Fabio Cesar-Qatar

The host team Qatar lost their semi final spot after putting up a good fight to Japan in the quater final round of AFC 2011.
“We have shown the whole world that the Qatar team can play football.”
Their French Coach Bruno Metsu spoke after the match and gives assurance that this was only a glimpse of what is yet to come as Qatar starts their preparation for the 2022 World Cup inspite of fear of overhaul from European football over matters affecting health playing in Gulf Summer.
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Steven Piennar

“I want to make sure I work hard and fight for a starting place in the team. I know it won’t be easy but I am mentally strong to do that. I hope to bring a lot of energy, creativity and of course hard work to the team.” were the words of Steven Piennar when questioned by the media, yes he has been moved from Everton to Spurs for around £3 million on Tuesday and had his first session at Spurs this afternoon with Joe Jordan, Clive Allen & Sam, the fitness coach.Read more at
soccernet.espn

for the engine to warm up and reach its most efficient condition. Besides it prepares you both mentally and physically.

So in addition to the basic exercises we get at our club i did an additional research on warming up and stumbled upon this piece over the internet.Have you heard of it, well i hadn’t until now.
Its called the “11+”- a complete warm up programme to prevent injuries.
Developed originally by FIFA’s Medical Assessment and Research Centre
(F-MARC). Thanks to them!
For a detailed illustration on how you can perform these drills and
exercises visit f-marc.com/11plus/index.html

South Africa:-
South Africa, being the host nation received automatic qualification for the upcoming  world cup.

This year the biggest event in Football is coming to Johannesburg and South Africa will return to the venue, where they achieved their first major success in 1996, four years after their readmission to international football when they shot to prominence and stunned the African continent by claiming their CAF Africa Cup of Nations trophy against Tunisia in the finals.
South Africa seems determined to add a new chapter to their football history, their performance at the FIFA Confederations Cup last June should remind us that South Africa is a team whose potential when stretched to the limits cannot be underestimated.
This is the third participation of South Africa in the FIFA World Cup. The Bafana Bafana debuted in France 1998 and also they were present at Korea/Japan 2002.
In this World Cup they being the host nation have received automatic qualification. Nine South African cities are prepared to set the stage for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010.
They are:-
1. Johannesburg – The economic pivot of South Africa.
2. Kapstadt – The cape city of South Africa resting besides the bay at Atlantic Ocean, it is the southern part of the province west cape. Cape city has picturesque buildings, the long sand beaches it is called as South Africa most popular destination.
3. Durban – The largest city.
4. Pretoria – Pretoria is the capital of South Africa and lies north of Johannesburg. City proudly holds the some 150 years mighty monuments.
5. Port Elizabeth – Also called as “Friendly city”, it lies at the Nelson Mandela bay.
6. Bloemfontein – A beautiful city with thousands of rosebushes and some monuments.
7. Rustenburg – It is one of the largest mining regions of the world, with an abundance of platinum occurrence under the earth.
8. Nelspruit – It lies some 330 km east of Johannesburg.
9. Polokwane – Polokwane lies at the edge of the world famous bartender national park.
South Africa are included in Group A along with teams like Mexico, Uruguay and France.
QUESTION

In Your opinion can South Africa advance from the group stages ?

Will they pull out a surprise before the favourites Mexico and France?!

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Hope  you  enjoy  them  as much as I do !

APPLE CARROT QUENCHER
2 cups carrot juice
1/2 cups apple juice
6 ounces non‐fat vanilla or plain yogurt, frozen
1 banana
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is
reached. Your Delicious Apple Carrot Quencher is ready.
Serve it chilled and enjoy!

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ARTIC FOREST SMOOTHIE
1 peach, frozen
10 blueberries, frozen
1 cup light (reduced sugar) fat‐free vanilla yogurt, frozen
1/2 cups 1% milk
1/2 tablespoons crushed pecan
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!
AVOCADO AVALANCHE
1 large avocado
2 teaspoons condensed milk
1 cup ice
Scoop out avocado into blender. Add 2 teaspoons condensed milk or a little
more, depending on how sweet you like it. Then add the ice and blend all of it
together until itʹs a semi‐creamy texture.

AVOCADO BANANA BERRY SMOOTHIE
Half a ripe avocado
1 to 1 1/2 frozen bananas
4 to 5 frozen or fresh strawberries
Splash non‐fat soy or other nut milk
Pinch cardamom
Pinch allspice
Whatever else strikes your fancy. . . Nuts, fruits, spices, etc throw all ingredients
into a blender and blend until desired texture is reached. I prefer it smooth, but
some like a chewable drink. Very, very delicious! Serves: 1
BANANA HAZELNUT SMOOTHIE
4 medium bananas, peeled and sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
6 tablespoons light brown sugar
1/4 cups hazelnuts
1 cup ice cubes
1/4 cups milk
1/4 cups dark rum or hazelnut liqueur
2 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts, for garnish (optional)
Place the sliced bananas in a sealed plastic bag and put them in the freezer for 1
hour. Place the brown sugar and 1/4 cups hazelnuts in a blender and grind
together until fine. Place the frozen bananas, ice cubes, milk, and rum in the
blender with the sugar and nut mixture. Blend until smooth. Pour the smoothies
into 4 goblets or tall glasses. Garnish with chopped nuts, if desired. Serve
immediately.

BANANA NUTBREAD SMOOTHIE
1 ounce hazelnut liqueur
ounces banana liqueur
ounces vanilla syrup
2 ounces half and half
banana
2 cups of ice
1 teaspoon chopped walnuts
2 ounces whipped cream
Pour liqueurs, syrup, half and half, banana and half of the walnuts into blender.
Add ice and blend until smooth. Pour into glass and top with whipped cream.
Sprinkle chopped nuts on top.
BANANA OATMEAL SMOOTHIE
1 cup milk
1 packet instant oatmeal, regular flavor
1 whole banana, cut in chunks
1 cup orange juice
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend on high speed for 1 minute

BANANA ORANGE TWIST
3 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate
1/4 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cups milk
1/2 cups water
1/2 small banana, sliced
5 ice cubes
Combine everything except ice and blend for 15 seconds. Add ice and blend for 2
minutes.

BANANA PEARBERRY SMOOTHIE
1 medium banana
1 cup pear nectar (Goya brand is very good)
1 tablespoon seedless raspberry jam (use Polaner all‐fruit if possible)
6 ice cubes or. . . 1 cup of ice
Place all ingredients into a blender. Blend on high speed until all of the ice has
dissolved and the consistency is smooth, about 2 minutes.

BASIC FRUIT SMOOTHIE
1 quarter strawberries, hulled
1 banana, broken into chunks
2 peaches
1 cup orange or peach or mango or apple juice
2 cups ice
In a blender, combine strawberries, banana and peaches. Blend until fruit is
pureed. Blend in the juice. Add ice and blend to desired consistency. Pour into
glasses and serve.

BERRY BANANA SMOOTHIE
1 large banana, peeled, sliced and frozen
3/4 cups frozen or fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries
3/4 cups low‐ or non‐fat vanilla frozen yogurt
1 12ounces can or bottle of regular or diet ginger ale, chilled
Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Cover and blend at
highest speed until smooth. Note: if you use fresh berries, try to use a frozen
banana, and if you use a fresh banana, go for frozen berries. Otherwise your
drink will be too thin. Both fruits being frozen will give you a satisfyingly thick
drink.

BERRY BLISS SMOOTHIE
2 scoops raspberry sherbet
4 strawberries
15 blueberries
5 blackberries
16 ounces orange juice (or juice of your choice)
Put all ingredients in a blender, juice last, then blend until smooth. To add
thickness try adding more sherbet or ice to the smoothie. Pour into a tall glass to
serve.

BLACK AND BLUE BOMBER
1/4 cups blueberries
1/4 cups blackberries
1 banana
1/2 cups apple juice
1/3 cups raspberry sorbet
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!

BLACKBERRY SMOOTHIE
3/4 cups apple juice
1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 1/2 cups frozen blackberries
1 banana
Pour liquid ingredients into the blender first. Yogurt is a liquid ingredient. All
fruit goes into blender at one time. Put cover on and blend until smooth.

BLUEBERRY SMOOTHIE
1/2 bag of frozen blueberries
2 tablespoons blueberry preserves
7 or 8 ice cubes
1 1/2 cups of soymilk
1 banana
This is super easy. Just toss everything into a blender, switch to the highest
setting, and let fly until you stop hearing ice cubes crunching and everything is
fairly smooth. There are an infinite number of variations on this using different
combinations of fruit and jam. You might also consider adding protein powder,
ground flax seed, or any other supplement that strikes your fancy. Itʹs best to
wait until near the end, and just blend long enough to mix the protein powder of
whatever in. You can also substitute apple juice for the soymilk to create a
tangier concoction.

BLUEBERRY MAPLE SMOOTHIE
1 cup low‐fat blueberry yogurt
3/4 cups low‐fat milk
1 tablespoon maple syrup
1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups fresh blueberries, frozen
Combine the yogurt, milk, syrup, and cinnamon in a blender. Add the
blueberries and blend until smooth.

BLUEBERRY ORANGE SMOOTHIE
12 ounces frozen blueberries, unthawed. . . Or. . . 2 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
8 ounces vanilla low fat yogurt
1/2 cups orange juice
1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Whirl all ingredients together in a blender until smooth. Serve immediately.

CAPPUCCINO SMOOTHIE
2 cups brewed double strength coffee
1 pint coffee ice cream
6 cups ice
1 1/2 cups milk
Whipped cream, if desired
Cinnamon for garnish
Place coffee, ice cream, ice and milk in blender. Mix until smooth. Top with
whipped cream and cinnamon.

CAROB SMOOTHIE
3‐4 dates, pitted and soaked 20 minutes
1 cup nut or grain milk
1 frozen banana, cut in chunks
3‐4 tablespoons carob powder
Dash vanilla (optional)
Place dates in a small bowl with just enough water to cover. Let them soak 20
minutes, drain. In blender, combine the dates, nut milk, banana, carob powder
and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Drink immediately.

CHERRY CANTALOUPE SMOOTHIE
1/2 cantaloupe (peeled, seeded, and sliced)
1/2 cups apple or apricot juice
2‐3 pitted cherries
1/4 cups raspberries or blackberries
3‐4 ice cubes
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!

CHERRY VANILLA SMOOTHIE
1 cup frozen vanilla yogurt
1 cup apple juice
2 cups frozen cherries
Pour liquid ingredients into the blender first. Yogurt is a liquid ingredient. Add
cherries. Put cover on and blend until smooth.

CHOCOLATE BANANA SMOOTHIE
1 frozen banana ‐‐ peeled
6 ounces light (reduced sugar) fat‐free vanilla or cherry frozen yogurt
2 tablespoons Hershey s chocolate syrup
1/2 cups non‐fat milk
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!

CHOCOLATE MINT SMOOTHIE
4 scoops peppermint ice cream
1 1/2 cups milk
2 drops peppermint extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons bittersweet chocolate syrup
Combine in a blender container and blend until no white shows. Serve
immediately.

CITRUS COOLER
6 1/2 cups ruby red or pink grapefruit juice, divided
2 cups pineapple juice
1 (6 ounces) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
2 cups lime‐flavored sparkling mineral water, chilled
Garnish: lime slices
Pour 2 1/2 cups grapefruit juice into ice trays, filling 28 sections, freeze. Combine
remaining 4 cups grapefruit juice, pineapple juice, and orange juice concentrate,
stir well. Cover and chill at least 3 hours. Stir in mineral water just before
serving. Place 3 frozen grapefruit juice cubes in each of 9 glasses, fill each fruit
juice mixture. Garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.

CITRUS TEA SMOOTHIE
1 cup orange segments, chilled
1/2 cups grapefruit segments, chilled
1/2 cups strong‐brewed earl grey tea, chilled
3/4 cups orange sherbet
2 ice cubes, crushed
Combine the orange segments, grapefruit segments, and tea in a blender. Add
the sherbet and ice. Blend until smooth.

COFFEE SMOOTHIE
3 to 4 tablespoons instant coffee powder
1 cup milk (nonfat okay)
1 cup vanilla frozen yogurt
1 cup frozen bananas
Pour liquid ingredients into the blender first. Yogurt is a liquid ingredient. Add
bananas. Put cover on and blend until smooth.
CUCUMBER MINT SMOOTHIE
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
3 tablespoons mint leaves & mint sprigs ‐‐ finely chopped
1 1/2 cups apple juice or still cider
1 cup lemon sorbet
1 cup ice cubes
Place the cucumber, mint, apple juice or cider, sorbet and ice in a blender, and
blend until smooth. Garnish with mint, and serve.
DOUBLE APPLE SMOOTHIE
2 bananas
1 green apple
1 red apple
10‐12 frozen strawberries
1‐2 cups apple juice
Put all the ingredients in the blender in the order listed and mix on high until
fully
blended.
DOUBLE MELON SMOOTHIE
1 1/2 cups seeded and chopped watermelon
1 1/2 cups seeded and chopped honeydew melon
Juice of 2 limes
1 cup vanilla low fat yogurt
1 cup ice cubes
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses.
FROZEN FRUIT SMOOTHIE
1/2 cups frozen bananas
1/2 cups frozen peaches
1/2 cups frozen strawberries
2 cups milk
1/4 cups orange juice
2 tablespoons honey
In a blender, combine all the above until smooth. Pour in tall glasses, pop a straw
in and enjoy! Wonderful for those hot days in the summertime.
FRUIT SALAD SMOOTHIE
1 medium ripe peach
3/4 cups fresh or frozen strawberries
1/2 banana ‐‐ peeled
2 cups skimmed evaporated milk ‐chilled
4 teaspoons frozen orange juice concentrate
1 teaspoon vanilla
4‐6 ice cubes
Cinnamon ‐‐ optional
Combine everything in blender except ice and cinnamon. With blender running,
add ice cubes one at a time. Divide smoothie into 4 chilled glasses and sprinkle
with cinnamon.
ISLAND ESCAPE SMOOTHIE
2 cups vanilla frozen yogurt
1 cup sliced mango
1 cup sliced and peeled papaya
1 tablespoon pina colada mix
1/4 cups kiwi
1/2 cups ice
Place ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.
MANGO SMOOTHIE
1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted, chopped ‐‐ (approx. 1‐1/4 cups)
3/4 cups milk, skim ‐‐ chilled
1/4 cups nonfat vanilla yogurt
3/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 ice cubes
Pinch of salt
Fresh mint sprigs
Combine all ingredients except mint in blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Garnish with mint.
ORANGE PINEAPPLE SMOOTHIE
1/2 cups orange juice
1/4 cups pineapple juice
1/2 banana
1/4 teaspoons ginger root ‐‐ fresh, peeled, grated, up to 1/2 teaspoons
1/2 cups crushed ice ‐‐ or 2 small ice cubes
Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth.
PASSIONATE PEACH SMOOTHIE
1 can peaches in syrup
1 frozen banana
1 cup Ben and jerryʹs purple passion sorbet
1 can peach nectar
2 cups grape juice
Blend until smooth. It lives up to itʹs name.
RASPBERRY BLAST SMOOTHIE
2 cups fresh or frozen red raspberries
1 cup nonfat or 1% milk
3 tablespoons red raspberry preserves
4 ice cubes
2 scoops plain or vanilla soy protein powder
Combine ingredients in blender. Cover and blend at high speed for abou
minute.
RASPBERRY ORANGE SMOOTHIE
2 cups milk
2 cups plain yogurt
2 cups fresh raspberries (other berries may be substituted)
1 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup ice cubes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine all ingredients in an electric blender and process until smooth.
STRAWBERRY KIWI SMOOTHIE
3 peeled kiwi
1 cup frozen banana slices
3/4 cups pineapple juice
1/2 cups frozen strawberries
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smoothie consistency is reached!
STRAWBERRY LEMONADE SMOOTHIE
Pour into blender:
1/2 cups lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1/4 cups cold water
Add and blend together:
1/4 cups sugar
3 cups strawberries, sliced and partially frozen
2 1/4 cups ice chips
WACKY WATERMELON SMOOTHIE
2 cups seeded watermelon chunks
1 cup cracked ice
1/2 cups plain yogurt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1/8 teaspoons almond extract
Combine all ingredients in blender container, blend until smooth.
ZIPPY PINEAPPLE CARROT SMOOTHIE
1/2 cups pineapple chunks
1 cup soy milk, any flavor
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1/3 cups pineapple juice
1‐1ʺ piece ginger, peeled and minced
Honey to taste
Place all ingredients in blender container and blend until everything is smooth.
Add ice if you like it frosty. The ginger adds the ʺzipʺ.

So why waiting ? Go ahead and quench your thirst !

February 20, Saturday

Be Back for our exclusive EPL reviews!

The French star and Machester City Midfielder Patrick Vieira has been banned for 3 matches for kicking Stoke midfielder Glenn Whelan in the groin during Tuesday night’s match at the Britannia Stadium. He could miss Liverpool at Eastlands on Sunday that is tomorrow,  followed by the FA Cup fifth round replay at Stoke City and the Premier League trip to Chelsea.

“Patrick made a mistake as far as I am concerned,” said City manager Roberto Mancini.”He will now miss three important matches.  It is a big problem for me, as he is experienced, and for Patrick, as he needs games.”

Manchester city faces even more troubles as City’s Martin Petrov is out with a knee injury while striker Carlos Tevez is still in Argentina dealing with some domestic matters.

You are free to comment on Manchester citys fate in the upcoming Manchester city Vs Liverpool match at Eastlands on Sunday.

Keep tracking us as we bring to you latest of the fixtures and match results.

The competion between the European clubs gather intensity as we pass into the knockout stages or the Round of 16 in the Champions League with the 16 clubs being:-

The 1st few leg matches were aldready over last night in which Manchester beat AC Milan in a 2-3 victory and Lyon beat Real Madrid 1-0.

It wasn’t AC milan’s night. Though off to a good start with a superb goal by Ronaldinho in the third minute, Manchester United came through in the end with two headers from the in form Wayne Rooney.
In the other match that took pace last night history repeated itself again with Real Madrid losing away to a Lyon team.

The  matches of the first leg held today will be between Bayern and Fiorentina in Munich as well as Porto and Arsenal in Porto both at local time 20:45.
The other matches of the first leg will be held on the 23rd and 24th of this month.
23rd-     Stuttgart         Vs        Barcelona
Olympiacos    Vs        Bordeaux

24th-    CSKA Moskva      Vs      Sevilla
Internazionale   Vs      Chelsea

The Finals this season will be played in Madrid.