On October 9, 2006 in open defiance of previous United Nations Security Council resolutions conducted its first nuclear weapons test. On October 14th. the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 1718 in response. This resolution called for a range of sanctions against North Korea. Less than a month earlier the U. S. House Permanent Select Committee …
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World Cup Soccer: Uniting the World
Soccer is a unique Game celebrated by the whole World. Soccer Fans are all over the World. They don’t mind whether their County is participating in the Game or not. They love Football. They celebrate it and for them the Football is their Religion.The FIFA World Cup is unique, in that, every Country can qualify. …
UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Summer is over. That only means one thing: the Champions League is back. This year’s joint favourites, Barcelona and Chelsea, have fast become bitter rivals in this competition. That rivalry is certain to intensify since they were drawn into the same group at this early stage of the tournament. The format is as follows: 32 …
Unrestrained Globalization Will Defeat The American Athlete
“I’m surprised at the number of elite athletes from around the world who are in the NBA as of 2006.” National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner David Stern made this comment when asked about the future of the NBA. For the 2006-2007 NBA season, approximately 100 of the NBA’s 450 players will be from countries outside …
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings
Doc’s Sports will rank all 32 teams in the NFL from the strongest to the weakest, with a betting slant, throughout each week of the 2006-2007 NFL season. And without further ado, here are my Week 1 NFL Power Rankings (previous ranking in parenthesis):1. Denver (3) – I think they’re walking into a bear trap …
Personal Life of Football Stars
Raúl GonzálezRaúl grew up in a modest neighbourhood of Madrid, in the suburb Marconi de San Cristóbal de los Ángeles. His father, don Pedro, was a fan of Atlético Madrid, the club where he started playing after a short period in San Cristóbal’s team. Atletico Madrid coach didn’t notice anything special about him because he …
Odds Reflect What a Freak Tiger Woods Is
Tiger Woods is a freak. The biggest freak there is. If you want to argue that then you just don’t watch enough golf. The guy has won five consecutive tournaments. For any other pro, winning five tournaments all season would be a spectacular season. Woods plays fewer tournaments than most guys, but he has just …
Stop the Killings: A Short Story
For quite some time now, I have been looking to write articles in a new genre. Stories about the pathos of boxing and articles dealing with issues of individual freedom are great, but at some point there is a need to see if I can really be more versatile…to see if I can actualize that …
ROAD TO MIAMI
FAVORITES. STEELERS LAST YEAR: 11-5. Playoffs: Super Bowl champs INCOMING: Why change a good thing? For the second straight year, the Steelers signed just one free agent, safety Ryan Clark. Top pick Santonio Holmes, the WR from Ohio State, is still learning the offense. OUTGOING: Short-yardage and goal-line situations won’t be the same without RB …
The World Cup Fever
World Cup is the Crescendo of the Sports concerned and it is long awaited by its Fans. As far as Soccer is concerned it was not as popular throughout the World as it is now until the live telecast in the Television began. But the present technology has brought in many Soccer fans that wait …