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Ana Ivanovic: Former world number one retires from tennis aged 29

                                 

Former world number one and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has retired from tennis at the age of 29.

Ana Ivanovic ends a 14-year tennis career eager to take on new challenges.

The Serb has been out with injury since August and dropped to 63 in the world WTA rankings, having won just 15 matches in 2016 - the most recent in June.

"I can only play if it is up to my own high standards. I can no longer do that so it is time to move on,
It has been a difficult decision but I have so much to celebrate," Ivanovic added.

I began dreaming about playing tennis when I was five and saw Monica Seles playing on TV.

"I have seen heights I never dreamt of achieving."


Ana Ivanovic shot out of the gate after turning pro in August of 2003, soaring through the rankings before winning her first WTA title in Canberra when she was just 16-years-old.

Ivanovic spent 12 weeks as world number one in 2008 and won 15 career singles titles.

She reached the French Open semi-final in 2015 and was runner-up at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2007 and at the 2008 Australian Open.

Ivanovic, who married Manchester United midfielder German Bastian Schweinsteiger earlier this year, said she will explore opportunities in business, beauty and fashion in retirement and said it will allow her more time for her work with Unicef, with whom she holds the position of National Ambassador for Serbia.

Throughout it all, it was Ivanovic's thoughtfulness, poise, and grace - on and off the court - that will be remembered most, not just by her fans but also her colleagues and competitors. Tennis lost one of the most beautiful and sexy athlete, after the 29-year-old took to Facebook and called an end to her milestone career.

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After five years of fasting, AC Milan managed to win a trophy the Italian Super Cup

The Rossoneri led by coach Vincenzo Montella triumph on penalties against Juventus Torino and win the Italian Super Cup 2016.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saves the decisive penalty from Paulo Dybala as AC Milan won the Supercoppa Italiana 2016, by 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time with Juventus Torino in Doha at Al Sadd Stadium.

In the match itself, captain Giorgio Chiellini put Juve ahead 18 minutes, but Giacomo Bonaventura levelled for Milan with a header prior to half-time.

The competition Italian Super Cup is played between the winner of the championship and holders of the Italian Cup.

Petra Kvitova Injured In Knife Attack During Home Invasion

Two-time Wimbledon champion and Number 11 in the WTA singles ranking, Petra Kvitova has been injured in an apparent robbery in her home in Prostejov, Czech Republic.

According to reports, a man was able to gain entry into Kvitova's building on Tuesday morning by posing as a maintenance worker. Petra Kvitova was able to fend off the attack but sustained severe lacerations to her left hand. The assailant has yet to be apprehended.


"Thank you for all your heartwarming messages today," Kvitova said in a statement. "As you may have already heard, today I was attacked in my apartment by an individual with a knife. In my attempt to defend myself I was badly injured on my left hand. I am shaken, but fortunate to be alive. The injury is severe and I will need to see specialists, but if you know anything about me I am strong and I will fight this. Thank you all again for your love and support and now I would appreciate some privacy while I focus on my recovery,
thank you all for your messages and support. What happened to me, it was certainly not pleasant, but it's behind me. Now for me is the main doctors to find out what's on my arm. I trust them and believe that this goes well, I have the best care and I'm in contact with my loved ones. The worst thing I've done. Thanks again for thinking of me. Don't worry about me! Petra."

Norway are the Women's Handball European 2016 champions

Norway won the Women's Handball European Championship by 30:29 against the Netherlands.

Netherlands fight back within one, but literally throw the ball away in the final seconds to hand the European trophy their 7th European gold to Norway. Netherlands had the chance to equalise right with the final buzzer. They lost the ball on a technical error with 4 seconds remaining, and were truly shocked as the whistle sounded and Norway celebrated the final victory of the European Championship 2016.

When the final buzzer sounded and the 30:29 against the Netherlands was confirmed, the 11,037 spectators in Gothenburg Scandinavium arena - most of them from Norway, celebrated victory. The Norwegian fans gave the new and old EHF EURO champions standing ovations and sang “Heja Norge” for the seventh time in total, and the sixth time since 2004.

From those players that received their gold medals on Sunday in Sweden at Gothenburg, goalkeeper Kari Aalvik Grimsbo made the most significant history, she is the first person in handball to win six EHF EURO trophies. Though Grimsbo had a huge impact on the dramatic win, another Norwegian was the biggest star: All-star Team right back Nora Mork. Netting 12 times in the final, she was not only the match winner but became EURO 2016 top scorer with a total of 53 goals in the tournament.

France won the bronze medal. In the third-place match at the EHF EURO 2016 in Scandinavium Arena in, beating Denmark 25:22.

Congratulations Norway Congrats Nora Mørk for an exceptional Tournament.

Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick fires Real Madrid to FIFA Club World Cup 2016

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a hat-trick as Real Madrid C.F claimed their second FIFA Club World Cup and to fire the European champions to their third Club World Cup crown in two years, though their spirited opponents J.League champions Kashima Antlers more than held their own.

Cristiano Ronaldo rose to Real Madrid's rescue with a hat-trick to fire them past Kashima Antlers 4-2 after extra time in the final to clinch the 2016 Club World Cup title at the International Yokohama Stadium in Japan.

The European champions took the lead against the J.League title winners - the first Japanese club to appear in the last two the hosts were made to work hard the UEFA Champions League winners for their world title by a spirited Kashima. After Karim Benzema opened the scoring on nine minutes, a Gaku Shibasaki double fired the Asian side into a dramatic second-half lead, and showing fantastic skill to put his side ahead in the 52nd minute.

Ronaldo hat-trick sees off spirited Kashima.

But the  Real Madrid's coach Zinedine Zidane's men found a way back through Ronaldo's penalty on the hour mark, after Shuto Yamamoto scythed down Lucas Vazquez in the box Ronaldo restored parity with a penalty, the Portugal superstar, was the newly-crowned Ballon d'Or winner's decisive double in extra time that finally broke all resistance and be crowned world champions for the second time in three years.

Cristiano Ronaldo became only the second player to score a hat-trick in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup or Intercontinental Cup - Pele is the other - as well as the first to win the Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League, European Championship and Ballon d'Or in the same year in 2016.

The trophy is Real Madrid's second Club World Cup success and the fifth time they have been crowned FIFA Club World Champions.

Congratulation to world best in 2016 Real Madrid and CR7.

Murtaza Ahmadi, the young Afghan boy who became an online sensation earlier this year for wearing a plastic bag mimicking a Lionel Messi shirt, walks out on the pitch with his hero

         

Murtaza Ahmadi, shot to internet fame by wearing a plastic bag mimicking a Lionel Messi shirt. His dream came true when he walked onto the football pitch with his hero ahead of a friendly match between FC Barcelona and Al-Ahli Saudi FC in Qatar.

The pictures went viral and, after Lionel Messi’s biggest fan was identified and tracked down to Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province, efforts were made to bring Murtaza and the Barcelona super star together on a football pitch.

A video tweeted by the organisers of the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar shows the Argentinian forward scooping up Murtaza, now six years old, and posing for photographers. According to the tweet, the meeting was arranged through the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

This was simply one of the most heartwarming things, it was a simple case of dreams coming true. Seeing the joy in the little boy's eyes and the way he kept clinging to Messi was really beautiful.

Cristiano Ronaldo wins the 2016 Ballon d'Or

 
                                    

Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or for a fourth time, beating Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann to world football's top individual prize for 2016.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, who previously won the award in 2008, and in 2013 and 2014 when it was officially the FIFA Ballon d'Or, is only the second player to win it a total of four times, trailing only Lionel Messi's record of five Ballon d'Or.

The honour caps a memorable year that saw Ronaldo win the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid and the European Championship with Portugal national team - the country's first major footballing silverware in history.

The Portugal Real Madrid's 31 years old Cristiano Ronaldo forward topped the poll of 173 journalists worldwide to take home France Football magazine's coveted award for the fourth time. Ronaldo has scored 51 goals in 54 games for club and country in 2016 and Won the Champions League and the Euro in 2016. Fully deserved as he carried Real Madrid and Portugal to their trophy success this year.

Most significant thing about Ronaldo's Ballon d'Or is that his 4th has come 8 years after his 1st.

Congratulations Cristiano, these trophies were not received for free and without work and professionalism, neither your 5 gold boots that nobody has, nor your 4 gold balls (Ballon d'Or), nor your titles in England and Spain, nor your European Cup with your national team, nor the affection and respect of All your country, something that not everyone can achieve, that's what makes an athlete at the top, only the best that his people and his followers feel proud of him, does not disappoint his country, that makes you transcend As one of the best in world football history, Congratulations again for the best in the world well done CR7.

The UEFA Europa League round of last 32 draw

The draw for the 2016/17 season of UEFA Europa League round of last 32 took place in France, Nyon on Monday (12 December).


The matches of the round of 32 draw are
.Athletic Club (ESP) vs APOEL (CYP)
.Legia Warszawa (POL)* vs Ajax (NED)
.Anderlecht (BEL) vs Zenit (RUS)
.Astra Giurgiu (ROU) vs Genk (BEL)
.Manchester United (ENG) vs St-Étienne (FRA)
.Villarreal (ESP) vs Roma (ITA)
.Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)* vs København (DEN)*
.Celta Vigo (ESP) vs Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
.Olympiacos (GRE) vs Osmanlıspor (TUR)
.Gent (BEL) vs Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)*
.Rostov (RUS)* vs Sparta Praha (CZE)
.Krasnodar (RUS) vs Fenerbahçe (TUR)
.Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)* vs Fiorentina (ITA)
.AZ Alkmaar (NED) vs Lyon (FRA)*
.Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) vs Beşiktaş (TUR)*
.PAOK (GRE) vs Schalke (GER)



 First legs of the 2016/17 season of UEFA Europa League on 16 February.
All second legs on 23 February except St-Étienne v Manchester United and Fenerbahçe v Krasnodar on 22 February.

The UEFA Europa League Final. It will be played at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden on 24 May 2017.

The UEFA Champions League draw was made for the last 16 of the competition

The draw for the 2016/17 season of UEFA Champions League Round of last 16 took place in France, Nyon on Monday (12 December).

The matches are
.Manchester City (ENG) vs Monaco (FRA)
.Real Madrid (ESP, holders!) vs Napoli (ITA)
.Benfica (POR) vs Borussia Dortmund (GER)
.Bayern München (GER) vs Arsenal (ENG)
.Porto (POR) vs Juventus (ITA)
.Bayer Leverkusen (GER) vs Atlético Madrid (ESP)
.Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) vs Barcelona (ESP)
.Sevilla (ESP) vs Leicester City (ENG)


The 2016/17 Champions League Round of last 16.
(First legs to be played on 14 & 15 and 21 & 22 February 2017; second legs on 7 & 8 and 14 & 15 March)
The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, in Wales.

Here is the list of Top 25 Sexsy Female Athletes & Sports Hottest Stars 2016

              



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Premier League all twenty teams already beat each other around this season

Fourteen rounds into the British cutting-edge football league's already passed from 2016-2017 season, and has already come full circle. this photo reveals that - even though we are only at the beginning of December - the Premier League all twenty teams already beat each other around this season. The fact remains, that in the UK Premier League there are no pre-run games and the battle for the title of Premier League champion is becoming sharper and sharper.

Real Madrid reinforced his La Liga leadership in the Camp Nou with six-point lead

The classic goal of Sergio Ramos (head, in the last breath, exactly What his team needs) to avoid the defeat of Real Madrid, who leaves the Camp Nou with six points of advantage over Barcelona.


Real Madrid reinforced his La Liga leadership in the Camp Nou with six points away.
A last- hit from Sergio Ramos header froze Camp Nou in the 90th minute and secured a 1-1 draw for Real Madrid in El Clasico against big rivals Barcelona to maintain their six-point lead at the top of La Liga.


The home side Barça took a 53rd-minute lead thanks to a Luis Suarez header and had chances through Neymar and Lionel Messi to extend their advantage.
But a side kick from Luka Modric was completed by impeccable Ramos punished them in the final moments to silence the Camp Nou over ninety thousand spectators and extend Real's unbeaten run to 33 games in all competitions.

For all the hype it had been a low-quality El Clásico match, and one which certainly now gives Real Madrid the edge in this season's Spanish La Liga 2016-2017 title race.

Nico Rosberg announces his retirement from Formula One racing

Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement from Formula One less than a week after being crowned Formula One world champion 2016 in Abu Dhabi.

Nico Rosberg made the announcement at a press conference ahead of the FIA prize giving in Vienna, Austria where he is due to be presented with the championship trophy. He made clear that after achieving his childhood dream of being crowned Formula One world champion, he wanted to spend more time with his family and wife Vivian and young daughter away from the pressures of the F1 speeding circus.


"So, it's a very special day today to receive the trophy this evening, but for another reason as well," he said. "I want to take the opportunity to announce I've decided to end my Formula One career in this moment here, on Monday. To explain, ever since I started, when I was six years old, I had a very, very clear dream, and that was to become Formula One world champion. It was very clear in my mind, as long as I can think when I was growing up. Now I've achieved that, I've put everything into it for 25 years of racing, "With the help of everyone around me, with the help of fans, my family, my friends, I've managed to achieve it this year. It's been an incredible experience for me I will remember forever. At the same time it's been very very tough, the last two years losing to Lewis were extremely difficult moments for me which fuelled my motivation in a way I didn't even know was possible, to fight back and to achieve my dream finally. This year was extremely tough as I put absolutely everything into it, I left no stone unturned from Austin last year where I suffered a lot after the loss. Said Nico Rosberg.


It meant so much to him and it took so much out of him to be finally Formula One world champion, that he has decided to go out at the top of his game. He beat one of the all time greatest to the championship and that deserve a lot of credit and his retirement decision needs our respect.
Well done Nico Rosberg. Good luck for the future to you and your family.Thank you for bringing honor to the championship and for an entire career of entertainment.

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