Mr. Olympia Participants

The competitior list for the biggest Bodybuilding event is out, a total of 27 athletes has been qualified from the top bodybuilding events. This will be a fight to watch out.

1. Jay Cutler (USA)


2. Ronnie Coleman (USA)


3. Victor Martinez (USA)


4. Dexter Jackson (USA)


5. Melvin Anthony (USA)


6. Gustavo Badell (Puerto Rico)


7. Markus Ruhl (Germany)


8. Sergio Shelestov (Russia)


9. Ronnie Rockel (Germany)


10. Toney Freeman (USA)


11. Mark Dugdale (USA)


12. Eddie Abbew (England)


13. Silvio Samuel (Spain)


14. Markus Haley (USA)


15. Hideatada Yamagishi (Japan)


16. Phil Heath (USA)


17. Vince Taylor (USA)


18. Branch Warren (USA)


19. Dennis James (Germany)


20. Dennis Wolf (Germany)


21. Desmond Miller (USA)


22. Kai Greene (USA)


23. Darrem Charles (Trinidad)

ROONEY INJURED

Wayne Rooney has suffered a factured leg during the clash against Reading in the Premiership Fixture. According to Manchester United the time frame for recovery has not been given out yet.

Mr. Olympia to be held next month

The biggest fastival of Bodybuilding will be held on 27th September this year. Mr. Olympia is the competition which all the bodybuilding fans and bodybuilders around the world look forward to. looking into the history of competition this years event is estimated to be a fight of the big guns.

7 times Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman was beaten by Present Mr.Olympia Jay Cutler on last years event. Ronnie is confident that this year he will fight back to win the sandow back. we look forward for the fight of this muscle freaks in September.

Hey Ronnie win it back say his fans, while Jays fans say beat him and teach him a lesson.

HOPE FOR IMRAN

According to the Personal Trainer of Goal Keeper Imran, he still has hope for SAFF championships. Trainer Zinan quotes "it's too early to decide if he will be in the championships or not, normal rehabilitation duration for these kind of surgeries is 6 months, looking into Imran's progress and the plan which i am working on i am confident that he will be back on track early december".

NADEEM & FALLOO JOINS SERVICES

Famous ex-footballer and volley coach Nadeem and Volley coach Fallo (Fath hulla) joins Maldives Police Service.

They joined the Maldives Police Service as Station Inspectors. We wish him good luck as service man.

HENRY LINKED WITH AC MILAN

The arsenal captain and the french stircker Henry says its good to hear AC Milan is interested in him. Henry also has been linked with a move to Barcelona for the last few months.

Euro 2008 Qualifying 06/06/2007 Results

Lates results of Euro 2008 Qualifing.

Group A
Kazakhstan 1-1 Azerbaijan
Finland 2-0 Belgium

Armenia 1-0 Poland

Group B

France 1-0 Georgia

Lithuania 0-2 Italy
Faroe Islands 0-2 Scotland

Group C
Norway 4-0 Hungary
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 Malta

Greece 2-1 Moldova

Group D

Germany 2-1 Slovakia

Group E

Andorra 0-2 Israel

Croatia 0-0 Russia
Estonia 0-3 England

Group F
Sweden 5-0 Iceland
Liechtenstein 0-2 Spain
Latvia 0-2 Denmark

Group G
Bulgaria 2-1 Belarus

Luxembourg 0-3 Albania

Romania 2-0 Slovenia

England Wins

England wins with a 3-o victory over Estonia and moves a step closer to EURO 2008.

Goals scored by Joe Cole, Peter Crouch & Micheal Owen. Cole and Owen maked their first competitive international appearances since the FIFA World Cup 2006.

David Beckham played an imporatant role in the goals of Owen & Cole.

News: UEFA

Maldives presents SriLankan Airlines Pro

SriLankan Airlines Pro: Adam Robertson (Aus)

The competition began in Dhonveli Beach Resort yesterday, in this event which is scheduled to continue till next saturday 80 surfers including worlds top athletes competed yesterday.

Out of the 80 surfers who competed yesterday 40 has been qualified for the second round. Sad news for the Maldivian surfers who did not pass through the first round.

The competition winner will be awarded a cash prize of US$100,000, a total of 194 surfers are competing in this competition.

UEFA EURO 2008 QUALIFYING LATEST RESULTS

Manchester Uniteds - NANI celebrates goal for portugal.

Group A
Kazakhstan 1-2 Armenia

Finland 0-2 Serbia
Belgium 1-2 Portugal
Azerbaijan 1-3 Poland

Group B
Faroe Islands 1-2 Italy
Lithuania 1-0 Georgia

France 2-0 Ukraine

Group C

Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-2 Turkey

Norway 4-0 Malta

Greece 2-0 Hungary

Group D
Wales 0-0 Czech Republic
Germany 6-0 San Marino

Group E

Russia 4-0 Andorra

F.Y.R. Macedonia 1-2 Israel

Estonia 0-1 Croatia

Group F
Iceland 1-1 Liechtenstein
Latvia 0-2 Spain

Group G
Albania 2-0 Luxembourg
Slovenia 1-2 Romania
Belarus 0-2 Bulgaria

News: uefa.com / UEFA Euro 2008

Vice Captain Imran Injured

The vice captain of Maldivian National Football team, goalkeeper Imran has suffered from a serious ligament injury in his left knee. According to Imran he has consulted doctors from Malaysia in this regard, the doctors confirm that the injury is serious and needs to be operated, as it is a ligament tear.

These kinds of injuries are very common in footballers. We consulted a professional trainer to find out the main course of this injury...

"Mostly the reason is our athletes do not concentrate on a proper training cycle, like doing a proper off season weight training for strength and muscular development. Due to this the muscles have no strength to cope with the repetitive usage athletes under go during the season, this is what happens in most cases"

This injury requires major rehabilitation after surgery, from physiotherapy to careful strength and conditioning before the athlete return to field.

We wish Imran a speedy recovery.

DHIRAAGU BROADBAND ROAD RACE

Dhiraagu Broadband Road Race was held in Male' yesterday. With a total participation of 300 athletes in the race Mr. Mohamed Hameed was placed first with a timing of 19minute 9 seconds in the male catogary. Ms. Hashma was place first in the women category with a timing of 23minutes 29 seconds.

In the event the surprising pariticpant was Ms. Aiminath Maain who is 9 years of age and who completed the race in 38 minutes.

With a large number of participants in the race we forcast that interest for fitness and exercise amoung the people of the country has gone up within the last few years.

This event was conducted in association with Athletics Association of Maldives.

BRAZIL 1 - ENGLAND 1

David Beckham was denied a winning return for England as Diego headed a late equaliser to earn Brazil a 1-1 friendly international draw yesterday.

David Beckham marked his first appearance for England since last year's World Cup by setting up John Terry's second half opener. Beckham the Real Madrid midfielder had been recalled by coach Steve McClaren 10 months after he had sent him into international exile.

England captain Terry had promised Beckham that he would allow him to take over the captaincy when he makes his 100th appearance for the england national side. John Terry made history scoring the first goal at New Wembley stadium.

Steven Gerrard was named man of the match.

RIYO MORI is MS. UNIVERSE 2007

Ms. Riyo Mori (Ms. Universe 2007)

Ms. Riyo Mori (20) of Japan has been chosen as Ms. Universe 2007. Ms. Mori was chosen as the Ms. Universe after competing with 77 partcipants in a 2 hours event at Mexico City.

Ms. Mori has been a dancer since 4, she loves travelling enjoys visiting museums and watching musicals.

News: Miss Universe L.P

Miss World 2007

Ms World 2006 - Taťána Kuchařová

The Miss World 2007 Final will be held in Sanya, China on Saturday 1st December. The official signing ceremony will be held on 14th June 2007.

The official announcement was published on 30/05/07 confirming the vanue for this years Miss World pageant.

European Bodybuilding Championships

BODYBUILDING OVERALL CHAMPION - Pavel KIRILENKO - Russia

European Bodybuilding Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan this months. Over 100 athletes participated in this competitoon. After not so successful years for Russia this year they took the stage and suprised everyone by winning al most all categories and the over all championships.

BODYBUILDING - 65 kg

Igor PAVLOV Russia 1st place

Adam CIBULA Slovakia 2nd place

Grzegorz SOCHACKI Poland 3rd place

BODYBUILDING - 70 kg

Alexander ESKIN Russia 1st place

Yalchin MAMMEDOV Azerbaijan 2nd place

Marcel JASEN Slovakia 3rd place

BODYBUILDING - 75 kg

Nikolay CHERNETSKI Russia 1st place

Dimitry ANISIMOV Ukraine 2nd place

Marek ZATLOUKAL Czech Republic 3rd place

BODYBUILDING - 80 kg

Igor LOSEV Russia 1st place

Mikhail VOROBEV Russia 2nd place

Tagir FAKHRUTDINOV Azerbaijan 3rd place

BODYBUILDING - 85 kg

Alexander KODZOEV Russia 1st place

Vugar VERDIYEV Azerbaijan 2nd place

Marian CAMBAL Slovakia 3rd place

BODYBUILDING - 90 kg

Dmitry KLIMOV Russia 1st place

Oleksandr SLOBODYANYUK Ukraine 2nd place

Oleksandr KHLYEBNIKOV Ukraine 3rd place

BODYBUILDING - 100 kg

Robert PIOTRKOWICZ Poland 1st place

Dmytro SALIK Ukraine 2nd place

Sener CINOGLU Switzerland 3rd place

BODYBUILDING + 100 kg

Pavel KIRILENKO Russia 1st place

Oleg EMELYANOV Ukraine 2nd place

Marek OLEJNICZAK Poland 3rd place

BODYBUILDING OVERALL CHAMPION

Pavel KIRILENKO - Russia

News: IFBB (www.ifbb.com)

Mr. Hendhunu Hendhuna

We all know about the morning show Hendhunu Hendhuna, and we all know about fitness segment of the program.

The program began few years ago with the participations of all major fitness centers in the country, namely SHERI, HEAT, MUSCLE LOAD, MALE' FITNESS ... from the first day of the program Mr. Hanim has been in the helm of the program. Presenting and making the programs on different angles of fitness was his major task, and till today he has been working to make the program a success.

For his participation in the hendhunu hendhuna program as a community service to promote fitness in the country we crown him as Mr. Hendhunu Hendhuna.

And our request for Mr. Hanim is explore more possibilities how to make the fitness centers and more fitness professionals participate in the program. As participation of more relative professionals will give us viewers better programs.

MR. YOOSUB ROCKS MUSCLE LOAD CLASSIC

This is the year of Mr. Yoosub, he always had his dream of getting on stage and compete as a bodybuilder. He has been training in a gym for more than 3 years showing his keen interest to compete and win one day.

According to the management of the gym he is one of the most regular person to the gym since he started, who does his workout with great interest. Being a true member at the gym he presented himself as an independent athlete to participate in the Muscle Load Classic 2007 (The annual Muscle Load’s Bodybuilding Championships) where he was placed 2nd in his category. He is a true winner and he has made his dream come true.

The management and staff of the gym where he trains (Male’ Fitness Club) had a treat for Mr. Yoosub to celebrate his achievements. We too congratulate you Mr. Yoosub.

In our words “YOOSUB YOU ROCK”

Sports Education ...

A NGO named Sports Education Academy of Maldives has been established. The Academy was developed by the leading sports & fitness professionals in the country. The fouder members of the Academy are Mr. Mohamed Kaleem (Prominant Business Man and Former National Football Caption) and Mr. Hussain Zinan (a leading fitness expert in the country).

According to the academy it has strong contribution from Dr. Hussain Haleem who is a expert in Sports Coaching.

The academy has so far conducted three training courses, 2 course on personal training which 16 students has successfully completed. And a third course for Maldives Police Services on Police Physical Training Instructors which 21 students completed fully.

We wish the academy a great future and wish to bring news on there training courses in the future.

Mr Olympia 2007

Mr. Olympia, Ms. Olympia and Fitness & Figure Olympia will be held on 27th September 2007 at Las Vegas, Las Vegas Convention Center.

The hot news about this years Mr. Olympia is Ronnie Coleman is coming back to take the Sandow from Jay Cutler. The former Mr. Olympia who was defeated by Jay Cutler say “Jay didn’t beat me. He’s just holding the Sandow for me until I take it back, which I will . . . in coming September,” promises Ronnie.....

But Jay’s not looking to relinquish his crown anytime soon. “I worked too long and too hard for this, it’s mine and I’m keeping it,” says a determined Cutler.

News: American Media, Inc. (AMI) and the IFBB Professional League

WORLD ATHLETICS DAY IN MAAMIGILI

Athletics Association of Maldives will host a ceremony to mark the World Athletics Day in Maamigili this year.

On the events conducted in Maamigili 43 Students from 4 Schools in Ari Atoll will participate, events includes 80m, 150m, 1000m run, shot put and discus throw.

Events will be held this friday.

BROADBAND ROAD RACE

This is great news for Athletic Association of Maldives. Mega companies like "DHIRAAGU" started using exercise to promote their business. We congratulate dhiraagu for this initiation.

The best part of these events are that it promotes healthy living and exercise amoung the people.

We forcast that more business are gonna invest on concepts of healthy living in Maldives.

"Why not a run called "FAT FREE" by a super market company like Fantasy.

Dhiraagu Broadband Road Race held of 01st June 2007 "be there"

School "Sports for All" Launching Ceremony

A ceremony was held to inaugurate the "SCHOOL SPORTS FOR ALL" program by the Sports for All section in Ministry of Youth and Sports. the cerenomy was inaugurated by Minister of Youth & Sports Mr. Hussain Hilmy.

In this ceremony the leading sports professional former Olympic Marathon Runner Captian Dr. Hussain Haleem of Maldives National Defence Force gave a presentation on "Imporatnce of Sports for School Children". In this presentation his message indicated that sports is not all about winning but to reap the benifits of phyiscal fitness through participating in sporting actvity.

Mr. Mohamed Hanim, Incharge of the ":Sports for All" at Ministry of Youth and Sports explained the importance of this program for School Children. He also highlighted on how the modern world encourage inactive lifestyle by vedio games and unhealthy snack options and more.

This ceremony was held at Kalafaanu School (22nd May 2007), the ceremony was attended by Minister of Youth and Sports Mr. Hussain Hilmy, Minister of Education Ms. Zahiya Zareer and other officials of both Ministies.

We will be bringing in more information about the progress of this program.

Muscle Load Classic 2007

The annual Bodybuilding Championships of Muscle Load gymnasium (Muscle Load Classic) was held in MCSE outdoor stage last Friday (18th May 2007). The competition was arranged and organised by the Management of Muscle Load.

A total of 9 competitors participated in this competiton out of which most of the competitors were from Muscle load and 01 competitor from Maldives Poilce Service.

We are looking forward to get the results of this competition.