THIS WEEK'S BASKETBALL PLAYER
DERRICK ROSE
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Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player
for the Chicago Bulls of the National
Basketball Association (NBA).
Born in Chicago, Rose learned the game of basketball from his three
older brothers. In high school, he won two state championships and was
rated by scouts as the top point guard prospect in the country after
graduation. He played for the University of Memphis Tigers and reached the NCAA national championship game in 2008. Shortly after, Rose
declared for the 2008 NBA Draft and was selected first overall by the Chicago Bulls. In his first year of
professional basketball, Rose was voted the Rookie of the Year and was
selected to the All-Rookie Team. In his second season, Rose was
selected as an NBA All-Star for the 2010 NBA All-Star Game; he was also named a starter for
the U.S. team at the 2010 FIBA World Championships. Since being drafted,
Rose has led the Bulls to the NBA Playoffs every year. In 2011, he received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the youngest player ever to win this award. He
joined Michael Jordan as the only Chicago Bulls players to win the honor.
In 2009, an NCAA investigation revealed
that Rose's SAT scores had been invalidated, making him retroactively
ineligible to play for Memphis. As a result, the NCAA vacated Memphis's entire
2007–08 season.
THIS WEEK'S FOOTBALL PLAYER
LIONEL MESSI
Lionel Andrés Messi , (born 24 June 1987) is
an Argentine footballer who plays in La Liga for FC Barcelona and captains the Argentina national team, mainly as a forward.
By the age of 21, Messi received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year he won
both the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year in 2009, and won the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and 2011. He also won the 2010–11 UEFA Best Player in Europe
Award. His playing style and small stature has drawn comparisons to Diego Maradona, who himself declared Messi
as his "successor".
Messi has won five La Liga titles
and three Champions League titles. After scoring 12 goals in the 2010–11 Champions League, Messi became only the third player
(after Gerd Müller and Jean-Pierre Papin) to top-score in three
successive European Champion Clubs' Cup campaigns, and the first since the
Champions League changed its format in 1992. Messi
is the fourth football player to win three Ballons d'Or, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten and the second player to win three
consecutive Ballons d'Or, after Michel Platini (however, two of his Ballons d'Or are FIFA Ballons d'Or, which he won
consecutively). In 2012, Messi made UEFA Champions League history by becoming the first player
to score five goals in one match, in a 7–1 win against Bayer Leverkusen. With two goals in the next round
against A.C. Milan, he matched José Altafini's record of 14 goals in a
single UEFA Champions League season. After a further two goals the
following week against Real Zaragoza, Messi became the first player since Gerd
Müller in the 1972–73 campaign to score 60 goals in a single European season.
Messi was the top scorer of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with six goals, including two in the
final game. In 2006, he became the youngest Argentine to play in the FIFA World Cup and he won a runners-up medal at the Copa América tournament the following year. In 2008, in Beijing, he won his first international honour, an Olympic
gold medal, with the Argentina Olympic football team.
THIS WEEK'S TENNIS PLAYER
ANDY RODDICK
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born
August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the third highest-ranked American
player, behind Mardy Fish and John Isner.
He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title
at the 2003 US Open,
defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals, which currently makes
him the last North American male player to win a grand slam singles event.
Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon in
2004, 2005 and 2009, and the US Open in
2006), losing to Roger Federer each time. He is married to Brooklyn Decker, a Sports Illustrated swimwear
model and actress.
SPORTS NEWS
On 22nd April 2012, Fenerbahçe defeated Galatasaray at TT Arena. The final result is Fenerbahçe 2-1 Galatasaray. It was the Super Toto Super Final match.
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