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By Cindy Ferguson

Every time Lewis Hamilton wins a title, race tickets are worth double and the stock market goes wild, perhaps investing on the ’Hamilton Franchise’ is a lucrative idea. With only 23 years old, Hamilton recently became the youngest Formula 1 World Champion ever, and the chances of becoming the first billionaire sportsperson in Britain are around the corner.

There is no doubt that Lewis Hamilton may have a chance to outranked Tiger Woods as the world’s highest paid sportsman, because it is still unknown if Woods would earn $1 billion by 2010. Perhaps it will take Hamilton a while to reach such a figure, but he is in a good track.

There is no official document regarding Hamilton’s earnings, thus it was said that the McLaren contract is worth $116 million plus an additional $31 million from Reebok and those figures do not count the additional marketing, presentations, private contracts, TV ratings, etc… Approximately 10 years ago when Hamilton was still a rookie go-kart pilot, many sports companies were putting bids on the question: will he be able to win the F1 title before turning 25 years old? Well, if you put money on that, congratulations, because the investment on Hamilton sure paid you off.

Lewis Hamilton is definitely a franchise dream, with a charming personality, formative years and prominent victories. Hamilton is the kind of box office hit that appeals both genres with an unpredictable combination of races in black and white background.At this point in time Hamilton is such a commercial hit, that the McLaren team had to pass a new rule to the drivers, as they can only have sponsors linked to the team itself and not outsiders. If Hamilton continues the racing accomplishments until the year 2012 when the McLaren contract has to be renewed, it is a fact that he will receive $47 million a year and his wages may go to $781 million. If the numbers match on that period of time, Hamilton will definitely exceed Michael Schumacher’s pay packet and David Beckham’s commercial dream, thus becoming Britain’s maximum earning sports celebrity to date.

Hamilton is in the course of building a foundation based on bighearted donations; the potential receivers remain mysterious still, though not to long ago, he did state the importance of the African people. The idea sounds very promising and open hearted, but must still look forward to keep enough cash on the banks accounts will rely on his success on the F1; plus, the chase for new titles must remain flowing on a competitive manner.

Thinking on the present day, Hamilton’s success is in every single blog and newspaper across the planet, many companies are desperate and eager for his support, even if that means a ridiculous amount of money. Right now Hamilton is the man and it looks like it would be that way for a while. So, who knows maybe instead of risking your futures on the stock market or the oil business, you could put some of your profits on Hamilton… anyway no matter with he does, it always pays double.

About the Author:

Cindy Ferguson is a high-ranking sports writer, currently writing reviews on Formula One for the sports betting industry. Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety on your site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not modify any of the content.

Por Ally White

Los Azulgranas de la Liga Española, el FC Barcelona, alcanzaron la cima de la tabla de la primera división de fútbol español el sábado anterior, al vencer al Málaga 1-4.
El juego fue difícil para el Barcelona debido a las fuertes lluvias que cayeron en el estadio del Málaga. Pero eso no le importó al Barça ya que su trabajo fue grandioso durante todo el juego y además, el equipo tomó ventaja de todas sus oportunidades en el juego.

Xavi Hernández abrió el marcador al lograr el primer tanto al minuto 5 con un tiro libre. Siete minutos después, Duda empató el juego para el Málaga al recuperar el balón fuera del área y anotar de gran forma dándole un efecto para un tiro certero. Sin embargo, solo seis minutos después, las cosas volvieron a cambiar para el Barcelona al minuto 18, cuando Messi recuperó un despeje de balón de Weligton y anotó el segundo gol para el Barca. En el segundo tiempo, Xavi apareció de nuevo anotando su segundo gol de la noche en el minuto 52, poniendo el juego 3-1 a favor de su equipo. El Barça mantuvo el dominio el resto del partido y la última anotación fue un autogol hecho por Weligton cuando éste se volvió de lado tocando el balón durante un tiro libre de Dani Alves al minuto 80.

Esta es la victoria consecutiva número once del Barcelona desde el inicio de la temporada. El FC Barcelona ha ganado 3 juegos en la Liga de Campeones y 8 en la Liga Española. Ahora el próximo oponente del Barca en la Liga de Campeones es el equipo suizo de Basilea.  El juego será jugado en el estadio Camp Nou del Barcelona el 4 de noviembre. Por otro lado, en la Liga Española el Barça se enfrentará al Valladolid, equipo que se encuentra en el décimo cuarto lugar de la tabla, el 8 de noviembre. Con estos dos partidos, el Barcelona tratará de mantener su invicto para sumar puntos en la Liga de Campeones y preservar el liderazgo en La Liga.

Actualmente, Barcelona cuenta con 22 puntos, seguido por el Villareal con 21 y el Real Madrid y el Valencia con 20 puntos cada uno. El entrenador Pep Guardiola está muy satisfecho con el desempeño de sus jugadores y la actitud que han desarrollado a lo largo de estas semanas de temporada, pero asegura que esto no significa que el equipo va a relajarse o subestimar a sus oponentes.
“Los resultados vienen a través de la humildad y el trabajo, estoy satisfecho con mis jugadores pero quisiera hacer este discurso al final de la temporada, todavía quedan 87 puntos que defender. Pensar que el juego está ganado antes de jugarlo es el peligro. Hemos jugado con humildad y con respeto hacia nuestros oponentes porque si no los resultados no serían tan positivos,” expresó Guardiola.

En este momento el Barcelona es considerado por los aficionados y analistas como uno de los equipos favoritos para ganar La Liga. Sin embargo, habrá que ver si los jugadores del Barça pueden mantener su condición física y su forma de juego durante el resto de la temporada. Esperamos que con la contribución de Xavi, Messi, Iniesta y el resto del equipo, el Barcelona pueda mantener el espíritu ganador y la unificación que caracteriza al club este año.

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Ally White es de las principales escritoras sobre la acción en los eventos deportivos para la industria de las apuestas deportivas, Instant Action Sports. Siéntase libre de reimprimir este articulo en su totalidad en su sitio, asegúrese de dejar todos los vínculos en su lugar y de no modificar su contenido.

By Emeli Dean

The German racecar driver Timo Scheider achieved, just short time, before his 30th birthday his first German Touring Car Masters Championship. The final race of the year took place at the Hockenheimring in Germany on October 26th 2008.

There were a total of 11 events this season and Scheider could ensure himself three victories and four runners-up spots. His most difficult opponent was the British driver Paul Di Resta who became runner-up with only four points’ beneath. However, even though if Scheider would’ve come second on this last race of the season and Di Resta first, Scheider would still have had one point on his favor.

With only ten years Scheider set in 1989, for the first time, in a kart-car and switched six years later to the Formula Renault. In 1997 he piled into the higher class Formula Three which is seen as the preliminary stage of the GP2 Series and the Formula One. Since 2000 Scheider starts for the German Touring Car Masters (DTM) which has several events also elsewhere in Europe. The touring car racing series is held since 2000 as the successor of the abandoned International Touring Car Masters (ITC).

With Opel he won the 24 Hours race in 2003 at the Nürburgring. In 2005 he switched for only one year to the a little slower racing series “FIA GT Championship“ but he returned quickly to the DTM and started in an Audi for the Team Rosberg in which he obtained a permanent place last year.

At the first race of this year’ season, the Hockenheimring, Scheider came second behind the reigning champion, the Swede Mattias Ekström. After the second race in Oschersleben, he took over the leadership and did not give it up anymore. Paul Di Resta received a total of 71 points and became the runner-up of the race. The two stars didn’t have to worry about the other drivers at any time, for the third place went to Ekström, who had an enormous deficit of 15 points.

In this last race of the championship Di Resta drove officially the fastest round and established a new track record. Ekström was the one who could almost cover himself with glory because he drove in the qualification round more than one second faster than Di Resta, but unfortunately not in the official race.

Despite Scheider‘s victory, his team has to be content with the second place for the manufacturer representation. The first place went to the Mercedes Benz team for which Paul di Resta, Jamie Green and Bernd Schneider got a total of 5 victories.

A few days after Scheider’s triumph, he was elected as the motor sportsman of the year from the ADAC, Europe’s largest automobile alliance, which was founded in Germany. Alongside Scheider, was nominated the German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel, who became the youngest Grand Prix winner in the Formula One history, with his victory in September, 2008. The presentation of the prizes will take place on November 22nd at the ADAC SportGala in Munich. The jury did not only classify the driver’s sportive performance but also his appearance outside the track. Scheider is very supportive with kids in need of help and that’s why he was chosen at the end.

About the Author:
Emeli Dean is a high-ranking writer on sports for the
football betting industry. You can also find more of his work at http: www.instantactionsports.com
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