Of course we are quite naturally because when roma are on form there isnt a better footballing spectical anywhere in europe. Mind you we have become abit mediocre this last 3 weeks :rolleyes:

"Pit Girls" And Champagne Spraying Banned From This Weekends F1 GP" This weekends F1 GP in Bahrain is to be the first held in the Middle East. The traditional podium celebration of spraying champagne will not be allowed in the Islamic country, and scantily-clad "pit girls" won't be welcome either. Bahrain's deputy speaker Adel al-Moawada, said: "Shaking the champagne and spreading it on people, this is something I don't think people will accept. The organisers know how to run this event without contradicting the culture of the place..." Non-alcoholic drinks for the podium celebrations will be allowed, with organisers coming up with a blend of locally grown fruit with rosewater. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Williams were sponsored by Saudia Airlines and used orange juice.

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lol u would be suprised bro u would be suprised

It seems that the desparate situation that confronts our people means that this is a normal occurance. May all forgive the dead, their time had come

Opinion: The best and the rest Monday 29 March, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Italian based reporter Dominique Antognoni highlights which individuals are on a high and a low after the Week 27 games. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The best… Luciano (Chievo) During his six months at Inter, nobody ever saw any of his trademark wing-play. He returns to Chievo and was unstoppable at the San Siro yesterday. His side’s first goal in the 2-2 draw against Milan was all down to him. He stole the ball from Gattuso, he beat two men before crossing for Sculli to score. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enzo Maresca (Juventus) Maresca is Davids’ heir and not Stephen Appiah. He is now a major player at Juventus after two years of waiting. He’s aggressive, he has fantastic feet and showed his ability with his head against Modena as he scored in the 3-1 win. He has so much more to give to the Bianconeri. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luca Marchegiani (Chievo) He flew from one post to the other yesterday at the San Siro. He was simply superb in goal before that 97th minute Andriy Shevchenko equaliser. His one handed save from a Shev header at 0-2 was marvellous. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The rest… Paolo Maldini (Milan) Everyone is entitled to a bad game when you are tired and not 100 per cent fit. He was comfortably beaten in the run up to both of Chievo’s goals. Fortunately for Milan that was Maldini’s first poor game of the season. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pippo Inzaghi (Milan) His open goal miss when Milan were 1-0 down had to be seen to be believed. Inzaghi was just never in the right place yesterday afternoon. He got edgy and then wasted another great second half chance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Dahl Tomasson (Milan) It is hard to believe but Tomasson has had a bad game. The Dane looked tired against Chievo. He did have a good chance to score but he was slower than the Gabriel Batistuta that we saw at Inter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Howe backs Milan Former Arsenal manager Don Howe thinks the Gunners are untouchable in the Premiership - but does not believe they will win the Champions League. Howe believes holders AC Milan are the best team in Europe and should retain their crown at the final in May. "However good Arsenal are, they haven't played an AC Milan or a Real Madrid, so they are untried," Howe told BBC Sport. "Milan are a wonderful team. They've got the firing power in attack and can more than match Arsenal elsewhere." Howe believes Premiership teams do not know how to cope with Arsene Wenger's side, but they will find no such luxury on the continent. He added: "The problem now with English sides is that they go into games with Arsenal not knowing how to stop them. "Not one club this season has come up with a way to stop them - that's why they are nine points ahead of Chelsea. "But you look at Milan and they are 10 points clear in Serie A, which is unheard of. It's an astonishing achievement. "I've watched them all season and they have some wonderful players like Andriy Shevchenko but they've got the team bond too, they know each other so well. "You can't say Arsenal will win the Champions League if they are going to have to play a team like that."

That Lauren is just crap,very very medicore player ,who plays out of position whaat??? Man thats why i cant stand arsenal supporters the dont even rate their good players, Lauren is a solid player, so consistent, i dont often see mistakes from him. Abit liek Ray parlour what happen to him man?? he was a gr8 player but *** -wan er just drop him off proceedings completely. anyway not my time so not for me to worry about.

German state backs headscarf ban Teacher Fereshta Ludin's case prompted states to legislate The southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg has become the first in the country to ban teachers from wearing Islamic headscarves. The state assembly approved the law almost unanimously, but Muslim groups said it eroded religious freedom. The law follows last year's ruling by Germany's highest court that states could ban headscarves if they were deemed to unduly influence pupils. Another five out of 16 states are in the process of passing similar bans. On Wednesday, Berlin's regional government agreed to outlaw all religious symbols for civil servants, although the bill still needs to be approved by the regional legislature. Fierce debates Baden-Wuerttemberg's parliament - dominated by a coalition of the opposition Christian Democratic Union and liberal Free Democrats - backed the deal almost unanimously. State culture minister Annette Schavan was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that headscarves had no place in schools as they were "open to interpretation", including a possible espousal of "Islamic political views". The issue has been fiercely debated in Germany since Fereshta Ludin, who was denied a job in Baden-Wuerttemberg in 1998 because she wore a headscarf in school, went to court. She argued that the German constitution guaranteed her religious freedom. Last September, the federal Constitutional Court ruled by five votes to three that, under current laws, she could wear the scarf. But it also said new laws could be passed by individual states banning them.

Capsized ship 'kills 100 Somalis' As many as 100 Somalis may have died after their boat capsized as they tried to reach Yemen, reports say. Somalia's Radio Shabeelle said the boat had been discovered after the disaster, which took place in rough seas some time in the last few days. The crew survived, but the passengers - all of them thought to be Somalis - were all reported to have perished. There have been several recent cases of migrants dying at sea while trying to leave poverty-stricken Somalia. '$500 voyage' Reports say the vessel capsized in rough seas off the Somali coast, after setting off from the port of Mareer, near Boosaaso in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland. Many Somalis attempt to reach Yemen, before going on to Saudi Arabia. In January last year, at least 80 people, mostly Somalis, were reported to have died when their boat caught fire on its way to Yemen. In April 2002, more than 90 people perished when they attempted the trip and their boat foundered in rough seas. The voyage is said to take four to five days, and to cost around $500 per person. ------------------------------------------------------------

Ultra-prety girls won't reject you in a fashion which perhaps might cause you to feel agonised by her rejection!! so, my advice to the single chaps is to try to chat up those others shy away from. They would appreciate your confidence; but be sure that you have something to be confident about lol interesting advice, i shall strive to rember that

Thanks for the contributions guys. Yeah i think it wouldnt be farfetched to assume that they include somali' figures amongst the african (naturally i would say) figures, although a break down and specific figures would be more helpfull in trying to work out just if the socially inequality and discrimination expirenced by African (somali's included )and Afro-Caribbean is equally true for somali's. I would suggest that the problem for somali's lie even further in that we dont immediatly (i hope i am not genealizing) recognize ourself as being amongst the african community, and the stats relating to it. Also whilst the afro-caribbean and african community have some representation and deeper history in the united kingdom the same isnt with the somali community, well to the same degree anyway. I for one think that the discrimination against somali's is even more deep rooted in that we suffer the same discrimination and inequality as expirenced by the rest of the ethinic minorities in the UK, but also we are subject to more abuse, scrutiny and unfair accusations because we are a soft target, fragmented and dis-organized. But the stats does make u wonder no? is the government and its various agency really doing the job? or more likely do they care? i suggest no on both counts The somali kids these days need to stop thinking about being decriminated against and get on with life. How many times have u heard the teacher was racist, my manager/supervisor was racist, the ref was racist,,,,,,never their fault is it? always some one else I agree at the end of the day you just have to try your best and get on with life, try to attain a decent education so that u are in a dedent position to direct ur life in a better direction.

Interesting Article thought, but i found the statistic at the end, expecially the prison stats more telling. Is this what it means to be a somali in the Uk?? ------------------------------------------------------- Respect Candidates Speak Out Against Racism 'Nothing has really improved for black people in terms of the institutional racism we face. New Labour ignores us. But there is a thirst for a new political movement.' Respect: The Unity Coalition has already selected several black candidates. They talked to Socialist Worker about the issues facing black people in New Labour's Britain Gary McFarlane is standing on the Respect European list for London I HAVE been active since the 1970s, when I was part of the struggles against the Nazi National Front organisation. I remember when Martin Luther King was shot, and having political discussions at home about things like the civil rights movement. My dad was in the air force, and he spoke about the inequalities he saw in there between the officers and ordinary men. I started putting things together and became a socialist. I've been involved in so many justice campaigns-Joy Gardner, who died after police forcibly restrained her, and with the Sylvester family after Roger died in police custody. I helped organise a speaking tour round Britain for the Cardiff Three, who were wrongly imprisoned in 1990. It's no wonder many people who have been campaigning feel betrayed by New Labour. Look at people like Paul Boateng. He posed as the radical Brent MP who made that infamous speech comparing his struggle to become a black Labour MP with the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. Now he is in government in the Treasury pushing through cuts and a blank cheque for the war. Nothing has really improved for black people in terms of institutional racism. You can see that in the number of young black people who are unemployed or pushed into low paid, low status jobs. And you can see it in the way we still get abused by the police. People's hopes that there would be change for the better after the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence have long gone. Now the police say they dare not deal with criminals because they are so terrified of being accused of racism! Yet everyone heard the vicious racism the police came out with in that BBC documentary, The Secret Policeman. You can pass all the citizenship tests, be totally integrated in society, but if you have black or brown skin you face racism. Young black people are very integrated in terms of culture, music and sport, and that's positive. But it doesn't break the cycle of discrimination. New Labour ignores us. But there is a thirst for a political movement that speaks for those bearing the brunt of New Labour's policies and the racism that David Blunkett loves to whip up. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janet Noble is the Respect candidate for Lambeth & Southwark and is on the London list for the GLA EDUCATION IS a huge issue for black people. There is massive underachievement among black boys in particular. Some people blame this on racist teachers. But it is also connected with the whole process of selection in schools. There is pressure on schools to get as many children as possible through exams so they get extra funding. This pressure happens in the context of a racist society, where teachers have preconceptions about which kids are likely to succeed and which to fail. The Labour MP Diane Abbott has been in parliament while her own government has further undermined the comprehensive education system. It is hypocritical to say that if schools fail our kids we should send them to public schools. What kind of solution is that for most black families? My youngest child is at a primary school in Southwark. It has a brilliant mixture of pupils from the council estate and from the "desirable residences", from Vietnam, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, France, and so on. This is celebrated as an enrichment of education and social experience. But when the kids get to secondary school exam mania sets in, and the idea of mixing goes out of the window. The pressure of exams turns lots of children off learning. I am committed to education, but I have three kids, and my heart sinks at the thought of having to pay tuition fees. The government goes on about choice, but it all comes down to money in the end. And black people are still stigmatised in our society. I work in Lambeth council. All the low paid jobs are done by mainly black workers. Because of the campaigns of the past there is a layer of black managers. But that doesn't mean there is a better service for our community. It's all about balancing the budget. We have to challenge New Labour. I wanted my children to have better opportunities in life than I did, but they haven't. It is pursuing a neo-liberal, business agenda. And Labour doesn't care if people like us and our children get trampled in the process. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Cobham has been selected as the Respect candidate for the West Central constituency in London I WAS born and raised in Brent, west London, and went to a local comprehensive school. My family came here in the 1960s. My father worked at the Heinz factory. Before that he worked nights at the Walls factory. I was the first one in my family to go to university. The history of slavery, of what has happened to black people in Britain over the last 40 years-these things can't be forgotten. If you are a young black man in London, criminal lawyers like me are the fourth emergency service. Most of what I do is about lessening the impact of the criminal justice system on individuals. I try to stop people getting a criminal record because it makes it so hard to get a job. I try to stop people getting a custodial sentence-they are handed out disproportionately to black men. And lots of young black men get into trouble because disproportionate numbers are excluded from school and left to rot. Labour can't tackle these things-they are the engine of these things. Their first instincts are what the Daily Mail thinks. They just don't have socialist instincts on anything. I know lots of people are being stopped under the anti-terror laws. There is a big Moroccan community in west London-they face getting their doors kicked in in the middle of the night. Only 1 percent of these searches, I call them break-ins, have resulted in arrests for terrorism-related offences. And we don't know how many of them will be found not guilty. The Moroccans tell me they have experienced a big increase in racist verbal abuse from the police since 11 September 2001. It means more young people are trying to understand their place in the world. So getting young people to vote is a priority for me. Housing is another big issue for people. In west London you find people who came and bought small houses in the 1960s. But their children had to buy houses further out. Now we can't buy houses at all. It's time we stood up to Blair at the ballot box. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Garvey is a Respect candidate for the West Midlands European elections THE COMPLEXITY of being British right here and now is something that never ceases to baffle and inspire me. On one hand there is the challenge to respond to issues of need, poverty, exclusion and disempowerment. Alongside this is the persistent need for change, and the action each of us plays in creating and challenging the environment we inhabit. The universal desire for a "better" life for all global citizens is elusive and distant, but somehow closer now than it has ever been to being achieved. Not unsurprisingly the "wicked" issues for me are the ones shared by many of us in Britain today. They are an education system that fails more children than it helps, a health system that is being gradually eroded, and a response to poverty that has seen an ever-increasing gap between the rich and poor. The political system persistently fails to respond to the needs of working class people. The good news, however, is that I, and others like me, seek to challenge and change all of those systems that create and sustain inequality. The presence of those individuals, and how inspired I am by their commitment, prompted me to stand as a candidate for Respect. I do not come from a culture or experience of active political campaigning. But I recognise that without actively engaging with and supporting alternatives to our current systems we risk missing a vital opportunity to make a real difference. Black people are still forced to accept low wage, low status jobs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why we must fight The statistics below show the continuing discrimination suffered by black people from an African and Afro-Caribbean background Children Infant mortality is 100 percent higher for Afro-Caribbean children than for whites. Black pupils are six times more likely to be excluded from school than whites. The number of permanent exclusions rose by 4 percent last year. Black children start school with the same attainment levels as white children. But the number of black pupils getting the average of five GCSEs was only 30 percent last year, the worst for any ethnic group. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Workers Black men are 2.5 times more likely than whites to be unemployed. African men with degrees are seven times more likely to be unemployed than whites. Black men earn an average of £115 a week less than white men. Black women earn £30 a week less than white women. Black nurses are twice as likely as whites to be underpaid for the work they do. Black workers are 8.5 percent of NHS workers, but only 1 percent of hospital trust chief executives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Policing Black people are eight times more likely to be stopped and searched than whites. The number of searches under "anti-terror" legislation rose by 300 percent between 2002 and 2003. Black people are five times more likely than whites to be arrested. The number of black people arrested rose by 12 percent in 2003. The number of whites arrested fell by 1 percent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prisons Black people are six times more likely than whites to get a prison sentence. The black prison population is rising by more than 2,000 per year. Between 1997 and 2001 the prison population rose by 12 percent, but the black prison population grew by 54 percent. One in 100 black people are now in prison. Two percent of the population is black, yet 18 percent of the male prison population is black. 24 percent of the female prison population is black. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to index

Better late then never 1- Location- London 2- Fave sport- Calcio 3- Fave team(s)- AS Roma & Italy 4- How often do u do sport?- 1's a month unfortunately :rolleyes: 5- Occupation - Revenue Officer (google uk that) 6- Other interests - C.A/Islam/Travelling 7- other sports - Atheltics, Tennis 8- what sport do u hate and why? - Rugby need a say

Shuijul, theres a nice place in Leyton - Sheesha, Tea, and a satelite with load of sports channels, prem,seria a and la liga,,,,, Is there now.. , Well if the truth be told am always up for some sheesa and mint tea. The champions league final will be played on the 26 of may (wednesday night that is) we might be able to have a mini sol sports crew knee's up with Winger back on the 17th

And by the way, why where the ITV punch of jokers making it sound like no Italian team can play good football by making it obviouse repeat saying "This is good football match!!" more then once Because they are ignorant. plain and simple. I rember last year all the hype over the Real v Man u Game, man :eek: . Yesturday was no suprise really the fomr milan are in. But am sure we will see some suprise from here on. watch out for Real v Monaco real's defending is gonan get exposed again

Lets not have an argument erupt over someone saying thank you N-S ur most wlcmed

Four Star Milan Destory Valiant Depor Com'on lads place your bets, as much as i hate milan i have to say that they have become outright favourites for the champions league. Attack Kaka Sheva Cafu Midfield Gattuso Seedorff Pirlo Defender Maldini Nesta Goalie Dida Lucky sords have the dream ticket

The revoultion is here to stay LST So Nomads like raula said, G/W the Programme

Northener Sheesa and Mint Tea whilst we draw up a plan to getting rid of Gerrad Houlier??? Baaynil Lunch at top Italian returant with top italian totti's watchin a top of the table Seria Clash (torture huh ) Rokko could explain to me what LBW means :cool: Somalisujui wapi watu Yetu UnderDogg Got anymore jokes bro LOL To shy huh North. Well my excuse is more valid :cool: i have met more than my fair share.

inaa lilaahi wa inaa ilayhi raajicuun My condolences goes out to you and your family

lol tell me about it. That is the one bigg problem for italian FA to deal with. As it later transpired there rumors where nothing more than chinese whispers and the italin cabrini's believe the following 6 hour riots and ultra violence was more organised than anything spontaneous. Bigg dissapointment.

I had many life long friends attending yestuday calling me to attended and celebrate, well meaning brothers. But i was working late and in the end could only wish them well and a safe passage home. The above comments however formed some of the anxeity and reasons why i chose to experience the day second hand. This generation of our's is even more Qaabil orientated than one would at first think

One last cap for Baggio? Wednesday 17 March, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Italy boss Giovanni Trapattoni is ready to reward Roberto Baggio for his extraordinary career with one more Azzurri cap. The legendary Italian, who netted his 200th Serie A goal at the weekend, is set to retire at the end of this season and Trap wants to honour the ace. "I’ll have a word with him and if he agrees with the idea then I could call him up for game against Spain on April 28 (at Genoa)," said the tactician. "It would be recognition for what he has given this sport. He could even wear the No 10 shirt because he is one of the No 10s that have made history." Baggio won his 55th and last cap back in March 1999 when he appeared in the 1-1 draw with Belarus at Ancona. The national shirt has always been special for the 37-year-old after his exploits at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups. He was hoping to take part in 2002 but, despite recovering from a knee injury in record time, he was left out by Trap. "People tried to put us against each other but I was always transparent in my behaviour towards Baggio," added the Coach. "Baggio has left a mark on the game and not only in Italy. The fact that he has now scored 200 goals is proof of an extraordinary career. "In fact, he could have done even more in the game had he not suffered those serious knee injuries." However, it is unclear at this stage whether Baggio would accept the invitation to play after he was overlooked on so many occasions in the past. ------------------------------------------------------------ Baggio crowns Cassano

well come up with some suggestions saxiib . I agree this could corner of the site could do with some regular contributors. Perhaps a mixture of educational aswell as sports and entertainment orientated posts might attract some more attention and catch the imagination of the spring chicks (or spring camels if ever the phrase existed) i promise i'll post something by the end of this week