Game of Dodgeball in Antifastan, Seattle. The game ended in confusion and frustration as players were told to continue playing even after getting hit by a ball to prevent hurt feelings. pic.twitter.com/bMzXhnurYD
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"We're supposed to be for each other! We're supposed to be for each other! No! No! No!"
"Republican legislative leaders lashed out Wednesday at Democratic Gov. Tony Evers after his staff secretly recorded a May 14 phone conversation..."
"... over how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic the day after the state Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home order. The recording and the reaction to it all but ensures a permanently broken relationship between Evers and Republicans who control the Legislature.... Evers' spokeswoman, Melissa Baldauff, said... 'This was not intended for release to the media or anyone else, however, we were obligated to comply with the open records law to release these records once they were requested.'... Bill Lueders, president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, said recording a conversation without alerting the other parties isn't illegal in this state, but is in bad form — and that the nature of the meeting should have pushed the three to talk publicly instead of privately.... Evers at one stage said he was frustrated the state wasn't able to open up in a uniform, phased way.... Fitzgerald repeatedly told Evers the reopening of the state's businesses was now behind them and urged him to develop plans for dealing with large crowds at Brewers games and the eventual resumption of schools. Evers asked Vos and Fitzgerald what they wanted to do if there was a catastrophic increase in cases, expressing frustration with their hands-off approach. 'Do we just say the hell with it?' Evers asked. 'No. Someone should call Barry Alvarez and say is there going to be football in Camp Randall in August,' Fitzgerald said, referring to the University of Wisconsin athletic director."
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. You can listen to the recordings at the link.
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. You can listen to the recordings at the link.
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Someone is the admin must have tipped off the media to Evers’ Nixon tapes right? But why? He comes across as clueless while the Speaker sounds reasonable and Fitz is in command of the meeting. How does this help him?
— Eric Bott (@BottAFP) June 11, 2020
"I was trying to stick it to the [Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation] for their invalidated models resulting in needless, economy-wrecking, life-wrecking lockdown..."
"... and when I saw they were announcing modeling a solution to our racial crisis, I was incredulous, angry, and overly emotional. Involving George Floyd's name in that effort was wrong."
Tweeted Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit who's now given up his position as CEO, quoted in "CEO steps down after inflammatory George Floyd comments/A major sponsor and affiliated gyms dropped their partnerships after Greg Glassman invoked Floyd's name when complaining about coronavirus restrictions" (NBC).
The Institute had tweeted "Racism and discrimination are critical public health issues that demand an urgent response. #BlackLivesMatter." Glassman's response was, first, the disastrously curt: "It's FLOYD-19." A few hours later, he expanded his idea:
It’s the white thing to do... Who talks like that? To my ear, it sounds like left-wing critique of of white people — that white people are making these pious statements of empathy and support, and it's not really enough, it's fake and shallow, and he's the one who wants a real revolution. But it could also be someone who wants to stay out of politics and resists pressure to do what everyone else is doing. He might be using "white" in the sarcastic sense of the phrase "That's mighty white of you." In that light, it might be a way to say: Putting up those statements is virtue signaling.
In any case, Glassman was hurting his business, which was a brand that other businesses needed to want to pay to adopt as their own. That leaves little room for adamant self-defense.
Tweeted Greg Glassman, the founder of CrossFit who's now given up his position as CEO, quoted in "CEO steps down after inflammatory George Floyd comments/A major sponsor and affiliated gyms dropped their partnerships after Greg Glassman invoked Floyd's name when complaining about coronavirus restrictions" (NBC).
The Institute had tweeted "Racism and discrimination are critical public health issues that demand an urgent response. #BlackLivesMatter." Glassman's response was, first, the disastrously curt: "It's FLOYD-19." A few hours later, he expanded his idea:
Your failed model quarantined us and now you're going to model a solution to racism? George Floyd's brutal murder sparked riots nationally. Quarantine alone is "accompanied in every age and under all political regimes by an undercurrent of suspicion, distrust, and riots." Thanks!Glassman had also said some things behind the scenes that made his problem worse. BuzzFeed reports that — in a Zoom call with gym owners — Glassman was asked why Crossfit's website didn't have a statement addressing the death of George Floyd. Glassman was recorded saying: “We're not mourning for George Floyd — I don't think me or any of my staff are.... Can you tell me why I should mourn for him? Other than that it’s the white thing to do — other than that, give me another reason.”
It’s the white thing to do... Who talks like that? To my ear, it sounds like left-wing critique of of white people — that white people are making these pious statements of empathy and support, and it's not really enough, it's fake and shallow, and he's the one who wants a real revolution. But it could also be someone who wants to stay out of politics and resists pressure to do what everyone else is doing. He might be using "white" in the sarcastic sense of the phrase "That's mighty white of you." In that light, it might be a way to say: Putting up those statements is virtue signaling.
In any case, Glassman was hurting his business, which was a brand that other businesses needed to want to pay to adopt as their own. That leaves little room for adamant self-defense.
"People are kind of freaking out. They feel like all of the hard work they’ve been putting in for so long is at risk of going to waste."
Said Jahkeen Washington, co-owner of boutique gym in Central Harlem, quoted in "New York City’s Kettlebell Shortage: ‘People Are Kind of Freaking Out’/After fitness enthusiasts were forced to reimagine how they could keep in shape, demand led to a shortage of workout equipment" (NYT). Apparently, it's impossible to buy a kettleball in NYC.
Why kettlebells? When did that become the home exercise equipment of choice? Here's Joe Rogan last December:
“It’s pandemonium,” said Ed Pryst, the chief sales officer of Gym Source, a New Jersey-based workout equipment retailer with several offices in New York....But people have only wanted kettleballs now, in the lockdown, because they can't get to the gym, so there's little reason for U.S. foundries to adapt to this demand, which is, presumably, transitory.
The shortage is a problem, factory workers said, that could have been prevented were the U.S. not so reliant on foreign manufacturing and iron production.... There are more than 3,000 foundries that work with the iron needed to create kettlebells, but their efforts almost wholly go to larger industrial items like car parts or iron gates.... The process of equipping a foundry to make a new product is expensive and time consuming. In the case of a kettlebell, a design mold of the equipment has to be created, which can sometimes cost up to $100,000. Then a foundry must equip itself with the necessary materials (for a kettlebell, gray cast iron) and possibly, special machinery....
Why kettlebells? When did that become the home exercise equipment of choice? Here's Joe Rogan last December:
Unfit.
"A tweet Saturday from CrossFit founder Greg Glassman that appeared to make light of both the death of George Floyd and the novel coronavirus pandemic resulted in a widespread backlash within the CrossFit community. On Sunday, Reebok announced it was ending its corporate partnership with the popular fitness company, and after some gyms said they were cutting ties to the CrossFit brand, and others said they’re considering doing so, Glassman issued an apology. Glassman was responding Saturday to a tweet posted by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), in which the research center declared, 'Racism is a public health issue.' 'It’s FLOYD-19,' replied Glassman, 63. That sparked outrage among some owners of CrossFit gyms, or 'boxes,' as they’re called, that pay fees of several thousands of dollars annually to license the brand."
From "CrossFit founder jokes about George Floyd as Reebok, gyms drop the brand" (WaPo).
If what you're selling is branding, you'd better maintain that product. You're asking other people to put your reputation on themselves! You're not a solo, roving comedian. Even if it had been a great joke — which it wasn't — Glassman was an idiot to tweet it.
From "CrossFit founder jokes about George Floyd as Reebok, gyms drop the brand" (WaPo).
If what you're selling is branding, you'd better maintain that product. You're asking other people to put your reputation on themselves! You're not a solo, roving comedian. Even if it had been a great joke — which it wasn't — Glassman was an idiot to tweet it.
The NYT is so hard up for sports news, that it's got a story about a man running a lot of miles on his treadmill.
The headline tries to jazz it up, but come on, this is just a man on his treadmill: "Run 100 Miles, 100 Times, in 100 Weeks. Now in a Brooklyn Apartment/With ultramarathons across the country canceled, Michael Ortiz has continued his quest to run 100 100-mile races in 100 consecutive weeks — on a treadmill."
Quest! It's a quest! A quest is just "A search or pursuit in order to find something; the action of searching" (OED). What is the something here? If you run 100 miles instead of 10 miles, have you found anything?
"Quest" is also a grand word because in chivalric or Arthurian romance it is "an expedition or search undertaken by a knight or group of knights to obtain some thing or achieve some exploit."
Quest! It's a quest! A quest is just "A search or pursuit in order to find something; the action of searching" (OED). What is the something here? If you run 100 miles instead of 10 miles, have you found anything?
"Quest" is also a grand word because in chivalric or Arthurian romance it is "an expedition or search undertaken by a knight or group of knights to obtain some thing or achieve some exploit."
▸ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 966 They supposed that he was one of the knyghtes of the Rounde Table that was in the queste of the Sankegreall.Is the logging of 100 miles a hundred times within a 100-day time frame anything like the Holy Grail?
Jhulan Goswami Wiki, Jhulan Goswami Nick Name Babul
Jhulan Goswami Wiki, Jhulan Goswami Nick Name Babul
Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami (born 25 November 1983, Nadia, Bengal, India) is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team. She is currently the Indian Women's cricket team captain. On 1 February 2009, she was appointed to lead the team for the upcoming world cup.
Indian women's cricket team skipper Jhulan Goswami (right) with her predecessor Anjum Chopra (centre) and cricketer Priyanka at the screening of a promo for Sunil Yash Kalra's docudrama on Indian women's cricket, in Kolkata on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Priyanka was recently nominated for the ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year award.
An integral part of the team, Jhulan is noted for both her batting and bowling (right arm medium) capabilities. She has a Test bowling average of less than 20. In the 2006-07 season she guided the Indian team to first test series win in England.
Indian women's cricket team skipper Jhulan Goswami (right) with her predecessor Anjum Chopra (centre) and cricketer Priyanka at the screening of a promo for Sunil Yash Kalra's docudrama on Indian women's cricket, in Kolkata on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Priyanka was recently nominated for the ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year award.
An integral part of the team, Jhulan is noted for both her batting and bowling (right arm medium) capabilities. She has a Test bowling average of less than 20. In the 2006-07 season she guided the Indian team to first test series win in England.
Jhulan Goswami
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jhulan Goswami | |||
| Born | 25 November 1982 Calcutta, India | |||
| Nickname | Babul | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India women | |||
| Test debut (cap 8) | 14 January 2002 v England women | |||
| Last Test | 29 August 2006 v England women | |||
| ODI debut (cap 100) | 6 January 2002 v England women | |||
| Last ODI | 21 March 2009 v Australia women | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | T20 | |
| Matches | 8 | 100 | 6 | |
| Runs scored | 263 | 420 | 43 | |
| Batting average | 29.22 | 12.00 | – | |
| 100s/50s | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Top score | 69 | 46 | 27* | |
| Balls bowled | 1618 | 4735 | 132 | |
| Wickets | 33 | 109 | 2 | |
| Bowling average | 16.36 | 22.66 | 60.50 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Best bowling | 5/25 | 5/16 | 2/14 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 5/– | 38/– | 2/– | |
Neetu Chandra Mohammad Asif Link, Scandal, News
Neetu Chandra Mohammad Asif Link, Scandal, News
Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra today denied having any links with Pakistani bowler Mohammad Asif, who is at the centre of a ''spot-fixing'' scandal that has rocked world cricket.
Refuting reports linking her to the cricketer, the 26-year-old ''Traffic Signal'' star termed the dragging of her name into the controversy as a "conspiracy".
"Neetu Chandra''s name is being dragged in the controversy with baseless allegations that she made calls from her mobile to Pakistani bowler Mohammad Asif in 2009. She feels it is a conspiracy," said her publicist Dale Bhagwagar.
Maria Sharapova Hot support
Maria Sharapova Hot support
On Tuesday (Aug 24) tennis superstar and total babe Maria Sharapova, traded in her racket for a ping pong paddle in support of Evian’s “Babies on the Inside” ad campaign, which she is currently the face of.
Maria, who is in the city for this weekend’s US Open, sported one of this season’s hot trends, high-waisted shorts in a metallic fabric, which she looked absolutely stunning in!
Her fans loves that she topped the outfit off with Evian’s signature “baby” tee, that gives you a baby’s body from the neck down! Too funny!
She may be a “baby on the inside” but with those legs, she’s all woman on the outside!
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Sehwag Records after Sachin
Sehwag Records after Sachin to do more then half of the target in an inning
Tri-series: Virender Sehwag and bowlers shine in India's terrific win
Sri Lanka prevented Virender Sehwag (99 not out) from scoring a century but could not stop him from steering India to a comfortable six-wicket win in the cricket tri-series in Dambulla today.
India needed just five runs to chase down the 171-run target and Sehwag just one run to get his hundred when Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv came in to bowl 35th over of the Indian innings.
The off-spinner gave four byes in the first ball, which kept a little low, bowled two dot balls, and then bowled a big no-ball, which Sehwag smashed out of ground.
Since it was a no-ball, no runs were added to Sehwag's score and he remained not out on 99.
It looked a deliberate no-ball since Randiv's back foot was where bowlers normally have their front foot while bowling.
Sehwag though had no complaints as when match ended he said, "Bowlers try to do that when batsmen are on 99. Fair enough."
The win, which was set up by the bowlers, brought India's tri-series campaign back on track as they had suffered a huge 200-run loss in the opening match against New Zealand.
India's pacers and spinners rose to occasion and exploited the helpful conditions to bundle out Sri Lanka for a paltry 170 after Kumar Sangakkara elected to bat.
Sehwag was the hero of Indian chase as he batted through the innings in his terrific 99-run knock, which was a mix of control and aggression.
Sehwag's knock was a responsible one as it came in a tricky situation and under challenging circumstances.
India's top-order had collapsed at the beginning and Suresh Rania (21) also threw his wicket after getting his eye in but Sehwag held the Indian innings together and in company of MS Dhoni (23) steered his side to win.
Sehwag's 99 came off 100 balls with 11 fours and two sixes and Dhoni also supported him well with his 38-ball knock and had two fours.
India lost Dinesh Karthik (10), Virat Kohli (0) and Rohit Sharma (0) in quick succession early in the innings.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara's decision to bat backfired as Indian bowlers were all over the hosts right from the first ball when Upul Tharanga was cleaned bowled by Praveen Kumar.
Had Suraj Randiv (43) and Nuwan Kulasekara (22) not played defiant knocks down the order, the hosts innings would have been wearing a more miserable look.
They put up a 39-run stand, highest of Lankan innings, for the eighth wicket to help Sri Lanka go past the 150-mark.
Tillakaratane Dilshan (45) was the only top-order batsman who showed stomach for fight but fell while going for an extravagant shot when situation demanded patience.
The Pace trio of Kumar (2/20), Ishant Sharma (2/32) and Ashish Nehra (1/39) blew away the host top-order to start the devastation of the Lankan innings.
The spinners -- Pragyan Ojha (3/36) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/34) -- joined the party and broke the back of the Lankan innings with lethal blows.
In an ominous start for home side, Opener Tharanga and his teammates were shell shocked when a swinging first ball of the match by Praveen Kumar uprooted the stumps.
The heavy conditions were ideal for bowling and Indian pacers rose to the occasion.
Soon skipper Kumar Sangakkara (2) fell to Nehra and Mahela Jayawardene (4) became second victim of Kumar.
Lanky Ishant Sharma got his first wicket in Thilan Samaraweera (7) and Lankan innings was in complete disarray.
They never recovered from the early shocks and Ojha and Jadeja kept the pressure by taking wickets.
Dilshan was batting beautifully from the other end but lost patience and top-edged to Rohit Sharma off Ojha.
Jadeja struck twice by removing Chamara Kapugedara and Angelo Mathews to puncture all Lankan hopes.
Sri Lanka prevented Virender Sehwag (99 not out) from scoring a century but could not stop him from steering India to a comfortable six-wicket win in the cricket tri-series in Dambulla today.
India needed just five runs to chase down the 171-run target and Sehwag just one run to get his hundred when Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv came in to bowl 35th over of the Indian innings.
The off-spinner gave four byes in the first ball, which kept a little low, bowled two dot balls, and then bowled a big no-ball, which Sehwag smashed out of ground.
Since it was a no-ball, no runs were added to Sehwag's score and he remained not out on 99.
It looked a deliberate no-ball since Randiv's back foot was where bowlers normally have their front foot while bowling.
Sehwag though had no complaints as when match ended he said, "Bowlers try to do that when batsmen are on 99. Fair enough."
The win, which was set up by the bowlers, brought India's tri-series campaign back on track as they had suffered a huge 200-run loss in the opening match against New Zealand.
India's pacers and spinners rose to occasion and exploited the helpful conditions to bundle out Sri Lanka for a paltry 170 after Kumar Sangakkara elected to bat.
Sehwag was the hero of Indian chase as he batted through the innings in his terrific 99-run knock, which was a mix of control and aggression.
Sehwag's knock was a responsible one as it came in a tricky situation and under challenging circumstances.
India's top-order had collapsed at the beginning and Suresh Rania (21) also threw his wicket after getting his eye in but Sehwag held the Indian innings together and in company of MS Dhoni (23) steered his side to win.
Sehwag's 99 came off 100 balls with 11 fours and two sixes and Dhoni also supported him well with his 38-ball knock and had two fours.
India lost Dinesh Karthik (10), Virat Kohli (0) and Rohit Sharma (0) in quick succession early in the innings.
Skipper Kumar Sangakkara's decision to bat backfired as Indian bowlers were all over the hosts right from the first ball when Upul Tharanga was cleaned bowled by Praveen Kumar.
Had Suraj Randiv (43) and Nuwan Kulasekara (22) not played defiant knocks down the order, the hosts innings would have been wearing a more miserable look.
They put up a 39-run stand, highest of Lankan innings, for the eighth wicket to help Sri Lanka go past the 150-mark.
Tillakaratane Dilshan (45) was the only top-order batsman who showed stomach for fight but fell while going for an extravagant shot when situation demanded patience.
The Pace trio of Kumar (2/20), Ishant Sharma (2/32) and Ashish Nehra (1/39) blew away the host top-order to start the devastation of the Lankan innings.
The spinners -- Pragyan Ojha (3/36) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/34) -- joined the party and broke the back of the Lankan innings with lethal blows.
In an ominous start for home side, Opener Tharanga and his teammates were shell shocked when a swinging first ball of the match by Praveen Kumar uprooted the stumps.
The heavy conditions were ideal for bowling and Indian pacers rose to the occasion.
Soon skipper Kumar Sangakkara (2) fell to Nehra and Mahela Jayawardene (4) became second victim of Kumar.
Lanky Ishant Sharma got his first wicket in Thilan Samaraweera (7) and Lankan innings was in complete disarray.
They never recovered from the early shocks and Ojha and Jadeja kept the pressure by taking wickets.
Dilshan was batting beautifully from the other end but lost patience and top-edged to Rohit Sharma off Ojha.
Jadeja struck twice by removing Chamara Kapugedara and Angelo Mathews to puncture all Lankan hopes.
Dhoni and Girlfriend Sakshi Rawat Ties Knot Tonight
Dhoni and Girlfriend Sakshi Rawat Ties Knot Tonight
Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni, one of India's most eligible bachelors, has finally been taken. Dhoni, who got engaged to his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat on July 3, is tying the nuptial knot tonight in Dehradun.
Dhoni, one of India's most successful captains, is getting married just three days before his 29th birthday.
Dhoni and Sakshi school friends at DAV Shamily in Ranchi.
Sakshi who hails from Aurangabad is a hotel management graduate.
Dhoni, one of India's most successful captains, is getting married just three days before his 29th birthday.
Dhoni and Sakshi school friends at DAV Shamily in Ranchi.
Sakshi who hails from Aurangabad is a hotel management graduate.
Dhoni and Sakshi, who hails from Aurangabad, had been school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. "Their fathers worked together in MECON, and the Rawats moved to Dehradun after retirement," a close friend revealed.
The two had been dating for past two years. Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina were present at his engagement and are likely to attend the wedding, also BCCI bigwigs including President Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan are also there to attend the wedding.
Dhoni's friend and Bollywood actor John Abraham is also present there.
The couple is expected to host a reception in Mumbai on July 7, which also happens to be Dhoni's 29th birthday.
Dhoni was earlier linked with actresses Deepika Padukone and Asin and with southern star Lakshmi Rai. However, none of them ever confirmed anything and these reports died as rumours.
Sakshi Singh Rawat Dhoni Gets Engaged
Sakshi Singh Rawat Dhoni Gets Engaged
In a big development that will delight the fans, but break the hearts of thousands of young girls, Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni got engaged to his long-time friend Sakshi Singh Rawat in Dehradun.
The engagement was held tonight at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun. Family members of both families and a few close friends attended the engagement ceremony, which was kept secret till the last moment.
Dhoni and Sakshi studied together at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. They have good family relations, as both their fathers worked in MECON. The Rawat family moved to Dehradun after Sakshi’s father retired.
The engagement was held tonight at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun. Family members of both families and a few close friends attended the engagement ceremony, which was kept secret till the last moment.
Dhoni and Sakshi studied together at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. They have good family relations, as both their fathers worked in MECON. The Rawat family moved to Dehradun after Sakshi’s father retired.
Sakshi is a Management graduate and based in Kolkata. It is not immediately known when Dhoni and Sakshi will tie the knot. A formal announcement on Dhoni’s engagement will be made later. Breaking News Online wishes all the best to the couple.
The Engagement of MS Dhoni and Sakshi Rawat took place in a Restaurant of Dehradoon City and sources has said that there were none of other personalities invited who are related to cricket world. It all took place so quietly that no one even know about this news of Dhoni Engagement. It was in the news that Dhoni is having affair with some girl of North India but was never confirmed by anyone.
The Engagement of MS Dhoni and Sakshi Rawat took place in a Restaurant of Dehradoon City and sources has said that there were none of other personalities invited who are related to cricket world. It all took place so quietly that no one even know about this news of Dhoni Engagement. It was in the news that Dhoni is having affair with some girl of North India but was never confirmed by anyone.
29-year-old Dhoni and Rawat had been school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi. Their fathers worked together in MECON, and the Rawats moved to Dehradun after retirement. Maybe after the Australian series – they will marry.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday got engaged to his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat at a private function in a hotel in Dehradun with just family members and close friends present.
The marriage is likely to take place after India’s home series against Australia in October.
The engagement for Dhoni, one of India’s most successful captain, comes just four days before his 29th birthday.
“Dhoni and his school friend Sakshi got engaged at Hotel Bhagirath in Dehradun,” a close family friend said in Ranchi.
“Besides the family members of Dhoni, a few close friends of the cricketer were present during the engagement ceremony,” he added.
Dhoni’s engagement was kept a closely guarded secret and sources said that none of his cricketer friends and other celebrities was present.
It was only late in the night that the news of his engagement broke.
Dhoni and Sakshi, who hails from Aurangabad, had been school friends at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi.
“Their fathers worked together in MECON, and the Rawats moved to Dehradun after retirement,” the friend said.
Asked whether any date for marriage has been fixed, he said, “not yet, may be after the Australian series.”
The Indian captain is currently enjoying a rare break with the next three-Test series against Sri Lanka scheduled to begin from July 18 at Galle.
The Indian team will play a warm-up game before that.
Dhoni, who made his international debut against Bangladesh in December 2004, has so far played 43 Tests, 166 ODIs and 25 T20s.
Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Cup Twenty20, CB Series of 200708, and the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 20.
He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
Under his charismatic leadership, India attained the number one status in Test cricket and managed to be the number two this year in ODI rankings.
Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour in 2009.
Fans of Dhoni here celebrated his engagement news by bursting crackers.
“We are very happy and elated after learning the news,” said a fan.
“We don’t know whether Dhoni, a football-lover himself, has seen Germany mauling Argentia in the World Cup quarter-final. But the news from Dehradun about Dhoni’s engagement has doubled our celebration,” said another fan.
Dhoni had often been seen dribbling with the football during practice with fellow cricketers
Tiger Woods-Elin Nordegren divorce is final
Tiger Woods-Elin Nordegren divorce is final
Tiger Woods-Elin Nordegren divorce is final, with only a filing in Orlando County Court remaining.
"Everything's signed. Elin is ready to file for divorce at Orlando County Court," says an inside source. "She expects to sometime in the next seven days."
The settlement Elin is to receive, which has become the subject of much debate in recent weeks, is reportedly valued in the neighborhood of $750 million.
Yes, three-quarters of a billion dollars, believed to be the biggest payout of a celebrity divorce ever. There are conditions, however, according to reports:
- Tiger may not bring any other females around their children.
- Elin can never publicly speak about his various mistresses.
- Elin gets full custody of the kids but they share legal custody.
That means Tiger will share decisions about the kids, and as such, Elin will not be able to permanently relocate them to her native Sweden anytime soon.
Tiger's main caveat, though, was that she shut yer yap - for all eternity.
A pal said: "Tiger's main fear is her telling her story after he's rebuilt his reputation, sending him back to the gutter. The price of that sum is her silence."
"Complete confidentiality. No interviews, tell-all books, or TV appearances about this for the rest of her life - even if Tiger dies first - or she'll lose the lot."
Basically, Rachel Uchitel, Jaimee Grubbs, Joslyn James, Devon James and the dozen other hoes we know of ended up costing Tiger about $37.5 million per.
One report suggests that Elin Woods ended up with double the sum she sought after her lawyers determined Tiger is worth much more than $1 billion.
Her friend explained: "Elin's legal team have done a great job digging up all sorts of assets." We would have to say that's the case if the sum is correct.
While it should be noted that The Sun is a British tabloid, the $750 million figure has been reported by more than one source over the past few weeks.
Let's just say we wouldn't bet the under on $500 million anyway.
Tiger's main caveat, though, was that she shut yer yap - for all eternity.
A pal said: "Tiger's main fear is her telling her story after he's rebuilt his reputation, sending him back to the gutter. The price of that sum is her silence."
"Complete confidentiality. No interviews, tell-all books, or TV appearances about this for the rest of her life - even if Tiger dies first - or she'll lose the lot."
Basically, Rachel Uchitel, Jaimee Grubbs, Joslyn James, Devon James and the dozen other hoes we know of ended up costing Tiger about $37.5 million per.
One report suggests that Elin Woods ended up with double the sum she sought after her lawyers determined Tiger is worth much more than $1 billion.
Her friend explained: "Elin's legal team have done a great job digging up all sorts of assets." We would have to say that's the case if the sum is correct.
While it should be noted that The Sun is a British tabloid, the $750 million figure has been reported by more than one source over the past few weeks.
Let's just say we wouldn't bet the under on $500 million anyway.
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Saina Nehwal Wins Indonesian Open
Saina Nehwal Wins Indonesian Open
Don't know about Sania but another sports beauty Saina Nehwal continuing her overwhelming modify to verify her ordinal straightforward denomination in as some weeks. The Amerindic champion won the state Open badminton Super Series in Djakarta on Sunday, fighting Japan’s Sayaka Sato 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the final.
It was at the state Open terminal assemblage that Saina’s uprise to badminton’s selected began, as she became the prototypal Amerindic shuttler to get a Super program event.
In the terminal digit weeks she won the Amerindic Open Grand Prix and island Open Super Series which saw her uprise threesome places in the concern rankings to No 3.
By morality of those serial titles, the 20-year-old, with 64791.2637 points, prefabricated a momentous ascending shitting in the interpret and is meet behind
Wimbledon's Longest Match
Wimbledon's Longest Match
Wimbledon's Longest Match - Isner wins after 11 hours
Isner Wins Longest Match of Wimbledon after 11 hrs
Isner Wins Longest Match of Wimbledon after 11 hrs
John Isner, exhausted after being forced off court for the second day with no end in sight to the longest tennis match ever played, used Andy Roddick’s fast-food delivery to help get him through.“Andy just brought me all sorts of stuff,” Isner said in a news conference yesterday. “There was three boxes of pizza, all sorts of chicken and mashed potatoes, anything. I would have eaten 12 Big Macs.”
After the fast-food feast and four hours sleep at his Wimbledon rental home, Isner returned to Court 18 at the All England Club yesterday with the fifth set of his first-round match against Nicolas Mahut of France tied at 59-59. An hour later, the American collapsed on the grass when his backhand passing shot secured a record-packed 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-3), 70-68 victory that took 11 hours, 5 minutes.
“I was completely delirious,” Isner said.
With the 25-year-old due on Court 5 at noon London time today, the gap until his second-round match against Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands is shorter than the time it took Isner to oust Mahut.
Former top-ranked Justine Henin starts on Centre Court against Russia’s Nadia Petrova, where defending men’s champion Roger Federer plays France’s Arnaud Clement in the last match of the day. Five-time champion Venus Williams meets Alisa Kleybanova of Russia on Court 1. Roddick, Isner’s friend and last year’s Wimbledon runner-up, will play Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber in the last match scheduled on Court 1.
Florida Heat
Isner thanked his trainer for getting him through the longest match ever played, both in duration and games. After losing in the third round of the French Open, the 23rd-seeded American worked on his fitness in the heat and humidity of Florida.
“My coach actually, believe it or not, said jokingly before the tournament started that I’ll be able to play 10 hours,” Isner said. “That’s the truth. After practicing at Saddlebrook in Tampa in that heat, he was right.”
The 138-game fifth set lasted 8:11, longer than the previous longest match. Started on June 22, the contest lasted more than 4 1/2 hours longer than the previous record, a 6:33 first-round contest at the 2004 French Open between Frenchmen Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement.
Isner, who played college tennis at the University of Georgia, said his mental toughness also helped.
College Days
“I always find myself very, very calm and controlled,” he said. “I learned that in my time in college, playing a lot of pressure-filled matches.”
Isner’s 112 aces and Mahut’s 103, according to the tournament’s website, both broke Ivo Karlovic’s record of 78 in a Davis Cup match for Croatia against the Czech Republic in 2009.
“An amazing match,” 2008 champion Rafael Nadal said in a news conference after he advanced to the third round with a five-set win over Robin Haase of the Netherlands. “To focus for around 10 hours, that’s amazing, to not lose the serve in all that time.”
Isner, a 6-foot-9 right-hander from Greensboro, North Carolina, spent four years at Georgia, where he was the school’s all-time leader in singles and doubles wins, according to his profile on the ATP World Tour website. He turned pro when he was 22.
“Obviously it’s not the magnitude that this is,” said Isner, who wore a University of Georgia T-shirt at the press conference. “That’s something that Coach (Manny) Diaz at Georgia was really good at, was able to really make me a lot mentally stronger. That’s one of the reasons I’m here today.”
Improved Fitness
Former U.S. Open champion Tracy Austin, who sat next to Isner’s mother, Karen, during some parts of the match against Mahut, said earlier that he’s come a long way since leaving school.
“Isner wasn’t a particularly outstanding player, but he always had the big serve,” Austin said in an interview at the French Open. “He got in better shape and started to move a little better. And he started to play tennis, he started to construct points. He learned about the game at a later age.”
The marathon against Mahut will only be a footnote in his career, Isner said.
“Hopefully, this won’t be the thing that I’m most remembered about,” he said. “I have what it takes to do some really big things in this game.”
Serena Williams Cruises Into Second Round
Serena Williams Cruises Into Second Round
The sun was out in all its glory for day two of Wimbledon and Serena Williams' opening match in the defence of her title. The Centre Court continued to look smart. The grass mowed in such a way that it created a pattern of stripes.
Serena played the Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito and it was not till the ninth game of the match that de Brito scored her first game. It was a stunning performance from Serena as she closed out the match 6-0, 6-4 in 63 minutes. The result was a far cry from their only other meeting which was on hardcourt in Stanford in 2008 which Serena won in three sets.
"She's a good player; I played her before, Serena said. "So that was good that I played her before, so I knew what to expect. She doesn't look it, but she definitely packs a punch. It was good for me because most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on."
Serena was calm through the match but when she powered down some of her blistering service aces she would clench her fist and urge herself on even more.
When she served for the match she lost just one point and that was because she slipped on the still fresh grass. Even then Serena was quick enough to get up and return the ball but de Brito had an open court to put the ball away.
Serena started the game with an ace, her 13th for the match and by the end of the game she had powered down another two, the last one being on match point ... the sweetest way to finish a match.
"I served so terrible my last match at the French," Serena said. "I went home and worked really hard on my serve. I was incredibly disappointed with it. Had a talk with my serve. I said, You know, we got to do a little bit better. Hopefully I can continue to serve well throughout The Championships and just keep going."
Dressed in a white dress, which is what Wimbledon insists on, Serena still had some red trim in her outfit, most notably her red shoe laces. The funds generated from the laces go to organisations that work in the fight to end AIDS in Africa. You can go to www.joinred.com to find out more.
"Well, we dubbed the dress Strawberries and Cream," explained Serena. "Strawberries, is that the correct enunciation of it? I don't have a good British accent. The red is strawberries and the white is cream. It's not like a pure white; it's more of a cream. Also the red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.
"I really kind of wanted to tie that all together with this championship. Since it means so much to me, I thought it could work well. The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together."
Charitable causes and helping impoverished people are important to Serena, something that is highlighted by the two schools she has opened in Kenya, Africa.
Millions of World Cup fans are from all over the globe are watching today The FIFA World Cup 2010. They are many net surfers today looking for the live scores update and live stream to watch this world cup on internet. The FIFA’s official websites FIFA.Com and other websites like ESPN.Com and many other sports websites are updating the and reviewing the FIFA World Cup 2010.
Watch World Cup 2010 Online Live Stream? this is question is available on every Soccer fan that how can we watch all matches of FIFA World Cup live on our PC. If you are here for the live stream and want to watch this world cup so you can watch on Sopcast, just downlaod the Sopcast software on your PC and install and that you will have the many sports channel where you can watch your any FIFA World Cup game live on your PC.
FIFA Worldcup 2010 starts today with first match South Africa vs Mexico,All the Fifa fans searching for South Africa vs Mexico online live streaming we are here to help you?Do you want to catch all the thrill and action of South Africa vs Mexico Fifa 2010 worldcup online then you have come to the right place we will be updating you on all the news regarding Fifa Worldcup 2010.
In FIFA World Cup 2010 there will be 32 countries participated in the event. FIFA World Cup opening ceremony just start sometime earlier before the match.
South Africa vs Mexico Results:
Rafael Marquez denied Bafana Bafana a dream Group A start with his goal 11 minutes from time to snare a share of the spoils.
After struggling through the first half, the home side came out firing after the break and took the lead through Siphiwe Tshabalala.
But after missing plenty of chances to build on its advantage, it saw its lead cancelled out by the Barcelona defender.
Katlego Mphela could have snatched victory at the death, but his strike found the base of the post as both sides had to settle for a share of the spoils.
After an entertaining opening ceremony in Johannesburg, Bafana Bafana failed to make the most of its advantage, much to the disappointment of the 85,000 crowd.
The visitor almost stunned its host inside the first 120 seconds, but was thwarted by a last-ditch block by Aaron Mokoena.
The Tv schedule for World cup 2010 is given below to help you watch the match live on TV with live broadcasting:
For US:ESPN and ABC
For UK:BBC or ITV
For Germany:ZDF
For China:CCTV
Watch FIFA World Cup 2010 Live Streaming Online
The following sites will be telecasting the matches live:
ESPN3.com, Justin.tv, ATDHE.Net, ustream.tv, hostream.net, streamick.com, livesport1.us, asiaplatetv.com, iraqgoals.net, free-football.tv, MyP2P.eu, livesoccertv.com, Watch-Free.tv, Firstrow.net, tvbunch.com
Shakira performed live “Waka Waka” at opening ceremony of 2010 FIFA world Cup at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. The ceremony which lasted for whole three hours featured various performances besides Shakira’s Waka Waka. Waka Waka is the official song for this tournament and Shakira was chosen to sing it, surely there could not be any better choice than Shakira for this job. Shakira along with local South African famous group Freshlygroup sang the song in two languages i.e. English and Spanish. The song is based on another African soldiers’ song Zangalewa.
It was not like that as Shakira was alone there on stage to perform but there were many other famous singers like Alicia Keys and Black Eyed Peas who performed on stage.
The event was started at 8PM local time and it was broadcasted live on television. The famous television sports channels broadcasted the ceremony live for soccer fans in different parts of the world. The opening match will be played today between South Africa and Mexico and like the opening ceremony this match is also to go on air live for the whole world. The South African cricket team is there in West Indies busy playing test series with them but there hearts are in their own country where the world’s biggest sport event is started. Captain Greame Smith wished his team a very best of luck for the event and said that he also wanted to be there in his own country to support his team.
Shakira’s Waka Waka video lasts just two minutes but this time was enough for Shakira to show her magnificence performance among the audience and her fans. The song was actually the anthem of tournament and there is just one song for the soccer lovers to sing and that is “Waka Waka”.
Tia Hithersay was Gabriel Agbonlahor’s girlfriend, and has an interesting story.
Tia Hithersay (born 1985) first came to prominence when she lifted the lid on her romance with soccer ace, Jermaine Jenas. Until then, Jenas was presumed to be gay. In her exclusive interview with the glossie, she claimed Jenas cast her aside and that she was an aspiring glamour model back in 2005.
Teen glamour girl Tia Hithersay gave up hope of ever modelling again when she was glassed by a jealous rival.
At the time, she was working as a lapdancer at clubs in Sheffield and Birmingham to fund an NVQ in travel and tourism.
The topless model from South Shields lost a tooth when a former friend plunged a brandy glass into her cheek.
Her face was turned into a mask of blood when the goblet shattered and slashed her lips, snapping off her tooth at the root and breaking her nose.
The 20-year-old became a virtual recluse following the savage attack, believing her fledgling career as a model to be in tatters as doctors told her it would cost thousands to restore her face.
Refusing to leave the house, and hiding her face in a baseball cap and scarf, the jobless trainee hairdresser piled on the pounds by gorging on chocolate and calorie-laden Chinese takeaways.
Unhappy and prescribed antidepressant medication, Tia went from a slender size 10 to a 14.
But her care worker mum, Michaela, 37, was desperate to get her daughter`s career back on track and sent in her portrait to a beauty contest.
Her faith paid off and Tia landed third place and a photo-shoot that has relaunched her modelling career.
Since then Tia has regained her former figure, modelled for lad mags Zoo and Loaded and appeared in pop videos.
It wasn`t until 2008, that we heard again from Tia again. The News of the World reported that Gabriel Agbonlahor had impregnated her along with two other women at the same time, dubbed the ultimate hat trick.
The short version of the story is that Gabriel had three girlfriends at the same time. That on its own is something, but it gets better. Apparently the entire trio got pregnant, and Gabriel’s cover was blown after some of his girlfriends became suspicious about some text messaging that was going on behind their backs.
Tia Hithersay of course was one of the three girls, and not surprisingly, she is a model.
Wimbledon Round 1: Serena Williams def Michelle Larcher de Brito
| Serena Williams(1) | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Michelle Larcher de Brito | 0 | 4 |
The sun was out in all its glory for day two of Wimbledon and Serena Williams' opening match in the defence of her title. The Centre Court continued to look smart. The grass mowed in such a way that it created a pattern of stripes.
Serena played the Portuguese teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito and it was not till the ninth game of the match that de Brito scored her first game. It was a stunning performance from Serena as she closed out the match 6-0, 6-4 in 63 minutes. The result was a far cry from their only other meeting which was on hardcourt in Stanford in 2008 which Serena won in three sets.
"She's a good player; I played her before, Serena said. "So that was good that I played her before, so I knew what to expect. She doesn't look it, but she definitely packs a punch. It was good for me because most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on."
Serena was calm through the match but when she powered down some of her blistering service aces she would clench her fist and urge herself on even more.
When she served for the match she lost just one point and that was because she slipped on the still fresh grass. Even then Serena was quick enough to get up and return the ball but de Brito had an open court to put the ball away.
Serena started the game with an ace, her 13th for the match and by the end of the game she had powered down another two, the last one being on match point ... the sweetest way to finish a match.
"I served so terrible my last match at the French," Serena said. "I went home and worked really hard on my serve. I was incredibly disappointed with it. Had a talk with my serve. I said, You know, we got to do a little bit better. Hopefully I can continue to serve well throughout The Championships and just keep going."
Dressed in a white dress, which is what Wimbledon insists on, Serena still had some red trim in her outfit, most notably her red shoe laces. The funds generated from the laces go to organisations that work in the fight to end AIDS in Africa. You can go to www.joinred.com to find out more.
"Well, we dubbed the dress Strawberries and Cream," explained Serena. "Strawberries, is that the correct enunciation of it? I don't have a good British accent. The red is strawberries and the white is cream. It's not like a pure white; it's more of a cream. Also the red kind of symbolizes a lot of things I do in Africa, along with a lot of the work, like the red laces. Everybody that buys a pair can pretty much save a life in Africa.
"I really kind of wanted to tie that all together with this championship. Since it means so much to me, I thought it could work well. The tournament means so much to me as well as the things I do in Africa. I thought it could also work well together."
Charitable causes and helping impoverished people are important to Serena, something that is highlighted by the two schools she has opened in Kenya, Africa.
World Cup Live Stream | FIFA Live Scores Update
FIFA Live Scores Update
World Cup Live Stream
Watch FIFA World cup 2010 Live Streaming Online
Watch FIFA World cup 2010 Live Streaming Online
Millions of World Cup fans are from all over the globe are watching today The FIFA World Cup 2010. They are many net surfers today looking for the live scores update and live stream to watch this world cup on internet. The FIFA’s official websites FIFA.Com and other websites like ESPN.Com and many other sports websites are updating the and reviewing the FIFA World Cup 2010.Watch World Cup 2010 Online Live Stream? this is question is available on every Soccer fan that how can we watch all matches of FIFA World Cup live on our PC. If you are here for the live stream and want to watch this world cup so you can watch on Sopcast, just downlaod the Sopcast software on your PC and install and that you will have the many sports channel where you can watch your any FIFA World Cup game live on your PC.
FIFA Worldcup 2010 starts today with first match South Africa vs Mexico,All the Fifa fans searching for South Africa vs Mexico online live streaming we are here to help you?Do you want to catch all the thrill and action of South Africa vs Mexico Fifa 2010 worldcup online then you have come to the right place we will be updating you on all the news regarding Fifa Worldcup 2010.
In FIFA World Cup 2010 there will be 32 countries participated in the event. FIFA World Cup opening ceremony just start sometime earlier before the match.
South Africa vs Mexico Results:
Rafael Marquez denied Bafana Bafana a dream Group A start with his goal 11 minutes from time to snare a share of the spoils.
After struggling through the first half, the home side came out firing after the break and took the lead through Siphiwe Tshabalala.
But after missing plenty of chances to build on its advantage, it saw its lead cancelled out by the Barcelona defender.
Katlego Mphela could have snatched victory at the death, but his strike found the base of the post as both sides had to settle for a share of the spoils.
After an entertaining opening ceremony in Johannesburg, Bafana Bafana failed to make the most of its advantage, much to the disappointment of the 85,000 crowd.
The visitor almost stunned its host inside the first 120 seconds, but was thwarted by a last-ditch block by Aaron Mokoena.
The Tv schedule for World cup 2010 is given below to help you watch the match live on TV with live broadcasting:
For US:ESPN and ABC
For UK:BBC or ITV
For Germany:ZDF
For China:CCTV
Watch FIFA World Cup 2010 Live Streaming Online
The following sites will be telecasting the matches live:
ESPN3.com, Justin.tv, ATDHE.Net, ustream.tv, hostream.net, streamick.com, livesport1.us, asiaplatetv.com, iraqgoals.net, free-football.tv, MyP2P.eu, livesoccertv.com, Watch-Free.tv, Firstrow.net, tvbunch.com
Shakira Video Song Waka Waka
Shakira Video Song Waka Waka
Shakira performed live “Waka Waka” at opening ceremony of 2010 FIFA world Cup at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. The ceremony which lasted for whole three hours featured various performances besides Shakira’s Waka Waka. Waka Waka is the official song for this tournament and Shakira was chosen to sing it, surely there could not be any better choice than Shakira for this job. Shakira along with local South African famous group Freshlygroup sang the song in two languages i.e. English and Spanish. The song is based on another African soldiers’ song Zangalewa.It was not like that as Shakira was alone there on stage to perform but there were many other famous singers like Alicia Keys and Black Eyed Peas who performed on stage.
The event was started at 8PM local time and it was broadcasted live on television. The famous television sports channels broadcasted the ceremony live for soccer fans in different parts of the world. The opening match will be played today between South Africa and Mexico and like the opening ceremony this match is also to go on air live for the whole world. The South African cricket team is there in West Indies busy playing test series with them but there hearts are in their own country where the world’s biggest sport event is started. Captain Greame Smith wished his team a very best of luck for the event and said that he also wanted to be there in his own country to support his team.
Shakira’s Waka Waka video lasts just two minutes but this time was enough for Shakira to show her magnificence performance among the audience and her fans. The song was actually the anthem of tournament and there is just one song for the soccer lovers to sing and that is “Waka Waka”.
Tia Hithersay Biography, Wiki
Tia Hithersay Biography, Wiki
Tia Hithersay was Gabriel Agbonlahor’s girlfriend, and has an interesting story.Tia Hithersay (born 1985) first came to prominence when she lifted the lid on her romance with soccer ace, Jermaine Jenas. Until then, Jenas was presumed to be gay. In her exclusive interview with the glossie, she claimed Jenas cast her aside and that she was an aspiring glamour model back in 2005.
Teen glamour girl Tia Hithersay gave up hope of ever modelling again when she was glassed by a jealous rival.
At the time, she was working as a lapdancer at clubs in Sheffield and Birmingham to fund an NVQ in travel and tourism.
The topless model from South Shields lost a tooth when a former friend plunged a brandy glass into her cheek.
Her face was turned into a mask of blood when the goblet shattered and slashed her lips, snapping off her tooth at the root and breaking her nose.
The 20-year-old became a virtual recluse following the savage attack, believing her fledgling career as a model to be in tatters as doctors told her it would cost thousands to restore her face.
Refusing to leave the house, and hiding her face in a baseball cap and scarf, the jobless trainee hairdresser piled on the pounds by gorging on chocolate and calorie-laden Chinese takeaways.
Unhappy and prescribed antidepressant medication, Tia went from a slender size 10 to a 14.
But her care worker mum, Michaela, 37, was desperate to get her daughter`s career back on track and sent in her portrait to a beauty contest.
Her faith paid off and Tia landed third place and a photo-shoot that has relaunched her modelling career.
Since then Tia has regained her former figure, modelled for lad mags Zoo and Loaded and appeared in pop videos.
It wasn`t until 2008, that we heard again from Tia again. The News of the World reported that Gabriel Agbonlahor had impregnated her along with two other women at the same time, dubbed the ultimate hat trick.
The short version of the story is that Gabriel had three girlfriends at the same time. That on its own is something, but it gets better. Apparently the entire trio got pregnant, and Gabriel’s cover was blown after some of his girlfriends became suspicious about some text messaging that was going on behind their backs.
Tia Hithersay of course was one of the three girls, and not surprisingly, she is a model.
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