Argentina was triumphant once again, as they defeat rival Brazil with a 93-89 victory, in the ongoing FIBA World Championships in Turkey.

Luis Scola, the six-foot-nine power forward Argentine scored 37 points and was the go-to player of his team in the last few minutes of the game held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul. The win gives them a quarterfinals berth and will give them the opportunity to face Lithuania on Thursday.

Scola scored 10 points in four-of-four shooting in the final three minutes of the match, which kept Brazil at bay. According to a post-game interview with Scola, he said that he was fortunate that he made all of the field goals that he attempted. He also said that sometimes his shots go in, while some do not, and that is the nature of the game. He now averages 30.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in every game that he has played in the tournament.

Fabricio Oberto, who plays center for Argentina, said that Scola has a lot of energy and that the Houston Rockets’ power forward is eager to play basketball. Oberto also added that Scola makes playing basketball look so effortless.

Scola was a part of the 2004 Argentine Olympic team that won the gold medal, along with National Basketball Association (NBA) star player Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs. He was drafted 55th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2002 NBA Draft, but was not allowed to play because of the restrictions of NBA rules, which limits teams of paying no more than $500,000 of a player’s buyout. He was also a former Euroleague superstar, playing for Saski Baskonia of Liga Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto or Liga ABC.

Scola re-signed with the Rockets earlier this summer for $47 million over five years. However, with the way he is playing in the FIBA World Championships, it seems like the Rockets acquired a promising player with less the price.

Team USA overpowered team Angola at the world basketball quarterfinals Monday.

The game ended with the score 121-66, in favor of the victorious Americans. Team USA finally had the look of a champion on their match with Angola, playing way above what they showed during their two previous games.

Forward Kevin Love said in an interview that wanted to stay humble, however, at the same time should know and think that they can win the game. He added that regardless of what people are saying the they are still crowd favorites, they should play and act like they are.

Billups scored 16 out of his 19 points in the first half, while Durant scored all of his 17 points in same half. Team USA showed impressive performances overwhelming Angola from the start until the end of the game.

Durant, speaking for the team said that they do not want to be a team that is turning it on and off. He said that he thinks they are playing a little more sense of urgency when they know that they have to go home if they lose. He also added that his team seemed to have awakened from a bad dream after their last two games.

The Americans’ offense help made the Angolans have turnovers that resulted to easy baskets for the Americans. The Americans shot 18 out 38 three-pointers, a record for a team having scored three-pointers in the world championship game.

Eric Gordon and Rudy gay provided team USA with 17 points each that helped them advance in the quarterfinals. Team USA is scheduled to face Russia, who defeated New Zealand, 78-56.

The Americans seemed lacking of focus on their previous games, mainly because they are very certain of their advancement.

However, they appeared sharper and seems to have raised their overall level of play after days of practice,

Billups said that this is what they have sacrificed their summers for.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is all over the Internet again Friday; only this time, he is apologizing for the racist comments he made against Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather Jr. apologizes for a video he recorded, making comments against Manny Pacquiao and repeatedly mispronouncing Pacquiao’s surname as “Pooch-ee-ow.” The undefeated boxer posted the video on uStream.com Thursday.

The number two pound-for-pound boxer said on the video, that he do want to apologize to everybody on what happened the other night. He said that he knew that many felt that what he said was racist comments. However, Maywheather said that he did not have any “racist bone” in his body. To contradict what others are thinking, the boxer said that he loves everybody and to prove that, he said that there are Muslims, Jews, Mexicans, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans on his team. “There is nothing but love in my heart, you know what I’m saying?” he added.

Mayweather also pointed out to the people offended by what he said that, he was just having fun, and he apologizes as a man asking for forgiveness. He said that he did not mean it, not in a bad way.

Pacquiao and Maywaether’s camp both attempted twice in the last nine months to finalize a Mayweather-Pacquia fight, but were unable to make the deal.

Mayweater also sent condolences to Bob Arum, his former promoter, whose son was found dead in the Cascaded Mountains in Washington. Arum’s 49-year old son, John was believed to have fallen on a 300-feet hiking accident.

In the controversial video made by Mayweather, he referred to Manny Pacquiao as a “yellow champ”. And said many degrading things to the Philippine native Champ. He referred to Pacquiao as a “midget” and used insulting slang term for a homosexual

Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal prevailed in consecutive sets despite committing falters against Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin in their U.S. Open match.

Nadal, the world’s top-seeded player was able to complete the game after an exhausting tiebreaker against the 23-year-old Istomin, who is supported by the crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

It was the second time in as many rounds for Nadal to advance through his effort and determination. He defeated Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round, and he needed at least 3 hours to win the match in consecutive sets. In the second round, Istomin came up prepared for the match on a surprising rain-free evening in the Flushing Meadows, but Nadal defeated him in consecutive sets as well.

Istomia, the Uzbekistan tennis player holds his highest-ranking career in the world at number 39 has reached the final at the Pilot Pen in New York Haven before the U.S. Open. He was able to stun the fans even if he was not the crowd’s favorite.

However, the fans who attended the evening match immediately acknowledge him as he battled the top-seeded Nadal. The fans started to make noise in the second set tiebreaker, which turn into a breath-taking match up.

Nevertheless, the top-seed player in the world, Nadal, was able to control the tempo and proved the crowd why he deserved to be the top-seed. The victory he gained on Friday has proven his skills on playing a composure game in a tight match unlike other top-seed players who are often outplayed by their opponents mostly in the early rounds of a tournament.

This is a special victory for Nadal because it came in a test or two in one tournament and not just is the Open that the top-seed player has never won a Grand Slam, it is also the only one that he never advanced to the final.

Jason Day of Australia rolled in a 26-ffot putt to finish a run of three consecutive birdies that gave him the second-round lead after Tiger Woods experienced a back-nine decline at the Barclays on Friday.

The 22-year-old Australian fired his subsequent consecutive four-under-par 67 for an eight-under 134 overall and a one-stroke lead ahead Americans Vaughn Taylor and Kevin Streelman, who shot a scorching 63 at the FedEx Cup playoffs opening event.

Woods, who alongside Taylor shared the top spot on the first round after a kickoff 65, begin his round over the 10th hole and lead the field at eight under par as he made his turn but all of the sudden lost momentum coming home.

Woods, being the world’s number one, struggled through his most terrible season and eyeing for his first win. He had shot a bogey in par-three second when he commenced a short hurl shot from the rough going to green following a photographer who has taken pictures of his backswing.

Moreover, Woods has failed to spot a par putt from inside two feet for bogey at the sixth following another miss short putt to bogey the earlier hole. At the end, another bogey was fired and finished a two-over-par 73 that put Woods at 138, which was four strokes after Day.

Woods, who was tied for 14th said that he hit two loose iron shots yet more than everything, he did not putt well.

Meanwhile, Day, who challenged at this month’s PGA Championship until a devastating hole that came in the latter parts of the final round, has scorched it out from the fifth, his number 14 hole of the day. He knocked in a two-footer and drenched a seven-footer prior to rolling in from long distance.

Furthermore, Day said that he was shocked to see Woods declined on the leaderboard.

Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Lance Cade died on Friday morning of what is believed to have been a heart failure at the age of 29.

Lance McNaught in real life has numerous runs with WWE since joining in 2000 that includes a prominent tag-team with Trevor Murdoch, and was able to join the Chris Jericho’s protégé before he was released in 2008.

McNaught, who was one of the original wrestling students of Shawn Michaels at the Michaels’ Wrestling Academy in San Antonio, Texas and worked for the WWE using the ring name Lance Cade. Because of his tall and thin body frame as well as athletic skills, he was compared to a young Barry Windham. After his few appearances for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan, Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), he was immediately given the opportunity to sign a contract with the WWF.

In 2003, he was able to join the prominent group to form a team along with Mark Jindrak competing for the Wrestlemania XX matchup. Eventually, Cade was brought back to WWE developmental and came back as the partner of Trevor Murdoch, which they became one of the dominant WWE Tag Teams.

His most dominant appearances in WWE when he became second to Chris Jericho during the superior feud of Jericho against Shawn Michaels. However, because of the incident on a plane where he took several painkillers and went into a convulsive attack, Cade was immediately relieved from the WWE. The aircraft had to be change direction to be able to save his life.

WWE eventually decided to give him a second chance by bringing him back only for a one year deal, but released him without definite reason. Although there had been some rumors, that he is seeking for assistance because of private matters. The company then decided to help him by sending him to the rehab. Cade was a bit disappointed with his released because he felt that the contract he had signed is not followed. However, a source close to the company said that the management and wrestlers, who worked with Cade before, rejected the claim secretly.

Unfortunately, today Cade leaves behind his two young daughters.

Jacques Rogge, the president of International Olympic Committee, will announce the inaugural Youth Olympic Game in Singapore on Saturday hoping to teach young athletes to play fair and reject corruption and racism.

Furthermore, this event will fulfill Rogge’s longtime desire to make a multi-sport and global event for young athletes. Rogge said that it is also training for their soon Olympic life. He also added that the Youth Olympic Game can add some values with teens that will be joining the event in a human and very modern way.

In addition, the event will present about 3,600 athletes, 14 to 18 years of age and representing over 200 nations, contending in the similar 26 sports on the recent program of Summer Olympics. Moreover, Rogge said that the village for the athletes will twice as a big classroom for the games on August 14 to 26.

Rogge added that he consider they were experts to pursue this kind of big sport events but they are entering now a latest field, which is the education field. They can make some mistakes in the beginning but they will learn from it.

On the other hand, the International Olympic Committee has wanted to learn from groups like Girl Guides movements, Boy Scouts, agencies from United Nations, child experts in the world’s academic and schools.

There will also be workshops that be held in the village of the athletes to endorse healthy lifestyles and good values. Rogge expects all this skill will provide a long lasting learning for the athletes. However, Rogge also said that they will not force them with prepared information.

He added that education is not simply about transmitting knowledge but it is also attaining new things, accepting them and accomplishing. Furthermore, athletes will also get information about warm-up and diet and techniques for training to avoid injuries.

Alberto Contador stood at the top of the platform of Tour de France winning for the third time in four years and overwhelmed as the National Anthem of Spain played across the Champ-Elysees.

In the other hand, Lance Armstrong clapped and then leaves the area. In addition, when asked what about he’s thinking, Armstrong only said that he needed a cold a beer. Frequently, the growth of a sport’s newest superstar united so nicely with the exit of the last one.

Contador held off a next to last day face up to Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, Contador’s ruuner-up for the second consecutive year, exhausting much of the performance from the 20th and final phase. Moreover, Denis Menchov of Russia ranked third.

In addition, Armstrong finished the last Tour in 23rd placer, 39:20 after Contador, Armstrong’s previous teammate and contender. Schleck promises he will win the yellow jersey one day. However, that promise could turn out the next grand Tour competition, but this year, it was not always generous.

Schleck, wearing yellow jersey, affixed an attack against Contador on the Pyrenean climb. Unexpectedly, Schleck’s chain came undone, and he pedaled in proud. Meanwhile, Contador sped ahead and when the stage finish, he overtake yellow and 39 seconds of Schleck. Contador won overall.

Most of the athletics cried foul, saying Contador had broke the sport’s unspoken manner about not taking benefit of unlucky breaks a rider cannot control. Moreover, some fans flouted Contador, and he afterward apologized on YouTube. Schleck, who was fist-hitting furious at first, finally flashed things up with the competition and advised the crowd to as well.

According to Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter, Manny Pacquiao will fight Antonio Margarito on November 13.

They will fight for the vacant super welterweight championship either in Monterrey, Mexico or in Las Vegas, if Margarito can get licensed. That closes the chance of a match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the two most famous and number one boxers in the world for 2010.

Moreover, Arum said that he come up to pick Margarito instead of Miguel Cotto because it would be sensed as a more aggressive boxing match. The boxing match will be given to HBO pay-per-view. Arum also added that Cotto was defeated and even with Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame trainer, Arum think that people believe that it is sufficient to make variation and he is not sure that they would buy it as opposing.
Arum also added that one good thing is that Margarito and Pacquiao’s fight will be a thrilling and exciting one. In addition, Margarito knows exactly that the way to win is to fight and that is what people want to watch.

However, the controversy in Margarito’s hand-wrap is a not a minor issue. He was trapped with a hardened substance that is found in Margarito’s pad proceeding to a January 24, 2009 fight with Shane Mosley in California. Margarito was obliged to re-wrap his hands and he has been knocked out in the ninth round by Mosley.

Moreover, the California State Athletic Commission suspended Margarito last February 2009. Margarito was fought only one after the fight with Mosley and win a dull split decision over Roberto Garcia. On July 09, Margarito has applied for a license. However, the Nevada Athletic Commission tabled the issue and told Margarito to go back to California. The Nevada Athletic Commission came up with this decision because of the 4-41 vote about the licensure of Margarito.

Tiger Woods is still the number one professional golfer in the world and riches athlete in America.
Last year, Tiger Woods is on the brink of losing everything. However, the talent and superiority to the game of golf makes him the best golfer in the world. It is also for the continuous trust of different companies he endorses that makes him number one on performance and earnings this year.
Scandal rocked his career causing him to make himself unavailable to play for almost a year. This cost him millions in endorsement. He was dropped by Gatorade, AT&T, and Accenture. Other remains and FedEx Cup gave him $10 million bonus to keep his spot at number one.
Fifty of the best athlete in America in all sporting discipline was listed as richest. Tiger Woods is the richest with $90,508,163 in total from his $20,508,163 salary/winnings and $70,000,000 on endorsement. He has the record of leading the money list in nine different seasons.
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods is an American professional golfer. He was introduced to golf at the age of two by his father. In 1984, at the age of 8, he won the 9-10 boys’ event of the Junior World Golf Championships. He went to win this championships six times including four consecutive wins from 1988-1991.
He debuted in this sport as professional on August 1996. He has won 16 World Golf Championships in 11 years as golfer. Currently, he is the World number 1 in Golf. He is the youngest in history as the fastest to win 50 tournaments in tour.
His superiority to the game gave him this unbeatable record. At 24, he became the youngest golfer to achieve the Career Grand Slam. He won 71 on the PGA Tour and 38 European Tour which is third all time, two at Japan Golf Tour, one at Asian Tour, one at Tour of Australasia and 15 other championships. He is the second golfer after Jack Nicklaus to have achieved a career Grand Slam three times.