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Inter to sign Ruben Botta

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Inter have completed the transfer of the Tigre’s midfielder Ruben Botta. The 23 year old midfielder will do the medical exams at the end of May and will join Inter in the summer.

Inter were monitoring his situation since 2012.  Also Roma and Juventus were interested in signing the player. Botta will sign a five years contract with the former Champions League winners.

Botta started his career at Boca youth academy but didn’t had the chance to play for the first team. He moved to Tigre where he made the debut at the first team at the age of 19 in a game against Boca Juniors.

The attacking midfielder is a skillful player who is comfortable striking the ball with both feet. Ruben will come at San Siro with his younger brother.

Should electronic mouthguards be introduced in rugby?

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It is well known that rugby is one of the most toughest sports. Hutt Old Boys Marist players have started to wore the electronic mouthguards to detect better the concussions and ensure better the players healthy.

The mouthguards were imported from US by the team doctor to measure the received by the players on the field.

The players wore the mouthguards last game against Wainuiomata in the Swindale Shield match and will probably do the same on Saturday game against Oriental-Rongotai. The rugby odds are giving them as favorites for the game.

King, the team doctor, started this work after he witnessed the dead of Leaonardo Va’a in 1998. The player died on the field after he suffered a few concussions and a bleed on his brain. The player was declared dead at the arrival at the hospital. That incident marked King and determined him to want to know more about it.

He started to work in rugby last year when HOBM decided that all players should make the tests after every match.

King declared that the New Zealand Rugby union is not involved in this even if they know all about it. The club players are forced to take a break of three weeks in case of a diagnosed concussion. Unfortunately this is only for professional players.

King also declared that most of the players have embraced the concept but there are some of them who were reluctant in accepting it.

Will Netherlands win the WC group unbeaten?

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The next World Cup will  be played in Brazil next year and the qualifying games are in the middle of the process.

Netherlands, one of the tournament favorites, are leading the group D with maximum points from five games. They are five points ahead Hungary and Romania and nine above Turkey. Check the latest odds and lines for Soccer at Top Bet to see which are the chances for Netherlands to finish the group with maximum points.

Their next game will be this evening against Romania on Amsterdam Arena. This will be followed by two away games with Estonia and Andorra.

Hungary is the next opposite at home and then probably the toughest game against Turkey. The full schedule and group standings can be see on Fifa.com.

The Netherlands have one of the best defences as they conceded only two goals. They stand well also in attack with 16 goals. Netherlands remain on eight place on Fifa rankings also this month.

 

Michael Owen to retire at the end of the season

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Michael Owen revealed that he will retire at the end of the season. The 33 years old forward, who is currently under contract with Stoke, made a short presentation of his career.

The former Golden Ball described the Liverpool period as the best of his career and declared that he felt at home. Owen played for Liverpool between 1997 to 2004 when he scored 158 goals in 297 appearances. He has won FA Cup, League Cup and Uefa Cup but unfortunately  he missed the Champions League trophy as Liverpool won it in 2005, one season after he left for Real Madrid.

Jamie Carragher, who will also retire at the end of the season has only words of praise for his former team mate. Carragher described Owen as “The supreme goalscorer”.

Owen spoke also about the Newcastle period, a bad period for him. The former England international didn’t played for Newcastle because of the injuries. Newcastle relegated from Premier League in 2009 and the fans accused him for leaving the club in a difficult situation. Owen declared that the things are not that way and that he was not offered a new contract by the club.

Last season he joined Stoke where he was hoping to get more playing time but that didn’t happened.

Even if he will not play football, he will probably remain in this domain as England FA are preparing to offer him a role.

Will Mario Gomez leave Bayern in the summer?

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Mario Gomez is going trough a tough period of his life. Even if he just signed a contract extension with his team, Gomez is not happy at Bayern.

The 27 years old forward has lost his starting place in the favor of Mandzukic who is having an extraordinary season. Mandzukic came at Bayern last summer to fill the void left by Gomez injury. Super Mario suffered a ankle surgery just after the Euro 2012.

Gomez declared that it’s to early to talk about his future but if the situation will not change until the end of the season he might consider leaving Bayern.

Gomez is considered one of the best strikers in the Europe at the moment and there are a lot of teams that would be interested in signing him if he decides to leave.

The things might change next season when Guardiola will be in charge at Bayern. It is well known that the Spanish coach is an admirer of Gomez  abilities and that he also tried to sign him when he was coaching Barcelona.

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