Lawrence Taylor arrested in connection with rape
Lawrence Taylor, the NFL Hall of Famer known in celeb circles for his “Dancing With the Stars” stint, was arrested overnight in connection with the alleged rape and beating of a 15-year-old runaway just outside of New York, police said Thursday morning.
The Journal News in Hudson Valley, N.Y., reports that the former linebacker was being held in the Ramapo, N.Y., lockup on suspicion of third-degree rape. An arraignment hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, and police plan to hold a news conference in connection with the case that afternoon as well. The charge of third-degree rape involves having sex with a minor.
Taylor was taken into custody at a Holiday Inn in Rockland, N.Y. The victim “was a runaway since March, and there was a pimp involved,” a Ramapo Police Department supervisor told the Journal News, which has more details about the arrest. “She got punched in the face. We’re not sure who did it.”
For the man known as LT, the arrest comes as a body blow to an image that until recent years was about as battered as the brain of family man Luther “Shark” Lavay, Taylor’s character in Oliver Stone’s “Any Given Sunday.”
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FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa will enrich the $ 1 billion
FIFA released a sum of expected income from a 2010 World Cup, which will be held this summer in South Africa. The International Football Association, the financial profit from the world championships will be $ 3.2 billion and net income of $ 1 billion.
Notably, four years before the 2006 World Cup Organizing Committee Germany reported a profit of $ 300 million.
Japanese football offers money to participate in the World Cup 2010
Japanese midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara, who for the past three years, only once summoned to the team of his country, is willing to pay for a place in the national team, in order to reach the World Cup to be held in the summer of 2010 in South Africa.
“I understand that it’s hard for me to get into South Africa - confessed 31-year-old Ogasawara. - But this does not mean that my chances are zero. I would have been happy if the team played the role of the second plan. For this I am willing to pay own money. ”
Note that in the group stage of World Cup Japanese to fight with teams of Cameroon, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Teams Georgia and Cameroon will meet each other in a friendly match
Georgia national football team will hold a friendly match against a team of Cameroon. It will be held May 25 in Linz, Austria, where they will collect part of Cameroonians in the run-up to launch 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In addition to this game in the plans Cameroonian squads including meetings with the Slovak Republic (29 May), Portugal (June 1) and Serbia (5 June).
Note that final matches of Football World Cup 2010 will take place from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The final match will be held at the stadium Soccer City in Johannesburg.
Romario called coach of Brazil to take Ronaldinho to the championship
The legendary Brazilian Romario, who scored for his career of more than 1000 heads, said that the midfielder of AC Milan Ronaldinho deserves to go to the World Cup in South Africa.
“If Ronaldinho will continue to play like he played in recent times for Milan, it means that he is worthy of your trip to World Cup 2010. At this point, he did everything possible to Dunga invited him to the team” - quoted Romario O Globo.
Note that the head coach of Brazil’s Dunga stubbornly ignores Ronaldinho, over and over again without using it under the banner of the national team.
