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Michael Phelps

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2006 Fina World Cup in New York City..... Michael's 400m IM Final race

Michael Phelps - Visa Commercial: Athens 2004 Olympics

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Michael Phelps swims across the Atlantic for Visa.

Michael Phelps

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Michael Phelps

Phelps Gets World Record, Seventh Gold

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Michael Phelps of the United States broke his own world record in the final of the men's 400-meter individual medley at the world championships on Sunday. Phelps, 21, won the gold in four minutes, 6.22 seconds to wipe 2.04 seconds off the previous...

Michael Phelps Tribute - 200 Freestyle World Record

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A tribute to Michael Phelps' 200 Freestyle at the 2007 Fina World Championships in Melbourne. Phelps came 3rd at the 2004 Olympic Games and after 3 years came to Win the World Championships in World Record time of 1:43.86 The song is "Jerk...

Michael Phelps freestyle multi angle camera

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Michael Phelps freestyle multi angle camera

Collingwood Beats West Coast in Finals

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Collingwood VS West Coast
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COLLINGWOOD last night (Friday 14th) staged an amazing comeback to beat West Coast by 19 points in extra time in a pulsating AFL semi-final at Subiaco.

The Magpies kicked 3.3 to two behinds in the two five-minute periods after full-time to win the sudden-death game 13.15 (93) to 10.14 (74).

It was the first drawn final since the Kangaroos eventually beat Hawthorn by 23 in their 1994 qualifying final.

Collingwood will now play Geelong next Friday night in their preliminary final.

Alan Didak was best for Collingwood and Anthony Rocca kicked three goals, while Dean Dox and Matt Priddis were best for the Eagles.

Leaving aside Adelaide in 1999, who failed to make the top eight, West Coast last night became the first defending premier to not win a final the following year since Carlton in 1996.

Collingwood beat the Eagles in Perth for the first time since 1992.

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Conclusion :

A lot will be said about the Eagles missing key players such as Cousins, Kerr and Judd and not a lot of mention of Collingwoods missing key players such as Fraser and the now fading Licuria, Holland, Rhyce Shaw and Prestigiacomo, Fraser was obviously the biggest player absent for Collingwood as West Coast's Cox and Embley are the big duo ruckman in the AFL.

West Coast's players standouts Matt Priddis is also gatherring a lot of media attention for his brilliant game, but what about Dane Swan and the return of form of Didak ? Dane Swan finished with 38 possessions and was the highest possession getter on the field (compared to Priddis' 37 possessions) and Alan Didak who collected 20 disposals in the last half of the game.

This game was the best game I have seen and I just hope it wont be swept aside because of the injuries to the key players before the game.

Beating West Coast at the WACA is an achievement in itself.

Kangaroos Shock The Hawks in Finals

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Kangaroos VS Hawks
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THE Kangaroos have stunned the highly-fancied Hawks by 33 points at the MCG to advance a preliminary final against Port Adelaide next Saturday at AAMI Stadium.

Thrashed by 106 points a week earlier, the Roos were a completely different unit on Saturday night and led from start to finish to record the 14.9 (93) to 8.12 (60) win in front of 74,981 fans.

Hawthorn’s tall forwards had received most of the press leading into the match but the Kangaroos’ superior pressure on the ball carrier starved them of opportunities. A rock solid Roos’ defensive unit held firm more often than not when the ball did enter its zone.

A Lance Franklin goal cut the Roos’ lead to just 11 points in the first minute of the last quarter, but the Kangaroos weren’t to be denied and thoroughly deserved to progress.

Daniel Wells led the Roos with 28 possessions, Brady Rawlings was superb with 27 touches while restricting Luke Hodge to just eight, and Brent Harvey and Aaron Edwards booted four goals each.

Edwards was the early dangerman for the Roos with his side’s first two goals of the match. It should really have been three majors, but the high-flying Roo failed to convert after he took a towering mark over teammate Drew Petrie and Stephen Gilham.

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Conclusion :

Hawks went into the game possibly to cocky with a physical approach and targetted numerous players rather than the ball, a number of times the Hawks players were targetting the player rather than the ball and in attempting to upset the players and get them away from the game - it back fired and worked against the Hawks and only put themselves in a vulnerable state and lead to an eventual shock loss.

Judd is Returning to Victoria

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Judd Leaves Eagles
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Like so many other AFL clubs in this year of generational change for the competition, West Coast are going to have to say goodbye to a club great.

But unlike James Hird at Essendon, Anthony Koutoufides at Carlton, Mark Ricciuto at Adelaide and Glenn Archer at the Kangaroos, Eagles fans will have to stomach the sight of Chris Judd in someone else's colours next year.

West Coast's pain of surrendering their AFL premiership on Friday night was dwarfed by the news their captain and two-time club champion Judd had decided to return to Victoria after six years in the west.

After months of speculation and consistent refusals by the Eagles' skipper to discuss his future publicly, West Coast bosses and coach John Worsfold were told at lunchtime they were losing their best player.

The shock felt in Perth and beyond was immediately clear when talkback callers rang radio stations in tears and high profile fans such as WA cricket coach Tom Moody and boxer Danny Green expressed their shock.

And the curt nature of West Coast's statement confirming their worst fears - "The West Coast Eagles are extremely disappointed with the decision" - spoke more than any number of paragraphs could.

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Conclusion :

Let the bidding wars begin .... the big questions will be who can afford a player of Judd's expense, Judd would have to be the highest paid footballer of all time and the new salary wil be more than his previous contract, this means the club who scores the champ' will need to make way for the expensive Judd' by either swapping or dumping some high profile players, and West Coast wont be letting him go cheaply and nor will rival clubs - WestCoasts extended salary cap is a bonus in these situations.

Look for key clubs such as Carlton (possibly with a high draft pick trade) and Fevola trade (bait) ....

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It's season over for the Roos.

Well it's all over for the Kangaroos in 2006, after finishing 14th with 7 wins fron the 22 games. Coach Dean Laidley says that the poor kicking and return for goals has been costly for the Roos this season.


The Roos also say goodbye to Saverio Rocca who now heads to America to try his boot in the American brand of Football, his last game was played against younger brother Anthony, both were sad and happy that Saverio had ended his career against his younger brother.

The Roos lost to the Pies, 139 to 71 with the Pies bolting away in the last quarter kicking the biggest score this season for one quarter with ten goals.

Kangaroos Loose again - AFL 2006 - Round 10

Sydney has staged the second come-from-behind victory in round 10 with a thrilling seven-point victory over the Kangaroos at Manuka Oval on Sunday afternoon.

Barry Hall Booted Six For Sydney Swans.

The Kangaroos loose what they really should have won, after leading six goals they were eventually over ran by the Sydney Swans, is the season over for the Roos?

KANGAROOS: 0.6, 7.10, 12.11, 14.14 (98)
SYDNEY: 5.3, 7.3, 11.6, 16.9 (105)

GOALS – Kangaroos: Hale 3, Thompson, Grant 2, J. Rawlings, Harvey, Simpson, Green, Harris, Watt, Petrie

BEST – Kangaroos: Archer, Hale, Harris, Harvey, Simpson, Rawlings

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The Kangaroos Loose Again - AFL 2006

A strong second half performance from Fremantle has handed the Kangaroos their second successive defeat, and sixth of the season, by 35 points at Subiaco Oval on Saturday.The visitors took the game up to the Dockers in the opening half and with four goals to three in the second term led by three points at half-time, but eight goals to one after the long break saw Freo to a 13.6 (84) to 6.13 (49) victory.

FREMANTLE: 2.3, 5.4, 9.4, 13.6 (84)
KANGAROOS: 1.5, 5.7, 5.9, 6.13 (49)

GOALS –
Fremantle: Pavlich 6, Murphy 3, M Carr, Hasleby, Longmuir, Farmer
Kangaroos: Jones 2, Harding 2, Harvey, Grant

BEST –
Fremantle: Pavlich, Bell, Murphy, Grover, Mundy
Kangaroos: Pratt, Wells, Sinclair, Jones, Petrie

The Kangaroos suffer another loss - AFL Blog 2006

The Kangaroos have suffered a heart-breaking four-point loss to Melbourne in a thrilling encounter in front of 30,392 fans at the MCG, the Demons prevailing 13.12 (90) to 12.14 (86).

Having fought back from a 20-point deficit at half-time, the Roos turned for home with a three-point lead and had increased it to as much as 12 during the final quarter, but a James McDonald goal in the dying minutes sealed Melbourne's victory.

In a match that had 10 lead changes - including eight in the second half - Melbourne bounced back from a disappointing third quarter to pull off a gritty win.

For the Kangaroos, Thompson led the way with five majors, while key defender Leigh Brown was outstanding down back, notching up 20 disposals and claiming 14 marks. Skipper Adam Simpson was the leading ball-winner for the match with 25 touches.

MELBOURNE: 1.3, 7.5, 9.9, 13.12 (90)
KANGAROOS: 2.4, 3.9, 9.12, 12.14 (86)

GOALS – Kangaroos: Thompson 5, Harvey 2, Green 2, Grant, Hale, Pratt
BEST – Kangaroos: Simpson, Grant, Thompson, Brown, Harvey, Makepeace, Firrito

AFL Kangaroos FC Blog - Dean Laidley has again defended forward Nathan Thompson

Kangaroos coach Dean Laidley has again defended forward Nathan Thompson for his decision to bench himself against Melbourne last week.

Thompson was in sound touch having kicking five goals for the game but left the ground in the dying minutes claiming fatigue.

The Demons went on to win by four points.Laidley said the club would continue to enforce a 'self-benching' policy for certain members of the side despite the controversy Thompson's fourth quarter departure has caused.

"We have certainly three or four players that bring themselves off the ground and they're midfielders," Laidley said on Tuesday at Arden Street.

"We need to make sure we keep our heat on the footy, and that's the way we'll continue to do it."

More support for Thompson
12:58:30 PM Tue 2 May, 2006
Jennifer Witham
Sportal for afl.com.au