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Argentina in Under-20 World Cup and scored penalty kicks in team matches. His unique goal making skills and performance on field made him quite popular eventually. Messi with his short stature of 5 feet and 7 inches is often compared to the legendary Argentinean player Diego Maradona. After representing his country and club in various popular tournaments, he received the prestigious FIFA Player of the Year award in 2009. In the same year, he won Champions League and Spanish Super Cup Titles with…

Lionel Messi is a famous soccer player, a lots of people are so crazy about his soccer skills. And now I will talk about his the prize he got, his magic soccer skills and his life experence. I will start of the prize he got.Messi got a lots of pize in his life. In 2007 Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite are still the champion in the world and ni that time Messi like a kid stand between theRicardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. But with the time growth Messi become more succeeful. Ricardo Izecson dos…

He put himself in the record books in 2005, as the youngest player to ever score a goal for the franchise. In the same year, he led Argentina to the title in the under-20 World Cup, scoring on a pair of penalty kicks to propel the team over Nigeria. At the end of 2012 Messi, had made 91 goals in the club and international play, eclipsing the 85 netted in a single calendar year. The soccer great came back to earth somewhat that…

Soccer star Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in Rosario, Argentina. Starting soccer at a young age, Messi would tag along with his older brother to demolish the field. At the age of eight, he was recruited to join the youth system of Newell's Old Boys, an Argentinian soccer club based in Rosario, Argentina, Recognizably smaller than most of the kids in his age group, Messi was eventually diagnosed by doctors as suffering from a hormone deficiency that stunted his growth. Growing up Messi’s…

There are magicians around us. Skeptics will disagree but when someone turns on their television set and watch Messi go past five to six players and score or Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a “thunderbolt” from forty yards out, everyone may have second thoughts. In today’s world of professional soccer, these two names come up when the question of “Who is the best player in the world?” is posed. Lionel Messi is an Argentinian superstar, and Cristiano Ronaldo is the Portuguese juggernaut. They are…

Kumalo and Jarvis: The Differences and the Similarities In the prodigious novel Cry The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, Paton conveys a great amount of details to help the readers visualize the scenery of South Africa. Paton does an exquisite job to show the problems of Africa. Paton writes in a way so the readers must ponder about Africa. In the novel there are several main characters that face problems due to the situations in Africa. Many conflicts occur between Msimangu, Absalom Kumalo…

Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by Josh Carlin is an extraordinary read about a nation that no one ever thought would come together as one. As a politician of South Africa and eventually the president, Nelson Mandela, always seemed to know how to win others over. Not only would he win them over, he would develop a connection through his words that made the people feel adoring to his nature. The drive and motivation combined with the smooth talker he was led him…

Waikato Rugby Union speaks up about the match fixing game allegation (this is my feature story) After the Ranfurly Shield game that occurred on October 3, 2015, there is allegation that one of the team players in WRU organization, Stephen Donald was involved in a match fixing game. The Waikato Rugby Union had a press conference on October 7, 2015 to answer the match-fixing allegation that they received from the media during the Ranfurly Sheild game. In the press conference General Manager,…

18 years later Announcer: “Walker is dribbling up the field, going by defenders, it's only him and the goalie with 30 seconds left. This could be the game winner! He shoots! He scores!!! Max Walker wins the World Cup for…