The ties for the final four 2010 World Cup spots are set as Europe’s four Play-Offs were drawn on Monday. Bosnia-Herzegovina battle Portugal in perhaps the most fascinating match-up while former World Cup champions France take on Ireland, 2004 European champions Greece play Ukraine and Russia will tackle Slovenia.
heinnews’s David Hein this week caught up with Demba Ba, striker with German soccer/football club Hoffenheim. They discussed getting used to the village of Hoffenheim, playing in an up-tempo team, the 2005 riots in France and the Senegal national team.
Injuries start the headlines today with surprise German Bundesliga leaders Hoffenheim hoping that super striker Vedad Ibisevic does not have a torn ACL. And Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic are the number one seeds for the Australian Open, which starts next week.
Here is this Tuesday’s sampling of what heinnews.com has been watching the past week. If you have any suggestions, please send them to us, using the contact page or heinnews@gmx.de Triple plays are very rare in baseball. And this kind of triple play is even rarer – a strike-’em-out, throw-’em-out, [...]
Rarely do hyped-up sporting events live up to all the talk. But Friday night’s showdown between Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim in the German soccer league certainly was worth all the anticipation.
