Football's best-paid players

According to the bi-weekly France Football magazine, below are the highest paid footballers during 2009 based on their wages, bonuses and endorsements :


1: Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina (£29.6m)
2: David Beckham, AC Milan/LA Galaxy and England (£27.3m)
3: Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid and Portugal (£26.9m)
4: Kaka, Real Madrid and Brazil (£16.9m)
5: Thierry Henry, Barcelona and France ( £16.2m)
6: Ronaldinho, AC Milan and Brazil (£15.4m)
7: Carlos Tevez, Manchester City and Argentina (£13.8m)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Barcelona and Sweden (£13m)
9: Frank Lampard, Chelsea and England (£12.7m)
10: Samuel Eto'o, Inter Milan and Cameroon, (£12.4m)

Mizoram dancers jive into Guinness records

Mizoram`s famous bamboo dance of Cheraw today entered into the Guinness world records with 10,736 people dancing in a 2.5 km area, the largest ensemble ever on the globe.
After the performance here, Guinness World Records adjudicator from London Lucia Sinigaliesi announced that Mizoram has made a new world record for the largest and longest dance ensemble in the world.

Ms. Sinigaliesi also handed over a certificate of record to Art and Culture Minister P C Zoramsangliana.

The total number of dancers in the Cheraw were 10,736 in 671 groups spread between a 2.5 km stretch of the main city road between Sikulpuikawn in the south and Chanmari and in the north as well as inside the Assam Rifles ground.

While 2,518 dancers were on the main road, there were 8,224 inside the Assam Rifles ground who performed for eight minutes exclusive of the rehearsals.

The dancers included members of Young Mizo Association and students from middle school to college levels.

Talking to reporters, Sinigaliesi said though some people in South East Asia also perform the bamboo dance, research suggests Cheraw originated from Mizoram.

"To make or break records the dances have to be traditional and performers must wear traditional dresses as done colourfully today," she said.

Weekly Top 10 movies most downloaded on BitTorrent – Mar 07, 2010

Weekly Top 10 movies most downloaded on BitTorrent – Mar 07, 2010

European Football Club Rich List

The Deloitte Football Money League, based on clubs' revenue excluding transfer fees, sees the two Spanish clubs secure the top spots but mainly due to the continuing decline of the pound against the euro.

Deloitte Football Money League - 2008-09 revenue, (last year's position in brackets):
1 (1) Real Madrid £341.9million
2 (3) Barcelona £311.7m
3 (2) Man Utd £278.5m
4 (4) Bayern Munich £246.6m
5 (6) Arsenal £224.0m
6 (5) Chelsea £206.4m
7 (8) Liverpool £184.8m
8 (11) Juventus £173.1m
9 (10) Internazionale £167.4m
10 (7) AC Milan £167.4m
11 (15) Hamburg £124.9m
12 (9) Roma £124.7m
13 (12) Lyon £118.9m
14 (16) Marseille £113.5m
15 (14) Tottenham £113.0m
16 (13) Schalke £106.0m
17 (n/a) Werder Bremen £97.7m
18 (20) B Dortmund £88.1m
19 (n/a) Man City £87.0m
20 (17) Newcastle £86.0m

Weekly Top 10 movies most downloaded on BitTorrent - Feb 28, 2010

Weekly Top 10 movies most downloaded on BitTorrent - Feb 28, 2010

ThePirateBay.org's Torrents Remain Online Despite Court Order to remove them

Last October the Amsterdam Court ruled that three former Pirate Bay operators had to remove a list of ‘infringing’ torrents from the website and block access to Dutch users. The Pirate Bay trio had to comply with the Court’s demands before today, but nothing has changed and it’s unlikely that the Dutch will be shut out of the site in the near future.

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