Spain National Football Team History and Their Present Ranking -1

Spain National Football Team Achievement and Their Popularity In the World-

Nickname(s)	La Roja (The Red [One]) La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
Association	Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol – RFEF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vicente del Bosque
Captain	Iker Casillas
Most caps	Iker Casillas (137)
Top scorer	David Villa (51)
FIFA code	ESP
FIFA ranking	1
Highest FIFA ranking	1 (July 2008 – June 2009, October 2009 – March 2010, July 2010 – July 2011, October 2011 – present)
Lowest FIFA ranking	25 (March 1998)
Elo ranking	1
Highest Elo ranking	1 (Sept 1920 – May 1924, Sept – Dec 1925, June 2002, June 2008 – June 2009, July 2010 – present)
Lowest Elo ranking	20 (June 1969, June 1981, November 1991)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Spain 1–0 Denmark  (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920)
Biggest win
Spain 13–0 Bulgaria  (Madrid, Spain; 21 May 1933)
Biggest defeat
Italy 7–1 Spain  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928)   England 7–1 Spain  (London, England; 9 December 1931)
World Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 1934)
Best result	Winners, 2010
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1964)
Best result	Winners, 1964, 2008, 2012
Summer Olympics
Appearances	10 (First in 1920)
Best result	Winners, 1992
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	Third place, 2009

The Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de España) represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque. The Spanish side is commonly referred to as La Roja ("The Red") or La Furia Roja ("The Red Fury").

The players of the Spain football team have celebrated their historic success in the 2012 European Championship with their followers in the Spanish capital city of Madrid.

Spain defeated Italy 4-0 in Sunday's final played in Kiev to make history by becoming the only team to defend their European title, while also winning the World Cup in between the two competitions.

The plane carrying the Spain team arrived at Madrid's Barajas Airport from Kiev just before 4 p.m. local time and the squad left for the Royal Palace of the Zarzuela just over an hour later.

King Juan Carlos of Spain congratulated the players and coach Vicente del Bosque one by one for their success, while Spain captain Iker Casillas gave the King a commemorative shirt.

The team then took an open-topped-bus to travel through the packed streets of the capital to the Plaza Cibeles in the center of Madrid.

The sheer volume of hundreds of thousands of supporters lining the streets meant the journey took much longer than expected, but nobody seemed to mind as everyone joined in the celebrations. Even the firemen, who used their hoses to help ensure that none of the supporters suffered too much from the heat.

The bus finally reached Cibeles, where thousands more fans were waiting. There the players were finally able to get off the bus and receive the applause they so richly deserve.

The highlight of the celebration was reserve goalkeeper Pepe Reina, who showed what an important member of the squad he is for helping keep morale high, with a magnificent and entertaining speech in which he introduced his companions, some of whom may have enjoyed a couple of drinks, to the fans.

Spain are the current reigning World and European champions, having won the 2010 World Cup and the Euro 2012 as well as the Euro 2008. They are the first European team to win two consecutive European championships, and the only international nation to have won three successive major international tournaments.

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The World's Famous Restaurant and Expensive Houses Are Available Here

The World's Wost Insanely Luxurious Houses and It's Historical Stories-

Antilla, Mumbai - The first Billion dollar home

Mukesh Ambani, the fifth richest man in the world and head of the Mumbai based petrochemical giant Reliance Industries is estimated to be worth somewhere in the region of $43 billion. He is also the owner to-be of a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Mumbai that is to cost him colossal $2 billion! His wife Nita Ambani was staying in the Mandarin Oriental in New York and was so impressed with the interior Asian style decor that she wanted something similar for her to live in. 

 

What resulted from that is the world's largest and most expensive home ever. Every story in the Antilla's skyscraper home will be built to a different specification. The vast variation of materials to be used in its build has tremendously added to its overall cost. The meticulous planning that has gone into this architectural design is astounding and once the 27 -story tower is built it will certainly become a spectacular site for all eyes.

Updown Court, England - The most important private residence to be built in England since the 19th century ($150 million)

 

Updown Court is situated only 25 miles from London, and through a pair of large sophisticated iron gates, one can see a palatial construction of immense scale and beauty. The property, however, is best known for its price tag: more than 85 million British pounds (+$150 million U$, with 103 rooms, five swimming pools and 24-carat-gold leafing on the study's mosaic floor. 

 There's a squash court, bowling alley, tennis court, 50-seat screening room, heated marble driveway and helipad. Eight limousines will fit in the underground garage. Then there are the neighbors, who include the queen (at Windsor Castle) and Elton John. It is listed with Savills and Hamptons International. 

 

Versailles, Florida - The largest family home ever built in the US

This 30 bedroom mansion boasts its own bowling alley, roller skating rink and Olympic sized swimming pool to make it the largest family home ever built in the US. Time share mogul David Siegel and his former beauty queen wife Jacqueline began building the huge estate three years ago. But with almost 18 months of work still to be carried out on the property they have put it on the market at $75m. Experts believe a further $25m needs to be spent before anyone can move in.

 

As well as 30 bedrooms the home would have 23 bathrooms with spectacular views over Lake Butler, about 20 miles from Orlando. The hand-built windows for the house cost more than £2m and other luxuries include a ballroom and a children's theatre. There is a garage with enough space for 20 cars, three swimming pools, a large boat house, formal gardens, and a one-story gatehouse with an apartment. There is also a baseball field, two tennis courts, a 60 foot by 120 foot Grand Hall with a 30-foot stained glass dome, two grand staircases, a 37 foot by 30 foot kitchen, 10 satellite kitchens, a two-story wine cellar and a rock grotto with three separate spas behind an 80-foot waterfall. All 23 full bathrooms have full-sized Jacuzzis, 160 tripled paned windows and Brazilian mahogany French-style doors that alone cost pds2.million.

 

 

 

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The Second Season Of The Bangladesh Premier League 2013

Launching Ceremony of The Bangladesh Premier League T20-

Bangladesh Premier League 2013
Logo of the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League
Countries  Bangladesh Administrator BCB Headquarter Dhaka, Bangladesh Format Twenty20 First tournament 2012 Next tournament 2013 Tournament format Double round-robin and knockout Number of teams 7 Current champion Dhaka Gladiators Most successful 1 Tournament Most runs Ahmed Shehzad (486) Most wickets Elias Sunny (17) in 12 Matches Mohammad Sami (17) in 11 Matches

The 2013 Bangladesh Premier League season, abbreviated as BPL 2 or BPL 2013, will be the second season of the Bangladesh Premier League, established by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in 2012. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.  The tournament will begin on 18 January 2013 and end on 22 February 2013.

This time there are Seven teams in BPL session 2 named as Dhaka Gladiators, Sylhet Royals, Barisal Burners, CTG King, Duronto Rajshahi, Khulna Royal Bengals, & Rangpur Riders. All of 2013 Bpl 2 cricket match will be Broadcaster TV partner Channel 9 & Channel 9 UK.

Franchises:

The minimum bidding price for each franchise is $1 million. The franchise owners are now in possession of the franchise for six years and can only sell it after three years.

In the second edition of BPL, Rangpur Riderswas the seventh team to enter the tournament.

Team	Division	Owner(s)	Price	Captain	Head coach
Barisal Burners	Barisal	Alif Group Bangladesh	US$1.01 million	Azhar Mahmood	Tom Moody
Chittagong Kings	Chittagong	SQ Sports	US$1.20 million	Mahmudullah	Waqar Younus
Dhaka Gladiators	Dhaka	Europa Group	US$1.05 million	Mashrafe Mortaza	Ian Pont
Duronto Rajshahi	Rajshahi	Digital Auto Care	US$1.07 million		Robin Singh
Khulna Royal Bengals	Khulna	Orion Group	US$1.10 million		Saqlain Mushtaq
Sylhet Royals	Sylhet	Walton Group	US$1.06 million	Mushfiqur Rahim	Mohammad Salauddin
Rangpur Riders	Rangpur	I-Sports	US$ 1.01 million	Nasir Hossain	To Be Announced

The highest wicket taker will win the purple cap for being the top wicket-taking bowler while the highest run scorer will win the orange cap for leading run-scorer in the tournament. Best young player will be awarded the best under-19 player award and the special award for Fair Play will be won by the team who will play most fairly throughout the tournament.

Venues-

A total of 33 matches will be held including the final in this tournament. 25 matches will be played in Dhaka and the remaining 8 matches will be held in Chittagong.

Dhaka	Chittagong
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Capacity:26,000	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Capacity:20,000

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, fetched the highest price, going for $US 365,000. However, the amount was almost half of what Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan captain, was sold for when the Twenty20 tournament was launched in February 2012. Imran Nazir, the Pakistani opener, was commanded the second-highest price tag, going for $US 280,000 with Afridi close behind at $US 275,000, while more than a dozen foreign players went for over $US 100,000.

Team-
Barisal Burners
Chittagong Kings
Dhaka Gladiators
Duronto Rajshahi
Khulna Royal Bengal
Sylhet Royals

Rangpur Riders

Player list-

• Icon players:

1. Shahriar Nafees (Barisal Burners)
2. Tamim Iqbal (Chittagong Kings)
3. Mohammad Ashraful (Dhaka Gladiators)
4. Shakib Al Hasan (Khulna Royal Bengal)
5. Mushfiqur Rahim (Duronto Rajshahi)
6. Alok Kapali (Sylhet Royals)

• Grade A ($45,000):

1. Mahmudullah
2. Abdur Razzak
3. Nasir Hossain
4. Junaid Siddique
5. Imrul Kayes
6. Mashrafe Mortaza

Player signings:

The first signing and auction of players for the 6 teams was held on 19 January at Hotel Radisson in Dhaka Bangladesh. The team auction was held on 10 January 2012. Each franchise was allowed to sign a total of 10 local players & 8 foreign players and can play up to 5 foreign players in each match. Each franchise also have one domestic icon player in their team.Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was the priciest among the players bought for $700,000 by Dhaka Gladiators. West Indian superstar Chris Gayle was bought by Barisal Burners for $551,000. Young Bangladeshi star Nasir Hossain was the priciest among local players bought by Khulna Royal Bengal for $200,000. The icon players of each team will get $210,000 which is 5% more than the highest paid local player Nasir Hossain.

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