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Monaco economy high-value-added, nonpolluting industries
Monaco, bordering France on the Mediterranean coast, is a popular resort, attracting tourists to its casino and pleasant climate. The principality also is a major banking center and has successfully sought to diversify into services and small, high-value-added, nonpolluting industries. The state has no income tax and low business taxes and thrives as a tax haven both for individuals who have established residence and for foreign companies that have set up businesses and offices..............
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Spurs to Take Gudjohnsen on Loan From Monaco
"I just thought he's a good player and he can play several positions for us, he can play in a midfield or attacking-midfield role if we want to change our system," manager Harry Redknapp told the BBC on Thursday.
"We've lost Aaron Lennon (to injury) so we haven't got a great deal of width. We can play a diamond formation if we want to and he can be a big player in that system.
"So, yes, we took him on loan until the end of the season to see how it goes."
Gudjohnsen was due to have a medical at the north London club before finalising the deal this week.
The Iceland international has played 11 matches in all competitions for Monaco this season, starting seven, but has not scored for the Ligue 1 side.
The 31-year-old had also been a target for Tottenham's heavily-indebted Premier League rivals West Ham United, who hope to bring in two new strikers in their fight against relegation.
"We thought we had a deal and the player had even had a medical," West ham co-owner David Sullivan told the BBC earlier this week. "We then heard that Tottenham were trying to speak to the player.
"I can't say I am happy about it but I believe in karma and what goes around, comes around."
Redknapp was quoted in the London Evening Standard on Thursday saying: "We've been talking about Gudjohnsen for nearly two weeks and when we heard West Ham were interested we made our move.
"We are not paying a penny more than West Ham were offering him. Two identical deals were on the table. In the end it was a straight choice for the player." Tottenham, who are fourth in the table and fighting for a Champions League slot, also said on their website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com) that their Mexico midfielder Giovani Dos Santos had joined Turkish side Galatasaray on loan until the end of the season.
Source:nytimes.com/
Chu-Young extends Monaco deal
The 25-year-old South Korea international has been with the French club since 2008 and his good form has earned him a new deal.
Park, who moved to Stade Louis II last season from FC Seoul, has scored six league goals this term and one in the French Cup.
Monaco are currently sixth in Ligue 1, eleven points behind leaders and defending champions Bordeaux.
A win for Les Rouge et Blanc against Nice on Saturday could see them move into second place in the French top flight.
Source:skysports.com/
Korea star Park more than Monaco marketing success
MONACO — Alongside goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier and Brazilian sensation Nene, South Korean international Park Chu-young has been one of the revelations of the season for France top flight side Monaco.
An Asian Youth Championship winner at the age of 19 in 2004, where he was the top scorer and player of the tournament, Park endured a slow start to his career at the Stade Louis II.
In the summer of 2008 his signing became a number one priority for then-coach Ricardo and his assistant, Jean Petit.
"He was presented to us by intermediaries living in Monaco," recalls Petit, who now works as an advisor to the club board.
"We found his profile very interesting. We were in need of two forwards. As far as we were concerned, Park had to be one of them.
"Lots of clubs were interested. Ricardo and me had to really force the issue. It wasn't easy, or straightforward, but it turned out brilliantly."
Park began last season late, in September, following his return from the Beijing Olympics where he had been representing his country.
His debut campaign, in which he scored five goals in 31 league games, proved something of a learning curve, but Park was already demonstrating his fighting spirit and his desire to knuckle down for the team.
Able to play both as an out-and-out frontman as well as a support striker, he has become an essential component of the team and has already scored six goals in the league and one in the French Cup against Lyon.
"Up front is his best position," says Petit. "But he can still improve. He doesn't have enough of a killer instinct."
Cruelly dismissed in some quarters as a marketing tool brought in by former president Jerome de Bontin in order to capitalise on his huge popularity in South Korea, the Taekwondo enthusiast now looks irreplaceable.
The current Monaco board have acted accordingly and on Friday they announced that he has signed a contract extension tying him to the principality club until 2013.
Shy and retiring, Park has consciously constructed a barrier between himself and the media since his arrival in Europe.
"I only speak Korean," he says whenever prompted for a comment by the press.
Club insiders, however, say that he communicates with ease in English and French. "He understands everything, he's cultivated and intelligent," says one.
His agent, meanwhile, claims he has an IQ of 150.
For Park, who this summer will compete in his second World Cup at the age of just 25, Monaco is just a stepping stone.
"He knows what he wants," says Petit. "He wants to play for a big club. So he lives healthily and gives everything for the team. And, true to the Asian mentality, he never gives up on anything."
Source:AFP
An Asian Youth Championship winner at the age of 19 in 2004, where he was the top scorer and player of the tournament, Park endured a slow start to his career at the Stade Louis II.
In the summer of 2008 his signing became a number one priority for then-coach Ricardo and his assistant, Jean Petit.
"He was presented to us by intermediaries living in Monaco," recalls Petit, who now works as an advisor to the club board.
"We found his profile very interesting. We were in need of two forwards. As far as we were concerned, Park had to be one of them.
"Lots of clubs were interested. Ricardo and me had to really force the issue. It wasn't easy, or straightforward, but it turned out brilliantly."
Park began last season late, in September, following his return from the Beijing Olympics where he had been representing his country.
His debut campaign, in which he scored five goals in 31 league games, proved something of a learning curve, but Park was already demonstrating his fighting spirit and his desire to knuckle down for the team.
Able to play both as an out-and-out frontman as well as a support striker, he has become an essential component of the team and has already scored six goals in the league and one in the French Cup against Lyon.
"Up front is his best position," says Petit. "But he can still improve. He doesn't have enough of a killer instinct."
Cruelly dismissed in some quarters as a marketing tool brought in by former president Jerome de Bontin in order to capitalise on his huge popularity in South Korea, the Taekwondo enthusiast now looks irreplaceable.
The current Monaco board have acted accordingly and on Friday they announced that he has signed a contract extension tying him to the principality club until 2013.
Shy and retiring, Park has consciously constructed a barrier between himself and the media since his arrival in Europe.
"I only speak Korean," he says whenever prompted for a comment by the press.
Club insiders, however, say that he communicates with ease in English and French. "He understands everything, he's cultivated and intelligent," says one.
His agent, meanwhile, claims he has an IQ of 150.
For Park, who this summer will compete in his second World Cup at the age of just 25, Monaco is just a stepping stone.
"He knows what he wants," says Petit. "He wants to play for a big club. So he lives healthily and gives everything for the team. And, true to the Asian mentality, he never gives up on anything."
Source:AFP
I've Lost Respect For Eidur Gudjohnsen - West Ham United's Gianfranco Zola
The 31-year-old, who is contracted to Monaco, underwent a medical at Upton Park recently after talks with Zola, although opted to join Harry Redknapp’s Spurs on loan after they swooped in to secure a deal.
The italian could not hide his disappointment and disgust towards the former Chelsea and Barcelona striker's decision, detailing that he felt let down by the conduct of him and Tottenham.
Zola told a press conference: “I am disappointed with Spurs [Tottenham Hotspur] and disappointed with [Eidur] Gudjohnsen. I was expecting good behaviour from him.
“They keep telling me that football has got like this right now and I keep saying that when I’m dealing with people, I always expect for the people that I have got in front [of] me to behave in a certain way - with respect.”
Zola added though that there was no time to dwell on the matter, but to look ahead to the rest of the season.
“Okay, that wasn't the case here. But we move on. We have a lot of things to achieve here this season and we can still achieve them anyway,” he added.
The Premier League strugglers have made acquiring a striker before the January transfer window ends a priority.
Source:goal.com/
Rare Ferrari Collection at RM Auctions Monaco
RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, is delighted to announce the consignment of a single-owner collection of five significant Ferraris to its Sporting Classics of Monaco sale, taking place at the Grimaldi Forum on 1st May, 2010.
“RM has quickly established itself as Europe’s leading seller of vintage Ferraris at auction,” says Max Girardo, Managing Director of RM Europe. “We are truly pleased to be offering this fabulous collection of significant Ferraris at our forthcoming event in Monaco.”
The feature car of the collection is regarded as one of the finest examples of the hugely desirable covered headlamp 250 GT ‘Tour de France’ model. Finished in Rosso Barchetta, this long wheelbase 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France (s/n 0925 GT) was supplied new to the famous collector William Harrah through Otto Zipper Motors, Ferrari’s official representative in Hollywood, California. It features beautiful, all-alloy Scaglietti-designed bodywork and only 17,500 original miles. Many consider 0925 GT to be the best and most original 250 GT Tour de France example in existence, thanks in part to its long residence in the Harrah Collection combined with its very low mileage. The car changed hands in 1986 after Mr. Harrah’s death, and has since participated in several Mille Miglia Storica retrospectives and various other rallies in the 1990s, including the Tour de France Auto. (Estimate: €2,000,000 – €2,500,000)
Another highlight of the collection is a rare 1952 Ferrari 225 Sport Vignale Berlinetta (s/n 0170ET), one of only two lightweight ‘Tuboscocca’ competition Berlinetta’s produced. 0170ET was supplied new in 1952 to Dr. Augusto Caraceni in Rome who campaigned it in the Mille Miglia that same year alongside Franco Meloni. The car boasts a strong period and contemporary competition history and has been shown at several concours events over the years. (Estimate: €600,000 - €800,000)
One of the most iconic Ferraris of the 1970s was the 365 GTB/4 Daytona and amongst this collection is a rare 1971 ‘Spyder’ example (s/n 14553) sold new in the USA. One of only 121 Daytona Spyders ever built, this car has since been the subject of a concours-quality restoration by a leading marque specialist and is officially certified by the factory. More recently it participated in the 2008 Daytona 40th anniversary celebrations in Maranello. (Estimate: €600,000 - €800,000)
Rounding out the collection is an alloy 1954 250 Europa Pinin Farina Coupe (s/n 0349), the 1954 Paris Salon car, a highly original first series example that is Ferrari Classiche certified and won its class at Villa d’Este in 2008. (Estimate: €450,000 - €700,000); and, a long-nose, alloy-bodied 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB (s/n 7933), supplied new with the desirable six carburetor setup making it one of the most powerful 275 GTBs produced (Estimate: €700,000 - €900,000).
This single-owner collection of Ferraris joins the recently-announced Zach Collection of Rolls-Royce motor cars on the starting grid of RM’s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco event at the Grimaldi Forum on 1st May, 2010 - the same weekend as the 7th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco. The single-day event is set to present 80 of the world’s finest motor cars to an elite assemblage of automotive enthusiasts and collectors from around the world.
For further information or to discuss consignment opportunities, please contact RM’s London office on +44 20 7851 7070 or visit www.rmauctions.com.
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Source:classicrallies.com/
Leviathan Energy Selected to Present at CleanEquity Monaco
Leviathan Energy has been selected to present at CleanEquity Monaco 2010, the
foremost event for next generation clean and green technology. The conference
takes place March 4th and 5th at the Sporting d'Hiver, Monaco.
Leviathan Energy is a group of renewable companies with disruptive innovations
in large wind, small wind turbines, hydroelectric power, underwater turbines,
wave turbines, and more. Leviathan Energy is selling the Wind
Tulip, an elegant
small vertical axis wind turbine, the Wind Energizer, a method for improving the
output of wind farms, and the Benkatina Hydroelectric Turbine for water
utilities.
An expert selection of the world's most inspiring cleantech companies will be
presenting to invited industry-specific financial and strategic investors,
policy makers, legislators, and media.
Innovator Capital of London, a specialist investment bank, hosts the annual
invitation-only event. CleanEquity Monaco's regional host is the Monaco Chamber
of Economic Development.
Other local partners include Prince Albert II of Monaco's Foundation, the Monte
Carlo SBM, and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. Collaborators for the 2010
event include Arup, Covington and Burling LLP, the Hugin Group, Invest
Securities, Royal Philips Electronics NV and the UNEP Fi.
Plenary sessions, led by sector experts, will discuss and identify key industry
themes, drivers, and constraints, as well as future trends.
CONTACT DETAILS
Joe Van Zwaren
VP of Business Development
jvanzwaren@leviathanenergy.com
+972-54-973-0029
Source:
foremost event for next generation clean and green technology. The conference
takes place March 4th and 5th at the Sporting d'Hiver, Monaco.
Leviathan Energy is a group of renewable companies with disruptive innovations
in large wind, small wind turbines, hydroelectric power, underwater turbines,
wave turbines, and more. Leviathan Energy is selling the Wind
Tulip, an elegant
small vertical axis wind turbine, the Wind Energizer, a method for improving the
output of wind farms, and the Benkatina Hydroelectric Turbine for water
utilities.
An expert selection of the world's most inspiring cleantech companies will be
presenting to invited industry-specific financial and strategic investors,
policy makers, legislators, and media.
Innovator Capital of London, a specialist investment bank, hosts the annual
invitation-only event. CleanEquity Monaco's regional host is the Monaco Chamber
of Economic Development.
Other local partners include Prince Albert II of Monaco's Foundation, the Monte
Carlo SBM, and the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. Collaborators for the 2010
event include Arup, Covington and Burling LLP, the Hugin Group, Invest
Securities, Royal Philips Electronics NV and the UNEP Fi.
Plenary sessions, led by sector experts, will discuss and identify key industry
themes, drivers, and constraints, as well as future trends.
CONTACT DETAILS
Joe Van Zwaren
VP of Business Development
jvanzwaren@leviathanenergy.com
+972-54-973-0029
Source:
Burnley take Monaco striker Frederic Nimani on loan
Burnley have confirmed the signing of Monaco striker Frederic Nimani on a five-month loan deal, with a view to a possible permanent transfer.
The 21-year-old scored seven goals in his first full season with Monaco, but has found first-team chances hard to come by this campaign.
Birmingham and Bolton were also reported to have been interested.
But new Clarets boss Brian Laws won the race to clinch his first signing since taking over from Owen Coyle.
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The France Under-21 international came up through the Monaco youth ranks and has had loan experience at Lorient and Sedan.
Nimani has played eight times for Monaco this season, scoring once.
Source:news.bbc.co.uk/
The 21-year-old scored seven goals in his first full season with Monaco, but has found first-team chances hard to come by this campaign.
Birmingham and Bolton were also reported to have been interested.
But new Clarets boss Brian Laws won the race to clinch his first signing since taking over from Owen Coyle.
AndyattheTurf
The France Under-21 international came up through the Monaco youth ranks and has had loan experience at Lorient and Sedan.
Nimani has played eight times for Monaco this season, scoring once.
Source:news.bbc.co.uk/
Eagles don’t need another Okocha’
Super Eagles midfielder Seyi Olofinjana has kept an average profile in his football career, and despite being wanted by Ligue One club, Monaco, twice, the Chemical Engineering graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, still prefers to remain in the English Premier League, playing for modest clubs. He explained the circumstances that led to his rejection of a £2.5 million move to the club last July.
“It was my second time of getting close to joining Monaco of France. I was about to go there in 2004 when I left SK Brann in Norway but there was a change of administration at the club and the new management had a change of heart about recruiting players,” he said.
“Last July, I was about to join the club but I decided not to pursue the move despite the club’s readiness to give me a contract with a very good package. Football is not all about the money and I had to weigh my options and consider my future. It is obvious that many players want to come to England to play, so why should I leave such league for France? Even players from France are eager to come to England. I didn’t see it as sign of moving forward if I took the France option, so I decided to stay in England .
“But the major reason why I did not go to France was because of my education. I have been studying in England for some years and I want to complete my masters degree in engineering and hopefully begin a Phd programme there. My future lies in how much I put into my education and a mere movement across Europe could put all that in jeopardy. If I have to do it in France, that means I have to learn the language first, that could take a year.”
With all the facility and perhaps enough wealth to live life to its fullest in England, Olofinjana makes daily sacrifice, walking away from the glare of the public. According to him, his life has only two phases in England.
“It is very tasking playing Premier League football and studying at the level I do. It takes away so many things from me because I am not able to do anything else outside the pitch except going to school. While my club mates are relaxing and enjoying outside the pitch, I am in the classroom all the time. Football is not forever and either I like it or not, the truth is that one day I will stop playing. It could come anytime.
“I don’t see myself better than anybody in the game but it is a privilege to study in the United Kingdom at this age. As a human being, I am equipping myself for the future by studying but who knows, my future may still be in football if God wants it like that.”
The former Wolves and Stoke player may be an employee in England, but in Nigeria, his status is in the reverse. He reluctantly opened up on his other business, pointing out the significance of his mother’s death in his life.
“Who told you I have an engineering company? Well, it is true that I have a growing company but it is not something elaborate and I am not making noise about it. I formed the company in Nigeria as a way of giving back something to my country by creating employment opportunities for the people. I pray that it grows more so that more people can be employed. I am not after the profit but it will be a great thing if those in charge help its growth.
“I do a lot of charity work but I don’t think I will want to talk so much about it in the media. Charity work is a thing of mind and only God can reward those who are doing it. The one most people know that I am involved in is the football academy in Nigeria where children are trained to play football and go to school. It is formed in memory of my late mother, Elizabeth Olofinjana.
“The academy is in her name and I also have a foundation named after her. She did a lot for me but it is unfortunate that she died in 1996 when I needed her most. I was a young boy at the time and I felt that death was too wicked to me. It was a painful moment for me, but I thank God that she lived a good life. He is the one that gives and takes back. I cannot fault Him because there are children who have no parents. That is why it is important for me to help the needy in the society.”
“With the Monaco deal off in July, Olofinjana joined Hull City , but his first major achievement in the club came when his solo drive killed off the zeal in his former club mates. It was a fantastic goal that he celebrated wildly on November 8, 2009.
“When I scored against my former club Stoke City , I celebrated in a special way for several reasons. It is not every defensive midfielder that scores goals and even though I have been scoring goals for clubs I had played for, I considered it special to score for Hull City for the first time.
“The fact that the goal was against my old club made it special to the fans although I did not see it that way, but the major reason for my wild celebration was because of the nature of the goal. It was a fantastic goal and was nominated as the goal of the month.”
Football is hereditary in some family. Austin Okocha has a brother, Emmanuel, who played for Nigeria at Algiers ’90 while Segun Odegbami’s brother, Wole, also played for Nigeria at Maroc ’88. Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu brother, Ogbonnaya, was also invited to the national team at a time in his short football career. But does football flow in the family blood of the Olofinjanas? The former Kwara United player explained that football came to him by accident.
“I have brothers that also played football but they did not get to the top of the game. I am only a privileged person to have played to this height but it does not mean that everybody related to me must also play football. They can be useful to themselves and mankind in another way.
“When I started playing football, I did not see it as a career; it was something I did leisurely but as I started developing and people appreciated what I did on the pitch, I realised that I could make a living from it.”
At the Serrada Chela Hotel where the Super Eagles camped in Lubango, Olofinjana, Osaze Odemwingie, Kanu and Yakubu Aiyegbeni were always seen together. These players are without doubt the senior members of the team, but their congregation, according to Olofinjana who joined the team in 2000, must not be viewed as a class symbol.
“People may be right that I am among the senior members of the Eagles today. But there is no senior player here, we are all equal. I associate with all the players normally and whoever comes in will be treated equally. We are not going to be here forever. If we were not welcome by the players we met here, maybe we would not be here today.”
One of the major problems of the team today is the absence of a playmaker like Okocha, a problem coach Shaibu Amodu has struggled to solve without success. While many have called for the inclusion of the former Bolton Wanderers in the team, Olofinjana reminded Nigerians that every player has his special talent.
“The Eagles do not need another Okocha, we have to do with what we have and develop the team. Asking for Okocha is like the French team asking for another Zinedine Zidane. There is only one Okocha in Nigeria and he has retired from the game. Talents are different in players.
“Mikel Obi is a player we need to encourage. He is young and gradually coming of age, he is doing a wonderful work in the midfield. He has the talent and each time he plays, you can see that he is willing to do more. Apart from that, we need to develop more young talent. We don’t have to start looking for them because they are there in Nigeria . We only have to give them the chance and let them play at the right time.”
At 29, the Hull City midfielder is still single but not searching for a partner. Despite his preference for a low profile lifestyle, he said he would not hide away from walking to the altar when the time comes.
“I am not too young to do so and even if I have the money to wed now, marriage is not done because you have wealth to sustain it. It is God that established it and He is the one that will choose the right time for me. It is not just getting married but staying married. I am already working on it and to be sincere with Nigerians, I already have someone that I will marry.”
Source:punchng.com/
Monaco turn over Lyon to book Bordeaux date
PARIS — Monaco set up a top billing clash with Bordeaux in the France Cup round of 16 after coming from behind to beat Lyon 2-1 at the Stade Louis II on Sunday.
South Korean international striker Chu-Young Park converted a close-range header 13 minutes from time to send Guy Lacombe's team through and consign Lyon, who took a deserved lead into the interval, to their first loss of 2010.
Centre-back Jean-Alain Boumsong had given Lyon the lead on the cusp of half-time with a thumping header but Monaco's Brazilian striker Nene equalised from the penalty spot seven minutes into the second period after Sidney Govou was adjudged to have fouled him in the penalty area.
Monaco coach Guy Lacombe said the result was logical given how far his team had come this season after a shaky start.
"We are making real progress. We are beginning to put together a coherent and effective game on the pitch," said the former PSG handler.
"We have now gone eight matches without defeat. That is good. It is the first time this season that Monaco has been behind and gone on to win.
"That is an indication of how far we have progressed."
His Lyon counterpart Claude Puel admitted that he felt the loss as did the team because they had had a real desire to win the trophy, especially as they are trailing Bordeaux by a long way in the title race
"This loss is therefore hugely frustrating, especially as the squad really wants to win something this season. But we will try and get this out of our system tomorrow (Monday) and focus on the League Cup tie with Lorient this week," said Puel.
Earlier, Paris Saint-Germain overcame third-division Evian 3-1 after a workmanlike performance and will travel to fourth-tier Vesoul in the last 16.
Turkish international striker Mevlut Erding and last season's top scorer Guillaume Hoarau, starting his first game since October after a spell on the sidelines, were on target for the hosts, while Kevin Berigauld replied for the visitors.
"It's good for the confidence," said Erding. "Guillaume scored, I scored. Evian were a great team but we were focused right to the end and the victory was deserved."
Reigning cup holders Guingamp of the second division - who came from behind to stun Rennes 2-1 in last season's final - beat fourth-division Mulhouse to take their place in the last 16.
They will meet the winners of the delayed last-32 tie between Boulogne-sur-Mer and fourth-tier Colmar, who stunned third-placed Ligue 1 side Lille 10-9 on penalties on Saturday.
Elsewhere on Sunday, top-tier Saint-Etienne and Nancy both secured places in the round of 32 by winning their respective last-64 ties, which had been delayed by heavy snowfall in France earlier in the month.
Les Verts are involved in a relegation scrap but they blew away eighth-placed Lorient with Emmanuel Riviere, Dimitri Payet, twice, and Bakary Sako all on target in a 4-1 victory.
"I'm pleased with our qualification, with having scored some goals, with the spirit in the team and with the match," said Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier.
Nancy were given a far sterner examination at fifth-division Thiers, however, and eventually prevailed 3-2 on penalties after the game finished 1-1.
Saint-Etienne will play Vannes or Grenoble if they can overcome Villefranche-sur-Saone in the round of 32, while Nancy will take on Plabennec for the right to face Sedan or Auxerre.
Bordeaux booked their place in the last 16 with a 5-1 thrashing of Ligue 2 Ajaccio on Saturday, when lower league Beauvais and Quevilly also made it through to the last 16.
Source:AFP
South Korean international striker Chu-Young Park converted a close-range header 13 minutes from time to send Guy Lacombe's team through and consign Lyon, who took a deserved lead into the interval, to their first loss of 2010.
Centre-back Jean-Alain Boumsong had given Lyon the lead on the cusp of half-time with a thumping header but Monaco's Brazilian striker Nene equalised from the penalty spot seven minutes into the second period after Sidney Govou was adjudged to have fouled him in the penalty area.
Monaco coach Guy Lacombe said the result was logical given how far his team had come this season after a shaky start.
"We are making real progress. We are beginning to put together a coherent and effective game on the pitch," said the former PSG handler.
"We have now gone eight matches without defeat. That is good. It is the first time this season that Monaco has been behind and gone on to win.
"That is an indication of how far we have progressed."
His Lyon counterpart Claude Puel admitted that he felt the loss as did the team because they had had a real desire to win the trophy, especially as they are trailing Bordeaux by a long way in the title race
"This loss is therefore hugely frustrating, especially as the squad really wants to win something this season. But we will try and get this out of our system tomorrow (Monday) and focus on the League Cup tie with Lorient this week," said Puel.
Earlier, Paris Saint-Germain overcame third-division Evian 3-1 after a workmanlike performance and will travel to fourth-tier Vesoul in the last 16.
Turkish international striker Mevlut Erding and last season's top scorer Guillaume Hoarau, starting his first game since October after a spell on the sidelines, were on target for the hosts, while Kevin Berigauld replied for the visitors.
"It's good for the confidence," said Erding. "Guillaume scored, I scored. Evian were a great team but we were focused right to the end and the victory was deserved."
Reigning cup holders Guingamp of the second division - who came from behind to stun Rennes 2-1 in last season's final - beat fourth-division Mulhouse to take their place in the last 16.
They will meet the winners of the delayed last-32 tie between Boulogne-sur-Mer and fourth-tier Colmar, who stunned third-placed Ligue 1 side Lille 10-9 on penalties on Saturday.
Elsewhere on Sunday, top-tier Saint-Etienne and Nancy both secured places in the round of 32 by winning their respective last-64 ties, which had been delayed by heavy snowfall in France earlier in the month.
Les Verts are involved in a relegation scrap but they blew away eighth-placed Lorient with Emmanuel Riviere, Dimitri Payet, twice, and Bakary Sako all on target in a 4-1 victory.
"I'm pleased with our qualification, with having scored some goals, with the spirit in the team and with the match," said Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier.
Nancy were given a far sterner examination at fifth-division Thiers, however, and eventually prevailed 3-2 on penalties after the game finished 1-1.
Saint-Etienne will play Vannes or Grenoble if they can overcome Villefranche-sur-Saone in the round of 32, while Nancy will take on Plabennec for the right to face Sedan or Auxerre.
Bordeaux booked their place in the last 16 with a 5-1 thrashing of Ligue 2 Ajaccio on Saturday, when lower league Beauvais and Quevilly also made it through to the last 16.
Source:AFP
Victim Of Chimp Attack Seeking Face, Hands Transplants
The Cleveland clinic, currently treating 55-year-old Charla Nash, said that it cannot perform both transplants as initially planned, family attorney Bill Monaco announced Monday. He reportedly said the transplants have to be done simultaneously and come from the same donor.
The clinic said it does not have the capability to perform the hand transplant surgery, according to Monaco. He said the facility has not been ruled out the possibility of working with another hospital in order to get the procedures done.
Nash's family is currently researching possibilities of the transplants at a few other hospitals in the United States and one in Canada.
A face transplant would help Nash smell, breathe and eat, while a hand transplant would help her be more independent, Monaco said.
Even if Nash finds a facility that can perform both transplants, the surgeries would not be able to be done for years.
The attack occurred last February when Nash was visiting the home of her friend Sandy Herold. The chimp named Travis - who was suffering from Lyme Disease and had the anti-anxiety drug Zanax in his system - had escaped from the house. Herold and Nash were both trying to coax Travis back into the home when he inexplicably went berserk and launched an attack on Herold.
Herold stabbed the chimp in the back and Travis was ultimately killed after police fired shots at him.
Nash's family launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Sandy Herold. However, prosecutors said in December they would not charge Herold because there was no evidence she knowingly disregarded any risk the animal posed.
Nash appeared on the Oprah show in November to talk about the tragic incident.
On the show, Nash said she doesn't recall the attack that left her without hands, a nose, lips and eyelids.
"I don't remember anything and they {paramedics} told the doctor that I don't want to remember," she told Winfrey.
Nash said as a result of her injuries, she is now forced to eat everything through a straw and can't breathe through her nose. Nash said she rarely touches her face so she doesn't know the full extent of her injuries and said doctors are forced to change the bandages on her face daily.
"I don't ask a whole lot about my injuries," she said. "I know that I have my forehead."
Source:wpix.com/
BBC Monaco F1 coverage wins award
Following on from the Royal Television Society award won last December , our Monaco Grand Prix coverage won the award for Best Sports Programme at the Broadcast Awards on Wednesday evening.
The Monaco show won in the face of stiff competition from both within the BBC and outside.
The other contenders were BBC Sport's 'Magic Monday' at Wimbledon, Channel 4's Cheltenham Gold Cup, the Ashes on Channel 5, the Isle of Man TT on ITV4 and Channel 4's coverage of the Volvo Ocean Race.
The judges praised the "genuinely accessible coverage of this A-list event" and singled out presenter Jake Humphrey as "a real find for the BBC".
They went on: "The brief at this hectic fixture was simple: 'live coverage from everywhere'...
"The roving reporters impressed with their interview coups, with Martin Brundle alone happening across Prince Michael of Kent, Jenson Button and his dad, plus former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell - even if Brundle did introduce her as Bernie Ecclestone's daughter.
"But the real scoop was an interview with the FIA president and the chance to break the news of an F1 agreement designed to draw the line under a season of political wrangling."
Broadcast magazine describes its awards as "one of the most hotly anticipated events in the industry's calendar, recognising and rewarding the UK's most groundbreaking and successful TV shows".
Source:bbc.co.uk/
Reconstructed I-635 leads the list of 2009 highlights in Mesquite
Here are the major notes from Mayor John Monaco's State of the City Address Friday night at the Mesquite Convention Center. I'll post a link to the full text of the speech as it becomes available on the city Web site.
The city's 4B sales tax was credited with moving the timeline up for the completion of Interstate 635 construction a full 11 years ... and in time for the 2009 holiday shopping season.
The SuperTarget that opened in October not only renovated the Market East Shopping Center, it employs 200 more people than the Target it replaced. SuperTarget was honored later in the evening as the Chamber of Commerce's Large Business of the Year in Mesquite.
SuperTarget, Market East and the yet undefined City Center project on land behind Market East were named a finalist for hte Dallas Business Journal's Real Estate Deal of the Year award for D/FW.
New ownership and updates to the Resistol Arena will protect a tradition that has helped define the city for more than 50 years. The Real Texas Festival next door to the rodeo is an image builder that drew 23,000 in 2009.
Capstar Commercial Real Estate Services and the Cam-Bay Group are nearing completion of a $35 million project to build one of the nation's largest data storage centers in a 770,000 square foot facility in the Skyline Trade Center.
The city will lead the charge in "going green" with its new municipal government building which broke ground last month. Its recently completed police station "is the most energy conscious building in our local government."
Eastfield College built upon its standing as one of the city's strongest and longest-term partners with completion of its workforce training and child development centers.
The three-mile addition to the South Mesquite Creek Trail was a key connector in the city's master trail plan.
Mesquite Specialty Hospital and Dallas Regional Medical Center made significant expansions.
The sports complex at the former Big Town Mall site and the Peachtree Town Center projects have run into funding difficulties and are on hold.
The city seeks to have a connector to the light rail Green Line in place by 2020.
Source:mesquiteblog.dallasnews.com/
The city's 4B sales tax was credited with moving the timeline up for the completion of Interstate 635 construction a full 11 years ... and in time for the 2009 holiday shopping season.
The SuperTarget that opened in October not only renovated the Market East Shopping Center, it employs 200 more people than the Target it replaced. SuperTarget was honored later in the evening as the Chamber of Commerce's Large Business of the Year in Mesquite.
SuperTarget, Market East and the yet undefined City Center project on land behind Market East were named a finalist for hte Dallas Business Journal's Real Estate Deal of the Year award for D/FW.
New ownership and updates to the Resistol Arena will protect a tradition that has helped define the city for more than 50 years. The Real Texas Festival next door to the rodeo is an image builder that drew 23,000 in 2009.
Capstar Commercial Real Estate Services and the Cam-Bay Group are nearing completion of a $35 million project to build one of the nation's largest data storage centers in a 770,000 square foot facility in the Skyline Trade Center.
The city will lead the charge in "going green" with its new municipal government building which broke ground last month. Its recently completed police station "is the most energy conscious building in our local government."
Eastfield College built upon its standing as one of the city's strongest and longest-term partners with completion of its workforce training and child development centers.
The three-mile addition to the South Mesquite Creek Trail was a key connector in the city's master trail plan.
Mesquite Specialty Hospital and Dallas Regional Medical Center made significant expansions.
The sports complex at the former Big Town Mall site and the Peachtree Town Center projects have run into funding difficulties and are on hold.
The city seeks to have a connector to the light rail Green Line in place by 2020.
Source:mesquiteblog.dallasnews.com/
Slick rain gear for L.A. weather
In Los Angeles, a rainy day can hatch a serious fashion conundrum. On average, it rains only 15 inches a year here -- compared with 47 inches in New York -- which helps explain why so many Angelenos are stumped when it comes to dressing stylishly for soggy conditions, like those of the last couple of weeks.
The fact that we drive everywhere -- only confronting the rain in parking lots and on brief sidewalk sojourns -- confuses matters. Even in the middle of a deluge, dressing like the Gorton's Fisherman feels wholly inappropriate.
"We are pretty much covered 90% of the day, in and out of our cars and offices," noted Julie Weiss, an L.A.-based stylist and judge on MTV's styling competition, "Styl'D." "We don't [need] to wear yellow raincoats and matching yellow hats or plastic ponchos and hard-core ski gloves."
So what's the secret to staying dry without sacrificing style? "Putting things together the same way you do for a normal day," then mixing in a few classic rainy day staples, Weiss said.
"I think in L.A., people are so afraid of the rain," local editorial stylist Monica Schweiger said. "Personally, I look at it as a chance to have a little more fun with my wardrobe."
Weiss and Schweiger consider raincoats and classic slickers to be overkill in this parched corner of the world. Instead, Weiss suggests "a great peacoat" for guys and gals, while Schweiger is a fan of the iconic Burberry trench coat. "It's chic and timeless," she said. "Think Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' -- drenched but oh so elegant in classic tan trench coats. Belted for the lady, and double breasted with an upturned collar for the gents."
When it comes to footwear, Schweiger and Weiss are fans of Wellington boots -- also known as "Wellies" -- for women. Named after the royal who popularized them, the 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, the rubber knee-length boot is a gardening and work-wear staple that also boasts fashion cachet.
"There are so many to choose from, though you may have to shop online as the variety here is slim to none," noted Schweiger, who personally wears Hunter-brand Wellingtons. Men, meanwhile, "should bring out your beat-up leather biker or military-style boots, and the rain will make them even more distressed."
The stylists differ on the umbrella issue. Weiss calls umbrellas "a functional necessity," and says it's up to the wearer whether to go big and formal, with an extended tip (in which case, it might be worth investing in a designer umbrella from the likes of Fendi or Gucci), or pragmatic and Lilliputian, to stow easily in your handbag.
Schweiger contends that it's fine to go without one in L.A., and doesn't believe in spending too much on something that "could get left behind or squashed in a trunk," adding, "I'm a fan of the cheap black ones I used to get from street vendors in New York."
"I never carry an umbrella," said Lizzy Epstein, a local writer and New York transplant, who was pulling off a decidedly chic rainy day outfit at LA Mill coffee shop in Silver Lake on a recent rainy day. "I think they're too cumbersome and not really necessary in L.A."
Instead, the 34-year-old Echo Park resident relied on preppy rubber L.L. Bean "duck" boots (which are rubbery on the foot, but lead into a leather, lace-up ankle), a Loro Piana cashmere earflap hat and a vintage Army jacket -- worn over wide-leg sailor trousers and an A.P.C. button-front blouse -- to keep her dry and cozy. "I know everyone loves Wellies since Kate Moss wore them at the Glastonbury music festival a few years back," she said. "But for me, nothing will ever stand up to the 'duck' boot."
Schweiger said the important thing to remember when dressing for the rain is "to not worry about the rain" -- a foreign concept to many L.A. residents. She added, "It's not so chic to shriek and squeal as a few raindrops hit you."
Source:latimes.com/
Great Grace
Grace Kelly has always been a sort of shadowy figure to me. Perhaps this is because she was blond and I am brunette, and as such I have intrinsically dismissed her as an irrelevant role model, but I knew almost nothing about Grace until I found an old biography of hers I must have picked up somewhere in my life as an indiscriminate and reckless bookstore patron. Pulling it out from underneath a stack of biographies on Grace's dark-haired cousins (Audrey, Diana Vreeland, Frida Kahlo) as much because I liked the title "Grace" best as anything, by the I got to the second chapter of James Spada's tome, I was hooked.
His story of Grace's story goes like this: She was born to an upwardly mobile and eventually wealthy Main Line Philadelphia family, and was always the odd-out runt of her athletic, outgoing family. Shy and artsy, Grace struggled for the approval of her strict parents and never quite won it, with her father going so far as to call her Oscar win "surprising." Grace defied her parents wishes for a more conventional life and enrolled in acting school, having a short fling with an acting teacher, and beginning to collect small parts in movies. As Grace moved her way up through the Broadway and Hollywood ranks, insinuations abound that she slept with men to get ahead. After an aborted affair with Oleg Cassini, of which her parents thoroughly disapproved, Grace met Prince Rainer of Monaco while on a visit to the country, and after an ardent courtship, she finally acquiesced to his proposal for marriage.
Interest in the union could not have been higher- photographers flocked to Monaco to document the wedding, and the international press devoured images of Grace even more than they had in her movie star days. But once in Monaco, Rainer forbade Grace to continue in film for fear of a Monegasque backlash, and forced her to confine her life to public works committees, artistic pursuits, and raising her children. Grace dedicated herself to these endeavors with an attempt at zeal, but it simply wasn't her- she loved cities, celebrity and flinging herself and everything she had in front of an audience. Grace died in a car crash at the age of 53, without ever having seemed to regain the hope she had for her own life in her early years.
After this fairly depressing biography, I got to thinking how odd is was that so little of Grace's life was devoted to her clothing, given how often she's cited as a fashion inspiration. As I poured over first the photographs in the center of Spada's book, and then through online images, the most salient characteristic was not the attention to clean yet striking silhouette or simple yet dramatic detail, but that all, and I do mean all, of the top hits for Grace's images come before her marriage.
Ageism cannot be the culprit- everyone from Brooke Astor to Jacqueline Onassis has been photographed fastidiously later in life. It couldn't have been tight royal image control, as Spada's book was rife with stories of hidden, camped out, descendant and incessant paparazzi all over Monaco, Paris, and anywhere else Grace went.In the grainy images in the centerfold of my book, Grace doesn't appear to have dressed notably differently in her drift from actress to princess. The same high-necked dresses, lace paneling, furs and curls dominate her images from her later life, and she looks no less pretty at her poetry readings two years before her death than she does in her publicity shots from Mogambo.
Why, then, do images of Grace vanish from the cannon of iconic female fashion after her marriage? The only isolating factor I can find is the eagerness, her hunger, for a world she had access to, that disappeared after her marriage. Half of Grace's projects as Princess were apparently just attempts to get away from Monaco and back to the asphalt meccas of the world she so loved over ocean and empty space. As Grace lost her interest in the world around her, did the world lose interest back with her?
Grace's father made a lovely comment on the relationship between a person's inner and outer world. In his will, he wrote to his children-- "In this document, I can give you only things, but if I had the choice to give you worldly goods or character, I would give you character. The reason I say this is, with character you will get worldly goods, because character is loyalty, honesty, ability, sportsmanship, and, I hope, a sense of humor."
What do you think the relationship is between what beats around inside a person and its manifestation in the outer world? Is material success, be it through beauty and iconic images, or through money, possible only in its highest form with a corresponding internal goodness or strength? Are the stratospherically successful differentiated from the simply successful- the millionaire from the multimillionaire, the screen star from the sad princess- by a secret, still reserve of fortitude and principle, by energy and sincerity and enthusiasm?
Grace in her MGM shots, Grace on her boat ride over to Europe, Grace on her wedding day, and then nothing. Why did we lose photographic interest in Grace after 1956? We canonize her on Town & Country covers as the epitome of elegance, of what a princess might be charmed enough to convey, and yet in these images she is perpetually frozen, poised, on the precipice of actually becoming a princess.
Great Grace, why did you fade?
Source:huffingtonpost.com/
His story of Grace's story goes like this: She was born to an upwardly mobile and eventually wealthy Main Line Philadelphia family, and was always the odd-out runt of her athletic, outgoing family. Shy and artsy, Grace struggled for the approval of her strict parents and never quite won it, with her father going so far as to call her Oscar win "surprising." Grace defied her parents wishes for a more conventional life and enrolled in acting school, having a short fling with an acting teacher, and beginning to collect small parts in movies. As Grace moved her way up through the Broadway and Hollywood ranks, insinuations abound that she slept with men to get ahead. After an aborted affair with Oleg Cassini, of which her parents thoroughly disapproved, Grace met Prince Rainer of Monaco while on a visit to the country, and after an ardent courtship, she finally acquiesced to his proposal for marriage.
Interest in the union could not have been higher- photographers flocked to Monaco to document the wedding, and the international press devoured images of Grace even more than they had in her movie star days. But once in Monaco, Rainer forbade Grace to continue in film for fear of a Monegasque backlash, and forced her to confine her life to public works committees, artistic pursuits, and raising her children. Grace dedicated herself to these endeavors with an attempt at zeal, but it simply wasn't her- she loved cities, celebrity and flinging herself and everything she had in front of an audience. Grace died in a car crash at the age of 53, without ever having seemed to regain the hope she had for her own life in her early years.
After this fairly depressing biography, I got to thinking how odd is was that so little of Grace's life was devoted to her clothing, given how often she's cited as a fashion inspiration. As I poured over first the photographs in the center of Spada's book, and then through online images, the most salient characteristic was not the attention to clean yet striking silhouette or simple yet dramatic detail, but that all, and I do mean all, of the top hits for Grace's images come before her marriage.
Ageism cannot be the culprit- everyone from Brooke Astor to Jacqueline Onassis has been photographed fastidiously later in life. It couldn't have been tight royal image control, as Spada's book was rife with stories of hidden, camped out, descendant and incessant paparazzi all over Monaco, Paris, and anywhere else Grace went.In the grainy images in the centerfold of my book, Grace doesn't appear to have dressed notably differently in her drift from actress to princess. The same high-necked dresses, lace paneling, furs and curls dominate her images from her later life, and she looks no less pretty at her poetry readings two years before her death than she does in her publicity shots from Mogambo.
Why, then, do images of Grace vanish from the cannon of iconic female fashion after her marriage? The only isolating factor I can find is the eagerness, her hunger, for a world she had access to, that disappeared after her marriage. Half of Grace's projects as Princess were apparently just attempts to get away from Monaco and back to the asphalt meccas of the world she so loved over ocean and empty space. As Grace lost her interest in the world around her, did the world lose interest back with her?
Grace's father made a lovely comment on the relationship between a person's inner and outer world. In his will, he wrote to his children-- "In this document, I can give you only things, but if I had the choice to give you worldly goods or character, I would give you character. The reason I say this is, with character you will get worldly goods, because character is loyalty, honesty, ability, sportsmanship, and, I hope, a sense of humor."
What do you think the relationship is between what beats around inside a person and its manifestation in the outer world? Is material success, be it through beauty and iconic images, or through money, possible only in its highest form with a corresponding internal goodness or strength? Are the stratospherically successful differentiated from the simply successful- the millionaire from the multimillionaire, the screen star from the sad princess- by a secret, still reserve of fortitude and principle, by energy and sincerity and enthusiasm?
Grace in her MGM shots, Grace on her boat ride over to Europe, Grace on her wedding day, and then nothing. Why did we lose photographic interest in Grace after 1956? We canonize her on Town & Country covers as the epitome of elegance, of what a princess might be charmed enough to convey, and yet in these images she is perpetually frozen, poised, on the precipice of actually becoming a princess.
Great Grace, why did you fade?
Source:huffingtonpost.com/
Birmingham City reject Jenas opportunity
Birmingham City Football Club have rejected the chance to sign Jermaine Jenas.
The Blues are currently negotiating a deal for Roman Pavlyuchenko, who has fallen further down the pecking order at Tottenham Hotspur following Eidur Gudjohnsen’s arrival from Monaco.
It is believed Alex McLeish wants the Russian international on loan for the rest of the season, with the view to taking him permanent in the summer.
However, according to reports, the Scot was offered the chance to also take Jenas, but he rejected the opportunity as he has recently signed Michel from Sporting Gijon.
Get all the latest news on your club. Visit 360 Football, the best football news aggregator on the web!
Source:fansfc.com/
The Blues are currently negotiating a deal for Roman Pavlyuchenko, who has fallen further down the pecking order at Tottenham Hotspur following Eidur Gudjohnsen’s arrival from Monaco.
It is believed Alex McLeish wants the Russian international on loan for the rest of the season, with the view to taking him permanent in the summer.
However, according to reports, the Scot was offered the chance to also take Jenas, but he rejected the opportunity as he has recently signed Michel from Sporting Gijon.
Get all the latest news on your club. Visit 360 Football, the best football news aggregator on the web!
Source:fansfc.com/
New trainee charter broker for Fraser Yachts Monaco
Kathleen entered the Yachting industry working for The Crew Network for two years firstly as a receptionist and she then got promoted as Crewing Consultant. She then moved to London for personal reasons. For one year she placed staff in private households.
She has always worked in the luxury industry and she has now joined Fraser Yachts SAM as a Trainee Charter Broker alongside with Jason Whiting. Kathleen is fluent in French, English and Spanish. She lives in Nice and enjoys traveling, dancing salsa and snowboarding.
Source:superyachttimes.com/
Burnley tie up deal for Monaco striker Frederic Nimani to become Brian Laws first recruit
The 6ft 3in target man is understood to have successfully completed a medical to join from Monaco on loan till the end of the season.
Nimani will become new boss Brian Laws at the end of the season and the agreement contains an option to make the deal permanent for £3.5million.
Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers had also tracked the 21-year-old who has struggled for opportunities with Monaco.
He has started just twice in Ligue 1 this season for Guy Lacombe's side.
Source:dailymail.co.uk/
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Ligue 1 Preview: Olympique Lyonnais – Paris Saint-Germain
Twice over the course of the last seven days Claude Puel has seen his side falter in cup competitions. Against Monaco last Sunday they would submit 2-1 at the Stade Louis II, while matters got little better in midweek, with a 1-0 loss against Lorient leaving the general manager’s position once again uncertain.
President Jean-Michel Aulas has leapt quickly to the defence of the former Lille coach once again, but the Lyon crowd are aware that the chances of being able to celebrate any silverware this season are growing increasingly this. Les Gones lie 13 points behind league leaders Girondins de Bordeaux, while their cup hopes lie in the form of the Champions League – a competition even the most optimistic fan wouldn’t be brave enough to suggest they can win.
While Lisandro Lopez continues to plug away manfully in attack and Hugo Lloris stands stoically between the sticks, there have been other shards of light over the course of 2010’s first month. Midfielder Kim Kallstrom has produced moments of excellence, while the acquisition of young Croatian centre-back Dejan Lovren has been roundly hailed, though he has yet to produce a strong performance for his new side.
OL continue to be active in the transfer market, at least according to the media. Manchester United’s Anderson has been linked with them over the course of the last few weeks, but having to sacrifice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris would perhaps be a step too far for a club that has been surprisingly reliant on their young goalkeeper this term.
Lloris will certainly hope for an altogether easier night against PSG.
Mercurial
Paris Saint-Germain started this campaign with the look of a side who meant business, going through August in fine style, but since those heady summer days it has largely been a downward spiral for Antoine Kombouare’s men. Towards Christmas some victories impressive in their magnitude were recorded, though no major scalps have yet been claimed.
This kind of form has continued into 2010, with their latest Ligue 1 fixture a disappointing 1-0 defeat by Monaco. In truth, PSG well deserved to win that game but were thwarted by the excellence of visiting goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier, while Mevlut Erding’s shots seemed attracted to the framework of the goal.
Erding has yet to enjoy the partnership of last season’s top scorer Guillaume Hoarau in Ligue 1. Hoarau missed the early part of the campaign due to adductor problems and then spent a frustrating period on the sidelines over the winter due to knee ligament damage. A scorer of 17 goals last term, he has been sorely missed.
Sunday’s difficult looking trip could be the first chance for the pair to perform in tandem in the league, with a brief dry run in the Coupe de France last weekend against Evian going well – the duo managed to muster three goals between them.
FORM GUIDE
Lyon
LOST 1-0 (a) Lorient (Coupe de la Ligue, January 27)
LOST 2-1 (a) Monaco (Ligue 1, January 24)
WON 3-1 (a) Lorient (Ligue 1, January 20)
WON 2-0 (a) Nancy (Ligue 1, January 16)
WON 3-0 (h) Metz (Coupe de la Ligue, January 13)
PSG
WON 3-1 (h) Evian (Coupe de France, January 24)
LOST 1-0 (h) Monaco (Ligue 1, January 20)
LOST 3-1 (a) Lille (Ligue 1, January 16)
WON 1-0 (a) Guingamp (Coupe de la Ligue, January 13)
WON 5-0 (h) Aubervilliers (Coupe de France, January 10)
TEAM NEWS
Lyon
Claude Puel is still battling the same injury problems he had to cope with last weekend. Cris, Cleber Anderson, Francois Clerc and Mathieu Bodmer are all poised to sit out, while Miralem Pjanic at least managed a midweek cameo, indicating his readiness to start once more.
Probable Starting XI: Lloris; Reveillere, Lovren, Boumsong, Cissokho; Toulalan, Kallstrom; Govou, Pjanic, Michel Bastos; Lisandro
PSG
Guillaume Hoarau’s return to league action is the big news, though there is also slight concern about the state of Mevlut Erding, who limped off in training earlier this week. He is expected to be fit, leaving Gregory Coupet as the only absentee as Stephane Sessegnon has returned from African Cup of Nations duty.
Reserve goalkeeper Edel is also something of a problem, but his physical issue is said to be progressing positively. Willy Grondin will take over if the Armenian international is out.
Probable Starting XI: Edel; Ceara, Traore, Sakho, Armand; Jallet, Makelele, Clement, Sessegnon; Erding, Hoarau
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Lyon
Undoubtedly the class act of this Lyon side this term – in an outfield capacity at least – has been striker Lisandro Lopez. The club’s record signing from Portugal, he has looked a constant menace to opposing defences. He is a complete player and will be close to impossible for PSG to shackle effectively. If Lyon had a couple more players of his standard they would not be in such a desperate position.
PSG
The man who will attempt to handcuff ‘Licha’ is likely to be young centre-back Mamadou Sakho, one of France’s outstanding young talents. At just 19-year-old, Sakho is already one of the most accomplished defenders in France but needs to prove himself against the very best on a constant basis. Sunday provides a showcase for his talents.
PREDICTION
PSG have sparked only briefly since the turn of the year, but matches against Lyon tend to bring out the best of them. However, Lyon are more powerful side from back to front and looked in decent touch before their cup calamities of the last week. With home advantage and a degree of pressure on the team to perform, les Gones should take the three points, keeping them in the race for the Champions League.
Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Source:goal.com/
President Jean-Michel Aulas has leapt quickly to the defence of the former Lille coach once again, but the Lyon crowd are aware that the chances of being able to celebrate any silverware this season are growing increasingly this. Les Gones lie 13 points behind league leaders Girondins de Bordeaux, while their cup hopes lie in the form of the Champions League – a competition even the most optimistic fan wouldn’t be brave enough to suggest they can win.
While Lisandro Lopez continues to plug away manfully in attack and Hugo Lloris stands stoically between the sticks, there have been other shards of light over the course of 2010’s first month. Midfielder Kim Kallstrom has produced moments of excellence, while the acquisition of young Croatian centre-back Dejan Lovren has been roundly hailed, though he has yet to produce a strong performance for his new side.
OL continue to be active in the transfer market, at least according to the media. Manchester United’s Anderson has been linked with them over the course of the last few weeks, but having to sacrifice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris would perhaps be a step too far for a club that has been surprisingly reliant on their young goalkeeper this term.
Lloris will certainly hope for an altogether easier night against PSG.
Mercurial
Paris Saint-Germain started this campaign with the look of a side who meant business, going through August in fine style, but since those heady summer days it has largely been a downward spiral for Antoine Kombouare’s men. Towards Christmas some victories impressive in their magnitude were recorded, though no major scalps have yet been claimed.
This kind of form has continued into 2010, with their latest Ligue 1 fixture a disappointing 1-0 defeat by Monaco. In truth, PSG well deserved to win that game but were thwarted by the excellence of visiting goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier, while Mevlut Erding’s shots seemed attracted to the framework of the goal.
Erding has yet to enjoy the partnership of last season’s top scorer Guillaume Hoarau in Ligue 1. Hoarau missed the early part of the campaign due to adductor problems and then spent a frustrating period on the sidelines over the winter due to knee ligament damage. A scorer of 17 goals last term, he has been sorely missed.
Sunday’s difficult looking trip could be the first chance for the pair to perform in tandem in the league, with a brief dry run in the Coupe de France last weekend against Evian going well – the duo managed to muster three goals between them.
FORM GUIDE
Lyon
LOST 1-0 (a) Lorient (Coupe de la Ligue, January 27)
LOST 2-1 (a) Monaco (Ligue 1, January 24)
WON 3-1 (a) Lorient (Ligue 1, January 20)
WON 2-0 (a) Nancy (Ligue 1, January 16)
WON 3-0 (h) Metz (Coupe de la Ligue, January 13)
PSG
WON 3-1 (h) Evian (Coupe de France, January 24)
LOST 1-0 (h) Monaco (Ligue 1, January 20)
LOST 3-1 (a) Lille (Ligue 1, January 16)
WON 1-0 (a) Guingamp (Coupe de la Ligue, January 13)
WON 5-0 (h) Aubervilliers (Coupe de France, January 10)
TEAM NEWS
Lyon
Claude Puel is still battling the same injury problems he had to cope with last weekend. Cris, Cleber Anderson, Francois Clerc and Mathieu Bodmer are all poised to sit out, while Miralem Pjanic at least managed a midweek cameo, indicating his readiness to start once more.
Probable Starting XI: Lloris; Reveillere, Lovren, Boumsong, Cissokho; Toulalan, Kallstrom; Govou, Pjanic, Michel Bastos; Lisandro
PSG
Guillaume Hoarau’s return to league action is the big news, though there is also slight concern about the state of Mevlut Erding, who limped off in training earlier this week. He is expected to be fit, leaving Gregory Coupet as the only absentee as Stephane Sessegnon has returned from African Cup of Nations duty.
Reserve goalkeeper Edel is also something of a problem, but his physical issue is said to be progressing positively. Willy Grondin will take over if the Armenian international is out.
Probable Starting XI: Edel; Ceara, Traore, Sakho, Armand; Jallet, Makelele, Clement, Sessegnon; Erding, Hoarau
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Lyon
Undoubtedly the class act of this Lyon side this term – in an outfield capacity at least – has been striker Lisandro Lopez. The club’s record signing from Portugal, he has looked a constant menace to opposing defences. He is a complete player and will be close to impossible for PSG to shackle effectively. If Lyon had a couple more players of his standard they would not be in such a desperate position.
PSG
The man who will attempt to handcuff ‘Licha’ is likely to be young centre-back Mamadou Sakho, one of France’s outstanding young talents. At just 19-year-old, Sakho is already one of the most accomplished defenders in France but needs to prove himself against the very best on a constant basis. Sunday provides a showcase for his talents.
PREDICTION
PSG have sparked only briefly since the turn of the year, but matches against Lyon tend to bring out the best of them. However, Lyon are more powerful side from back to front and looked in decent touch before their cup calamities of the last week. With home advantage and a degree of pressure on the team to perform, les Gones should take the three points, keeping them in the race for the Champions League.
Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Source:goal.com/
Pakistan tennis star Aisam selected as ‘Champion for Peace’
LAHORE: Pakistan’s tennis star Aisamul Haq Qureshi has added another feather in his cap as the ‘Peace and Sport World Forum of Monaco’ has named him ‘Champion for Peace’. The forum is a high profile organisation set up in 2007 by Olympic gold medallist and world champion of modern pentathlon Joel Bouzou and is run under the high patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco. Aisam is the first Pakistani and only sport person from the Asian region to receive this recognition.
The forum is a neutral organisation that aims to build sustainable peace throughout the world by promoting sport as an instrument of reconciliation and social stability. Prominent and extra ordinary sport figures are chosen by the organisation to become the ‘Champion for Peace’ based on his or her excellent repute as a top sports person and on his or her contribution towards creating a harmony and understanding between different religions and nationalities through sport.
Backed by more than 50 countries, 30 national Olympic committees, 30 international federations, 25 NGO’s and 30 members of International Olympic Committee, ‘Peace and Sport’ is the world’s largest and most prestigious forum of its kind and its recognition of Aisam is a great honour for Pakistan. It is pertinent to mention here that Aisam is also the only Pakistani, Muslim, and Asian to have ever received ‘The Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award’ from ATP Tour USA.
Source:dailytimes.com.pk/
The forum is a neutral organisation that aims to build sustainable peace throughout the world by promoting sport as an instrument of reconciliation and social stability. Prominent and extra ordinary sport figures are chosen by the organisation to become the ‘Champion for Peace’ based on his or her excellent repute as a top sports person and on his or her contribution towards creating a harmony and understanding between different religions and nationalities through sport.
Backed by more than 50 countries, 30 national Olympic committees, 30 international federations, 25 NGO’s and 30 members of International Olympic Committee, ‘Peace and Sport’ is the world’s largest and most prestigious forum of its kind and its recognition of Aisam is a great honour for Pakistan. It is pertinent to mention here that Aisam is also the only Pakistani, Muslim, and Asian to have ever received ‘The Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award’ from ATP Tour USA.
Source:dailytimes.com.pk/
France on the cheap — the €1 trip
What can you do with €1 on the Côte d’Azur, the sun-baked playground of the rich and Botoxed? It barely pays for a sip of a champagne cocktail on the terrace of the Hotel Negresco on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. It won’t even buy a Happy Meal at McDonald’s farther up the beach. But, amazingly, it is enough for a trip along the length of the Riveria.
The €1 bus will take you from Cannes to Monte Carlo, and everywhere in between, whether you want to feel yacht envy in Antibes or wander round the hilltop village of Saint-Paul de Vence.
I had always dreamt of zipping along the Corniche in a nifty convertible with Cary Grant or, at a pinch, Colin Firth at the wheel, but it was not to be. This was a family trip to Nice; the weak pound had made potholes in our budget and the cheapest way for us to get to Monaco for the day was on the 100 Express.
Nice is the travel hub of the Riviera and the €1 flat fare on its mass transit system, which also includes a tram line, encompasses 24 towns and villages. It is, unsurprisingly, a huge hit with locals as well as tourists. Taxis are hideously expensive and not everyone wants the hassle of driving and parking.
The downside is that buses are often extremely crowded. It pays to check the timetables first and hit the Gare Routière, the central bus station, early to be sure of a seat — if you try to pick up the bus at any of the stops around Nice the driver may well zoom past.
Even with the most pathetic Franglais it was hard to make a mistake in finding the right bus to Monaco. The journey took 30 minutes, but a few hours in the pristine and somewhat soulless Monte Carlo, where every building seems to be painted an antiseptic shade of coral, was enough.
We picked out our favourite yachts in the harbour and shark-spotted at the spectacular but virtually deserted Oceanographic Museum, then got lost in the labyrinthine levels under the fish tanks. We had to stand for most of the return journey, but having spent only £7 in total for our travel, there was more money to splurge on dinner.
The old town in Nice is by far its most atmospheric neighbourhood for an evening out, with its towering baroque pastel palazzi and tiny alleys packed with shops, galleries, funky bars and restaurants. The big hit for the whole family was the ice cream parlour Fenocchio, by the cathedral in Place Rosetti, the main square. It displays nearly 100 heavenly flavours including tomato and basil, lavender, chilli chocolate, salted caramel and, er, Nutella. The children begged to go back every night for another luscious scoop.
The next day we backtracked on the 100 bus to Villefranche — Portofino without the swank — where the Rolling Stones had a high old time recording parts of Exile on Main Street and A-listers such as Tina Turner still have villas in the hills. Even if you’re not rock royalty it’s easy to see its appeal. The sandy public beach wins hands down over Nice’s huge, uncomfortable pebbles and the harbour is a great place for a long, lazy lunch. Our bargain bus fares persuaded us that we had plenty of cash to spare for big bowls of mussels in Le Cosmo, opposite the Saint-Pierre chapel.
Next on the itinerary was Antibes, but the appeal of the bus, however cheap, had begun to wear off, particularly for the kids. The journey was at least an hour, whereas the train, which cost £3.50 more for a single ticket, took only 20 minutes. No contest. The food in the daily market was predictably drool-worthy, but £14 for a hunk of cheese for lunch? “What do you expect? It’s not bread,” the stallholder snarled.
On the way back, thanks to directions from the tourist office, we bussed it, stopping halfway in Cagnes-sur-Mer for a peek at Les Collettes, the house in an old olive grove where Renoir spent his last years debilitated by rheumatism. Stuffed with memorabilia, Les Collettes has been preserved much as it was when he died in 1919 and is completely charming and child-friendly. Particularly captivating is his studio, complete with palettes and brushes, where his wheelchair sits in front of an easel.
At the end of our stay it was plain that the €1 bus trips had made an expensive trip bearable. But it’s an out-of-season bargain. In the summer months, when the traffic is bumper to bumper , you would have to be pretty determined to stick the two-hour trip to Cannes. I’d rather sit tight in Nice and work my way through the 85 flavours I have yet to explore at Fenocchio.
Need to know
Getting there
Ligne d’Azur (www.lignedazur.com) operates buses in and around Nice . TAM buses (www.cg06.fr — search under “déplacements”) link Nice with towns on the Côte d’Azur from Monte Carlo to Cannes. You can change buses but there is a maximum journey time of 74 minutes (return trips or a second onward journey on the same line are not allowed). The only route that costs more than €1 is the 98/99 airport bus, which costs €4 (£3.50). Return fares to Nice from London City Airport with British Airways (0844 4930787, ba.com) start at £118.
Stay on the cheap
Hotel Grimaldi (0033 4 93 16 00 24, www.le-grimaldi.com) is a delightful boutique hotel near the old town with pretty rooms decorated in Provençal fabrics, with wi-fi and fridges. Breakfasts are good and the friendly staff are adroit at securing restaurant bookings. Prices start at £82 for a standard double.
Citadines (0800 3763898, www.citadines.com) has two Citadines apartment blocks in Nice, where apartments can be rented by the night. Buffa is near the old town and the beach. Apartments for four have a bedroom and a sofabed in a sitting room and start at £105 a night.
Eat on the cheap
Chez Thérésa in the Cours Saleya market serves fast food Niçoise-style, namely socca, a thin pizza made with chickpea flour.
Bistro d’Antoine on rue de la Préfecture (0033 4 93 85 29 57) offers gutsy Provençal cooking at reasonable prices with great service — rare in Nice. This means that you need to book a few days ahead.
La Merenda on Raoul Bosio is run by a former chef at the Negresco and serves some of the best food in Nice, including andouillette. There are two sittings a night with a limited menu and an even smaller choice of wine, but it’s great value for the Riviera. Cash only.
More information
See www.nicetourisme.com for further information on Nice and details of the French Riviera Pass, which gives access to major attractions and an open-top bus tour for £21.
Source:timesonline.co.uk/
The €1 bus will take you from Cannes to Monte Carlo, and everywhere in between, whether you want to feel yacht envy in Antibes or wander round the hilltop village of Saint-Paul de Vence.
I had always dreamt of zipping along the Corniche in a nifty convertible with Cary Grant or, at a pinch, Colin Firth at the wheel, but it was not to be. This was a family trip to Nice; the weak pound had made potholes in our budget and the cheapest way for us to get to Monaco for the day was on the 100 Express.
Nice is the travel hub of the Riviera and the €1 flat fare on its mass transit system, which also includes a tram line, encompasses 24 towns and villages. It is, unsurprisingly, a huge hit with locals as well as tourists. Taxis are hideously expensive and not everyone wants the hassle of driving and parking.
The downside is that buses are often extremely crowded. It pays to check the timetables first and hit the Gare Routière, the central bus station, early to be sure of a seat — if you try to pick up the bus at any of the stops around Nice the driver may well zoom past.
Even with the most pathetic Franglais it was hard to make a mistake in finding the right bus to Monaco. The journey took 30 minutes, but a few hours in the pristine and somewhat soulless Monte Carlo, where every building seems to be painted an antiseptic shade of coral, was enough.
We picked out our favourite yachts in the harbour and shark-spotted at the spectacular but virtually deserted Oceanographic Museum, then got lost in the labyrinthine levels under the fish tanks. We had to stand for most of the return journey, but having spent only £7 in total for our travel, there was more money to splurge on dinner.
The old town in Nice is by far its most atmospheric neighbourhood for an evening out, with its towering baroque pastel palazzi and tiny alleys packed with shops, galleries, funky bars and restaurants. The big hit for the whole family was the ice cream parlour Fenocchio, by the cathedral in Place Rosetti, the main square. It displays nearly 100 heavenly flavours including tomato and basil, lavender, chilli chocolate, salted caramel and, er, Nutella. The children begged to go back every night for another luscious scoop.
The next day we backtracked on the 100 bus to Villefranche — Portofino without the swank — where the Rolling Stones had a high old time recording parts of Exile on Main Street and A-listers such as Tina Turner still have villas in the hills. Even if you’re not rock royalty it’s easy to see its appeal. The sandy public beach wins hands down over Nice’s huge, uncomfortable pebbles and the harbour is a great place for a long, lazy lunch. Our bargain bus fares persuaded us that we had plenty of cash to spare for big bowls of mussels in Le Cosmo, opposite the Saint-Pierre chapel.
Next on the itinerary was Antibes, but the appeal of the bus, however cheap, had begun to wear off, particularly for the kids. The journey was at least an hour, whereas the train, which cost £3.50 more for a single ticket, took only 20 minutes. No contest. The food in the daily market was predictably drool-worthy, but £14 for a hunk of cheese for lunch? “What do you expect? It’s not bread,” the stallholder snarled.
On the way back, thanks to directions from the tourist office, we bussed it, stopping halfway in Cagnes-sur-Mer for a peek at Les Collettes, the house in an old olive grove where Renoir spent his last years debilitated by rheumatism. Stuffed with memorabilia, Les Collettes has been preserved much as it was when he died in 1919 and is completely charming and child-friendly. Particularly captivating is his studio, complete with palettes and brushes, where his wheelchair sits in front of an easel.
At the end of our stay it was plain that the €1 bus trips had made an expensive trip bearable. But it’s an out-of-season bargain. In the summer months, when the traffic is bumper to bumper , you would have to be pretty determined to stick the two-hour trip to Cannes. I’d rather sit tight in Nice and work my way through the 85 flavours I have yet to explore at Fenocchio.
Need to know
Getting there
Ligne d’Azur (www.lignedazur.com) operates buses in and around Nice . TAM buses (www.cg06.fr — search under “déplacements”) link Nice with towns on the Côte d’Azur from Monte Carlo to Cannes. You can change buses but there is a maximum journey time of 74 minutes (return trips or a second onward journey on the same line are not allowed). The only route that costs more than €1 is the 98/99 airport bus, which costs €4 (£3.50). Return fares to Nice from London City Airport with British Airways (0844 4930787, ba.com) start at £118.
Stay on the cheap
Hotel Grimaldi (0033 4 93 16 00 24, www.le-grimaldi.com) is a delightful boutique hotel near the old town with pretty rooms decorated in Provençal fabrics, with wi-fi and fridges. Breakfasts are good and the friendly staff are adroit at securing restaurant bookings. Prices start at £82 for a standard double.
Citadines (0800 3763898, www.citadines.com) has two Citadines apartment blocks in Nice, where apartments can be rented by the night. Buffa is near the old town and the beach. Apartments for four have a bedroom and a sofabed in a sitting room and start at £105 a night.
Eat on the cheap
Chez Thérésa in the Cours Saleya market serves fast food Niçoise-style, namely socca, a thin pizza made with chickpea flour.
Bistro d’Antoine on rue de la Préfecture (0033 4 93 85 29 57) offers gutsy Provençal cooking at reasonable prices with great service — rare in Nice. This means that you need to book a few days ahead.
La Merenda on Raoul Bosio is run by a former chef at the Negresco and serves some of the best food in Nice, including andouillette. There are two sittings a night with a limited menu and an even smaller choice of wine, but it’s great value for the Riviera. Cash only.
More information
See www.nicetourisme.com for further information on Nice and details of the French Riviera Pass, which gives access to major attractions and an open-top bus tour for £21.
Source:timesonline.co.uk/
Four injured in three-car crash on Route 29
PERKIOMEN TWP. — Four people were injured Tuesday night after a three-car crash on Route 29 about 8:09 a.m., according to state police.
According to state police at the Skippack barracks, John Joseph Nolan, 20, of Perkiomen was driving a 2006 black Ford Mustang east on Main Street/Route 29 just before the intersection with Plank Road when he lost control and passed over into the westbound lane.
Nolan's Mustang struck the rear driver side of a 1998 white Chevrolet pickup driven by Kelly Norley Lesher, 35, of Perkiomenville, police said. This caused the Chevy to spin 180 degrees into the eastbound lanes of Route 29, police said.
The Mustang continued to travel in the westbound lane where it struck a 1996 white Ford pickup driven by Marc Vincent Monaco, 27, of Schwenksville head-on. All three vehicles were disabled by the crash, police said.
Nolan, Lesher, Monaco and a passenger in Nolan's vehicle, Daniel Mark Weis, 20, of Collegeville, were injured in the crash. Nolan and Weis were brought to Phoenixville Hospital and Weis was airlifted to Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, police said. It was unknown the extent of their injuries.
According to a spokeswoman at Phoenixville Hospital, Nolan was treated and released Tuesday.
Source:pottstownmercury.com/
According to state police at the Skippack barracks, John Joseph Nolan, 20, of Perkiomen was driving a 2006 black Ford Mustang east on Main Street/Route 29 just before the intersection with Plank Road when he lost control and passed over into the westbound lane.
Nolan's Mustang struck the rear driver side of a 1998 white Chevrolet pickup driven by Kelly Norley Lesher, 35, of Perkiomenville, police said. This caused the Chevy to spin 180 degrees into the eastbound lanes of Route 29, police said.
The Mustang continued to travel in the westbound lane where it struck a 1996 white Ford pickup driven by Marc Vincent Monaco, 27, of Schwenksville head-on. All three vehicles were disabled by the crash, police said.
Nolan, Lesher, Monaco and a passenger in Nolan's vehicle, Daniel Mark Weis, 20, of Collegeville, were injured in the crash. Nolan and Weis were brought to Phoenixville Hospital and Weis was airlifted to Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, police said. It was unknown the extent of their injuries.
According to a spokeswoman at Phoenixville Hospital, Nolan was treated and released Tuesday.
Source:pottstownmercury.com/
Puel urges Lyon to forget cup heartache
PARIS — Lyon coach Claude Puel has told his players to get over the disappointment of their back-to-back cup exits by returning to winning ways against Paris Saint-Germain in the league on Sunday.
Les Gones went down 1-0 at Lorient in the quarter-finals of the League Cup on Wednesday, having been beaten by Monaco in the last 32 of the France Cup last weekend.
Their hopes of silverware appear to be fading fast, with the team currently sitting 11 points behind league leaders Bordeaux and set to confront the multi-million might of Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
"The match against Paris is very important," said Puel. "We have to digest these two huge disappointments quickly and bounce back.
"The message is to recover well and quickly move onto something else, but you're never guaranteed to respond well after a defeat."
PSG beat third-tier Evian last Sunday to qualify for the last 16 of the French Cup but they, unlike Lyon, are still searching for their first league points of 2010.
The capital club have already lost to Lille and Monaco and travel to the Stade Gerland in 11th place, seven points behind fifth-placed Lyon.
Antoine Kombouare's men can at least take heart from the return to fitness of last season's top scorer Guillaume Hoarau, who scored against Evian on his first start since October.
Marseille, fourth, have the same number of points as Lyon with a game in hand but life is much rosier at the Stade Velodrome after they came from behind to beat Lille 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the League Cup last four.
The Mediterranean giants face a taxing trip to second-placed local rivals Montpellier on Saturday, but coach Didier Deschamps was enthused by his side's performance in the victory over Lille.
"I enjoyed it and I think the players did too," he said. "There were lots of good things; we controlled most aspects of the match, with a lot of movement, technical control and some nice moves.
"We must be capable of repeating this kind of performance against Montpellier on Saturday."
Deschamps will have to do without France international goalkeeper Steve Mandana, who sustained a heavy knock against Lille, while Brazilian forward Brandao is likely to miss out after injuring his thigh in training.
Montpellier this week finalised the signing of in-form striker Olivier Giroud from Tours, but the 23-year-old was immediately loaned back to the Ligue 2 side until the end of the season.
Runaway league leaders Bordeaux remain in contention for four trophies this season - the league, both domestic cups and the Champions League - and coach Laurent Blanc says they will attempt to win them all.
"We'll see what happens in the four competitions," said Blanc, whose team host second-bottom Boulogne on Saturday.
"We have the time, for now we have the squad and not too many injuries. We can allow ourselves to rotate things. But the further we progress, the tighter it'll get."
Lille, third, host Lens on Saturday, while fourth-bottom Saint-Etienne will attempt to continue their unbeaten start to the year in the league when they visit seventh-placed Auxerre on Sunday.
Fixtures
Saturday (1800GMT unless otherwise stated)
Bordeaux v Boulogne, Le Mans v Toulouse, Lille v Lens, Monaco v Nice, Nancy v Lorient, Rennes v Grenoble, Montpellier v Marseille (2000GMT)
Sunday (1600GMT unless otherwise stated)
Auxerre v Saint-Etienne, Valenciennes v Sochaux, Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain (2000GMT)
Source:AFP
Les Gones went down 1-0 at Lorient in the quarter-finals of the League Cup on Wednesday, having been beaten by Monaco in the last 32 of the France Cup last weekend.
Their hopes of silverware appear to be fading fast, with the team currently sitting 11 points behind league leaders Bordeaux and set to confront the multi-million might of Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
"The match against Paris is very important," said Puel. "We have to digest these two huge disappointments quickly and bounce back.
"The message is to recover well and quickly move onto something else, but you're never guaranteed to respond well after a defeat."
PSG beat third-tier Evian last Sunday to qualify for the last 16 of the French Cup but they, unlike Lyon, are still searching for their first league points of 2010.
The capital club have already lost to Lille and Monaco and travel to the Stade Gerland in 11th place, seven points behind fifth-placed Lyon.
Antoine Kombouare's men can at least take heart from the return to fitness of last season's top scorer Guillaume Hoarau, who scored against Evian on his first start since October.
Marseille, fourth, have the same number of points as Lyon with a game in hand but life is much rosier at the Stade Velodrome after they came from behind to beat Lille 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the League Cup last four.
The Mediterranean giants face a taxing trip to second-placed local rivals Montpellier on Saturday, but coach Didier Deschamps was enthused by his side's performance in the victory over Lille.
"I enjoyed it and I think the players did too," he said. "There were lots of good things; we controlled most aspects of the match, with a lot of movement, technical control and some nice moves.
"We must be capable of repeating this kind of performance against Montpellier on Saturday."
Deschamps will have to do without France international goalkeeper Steve Mandana, who sustained a heavy knock against Lille, while Brazilian forward Brandao is likely to miss out after injuring his thigh in training.
Montpellier this week finalised the signing of in-form striker Olivier Giroud from Tours, but the 23-year-old was immediately loaned back to the Ligue 2 side until the end of the season.
Runaway league leaders Bordeaux remain in contention for four trophies this season - the league, both domestic cups and the Champions League - and coach Laurent Blanc says they will attempt to win them all.
"We'll see what happens in the four competitions," said Blanc, whose team host second-bottom Boulogne on Saturday.
"We have the time, for now we have the squad and not too many injuries. We can allow ourselves to rotate things. But the further we progress, the tighter it'll get."
Lille, third, host Lens on Saturday, while fourth-bottom Saint-Etienne will attempt to continue their unbeaten start to the year in the league when they visit seventh-placed Auxerre on Sunday.
Fixtures
Saturday (1800GMT unless otherwise stated)
Bordeaux v Boulogne, Le Mans v Toulouse, Lille v Lens, Monaco v Nice, Nancy v Lorient, Rennes v Grenoble, Montpellier v Marseille (2000GMT)
Sunday (1600GMT unless otherwise stated)
Auxerre v Saint-Etienne, Valenciennes v Sochaux, Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain (2000GMT)
Source:AFP
Plastic to Oil Technology Company Envion to Present at CleanEquity Monaco Conference
Washington DC January 27, 2010 -- Envion Inc., a Washington D.C. based
renewable waste-to-energy company, has been chosen to present at CleanEquity
Monaco 2010, an exclusive, invitation-only environmental technology symposium
that takes place annually in the Principality of Monaco.
Hosted by London based specialist investment bank Innovator Capital and Monaco's
Chamber for Economic Development, 50 of the world's best, next-generation,
cleantech companies have the opportunity to present their vision to senior
executives and key decision makers, representing the investment, political,
industrial and media communities. Plenary sessions, led by sector-experts, will
discuss and identify key industry themes, drivers and constraints, as well as
forward-looking trends. At the closing ceremony, His Serene Highness Prince
Albert II of Monaco will present three prestigious awards pertaining to
environmental technologies.
In order to be chosen to present at CleanEquity Monaco, companies must pass a
rigorous selection process involving a multitude of factors, such as
technological innovation, market opportunity, management experience, growth
stage and revenue potential.
"Envion is honored to be part of such a monumental event," said Chief Executive
Officer Michael Han. "All of the presenting companies and attendees are
involved in tremendous environmental technology projects, and we are excited to
share our company's achievements and learn from others in return."
About Envion Inc.:
Envion Inc. has developed and created a first of its kind plastic waste to oil
conversion platform and is actively manufacturing, marketing, and licensing its
proven technology for the U.S. market, with potential international expansion.
The Envion Oil Generator(TM) is designed to convert petroleum-based plastics
into synthetic light-medium oil that can be further refined to produce
commercial fuels such as gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, and diesel. The Envion
process of plastic waste reuse addresses a host of critical issues ranging from
plastic waste management, plastic production, the landfill capacity crisis,
petroleum reserve depletion/fossil fuel conservation, greenhouse gas emissions,
and the overall reduction of the world's carbon footprint.
Contact:
Envion Inc.
Stephanie Haven
Associate Director of Corporate Communications
+1 (202) 965-5030
info@envion.com
www.envion.com
Source:pr-inside.com/
renewable waste-to-energy company, has been chosen to present at CleanEquity
Monaco 2010, an exclusive, invitation-only environmental technology symposium
that takes place annually in the Principality of Monaco.
Hosted by London based specialist investment bank Innovator Capital and Monaco's
Chamber for Economic Development, 50 of the world's best, next-generation,
cleantech companies have the opportunity to present their vision to senior
executives and key decision makers, representing the investment, political,
industrial and media communities. Plenary sessions, led by sector-experts, will
discuss and identify key industry themes, drivers and constraints, as well as
forward-looking trends. At the closing ceremony, His Serene Highness Prince
Albert II of Monaco will present three prestigious awards pertaining to
environmental technologies.
In order to be chosen to present at CleanEquity Monaco, companies must pass a
rigorous selection process involving a multitude of factors, such as
technological innovation, market opportunity, management experience, growth
stage and revenue potential.
"Envion is honored to be part of such a monumental event," said Chief Executive
Officer Michael Han. "All of the presenting companies and attendees are
involved in tremendous environmental technology projects, and we are excited to
share our company's achievements and learn from others in return."
About Envion Inc.:
Envion Inc. has developed and created a first of its kind plastic waste to oil
conversion platform and is actively manufacturing, marketing, and licensing its
proven technology for the U.S. market, with potential international expansion.
The Envion Oil Generator(TM) is designed to convert petroleum-based plastics
into synthetic light-medium oil that can be further refined to produce
commercial fuels such as gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, and diesel. The Envion
process of plastic waste reuse addresses a host of critical issues ranging from
plastic waste management, plastic production, the landfill capacity crisis,
petroleum reserve depletion/fossil fuel conservation, greenhouse gas emissions,
and the overall reduction of the world's carbon footprint.
Contact:
Envion Inc.
Stephanie Haven
Associate Director of Corporate Communications
+1 (202) 965-5030
info@envion.com
www.envion.com
Source:pr-inside.com/
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