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A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months. Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (64km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year. He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse. The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July. Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17. Domestic media and some experts have accused her father of abuse, saying running such long distances could damage the girl's body and affect her growth. "I make the training fun for her. I don't push her," Mr Zhang told the Beijing News. "She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," he said. Zhang and his wife have separated, mainly because she opposed his way of training their daughter, the newspaper reported. "Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," Mr Zhang said.

Talksport's Spanish correspondent has just said his condition is deteriorating, Doctors claim he has suffered 9 heart attacks since his colapse on the pitch. Hope the poor fucker pulls through.

This one looks good, saw it on demo in GameStation last week Blazing angels

N'Zogbia - http://www.super-goal.info/vdo_clips.php?c...=20&id=2207 Mido - http://www.super-goal.info/vdo_clips.php?c...=20&id=2208 Viduka - http://www.super-goal.info/vdo_clips.php?c...=20&id=2209 Arca - http://www.super-goal.info/vdo_clips.php?c...=20&id=2210

Agreed, Cacapa and Rozenhal are just what the club have been missing.

I guess you need to draw a line regarding certain chants, but if a professional footballer can't cope with baracking and banter from the fans then he's in the wrong job.

The buttons.

I'd rather have a striker who can be quiet all game and then score a classy goal than a player who runs around a lot but not much else. Given the choice, only a fool would disagree, but in my opinion Martins did the next best thing to scoring, he worked his arse off, with no service he went looking for the ball himself but people still find room to slag him off. Viduka scored and you're slagging him off. Other than his goal I thought his effort and contribution was near zero, so yes I am. As I said before, I don't think any of the strikers deserve praise from the match, I just don't get the vitriol aimed at Martins, who in my opinion worked the hardest out of all of them.

I'm sorry but that woman deserves a kick in the slit.

I'd rather have a striker who can be quiet all game and then score a classy goal than a player who runs around a lot but not much else. Given the choice, only a fool would disagree, but in my opinion Martins did the next best thing to scoring, he worked his arse off, with no service he went looking for the ball himself but people still find room to slag him off. They're not slagging him off, they're just saying he was ineffectual, which is hard to argue with. Nah, some folk here have made their minds up about Martins and have closed the book on him. Given the lack of service yesterday it is not surprising Martins was ineffectual, Martins/Viduka/Smith were feeding off scraps all afternoon, and none of them looked very impressive at all in my opinion, yet the focus of critisism is aimed at Martins.

I'd rather have a striker who can be quiet all game and then score a classy goal than a player who runs around a lot but not much else. Given the choice, only a fool would disagree, but in my opinion Martins did the next best thing to scoring, he worked his arse off, with no service he went looking for the ball himself but people still find room to slag him off.

enjoy this film muchos. but a mexican arabian diplomat helping Vikings fight other vikings is just I hated it, a poor mans Beowulf.

Things are looking up ! but its still frustrating viewing at times, but things are clearly moving forward in my opinion.

I thought Martins put in a good shift today, Viduka on the otherhand did jack-shit other than score.

Another problem-free performance. Cacapa looked every inch the experienced, composed centre half when he came on too. Agreed, Cacapa is looking a fantastic aquisition.

Credit for once for the Spurs fans: "You're just a shit Maradona"

On the subject of wallpapers, is soccer-art.co.uk closed down or something ?

I think I know what you mean, we miss a player who take the ball and run past players, and breathe some creativity into the game, we just need someone that can do that but with a better final ball than Dyer. N'Zogbia's contribution today was a good example of what we are wasting by playing him at left-back, although I thought he did well, he's better utilised as an attacking player.

Sam did say in his post match interview on Setanta that he hopes to do some work in the remainder of the transfer window.

Agreed about Owen, but I thought Martins worked hard, Viduka on the other hand did fuck all other than his goal. I'll take his goal today over Martins' hard work, thanks. Fuck me, you don't say ? What was your point, then? I was making an observation regarding how much effort Martins put into the match, he worked tirelessly, as opposed to Viduka how strolled around and did very little. Ultimately, strikers are there to score goals, and Viduka produced a fine goal today and the only measure of a striker is goals, but people seem quick to slag off Martins, the point I was making he worked very hard today, tracking back and getting forward and that deserves credit in my opinion. His work-rate deserves acknowledgment, but as Gemmill said, he didn't actually contribute anything. You could argue thats as much to do with tactics as much as anything else, very few chances for any of the strikers, as it was said before, it took Viduka an hour before his first shot on target, what was his contribution up until then ? I don't see how anyone can single out Martins, thats my point.

Agreed about Owen, but I thought Martins worked hard, Viduka on the other hand did fuck all other than his goal. I'll take his goal today over Martins' hard work, thanks. Fuck me, you don't say ? What was your point, then? I was making an observation regarding how much effort Martins put into the match, he worked tirelessly, as opposed to Viduka how strolled around and did very little. Ultimately, strikers are there to score goals, and Viduka produced a fine goal today and the only measure of a striker is goals, but people seem quick to slag off Martins, the point I was making he worked very hard today, tracking back and getting forward and that deserves credit in my opinion.

Agreed about Owen, but I thought Martins worked hard, Viduka on the other hand did fuck all other than his goal. I'll take his goal today over Martins' hard work, thanks. Fuck me, you don't say ?

Or just start using a formation that suits the players? 60 mins before our first corner, 62 mins before Viduka's first shot on goal, I daren't even look at the possession stats, either way, it speaks volumes about our style of play.

Agreed about Owen, but I thought Martins worked hard, Viduka on the other hand did fuck all other than his goal.

For the neutral maybe, from out point of view I thought it was fucking shite.