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Barcelona Crowned World Champions

Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:00
Written by Navid Iqbal
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Superior Barcelona blew Santos in style and crowned club world champions. Barcelona crushed Santos by 4-0, adding the prestigious world championship title to its European and Spanish honors.

Once again it was Lionel Messi who opened the scoring line for Barcelona. Xavi Hernández and Cesc Fabregas added two more to the score sheet before ending the first half and made the game completely one-sided. Santos tried to show something after the break which was not so enough to back them on track. Leo put the last pin on the coffin of Santos lately at 82/.

Like the early prediction, Santos started their battle with five men defense. Clearly, their intention was not conceding any early goal. As a result, their deep defense line allowed Barca to dominate the possession.

Santos’ goal-keeper Rafael proved his talents and made a double save with an extraordinary class. Santos’ defense was first broke by Lionel Messi with his classic mazy run but his long ranged shot was blocked by Rafael. In the mean time, Ganso made an early attempt but the left footed shot was just a little wider than Valdes’ left post.

The Catalans took the lead as Lionel Messi once again proved why he is the best footballer of the world at this present time. He picked up a lovely ball from Xavi Hernández and adroitly chipped the ball over the head of Santos’ goal-keeper. Bruno Rodrigo made an effort with a desperate dive but that was not enough to save a wonderful goal.

Just after 22 minutes, Xavi found a cross-field ball and made it too easy to make the score 2-0. It could have been 3-0 before first half an hour if Cecs’ close-ranged shot did not miss the post.

It was just before the half time break when Fabregas scored for the Catalans and made the score-line
3-0. Though the first half was completely dominated by Barca, Santos showed little more in second half. But that did not help them to come back into the game in any way. However, Dani Alves played in Messi free on the corner of the box and Leo passed over Rafael to guide the ball to its destiny and made the difference four goals to nil.

After 2009, Josep Guardiola’s team again lifted their 2nd Club world cup trophy. It is their fourth trophy in this year 2011 along with UEFA Champions League, Spanish La Liga and Supercopa achievements.

Kidnapped Baseball player was rescued in Venezuela

Saturday, 12 November 2011 00:00
Written by Navid Iqbal
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Wilson Ramos a major league is found alive while he was reported kidnapped by gunman two days earlier, report by Venezuela state media. 

Wilson Ramos was rescued by the security services in Montalba. It is a mountainous area. The place is about 60 miles far from north central Venezuelan city. He was last seen here before the kidnap.

Another state run TV channel VTV reported that Ramos is unharmed and healthy after the rescue.

The justice minister Tareck El Assami said that he is very happy to announce that the rescue operation for Ramos took place in the state of Carabobo. He also mentioned that when they heard about the kidnapping it was decided under order of President Hugo Chavez that the entire police unit will take part in the rescue operation.

Wilson Ramos is a rising star of Baseball. He plays for Washington Nationals. He is a rookie in the team and a very good player. He was in his native country Venezuela to play the Venezuela’s winter league. His first game was with Aragua Tigers. But before the game he was kidnapped by gunman.  A team spokeswoman said that he was kidnapped from his mother’s house situated in Santa Ines on Wednesday.

The authority is taking a good care of the case. They said on Thursday that the SUV that they believe was used in kidnapping is found. They have also made sketches of two gunmen that are suspects.

The news was highly praised by the Washington Nationals officials. The team’s manager Mike Rizzo said that the news from Venezuela tonight was reassuring. They are also eager to see Wilson and let him know that how many fans were waiting to hear this news worldwide.

Ramos is a 24 year old baseball player. He plays for Washington Nationals and he is a rookie in the team. He is an emerging top catcher of the team for the past season. His record is also very good. He has a .267 batting average. 15 home runs and 52 runs batted in are his career records.

All the baseball players’ play in United States is the targets of the kidnappers. The base ball players are targeted for their money. But the incident of taking a player himself is the first time happened.  They usually kidnap a family person for ransom.

The kidnapping incident is rising in Venezuela day by day and about 23 kidnappings a day is occurring. It is alarming for the law enforcement department of Venezuela and they need to take step to prevent this as soon as possible.