Archive for August, 2011

Fresh from being announced Europe’s best player after a magnificent display of 53 goals scored last season, Lionel Messi will dazzle once again as the race begins for European places in La Liga.

The 24-year-old was crowned Uefa Best Player in Europe, securing a total of 39 votes out of a possible 53 from sports journalists.

Messi also came out on top as the number one scorer in the Champions League for the third successive season.

Second came Spain’s Xavi Hernandez, also from Barcelona, with 11 votes and third placed was his Real Madrid’s Christiano Ronaldo.

All players will star in La Liga FC Barcelona v Real Madrid - a clash of the titans and the world’s biggest grudge match. The rivalry is unmatched and the atmosphere unbeatable.

Let us treat you like a Galáctico and provide a day to remember. Who will be smiling after 90 minutes of the finest football Europe has to offer … Ronaldo or Messi, Ramos or Puyol? One thing is for certain: the Camp Nou will be buzzing with excitement.

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THG is proud to have wrapped up its August charity drive to support Share Your Soles.  Share your soles is an organization dedicated to providing shoes to those in the third world. Our regional efforts entailed facilitating a shoe drive at our North American Headquarters at Chicago’s NBC Tower.  All together we collected over 200 pairs of shoes.

Since 1999 Share Your Soles has delivered tens of thousands of pairs of shoes to desperately impoverished people throughout the world. Share Your Soles began when  founder Mona Purdy traveled through Central America, and saw children painting tar on the soles of their bare feet, due to lack of shoes, in order to  prevent disease.   Share your soles is a nongovernmental organization with no ties to other aid organizations, they are truly only in existence to make life a little easier for those that they serve.

“Share Your Soles is a worthy organization I have watched grow over the last several years.  It has strong backing from companies ranging from American Airlines to FedEx, with a select group of board members including our Secretary of State Jesse White.  With the contribution power of close to 200 employees in our Chicago office, there was no question we would want to support an Illinois based charity with a global reach .” said Jon Stromberg, CEO of THG Sports North America.
For more information and to find out how you can help visit their website: www.shareyoursoles.org

THG Sports Careers page was launched in the beginning of August and is looking to rapidly expand its network. Online social networking has become one of fastest growing means of communication amongst individuals worldwide. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.

Stay connected by becoming a fan of THG Sports Careers for latest updates, job opportunities, interview tips and upcoming events. The THG Sports Careers page will also allow members to view client testimonials of our sporting events, as well as videos from our top sales performers.

THG currently has sales divisions in Chicago, Montreal, San Diego and is looking to expand to Toronto and New York. Interested candidates can view our job openings online through our Facebook page or by going directly onto Careerbuilder.com or Monster.com.

Visit our page :  http://www.facebook.com/pages/THG-Sports-Careers/196059393784581

Ipswich Town will play its Championship opener of the 2011/12 season this Saturday (6 August).

ITFC will meet Bristol City at Ashton Gate followed by the Carling Cup tie with Northampton at Portman Road next Tuesday.

Manager Paul Jewell expects a tough season ahead following the opening game on 6 August.

“It just proves what a tough league this is. I know it’s a cliché but every manager in this league will tell you that every game in this division is tough,” he told the ITFC website.

ITFC has recently signed Aaron Cresswell on a three-year contract after arriving as a free agent from Tranmere. Cresswell joins earlier signings Nathan Ellington, Lee Bowyer and Michael Chopra, who were signed earlier in the summer.

Striker Ellington put pen to paper on a two-year deal in a move that sees him reunited with Town boss Paul Jewell for a third time.

England international Bowyer, who joined the club as a free agent, signed a one-year contract. Bowyer has clocked up almost 600 appearances in first-team football, spending most of his career in the Premier League. He started his playing days at Charlton, before going on to play for Leeds, Newcastle, West Ham and Birmingham, helping the midlanders to Carling Cup success over Arsenal at Wembley last season.

Chopra came to Portman Road from Cardiff for an undisclosed fee on a three year contract. The 27-year-old said he is confident he can end the club’s seven-year wait for a 20-goal striker.

Shefki Kuqi was the last player to score 20 goals in the 2004/05 season. 

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