Raymond Domenech- A Shameless French Manager

French manager Raymond Domenech refuses to shake hands with South Africa's manager Carlos Alberto Parreira- A Shameless French. France deserves to be out of World Cup. 1st Thierry Henry "single handed"ly made France to the WC Finals and now their shameless manager.

Carlos Alberto Parreira Explains "Why" that Shameless French Refused to Shake Hands

World Cup 2010: Green's "Misery", Podolski's "Thunder", Japan's "1st Ever", Kuzmanovic's "Deliberance", Poulsen's "Grinn"

Green's "Misery", Heinze' "Header", World Cup 2010's "First", Podolski's "Thunder", Japan's "1st Ever", Kuzmanovic's "Deliberance", Poulsen's "Grinn"

Robert Green's (England) "Misery"

Gabriel Heinze's (Argentina) "Header"

World Cup 2010 "First" Goal

Lucas Podolski's (Germany) "Thunder"

Japan's "1st Ever" Win in foreign soil

Kuzmanovic's (Serbia) "Deliberance"

Poulsen's (Denmark) "Grinn"

Cricket: Morne Morkel Racially Abused by Australian Crowd

A member of the crowd at Hobart's Bellerive Oval was charged with abusing a white South African player during the Australia against South Africa one-day-international.

A Cricket Australia spokesman said a person in the crowd allegedly racially abused Morne Morkel during the Australian innings yesterday morning.

Morkel, 12th man in yesterday's one day international match, did not clearly hear the insult, but a spokesman for the South African team said the remark was "fairly unpleasant".

Cricket Australia said last night it had contacted the South African team and the nation's cricket authorities over the issue.

A policeman at the ground overheard the abuse and interviewed the alleged offender, who was last night charged with racial vilification. The incident, which took the polish off Australia's dramatic five-run victory yesterday, follows a string of racial controversies in cricket.


News Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
Image Source: Neil Richardson of http://www.examiner.com.au/

Rugby World Cup 2011 : All Blacks in Pool A, Wallabies in Pool C, Springboks in Pool D

Tournament hosts New Zealand were drawn alongside France in the draw for the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup. Old rivals England

and Scotland were paired alongside one another in a World Cup pool for the first time.

The All Blacks and France are the two top-ranked teams in a Pool A also featuring Tonga, and qualifiers still to be

determined from the Americas and Asia.

England and Scotland are in the same Pool B as Argentina, third-placed finishers at the 2007 World Cup and, as yet, unknown

qualifiers from Europe and the winners of a global play-off competition.

Reigning champions South Africa are in a Pool D featuring Fiji, Six Nations champions Wales and qualifiers from Oceania and

Africa.

Australia are in Pool C with Ireland, Italy and qualifiers from Europe and the Americas.

Pool Draw

Pool A: New Zealand, France, Tonga, Americas 1, Asia 1

Pool B: Argentina, England, Scotland, Europe 1, Play-off winner

Pool C: Australia, Ireland, Italy, Europe 2, Americas 2

Pool D: South Africa, Wales, Fiji, Oceania 1, Africa 1

Quarter Final 1: Winner Pool B v Runner-up Pool A

Quarter Final 2: Winner Pool C v Runner-up Pool D

Quarter Final 3: Winner Pool A v Runner-up Pool B

Quarter Final 4: Winner Pool D v Runner-up Pool C

Semi-Final 1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2

Semi-Final 2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

Third place playoff: Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

Final: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Image Courtesy: AFP Pictures

RUGBY: SOUTH AFRICAN Team For 2ND TRI NATION RUGBY TEST

South African team named on Thursday to play New Zealand in the second Tri-Nations rugby test in Dunedin on Saturday.

South Africa: 15-Percy Montgomery, 14-JP Pietersen, 13-Adrian Jacobs, 12-Jean de Villiers, 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Butch James, 9-Ricky Januarie, 8-Joe van Niekerk, 7-Juan Smith, 6-Schalk Burger, 5-Victor Matfield (captain), 4-Bakkies Botha, 3-CJ van der Linde, 2-Bismarck du Plessis, 1-Gurthro Steenkamp.

Replacements: 16-Schalk Britz, 17-Brian Mujati, 18-Andries Bekker, 19-Luke Watson, 20-Ruan Pienaar, 21-Francois Steyn, 22-Conrad Jantjes.

Morgan Freeman To Play Nelson Mandela In A Rugby World Cup Film

Morgan Freeman is to play former South African leader Nelson Mandela in a new film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Freeman reveals he's currently trying to master Mandela's voice and his heavy accent for the movie, which is based on John Carlin's book 'Nelson Mandela & The Game That Made a Nation'.

The 71-year-old actor says, "I've got to suggest his voice and his speech without making a fool of myself."

The new film will start shooting in South Africa early next year, where the 1995 World Cup was held.