Superbowl XLIV

Superbowl 44

Superbowl XLIV (44) (7 Februarie 2010) word gespeel tussen die Indianapolis Colts en die New Orleans Saints op die Raymond James Stadion in Tampa Bay.

Seker Amerika se grootste sportgebeurtenis. Dit is gewoonlik een moerse show en veral halftyd is daar ‘n skouspel soos net die Yankies ‘n show kan reel.

‘n Paar stats……

• Die koste van ‘n 30 sekonde advertensie gedurende die game is $3 miljoen. (R23 Miljoen)
• Geskatte waarde van die New Orleans Saints, September 2009: $942 miljoen (R7,25 Biljoen)
• Geskatte waarde van die Indianapolis Colts, September 2009: $1.025 biljoen (R7,89 Biljoen)
• Geskatte aantal pizza skywe wat verkoop gaan word gedurende Super Bowl Sondag : Meer as 9 miljoen
• Geskatte finansiele voordeel vir Suid Florida, Gemeet aan addisionele inkomste vir hotelle, restaurante :  $353 milljoen (R2,7 Biljoen)
• Geskatte aantal hot dogs wat verkoop gaan word in die Raymond James Stadion gedurende die game : 55,200

Hashim Amla – 253 not out

Hashim Amla ( © Getty Images )

The double-century continued to elude Jacques Kallis but not Hashim Amla, who accumulated his way to the highest Test score by a South African in India. He also provided solidity from the other end as AB de Villiers played havoc with the spinners’ lengths during a 108-run partnership that followed the 340-run stand between Kallis and Amla, the fifth-highest association in India. On a pitch behaving like it was a fourth-day track, it seemed a formidable total.

Amla’s was an incredibly disciplined effort. He didn’t hit anything in the air. Once Kallis was done with his onslaught on the first day, there were no periods of quiet or a loud burst from Amla, still managing a 50-plus strike-rate. Today he scored 55, 45 and 38 in the three sessions, a third of which featured 25 minutes fewer, and never frustrated the other batsmen by hogging the strike. He faced 473 deliveries and the batsmen after him got 556 in all. It needed all the discipline from Amla because the pitch offered Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra ample assistance.

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Baie goeie knock van Amla, wonner net of Jacques Kallis ooit sy 200-tal gaan kry?

Jacques Henry Kallis ….. Master Batsman

Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla both kicked on to centuries as they turned their rescue act into a command performance, taking South Africa to 291 for two at stumps on the first day of the first test against India in Nagpur on Saturday.

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Dis nou die ideale geleentheid vir Jacques Kallis om sy eerste 200-tal aan te teken.

***UPDATE***

Weereens nie sy 200-tal gehaal nie. Maar 173 wys net weer die man se klas. Wie gaan sy skoene volstaan as hy die dag ophou speel?

Tiger Woods aangerand?

Goed gebliksem!!

Die beste gholfspeler wat die wereld nog ooit gesien het , het nie geweet dat ‘n vrou erg befok raak as sy uitvind  jy vroetel rond met ander vrouens nie. (Laat dit nou vir hom ‘n les wees    )

Nie net het Tiger se vrou hom blykbaar aangerand nie, maar sy is blykbaar besig om met haar prokureer te praat oor ‘n moontlike eigskeiding.

Tiger het van sy grootste borgskappe verloor as gevolg van sy mannewales. Gelukkig vir hom het  Nike gese hulle staan agter hulle man. Duidelik het dit darem ‘n smile op Tiger se gesig gesit die afgelope paar weke.

Nike smile.

Football World Cup 2010 – Fixtures

Suid Afrika speel in die openingswedstryd teen Mexiko op 11 Junie 2010 by Soccer City Johannesburg (Afskop 16:00)

Die res van die fixtures is hier .

Springboks vs Ireland (28/11/2009)

Ireland: Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Brian O’Driscoll (captain) , Paddy Wallace, Keith Earls, Jonathan Sexton, Tomas O’Leary, Jamie Heaslip, David Wallace, Stephen Ferris, Paul O’Connell, Donncha O’Callaghan, John Hayes, Jerry Flannery, Clan Healy.
Reserves: Sean Cronin, Tony Buckley, Leo Cullen, Sean O’Brien, Peter Stringer, Ronan O’Gara, Gordon D’Arcy.

Springbok team: Zane Kirchner, JP Pietersen, Jaque Fourie, Wynand Olivier, Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn, Fourie du Preez, Danie Rossouw, Schalk Burger, Heinrich Brussow, Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha, BJ Botha, John Smit (captain), Tendai Mtawarira.
Reserves: Bismarck du Plessis, CJ van der Linde, Andries Bekker, Jean Deysel, Dewald Potgieter, Ruan Pienaar, Jean de Villiers.

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Die Bokke verloor ‘n onaanskoulike klipharde toets met 15-10. Jaareind toetse is nie die moeite werd nie.

Springboks vs Italy (21/11/2009)

South Africa: 15-Zane Kirchner, 14-JP Pietersen, 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Adrian Jacobs, 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Fourie du Preez; 8-Ryan Kankowski, 7-Danie Rossouw, 6-Heinrich Brussow, 5-Andries Bekker, 4-Bakkies Botha, 3-John Smit (captain), 2-Adriaan Strauss, 1-Wian du Preez.

Replacements: 16-Tendai Mtawarira, 17-BJ Botha, 18-Victor Matfield, 19-Jean Deysel, 20-Francois Hougaard, 21-Ruan Pienaar, 22-Wynand Olivier.

Nadat die Bokke goed begin het, het dit maar sukkel sukkel gegaan in die skrums. Maar laat in die 2de helfte is BJ.Botha en The Beast opgestuur, John Smit is terug haker toe en ewe skielik was ons skrum probleme op ‘n einde.

Die Bokke wen uiteindelik gemaklik met 32-10.

Ras Dumisane – Jou Doos!!

Springboks vs France (13/11/2009)

France: Damien Traille, Vincent Clerc, Yann David, Maxime Mermoz, Cedric Heymans, Francois Trinh-Duc, Julien Dupuy, Louis Picamoles, Imanol Harinordoquy, Theirry Dusautoir (captain), Romain Millo-Chluuski, Lionel Nallett, Nicolas Mas, Willem Servat, Fabien Barcella.
Reserves: Dimitri Szarzewzski, Sylvain Marconnet, Sebastien Chabal, Julien Bonnaire, Morgan Parra, David Marty, Maxime Medard.

South Africa: Zane Kirchner, JP Pietersen, Jaque Fourie, Adi Jacobs, Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn, Fourie du Preez, Ryan Kankowski, Schalk Burger, Heinrich Brussow, Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha, John Smit (captain), Bismarck du Plessis, Tendai Mtawarira.
Reserves: Adriaan Strauss, Wian du Preez, CJ van der Linde, Andries Bekker, Danie Rossouw, Ruan Pienaar, Wynand Olivier.

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Die Bokke verloor 20-13 in ‘n baie scrappy toets. Nie een van ons beter vertonings van 2009 nie en Wayne Barnes se toepassing van die skrumreel verbaas my ook weereens.

Heinrich Brüssow – “Baby Faced Assassin”

Ek lees ‘n mooi artikel oor Heinrich Brussow en kan net met alles saamstem wat daar geskryf staan oor die man. Hy het wêreldrugby soos ‘n bom getref.

Om vir Schalk Burger te ontsetel as on betse no.6 flank en om vir Richie McCaw elke keer ore aan te sit as jy teen hom speel sit nie in enige ou se broek nie.

Hy is verseker die beste fetcher in wêreld rugby en sy ligaamsbou is perfek vir die job.

Tiger “Billion Dollar Man” Woods

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods has been making history on and off the course since he joined the PGA Tour in 1996. First up was a record $40 million contract from Nike. The following year he won the Masters by a record 12 strokes, becoming the youngest winner ever and first black player to take the title. His career has been packed full of accomplishments, including major titles (14), annual money titles (9) and Player of the Year awards (9).

Now Woods can add one more accolade to his trophy case: the first athlete to earn $1 billion. Our calculations show that the $10 million bonus Woods earned winning this year’s FedEx Cup title nudged him over the $1 billion mark in career earnings.

Forbes has been tracking athlete earnings since before Tiger turned pro. Woods had earned a cumulative $895 million going into 2009, by our estimates, from prize money, appearance fees, endorsements, bonuses and his golf course design business. If you add his $10.5 million in 2009 prize money, the FedEx bonus and his take so far this year from his more than $100 million in annual off-the-course earnings, Woods’ career earnings are now 10 figures.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ys-forbestiger100109&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Ja nee kyk, hierdie man kan nie net goed golf speel nie maar lyk ook of hy nie regtig finansieel sukkel nie 

Rugga – Chat

Sport ABC – Fullscreen

Bokke vs All Blacks (Bloemfontein 25/07/2009)

Bulls 61-17 Chiefs – S14 Final

Victor en Bakkies

The record-breaking Bulls put their name in the history books with an unbelievable 61-17 victory over a hapless Chiefs team in the Super 14 Final in Pretoria on Saturday.

Not only have they become the fourth team to win more than one title – well only the fourth team to win a title – but they have rewritten the record books.

It is the biggest winning margin in a Final, by the proverbial country mile – the 44-point margin beating the 30 points (36-6) win the Brumbies posted over the Sharks in 2001. The 61 points also smashed the 47 points posted by the Brumbies in the 2004 Final.

Ek is beslis nie ‘n Bulls fan nie maar ek sal lieg as ek se ek het nie geniet om te sien hoe hulle die Chiefs verniel nie. My persoonlike gevoel is dat hierdie oorwinning, soos die 2007 een, baie gaan doen om die Springbokspan saam te snoer om nog groter hoogtes te bereik. Na aanleiding van die Britse Leeus se eerste wedstryd teen ‘n tweederangse span sal ek as ek hulle is, so bietjie bekommerd wees.

Jake to the rescue

Jake White

Jake White’s company, Winning Way, will spend time with the Lions to do a full assessment and audit on the rugby structures of the union, from senior down to junior level.

A statement by the Lions said: “There is a great deal of expertise in Jake’s company, and due to this, the GLRU feel an audit will be extremely beneficial. With the likes of Eddie Jones (winner of the Super 14 with the Brumbies), Jake White and Derek Coetzee (a World Cup winning conditioning coach), and many more, the GLRU feel confident that we will see dramatic benefits for rugby in Johannesburg.

“After the audit, White’s company will make recommendations on how they see the way forward.”

This audit follows another dismal Super 14 campaign for the Lions who have won only 11 from 38 matches over the last three years since they started playing as a individual franchise.

http://www.sport24.co.za/Content/Rugby/264/f1d5254649b24e5a862089613e30823c/26-05-2009%2005-05/Jakes_company_to_audit_Lions

Hoog tyd dat die mense wat die besluite neem by die Leeus iets doen aan hulle swak vertonings, ek wonner net of hulle gaan luister na Jake se aanbevelings??