Santos Guarantied in the Sul-Americana

Sunday November 29 Santos tied against Avai. All they needed was a tie to guarantee a spot in the Sul Americana competition. Avai already with a spot in the Sul Americana had nothing to lose while Santos a lot. But it seemed like they also didnt care so much because at the beggining of the game Santos made many errors. And in only 7 minutes Avai was already winning by two goals. During the first half, with only 15 minutes left for half time Adailton from Santos got a red card. Already two to one for Avai and with one player less on the field it looked like a lost game for Santos. But Santos finally woke up and scored to tie the game with Paulo Henrique scoring a beautiful goal. With this tie Santos is mathematically in the Sul Americana competition.

Good Bye Marat Safin

Former number 1 in the world, tennis player Marat Safin ends his outstanding career. He lost the final in Paris against Juan Martin Del Potro currently number 5 in the world. The russian player was once number 1 in the world and has 15 titles. He made 14 million dollars only for his wins in the court, and even more from his sponsers. The 29 year old tennis player left the court with a great round of applause from the audience. A video with some nice declaration from his fellow tennis players was also put together, including messages from Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Murray. Safin won 2 grand slams including one U.S open and one Australian Open. He said that the money he made playing tennis created many oppurtunities, and opened many doors. " I am now closing one door and I hope another one opens up". He ended up wishing his adversary, Del Potro, all the best in his career.

Lula Gives His Opinion

The brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gave an interview to the "La Gazzetta dello Sport" newspaper about the brazilian football team. He said that Ronaldinho Gaucho which is currently playing for Milan could be a lethal weapon Brazil could use in the 2010 world cup. If he works hard and makes a great effort Lula says Dunga, Brazils coach, will have him in his best shape for the world cup. There is also a possibility for Ronaldo who currently plays for Corinthians to called for the team. If so, Lula says he will have to be in perfect physical condition. Lula also said that even though he likes Ronaldo a lot since he plays in Corinthians ,his team, he said they must be equally physically fit to play in the world cup. In Lulas opinion at the moment the best brazilian football player is Kaka from Real Madrid. But the best football player in the world is Lional Messi. He also gave Alexandre Pato some very good complements, and said that he could also be an option for Dunga. The president also complemented Dunga for his dedication at the job saying that he brought back the will for the football players to play in the national team. Lula said that his favorites to win the World Cup besides Brazil are: Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Germany, and England.

F-1 Toyota is OUT

The japonese formula 1 racing team is now leaving the championship. After 8 seasons unfortunately the team was able to achieve very little. Only 3 pole positions, 13 podiums, and NO first place victories....in 8 seasons. In all its formula one trajectory the team spent about R$ 11,5 bilhões (£4 bilhões). In this last year the team managed to score only 59,5 points, while Brawn GP scored 172. Toyota ended up in the 7th position out of 10. For each point the team scored they spent R$ 41,3 milhões. Akio Toyoda, Toyota team president, said that it was a very hard decision to make but a necessary one. He says that since last year with the economic crisis it has been difficult to continue in this racing category and now they are abondoning it completely. Akio Toyoda gives his sincere apologies to the fans for not having achieved the goals they had planned. Toyota was the last japonese team to join the others in leaving motor sports categories. Honda has also left Formula 1 and Suzuki and Subaru in Rally championships, all for economic reasons. Formula 1 next year will not have any japonese teams but will have new teams such as Campos Meta where Bruno Senna will be racing. In spite of their abandonement the company is still the leading car manufacturer.

Tomas Bellucci On a Role

The best brazilian tennis player at the moment has reached his first semifinals in a fast court tournament. In the Masters of Stockholm semifinals Bellucci is playing against Rochus the short tennis player with less than 1, 70m. He beat the giant Johansson which was a great server and volley player. But now he will be playing a player that has a completely different style. After Bellucci reached the finals he became the number one news in the Stockholm television. He said that there isnt much time to celebrate, and must already concentrate for the semifinals. He was born in Sao Paulo and is only 21 years old. Ranked number 45 in the ATP world ranking, we can expect great things from this young tennis player. Perhaps not as great as Roger Federer, but for Brasil he is our greated hope in the next few years

Brazil Grand Prix

Today under heavy rain, brazilian formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello gets the pole position for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday. The championship is coming to an end, and these last few races will be the most competitive ones. Rubens Barrichello has always been a good driver under rain and today he has proved once again that he really is. Interlagos race track has been Barrichellos backyard since he was a child for he grew up right next to it, so he said that this was probably going to be his best race. Todays classificatory laps were interrupted several times by heavy rain but ended up in a positive manner for the brazilian driver. He will be starting in the first position and his fellow team driver Jenson Button will be starting in the 14th position. The situation couldnt be better for Barrichello for he is fiercely competing against Button in the championship. If Barrichello wins this race his chances of winning the championship increase significantly. The race tomorrow promises to be exhilarating and is worth watching. It will begin at 2 pm, if the rain allows.

Aventure Camp

Adventure Camp is an adventure race which involves four different sports. They are: trekking, mountain bike, rapel, and rafting. It's an exilarating experience. To enter you must form teams of four with at least one person of the different sex. There are different categories for different ages. The race is on a Sunday and it happens four times a year, always in different places around São Paulo. Their usually is one race that takes place at the beach. The night before they give you a map for you to plot the checkpoints you must go through. And then Sunday morning the race starts and your by yourself with your team using a compass and the map to guide your way through the forests, rivers and mountains. At some point in the race your team will have to do a rapel and at another point rafting. The night before you usually take your bycicles to a checkpoint so that the next day when you pass there you get them and use them in some legs of the race. The race for my age is around 35 and 45 kilometers total and for the adults its around 50 and 60 kilometers. You start the race at 8 am and usually only arrive between 1 and 4 pm, if you don't get lost. When you arrive your usually covered in mud and exhausted, and many arrive hurt. In the race you also have to take a backpack with food and water for you to eat during the race or else you wont make it. I have participated in this race about 15 times. But have won it only once and got third and second about five times. The prizes are usually pretty good, such as bycicles, tenis shoes and other small prizes. It is hard to describe this race so if you want more information go to its web site here.