Germany vs Spain is the final match of UEFA EURO 2008. Who is going to win the UEFA Euro 2008? Germany or Spain? Which side are you on and what’s your view? Check our poll result below.

Here are some facts:
Germany have defeated Turkey 3-2 while Spain defeated Russia 3-0 in the semi final of UEFA EURO 2008.

Spain is without top scorer David Villa & Germany’s Germany Ballack is a doutful with a calf injury.

Michael Ballack has never been a winner in major tournaments like 2002 Champions League Final, 2002 World Cup Final, 2008 Champions League Final, 2008 English League Cup Final.

UEFA EURO 2008
Final: Germany vs Spain
Date: Sun, 29th Jun 2008
Kick-off: 1945 BST
Venue: Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

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Ball Girl video featuring the Fresno Grizzlies is a big hit on “YouTube” and it’s not hard to figure out why.

A ball girl performing a bounding leap using the outfield wall as a springboard to snag a fly ball.

That’s an amazing catch.

Here is the Ball Girl Video:
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Spain vs Italy - Euro 2008’s last quarter final. Will Italy win the quarter final against Spain? I think Italy will win and Spain is going out. Here’s why.

Group A Winner Portugal, Runner up Turkey. Portugal win Turkey in the group match.
Group B Winner Croatia, Runner up Germany. Croatia win Germany in the group match.

Germany win Portugal in the quarter final complete Group AB chain
Group AB chain: Croatia win Germany win Portugal win Turkey win Croatia
Turkey went on to win the quarter final.

Group C Winner Holland, Runner up Italy. Holland win Italy in the group match.
Group D Winner Spain, Runner up Russia. Spain win Russia in the group match.

Russia win Holland in the quarter final complete Group CD chain.
Group CD chain: Spain win Russia win Holland win Italy win Spain

See the similarity?

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Lee Chong Wei, currently ranked second in the world after Lin Dan of China, was crowned at 2008 Singapore Open.

Lee Chong Wei, No.1 seed in 2008 Singapore Open tournament, scored a 21-13, 21-5 victory over Simon Santoso of Indonesia in the men’s singles competition at the Singapore Open on June 15, 2008.

Lee Chong Wei takes home with him a big fat cheque worth USD$15,000 while Simon Santoso has USD$6,000 in his pocket.

With the Beijing Olympics approach, Lee Chong Wei admits he is starting to feel the pressure.

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Mitch Frerotte, born on 30th Mar 1965, died on 11th Jun 2008. He was 43.

He died unexpectedly at home and a cause was not immediately available. His death was confirmed by the Snyder-Crissman Funeral Home in Frerotte’s hometown of Kittanning.

Mitch Frerotte was a former professional American football player. He played guard for four seasons in the National Football League, all with the Buffalo

He is best known for scoring 3 touchdowns during the 1992 NFL season, a record for an offensive lineman.

Rest in peace, Mitch Frerotte.

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Hope Dworaczyk, the pregnant girlfriend of Jason Kidd, the NBA star, has apparently been dumped.

Jason Kidd previously left wife Joumana Kidd for Hope Dworaczyk.

According to The New York Post, Jason Kidd is now dating Sports Illustrated swimsuit model May Andersen.

It is said the couple have already spent a week in Palm Beach are planning to go to Europe together.

May Andersen

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Yes, Netherlands aka Holland crushed Italy, World Champions, 3-0. The best match so far since Euro 2008 started. Who would have thought Italy would lost by 3 goals.

Since they are grouped in the group of death, it was thought that France, Romania, Italy, Holland would play for a draw in their first match.

The impressive performance by Holland have make them a hot favorite to win the Euro 2008. Watch out, Portugal.

First goal - Ruud van Nistelrooy put the Dutch ahead in controversial circumstances after 26 minutes when he scored from close range - but looked suspiciously offside.

Second goal - Wesley Sneijder swept in a second from Dirk Kuyt’s header five minutes later.

Third goal - Giovanni van Bronckhorst headed in after 80 minutes.

Netherlands: Van der Sar, Ooijer, Boulahrouz (Heitinga 77), Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt (Afellay 81), De Jong, Van der Vaart, Engelaar, Sneijder, van Nistelrooy (Van Persie 70).
Subs Not Used: Timmer, Stekelenburg, De Zeeuw, Robben, Melchiot, Bouma, De Cler, Huntelaar, Vennegoor of Hesselink. Booked: De Jong.

Goals: Van Nistelrooy 26, Sneijder 31, Van Bronckhorst 80.

Italy: Buffon, Panucci, Barzagli, Materazzi (Grosso 55), Zambrotta, Ambrosini, Pirlo, Gattuso, Camoranesi (Cassano 75), Toni, Di Natale (Del Piero 64).
Subs Not Used: Amelia, De Sanctis, Chiellini, Gamberini, De Rossi, Borriello, Quagliarella, Perrotta, Aquilani.

Booked: Toni, Zambrotta, Gattuso.

Attendances: 31,500

Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden).

Man of the match: Netherlands’ Wesley Sneijder

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Portugal 2 Turkey 0 - Euro 2008.

At 61 min, Pepe breaks from the back as he picks up ball just in Turkey’s half. He breaks forward exchanges passes with Gomes and breaks into box before firing home past Vemirel. Great goal and his first for his country. Portugal 1 Turkey 0.

At 93 mins, Ronaldo breaks and frees Moutinho, he turns the last man and feeds Meireles - who is left with the simple task to fire home into an unguarded net. Portugal 2 Turkey 0.

Portugal Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Joao Moutinho, Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, Nuno Gomes. Subs: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Raul Meireles, Hugo Almeida, Miguel, Jorge Ribeiro, Quaresma, Veloso, Nani, Postiga, Quim.

Turkey Turkey: Demirel, Altintop, Cetin, Zan, Balta, Kazim-Richards, Emre, Aurelio, Erding, Tuncay, Nihat. Subs: Rustu, Zengin, Topal, Senturk, Karadeniz, Metin, Gungor, Turan, Asik, Boral, Akman, Sarioglu.

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Euro 2008 Live! - Switzerland vs Czech Republic.

Watch it free from the comfort of your home. For a list of live streaming available, go to the sports link above.

For Singapore residents, Channel 28 is showing the Euro 2008 match between Switzerland and Czech Republic LIVE!

90:00 - Czech Republic 1 Switzerland 0.

87:00 - Czech David Jarolim replaced by no. 5 Radoslav Kovac.

82:00 - Czech Libro Sionko replaced by no.11 Stanislav Vlcek. Swiss no. 19 Valon Behrami replaced by no.12 Eren Derdiyok.

80:00 - Petr Cech was beaten but the goal bounced off the upright.

74:00 - Swiss no. 5 replaced by no. 22 Johan Vonlanthen and got a yellow card within 1 min on the field.

70:00 - Czech no 10 score! Czech 1 Swiss 0.

56:00 - Czech Jan Koller replaced by Sverkos. What is the Czech coach thinking? Jan Koller is Czech’s best striker.

50:00 - Free kick, 24m from the goal post, for Swiss. Hakin Yakin aimed for the top right but ball went out.

45:01 - Alexander Frei is confirmed out and replaced by Swiss no.10 Hakin Yakin. With Frei out and Petr Cech looking good, Swiss is likely to play for a draw.

45:00 - Swiss Frei limping and crying. Looks like he has injured his feet. No replacement for Frei at half time. If out, could be his last match in Euro 2008.

42:00 - Alexander Frei, the most dangerous Swiss player , trying to do a Cristiano Ronaldo, but was tackled and fell down.

34:00 - Swiss no 9 skipper Alexander Frei, Borussia Dortmund player, fired a 20 yard shot at goal, it was on target but Petr Cech, Chelsea no. 1 goalkeeper, saved it.

00:00 - Switzerland vs Czech Republic match started.

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Five divers missing for two days off Indonesia survived for nine hours in shark-infested seas before fighting off the Komodo Dragon, world’s largest lizards, on a remote island.

They were rescued by local fisherman from an island inhabited by Komodo dragons.The divers had thrown rocks to repel the most persistent animal as it tried to attack them.

The three Britons and two other Europeans were swept away by strong currents during a dive off Tawa Besar Island inside the Komodo National Park.

The three rescued British divers are Charlotte Allin, 24, and her boyfriend James Manning, 30, both from Devon, and Kathleen Mitchinson. The two other divers, Swede Helena Naradainen and Frenchman Laurent Pinel, are also safe.

“On the beach a Komodo dragon came amongst us yesterday afternoon,” the Frenchman said.

Mr Pinel said: “We ate some kind of mussels scraped from the rocks.”

When asked if Komodo dragons were dangerous, Indonesian diver Nordin replied: “Of course! It’s damn sure. The Komodo dragon is a carnivore and they eat almost everything, including human beings.”

The Komodo dragon, world’s largest reptile, live in Indonesia, the Lesser Sunda Islands and the islands Komodo, Rinca, Gili Motang and Flores.

The Komodo dragon is measured between 2 and 3 meters long and weighs between 80 and 140 kilograms. The largest Komodo dragon that has been measured 4.5 meters and weighed 232 kilograms!

The Komodo dragon is poisonous and it’s diet consists of pigs, deer, goats and water buffalo.

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