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(Do receivers get fantasy points for kick returns and what’s the waiver mean?)
Answer :
It depends on how your league is setup. Most leagues do not give points for kick returns in general, check with your commissioner.
The waiver denotes your place to pick up players that are waived by other players in your league. For instance if you have waiver number 3 and you try and pick up a player that has been waived. If another team has a higher waiver number, say number 2, then they will have first rights to this player.
Hope this helps, good luck.
Raul joined Schalke on a free transfer after 15 seasons with the Spanish club, ending lengthy speculation about the move. The club presented the 33-year-old striker at its stadium in Gelsenkirchen, giving him the number seven shirt.
Raul said, “For me it’s a special day because I am leaving behind the club I have been with for 16 years, Real Madrid. But I have the feeling that I am starting a new challenge. I am delighted by the faith that has been placed in me, especially by Schalke 04 coach Felix Magath, who from the start has shown that he wanted this moved to become reality.”
Raul made his Madrid debut as a 17-year-old in 1994 and had stayed with the club since then – a span that includes three Champions League triumphs, six Spanish league titles and two Intercontinental Cups.
He leaves with 228 league goals for Madrid, and a record 44 goals in 102 appearances for Spain, though he hasn’t played for the national team since 2006. Raul is also the leading scorer in UEFA competitions with 66 goals, including 64 in the Champions League.
Fernand Duchaussoy stepped in as the new chief of the French Football Federation on Friday, replacing Jean-Pierre Escallettes, who resigned in the wake of the country’s miserable World Cup journey.
Duchaussoy, 67, stepped up to the job from his position as head of the amateur football league. He was elected president of the French Football Federation on a caretaker basis.
Duchaussoy’s appointment came after new coach Laurent Blanc announced that as punishment he was suspending all of France’s 23-player World Cup squad for a friendly against Norway next month.
Adriano
Spanish champions Barcelona agreed a 9.5 million-euro deal with Sevilla to sign Brazilian player Adriano, the club said on Friday.
The 25-year-old, who can play at full-back or as a wide midfielder, will cost an initial fee of 9.5 million euros and a conditional four million extra depending on his performances.
Adriano has been at Sevilla since 2004, twice tasting success in both the King’s Cup (2007, 2010) and the UEFA Cup (2006, 2007).
He would become the first player to move to Barcelona since the arrival of new club president Sandro Rosell at the beginning of July.
Barca have already completed the signing of Spanish international striker David Villa, who arrived from Valencia for a fee close to 40 million euros.
Caster Semenya
South Africa’s athlete Caster Semenya , left, in the 800 metres in Lappeenranta, eastern Finland on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Caster Semenya has won her first race since being cleared to return to competition after underdoing gender tests. The 19-year-old South African won the 800 meters in a modest time of 2 minutes, 4.22 seconds on Thursday at the low-key Lappeenranta Games.
Triple Olympic gold medallist Leisel Jones has been disqualified from the women’s 50m breaststroke at the Australian short course swimming championships in Brisbane.
Jones was rubbed out in the semi-finals on Wednesday after she toppled off the starting blocks, and will now turn her attention to the 100 and 200 meter events.
Her coach Rohan Taylor said Jones was philosophical about the incident.
“I spoke to Leisel and she just lost balance on the blocks and couldn’t stop herself and fell in. These things happen,” Taylor said.
“Coming into the meet she was more focused on the 100m and 200m events and will look to concentrate on them later in the week,” Taylor added.
Leiston Pickett set the fastest heat time in the absence of Jones, clocking 30.69 seconds, in front of Emily Seebohm (31.13) and world championships bronze medallist Sarah Katsoulis (31.16).
Treble Olympic champion Anni Friesinger-Postma decided on Wednesday to end her speed skating career due to an articular cartilage damage in her knee.
“I have to accept that my knee joint no longer allows me, to go in for high performance sport”, said the 33-year-old Friesinger-Postma at her official homepage.
Friesinger- Postam celebrated her last triumph at the Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010 when the German team earned the golden medal.
“I have to thank my family, my intimates, my friends, my coach Gianni, my therapists and doctors and all my partners that supported me through the years. I’m happy to look back at successful times that I have shared with all of you,” she said.
The Portuguese and Colombian governments congratulates on Monday Spain for its triumph at the world Cup, and also the Latin American press hailed the triumph.
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva congratulated on Monday the King of Spain Juan Carlos for the victory of the Spanish national soccer team at the World Cup of South Africa 2010.
Cavaco congratulated Spain for the triumph of the Spanish team 1-0 victory over Holland at the final of the World Cup and he said it was “an event of great importance.”
According to a statement issued by the Portuguese President Cavaco phoned the King Juan Carlos and told him that Spain’s triumph “was an occasion of joy for the Portuguese people.”
Cavaco said “in the name of myself and the Portuguese people I give my warm congratulation for the success achieved in the World Cup” and he added that “it was an event of great importance for the history of Spain’s sports.”
The Colombian government also congratulated Spain in a statement issued on Monday by the Foreign Ministry.
“The Colombian government congratulates the Spanish national soccer team and joins the joy of the Spanish people, government and their Majesties Juan Carlos and Sofia,” the statement said.
Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi congratulated the Spanish national soccer team for having won the World Cup 2010 and added that they “deserves it” and Spain represents his “second country.”
Messi said on website: “I want to congratulate with all my heart the Spanish team for the World Championship, very deserved.”
“I am really happy for my mates of the (Spanish club) FC Barcelona, for the rest of the Spanish team and for all the Spaniards,” Messi said.
Spain won the World Cup on Sunday after defeating Holland 1-0 at the second half of the extra time.
Messi added that “after so many years living in Barcelona and after our (Argentina) elimination, my support was for Spain, for being my second country; I could not stop congratulating all the Spaniards. Congratulations!”
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