Pensar en que a alguien le apoden "La Fiera" casi llegamos a concluír que debe ser un sujeto al borde de lo irracional, pero en el caso de Diego Aguirre fué un goleador incisivo pero que su vida personal muestra educación y cultura, abandonó los estudios de Odontología y ha dado clases de piano, ya que se recibió como profesor de piano y solfeo, como decía Beethoven:

"Quién toca piano puede escribir cualquier cosa".

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Though the international break is now all but lost in our memory banks after the dramas of this weekend's latest round of beach ball infested Premier League action and a Champions League match day filled with more shocks than a lightning storm in Tokyo, I must drag your attention back to my post from last [. Click to continue reading...

Last week Rio de Janeiro was awarded the hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games in a close contest with Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago. All countries had brought leaders and celebrities to Copenhagen to promote their bids. The US President Barack Obama even came to promote Chicago, that nevertheless, to many people's surprise, were the first to be eliminated. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by chicago80/Ning Hui Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of International Olympic Committee voting, and Tokyo was eliminated in the second round, leaving Rio de Janeiro and Madrid in the running for the 2016 Summer Games .
Como todos sabemos Rio es la ciudad olímpica para 2016, aquí están los logos de las ciudades contendientes. Click to continue reading...

Well it looks as if the Toronto FC won't be getting a jab at the MLS Cup this year. At least not after their performance against the Chicago Fire. Chicago's Brian McBride put a late 78th minute goal past the defense and into the opposing Toronto net.

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1992 Kıtalararası Kupa final maçı. Yer Tokyo. Sao Paolo-Barcelona maçı oynanıyor. Tribünler hınca hınç dolu. O dönemler gerek TV yayınlarının nispeten daha kısıtlı olması gerekse de Brezilyalıların şimdinin aksine kendi ülkeleri dışına çıkmayı pek tercih etmemesinin de etkisiyle Rai gibi bir üstad frikik golü beklentilerinde geri planda kalmış. Click to continue reading...

Sunday, 16 August
FC Tokyo 0 Yokohama F Marinos 0
Omiya Ardija 1 Jubilo Iwata 1
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 Albirex Niigata 1
Saturday, 15 August
Gamba Osaka 1 Urawa Reds 0
Kashima Antlers 1 Oita Trinita 0
Kyoto Sanga 1 Montedio Yamagata 0
JEF United Chiba 0 Kashiwa Reysol 0
Nagoya Grampus 0 Kawasaki Frontale 2
Vissel Kobe 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
Kashima Antlers lead the J-League followed by Kawasaki Frontale, Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds. Click to continue reading...

Sunday, 26 July
Albirex Niigata 1 Montedio Yamagata 1
Jubilo Iwata 1 Yokohama F Marinos 1
Kyoto Sanga 3 Kawasaki Frontale 1
Saturday, 25 July
Gamba Osaka 1 Oita Trinita 0
FC Tokyo 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0
JEF United Chiba 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2
Kashima Antlers 1 Kashiwa Reysol 1
Urawa Reds 0 Nagoya Grampus 3
Vissel Kobe 1 Omiya Ardija 2
Kashima Antlers top the J-League by 10 points from Albirex Niigata and Urawa Reds. Click to continue reading...

Back in 2006, I interviewed Steve Tew at the New Zealand Rugby Football Union. At the time, he was the second most important person in All Blacks rugby. Now he's the first. We were talking about the impact the Pacific Islands have on New Zealand rugby, and he made a pretty convincing case for players from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga looking to come and play for the All Blacks as a way of improving their lifestyles while giving something back to their adopted homes.

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Now that the dust has finally settled on another fine football season, it's time to announce the winners of SPAOTP's two online competitions.
Back in July 2008, we invited you all to take part in our Fantasy Premier League and 'I Know The Score' League, both run in conjunction with the official Premier League website. Click to continue reading...

9 Aralık 1990-Tokyo. Kıtalararası Kupa Final maçı öncesi Milan 11'i. 80'lerin sonu ve 90'ların başında Avrupa'nın en öldürücü kadrosudur resimdeki abiler. Özellikle ayakta kalecimizin yanında duran Hollandalı abiler kadar tehlike bir hücum hattı pek sık rastlanmayan kaliteye sahipti. Click to continue reading...

Here's a link to Gordon Ramsay's chilli beef Rahman recipe. I WILL make this one day.
We had so awesome rahman whilst we were over in Japan. Two especially, one in Tokyo with Dave when we first arrived and the other in Nagoya.
Dave took us to a place in a Tokyo shopping centre and the soup there was so nice. Click to continue reading...

We know the Americans will play their opening qualifying series for the 2010 World Cup in June against Barbados or Dominica. Let's reach out there on that limb and say the US do advance, I know, a real stretch here. Next up is a four-team, semifinal-round group between August and November with the top two nations [. Click to continue reading...

Like the teams at the World Club Cup I have now adjusted to my surroundings, having arrived in Japan last Friday lunchtime, after an 11 hour flight and nine hours time difference.
This gave me enough time to check in at my hotel and have something to eat before collecting my tickets for the tournament and attending the opening game. Click to continue reading...

Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel stunned Mexican outfit Pachuca, beating their more fancied opponents 1-0 at the FIFA Club World Cup in Tokyo.
Just under 35,000 fans turned out at the National Stadium to witness CONCACAF representatives Pachuca dominate possession on a blustery afternoon in Tokyo, but Pachuca ended up on the wrong side of the scoresheet against their African opponents. Click to continue reading...