Fat Ronaldinho Playing on The Beach

Look how fat Ronaldinho is, and you still wondering why Dunga didn't bring him to 2010 World Cup?

In the age of 30, Ronaldinho should be still on his prime time. But right now, everything seem went wrong for Ronaldinho. After being left from Brazilian national team in the World Cup, the football star also has a decision to make in the club level.

Ronaldinho playing beach football in Brazil in this summer break

Although he still has one year contract with AC Milan, the club seems only want to keeping him in the squad if Ronaldinho want to accept a reduction in his high salary. So far, only Los Angeles Galaxy from MLS who seriously approached him.


If he want to keep on with his usual game pace, Ronaldinho needs to watch his diet, and stop all his bad habits, especially his fondness of going to the night club even on the matchday, that made him clash with his coach on some occasions.

Coffee Might Helps Athletes Performance

Do you know that many professional athletes include coffee in their diet programs? There is one important substance in coffee that is believed can increase the performance of an athlete. It is caffeine which proven can improve speed, strength and endurance.

Most people think that those effects caused by caffeine are just psychologically, like the one that keeps you stay awake. But research has been conducted to proved that a cup of coffee from the finest coffee beans can boost athlete's energy level.

Examples of the finest coffee beans in the market

One of the scientist that done a research was Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky of McMaster University Medical Centre. He found that caffeine tricks an athlete's brain into delaying the perception of pain and fatigue. It also prompts muscles into releasing more of the calcium needed to contract and relax.

Another Advantages of Coffee for Athlete's Performance:

• Reduce the effect of pain - the brain doesn’t register the pain after high level exercise if there is caffeine circulating in the blood.
• It contributes to clearer thinking and concentration.
• Lower the risk of diabetes and other cancers - coffee is low in calories while it is high in antioxidants and minerals.
• It also helps athletes to recover faster.
  

Is There A Negative Effects of Coffee?

Other studies have concluded that coffee does not seem to have long-term negative health effects as long as the serving sizes remain small (i.e., less than 500mg/day). However, there is the risk of becoming dependent on coffee which can lead to deficiencies in other important vitamins and minerals, most notably, calcium.

Caffeine used to be banned from Olympics, but because drinking coffee has became a lifestyle to majority of people around the world, not just athletes, the ban was canceled. Besides, caffeine in the high dose actually have the opposite effect, can decrease athlete's performance.

"Understanding that very small doses of caffeine enhance performance somewhat, larger doses tend to erode performance," said Dr. Andrew Pipe of Montreal, an adviser to the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports.

So, if you're an athlete the best dose recommended by health experts is two cups of the finest gourmet coffee before training or competing.

Martina Navratilova Fights Cancer with Sports

The tennis legend, Martina Navratilova (53), was diagnosed having a breast cancer on last February. She made a public announcement about her illness on "Good Morning America" last month. She decided to speak publicly about her condition to encourage women to get tested.

"I'm this healthy person, I've been healthy all my life, and all of a sudden I have cancer. Are you kidding me?" - Martina Navratilova

As part of her treatment, she will undergo six weeks of radiation started this May. Still in her second week of the therapy she has prepared herself to swing her tennis racquet again. “I am in fact cancer free, that was taken out when I had the lumpectomy about six weeks ago. I just started radiation last week,” she said on a conference call.




Martina Navratilova, 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, has been practicing at Roland Garros with doubles partner Jana Novatna ahead of the four-team mini-tournament they’ll participate in during the second week of the French Open. The tournament will be started May 23 in Paris.

Navratilova said her condition and treatment won’t affect her busy schedule. In March, after the surgery, she completed a 25- mile bike leg of a triathlon in Hawaii. She’ll attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, in December.