The Beginning

Source: Asian Games 2010 Official Website

Tonight will be a memorable night for Chinese badminton player, Lin Dan as he just beat Lee Chong Wei (Malaysian) at the Asian Games Men Single. He finally captured all the major titles in his trophy cabinet, including Olympic Champion, World Badminton Champion, and this first-ever Asian Game Champion.

Lin Dan, most of the time put himself at the leading position in the first match, and secured the first game with 21-13. A lot of rallies and smashes in the first game, as both of them are the best 2 Badminton Men Single in the world. In the second match, Dato’ Lee managed to pull back by changing his style to stop the overwhelming Lin Dan. He won the game with 21-15. This was also the first game Lin had surrendered  in this tournament. Come to the rubber set, Lin Dan adjusted his pace and started the game with a big margin. At once, he was leading with 11-1, and he grabbed the victory with the result of, 21-10.

As usual, Lin took off his shirt and tossed it into the crowd, together with his shoes. Of cause, he danced for a short moment, expressing his eagerness on this crown. Finally, he showed his trademark, making a military salutation to the audience.

Source: Asian Games 2010 Official Website

Lin Dan, 27, or well known as Super-Dan has finally completed striking all the major trophies in his badminton career. 4 years ago, Asian Games 2006, hosted in Doha, Lin Dan was defeated by Taufik in Men Single’s final, losing the chance to complete his profile earlier. But today, Lin Dan became legend in Badminton history, as he is the first man who actually won all the major trophies.

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11th July 2010, all the Spanish will never forget this historical moment, the day which they conquered the World Cup.  Spain never won any World Cup before this, but tonight they made the history, winning their first ever World Cup. Spain also registered themselves as the new 8th World Champion. It is not dream, Spain defeated Netherlands with 1-0 in Extra Time. Iniesta, the playmaker scored the most crucial goal in his life, which brought the victory to his nation.

Vicente del Bosque González, manager of Spanish national football team!!!

His goal broke all the Dutch’s heart ~~

Spain will never go that far in World Cup 2010, without him, David Villa, scored 5 goals in 7 matches!!!

Torres, his performance is quite disappointing, but you cant deny that his contribution for Spain…at least, Villa never score a goal in all the matches without him…

Super Mighty Casillas, the World Class Goalkeeper, also the captain of Spain, well deserved the victory…

Poor little Sneijder, but he played very well in all the matches…

Game Stats for the Final…

Once again, the Englishman, Howard Webb broke another record in this game. He awarded a total of 13 yellow cards and 1 red card for the clash between Spain and Netherlands. Incredible!!! Once again, Spain has a very good advantage over the possession, which leads them to the victory. The Dutch committed a lot of fouls, trying to break the flow but instead they got the cards for the silly mistakes. Congratulations to the Spanish!!! cheerful:

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After exactly one month of football matches, both Spain and Netherlands has eliminated all their opponents and books a seat in the Final match. It is not easy, and they have gone through so many obstacles in order to play in the Final. Both team has never won World Cup before, and a new World Champion will be born tonight.

Spain even though lost their first match to Switzerland, but they slowly gain back their momentum, and all the way sail to Final. In fact, they managed to take down German by 1 goal in Semi-Final as most of the people expected Germany to be the World Champion with their superb performance and good teamwork. On the other hand, Netherlands won all the matches and their performance is much more stable and convincing. During their match with mighty Brazilians, the Dutch actually made a superb come back. Robinho scored the opening goal, but the in-form midfielder, Sneijder scored twice and eliminated Brazil.

Meanwhile, not to forget to mention the clash between Germany and Uruguay for the third and forth placing. The genius German striker, Müller scored the first goal for Germany, but two goals from Cavani and Forlan actually helped Uruguay to take back the leading position. Jansen, the German defender leveraged the score few minutes after the Forlan’s goal. Finally, Khedira scored the winning goal for Germany at 82 minute. German won the third place, and in fact they were also third in the previous World Cup.

Young German, fantastic display for World Cup 2010

Starting Lineup for 3/4 Placing

Sarah Brandner, Schweinsteiger’s Girlfriend

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