinner and think about what we would provide for the Indian prime minister. We also talked a lot about childhood obesity and health and what we could serve from the White House garden. When you are gathering food from the garden, the meal could not be more farm-to-table. It's amazing to be gathering food to cook that night and look over and see the Oval Office.
Q How have the first lady's campaigns changed the food conversation in the U.S.?
A Talking about food and health, inviting chefs to the White House and cooking with kids has done so much to get the conversation going. I think it is great that she has put these things all together talking about food and health and obesity. All you have to do is look at all the different blogs and the people joining the discussion to see that it's making a difference. I think we are on the right path and we can fix this thing.
Q What were your goals in designing a range?
A Heat! We have a 22,000 BTU burner while most people at home have 12 or 14. I wanted to blend high power and low temperature control so you can cook more precisely. Interest in food is at an all-time high, and so the consumer demands many of the same things we have in our kitchens. They want the same knives, they want the same cookware we have in the restaurant, and now we can give them some of those things on the range.
meng@tribune.com
This fall he's embarking on another ambitious project: an American, farm-to-table restaurant in Harlem. This love of American food culture was clear from his 2009 cookbook "The American Table," which interspersed innovative recipes with stories of regional foods and cooks.
We caught up with Samuelsson (before his big win) at the launch of a new line of cooking ranges he designed for BlueStar Ranges.
Q Tell us about your next restaurant project.
A It's going to be called The Red Rooster and we are going to take the same farm-to-table theme we have (at C-House) and it will have all the same love and care. It's going to be American food, but very democratic and affordable. I already have the space. It should open September-ish.
Q You have such a diverse background. What are your best food memories?
A Sunday dinners with my family at my grandmother's house (in Gothenburg, Sweden) where we all had our jobs to do. She might cook a pork roast stuffed with prunes and serve it with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts and carrots. Very basic. Maybe we started with a lentil soup and then had apple cake served with a sauce for dessert. It was all very rustic and made from scratch. We had luxury and didn't even know it.
Q What do you think about the Swedish cooking in the U.S.?
A I love meeting Scandinavian Americans and seeing Swedish restaurants in the States. But I do think there is a difference between the Scandinavian American cooking and the cooking in Scandinavia today. The cooking here reflects what food was like in Sweden 150 or 100 years ago with lutefisk and a lot of dishes we don't eat anymore. But then there are certain dishes like meatballs from Ikea that we all still eat.
Q What was it like to cook the Obamas' first state dinner?
A I worked very closely with the first lady months in advance to plan for the state dinner and think about what we would provide for the Indian prime minister. We also talked a lot about childhood obesity and health and what we could serve from the White House garden. When you are gathering food from the garden, the meal could not be more farm-to-table. It's amazing to be gathering food to cook that night and look over and see the Oval Office.
Q How have the first lady's campaigns changed the food conversation in the U.S.?
A Talking about food and health, inviting chefs to the White House and cooking with kids has done so much to get the conversation going. I think it is great that she has put these things all together talking about food and health and obesity. All you have to do is look at all the different blogs and the people joining the discussion to see that it's making a difference. I think we are on the right path and we can fix this thing.
Q What were your goals in designing a range?
A Heat! We have a 22,000 BTU burner while most people at home have 12 or 14. I wanted to blend high power and low temperature control so you can cook more precisely. Interest in food is at an all-time high, and so the consumer demands many of the same things we have in our kitchens. They want the same knives, they want the same cookware we have in the restaurant, and now we can give them some of those things on the range.
meng@tribune.com
Liang Yong - The Thickest Chinese
Liang Yong, 30, who weighs about 230 kg (507 lbs) and is 1.58 m (5.18 ft) tall, lies on a bed as his 3-year-old daughter Liang Shuang (L) and 5-year-old son Liang Xin (R) visit him in a ward at a hospital in Chongqing municipality June 1, 2010. Liang, who has suffered from obesity since 1998 and has unsuccessfully tried different methods of losing weight, is in a critical health condition due to his weight, and has been warded in the intensive care unit since last week, local media reported. More images after the break...
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Three Ethiopian Films Win Awards at The 7th Tarifa African Film Festival in Spain
Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010
New York (Tadias) – Three Ethiopian films have won coveted awards at the 7th African Film Festival in Tarifa, Spain.
Haile Gerima’s Teza won the “Best Full Length Movie” award, while Atletu, a film about the legendary long distance runner Abebe Bikila produced by Rasselas Lakew & D.Frankel received the “Prize of the Audience” award.
In the Short Film category, Zelalem Woldemariam’s Lezare (For Today), a 12 minute movie which explores the link between environmental degradation and poverty, was the recipient of the “Best Short Film Youth Jury Award.”
The winners were selected from a pool of 15 nominees from over 10 countries by an international jury of experts. They received cash prizes ranging from 2,000 to 15,000 Euro. The competition took place from May 21st to 29th in Spain.
Below is the full list of winners:
7th Tarifa African Film Festival award winners (Photo Courtesy of Zeleman Production)
1. Best Female Actress, IMANI from Uganda, directed by Caroline Kamya
2. Best Actor, FROM A WHISPER from Kenya, directed by Wanari Kahiu
3. Best Director, IMANI from Uganda, directed by Caroline Kamya
4. Best Short Film Young Jury Award, LEZARE, directed by Zelalem Woldemariam
5. Best Short Film RTVA Award, LE ICHA from Tunisia, directed by Walid Taya
6. Best Documentary Film, LES LARMES DE L’EMIGRATION from Senegal, by
Alassane Diago
7. Prize of the Audience, ATLETU from Ethiopia, by Rasselas
Lakew-D.Frankel, and EHKI YA SHAHRAZADE from Egypt, by Yousry Narsrallahr
8. Best Full Length Movie, Teza from Ethiopia, by H. Gerima
By Tadias Staff
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010
New York (Tadias) – Three Ethiopian films have won coveted awards at the 7th African Film Festival in Tarifa, Spain.
Haile Gerima’s Teza won the “Best Full Length Movie” award, while Atletu, a film about the legendary long distance runner Abebe Bikila produced by Rasselas Lakew & D.Frankel received the “Prize of the Audience” award.
In the Short Film category, Zelalem Woldemariam’s Lezare (For Today), a 12 minute movie which explores the link between environmental degradation and poverty, was the recipient of the “Best Short Film Youth Jury Award.”
The winners were selected from a pool of 15 nominees from over 10 countries by an international jury of experts. They received cash prizes ranging from 2,000 to 15,000 Euro. The competition took place from May 21st to 29th in Spain.
Below is the full list of winners:
7th Tarifa African Film Festival award winners (Photo Courtesy of Zeleman Production)
1. Best Female Actress, IMANI from Uganda, directed by Caroline Kamya
2. Best Actor, FROM A WHISPER from Kenya, directed by Wanari Kahiu
3. Best Director, IMANI from Uganda, directed by Caroline Kamya
4. Best Short Film Young Jury Award, LEZARE, directed by Zelalem Woldemariam
5. Best Short Film RTVA Award, LE ICHA from Tunisia, directed by Walid Taya
6. Best Documentary Film, LES LARMES DE L’EMIGRATION from Senegal, by
Alassane Diago
7. Prize of the Audience, ATLETU from Ethiopia, by Rasselas
Lakew-D.Frankel, and EHKI YA SHAHRAZADE from Egypt, by Yousry Narsrallahr
8. Best Full Length Movie, Teza from Ethiopia, by H. Gerima
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