Euroleague 2008-2009

The basketball competition at the most important clubs in Europe has begun, 24 European clubs grouped into 4 groups will be measured between them to reach the Final Four in Berlin. The league that brings the Spanish teams with five, followed by Italy with 4 and the Adriatic and Greek leagues with 3 each.

This year the competition changed format and the regular league going to have 8 teams in three groups of 6 teams divided into four groups and four for the top16 teams instead of six.

The top 16 remains as previous years, 4 teams per group will qualify for the play off the two best. The play off also unchanged and move to dispute the best of five matches instead of best of three matches.

Barcelona, Madrid, Siena, Tau Vitoria, Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Maccabi and CSKA are the most favorite to go to Berlin, a step below to find Unicaja, DKV Joventut, Efes Pilsen and Zalguiris. The other teams will try to demonstrate that they too are deserving of at least one place in the play off.

The highest expectation at the beginning of the competition has led the Olympiacos, thanks to its star from the Atlanta Hawks, Josh Childress, also a sign of Theodoros Papaloukas of CSKA Moscow and Nicola Vujcic of Maccabi Tel-Aviv, demonstrating the economic power of that club. Other interesting signings have been a priori by Nikola Pekovic Panathinaikos cards, tipping player last year in the ranks of Partizan Belgrade, the signings of Anderson and Navarro from Memphis CSKA Moscow and Barcelona respectively, of Massey filed to Aris from Madrid, leaving Carlos Arroyo to Orlando to play with Maccabi Tel Aviv and Planica changing city of Vitoria by Moscow.

Besides those already mentioned, Josh Childress, Carlos Arroyo and Navarro have also decided to change of scenery and go to the NBA to Euroleague, the following players: Andre Barrett procendente Los Angeles Clippers at Barcelona, Casey Jacobsen of the Berlin and Primoz Membhis Brezec from Toronto to Rome. As a curies Brandom Jennings has decided to go to Rome to play instead of playing his college stage.

Football Tricks

Everyone loves Football tricks!

Ronaldinho the soccer player likely has the best soccer tricks in the game now but it is worth checking out some other soccer players as their soccer moves are also excellent. Brazil soccer fans will claim to have the most famous player in the world, Ronaldinho and there's no doubt he's a hard man to beat.

The late George Best could do anything with a ball in his prime, indeed you would regularly think that the ball was tied to his foot with a piece of string! He had pace, talent and could play with both feet.

Pele

Brazil soccer fans have another hero in Pele ! The famous Pele scored over 1000 career goals and had a selection of soccer tricks to display. At the age of seventeen he scored a wonderful goal in the 1958 world cup final when he beat two defenders and chipped the ball over their head to volley home!

Johan Cruyff

What a player the Dutch had in the majestic Johan Cruyff! He could anything with the ball and in his prime was part of the Dutch total football team who reached two consecutive world cup finals in 1974 and 1978. Known for the soccer trick called the "Cruyff" turn where he dips his shoulder and fakes a cross while back heeling the ball past the defender!

Maradona

Another genius who captained Argentina to world cup glory.

The history of Maradona is certainly complicated but he is right up there with the very best, were you know he will be able to do keepie ups with a golfing ball ? How tricky would that be? Maradona could do any soccer trick!

Soccer moves are a joy to observe and all the players above played the game with a smile on their face and that's what soccer fans will gladly pay cash to see!