United States and LA Galaxy star attacker Landon Donovan is on the verge of securing a two-month return to Everton FC of the Barclays Premier League, the Liverpool-based club confirmed via their website on Thursday.
According to the club, an "agreement in principle" is in place for Donovan's second stint at Everton, his first coming during the winter of 2010.
Paperwork is still to be completed on a deal reached between Major League Soccer, LA Galaxy and Everton, one which parties had been working on in Liverpool over the last 72 hours. The agreement would have Donovan in England shortly after Christmas, returning to the MLS champions after the Toffees' February 25 match at rival Liverpool.
The first game for which Donovan would be eligible is January 4, when Everton faces Bolton Wanderers.
"I am delighted that we have managed to get Landon back," Everton manager David Moyes told the club website. "He will give us some good experience over January and February."
"His season has just finished and like last time we need him to hit the ground running because the games come thick and fast at this time of year."
During his early 2010 loan spell with Everton, Donovan scored twice in 13 appearances, giving performances strong enough to garner interest from the club a year later. Donovan instead chose to rest in the winter of 2011, but after completing a championship-winning season in MLS, the four-time US Soccer Athlete of the Year has chosen to leave for a second stint in England.
"The opportunity to return to Everton and play for such a well-respected club and a manager that I hold in such high regard was something that was simply too good to pass up," Donovan told EvertonFC.com.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Everton in 2010 and I'm hopeful that we can experience similar success this time around."
From :
http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/usa/story/landon-donovan-everton-loan-2011-2012-english-premier-league-121511
Monday 2 January 2012
Wow LeBron James proposes to longtime girlfriend
The new year is already off to a hot start for Miami Heat forward LeBron James, who rang in 2012 by proposing to longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson at his 27th birthday party Saturday night in Miami.
Brinson and James are high-school sweethearts, dating back to James’ days as a standout at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio. Brinson is the mother of James' two kids, LeBron, Jr., 7, and Bryce, 4.
James turned 27 on Friday, and in addition to the engagement, Saturday night’s bash also featured the kind of extravagant birthday cake that you’d expect at a party thrown by King James, a a towering rum cake adorned with edible 18-carat lions and Swarovski crystals.
In photos from the event, James is wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and black glasses, and Brinson is wearing a black dress.
A witness told the New York Post that James "got down on one knee and proposed" to his high school sweetheart, putting a large pear-shaped diamond on her ring finger.
"It was real cool," James said. "It was an opportunity for me with my personal life, so it was good. My girl, she's very excited."
The swanky party was hosted by Heat teammate Dwayne Wade and his girlfriend, actress Gabrielle Union.
"He was just trying to catch her off guard," Wade said of James. "Obviously, they've been together for a while, and I'm sure they had many discussions about the possibility of marriage. So, I thought he did a good job of catching her when she least expected it."
Heat power forward Chris Bosh and actress Queen Latifah were also among the 60 friends and family members at the shindig.
Shortly after 1 a.m. ET, Heat owner Micky Arison sent a tweet congratulating his star player on the engagement, writing, “Congrats to Lebron. @KingJames and Savannah so happy 4 u guys.”
Other NBA stars (and their wives) got in on the action too, as tweets of congratulations came in from L.A. Clippers point guard Chris Paul and La La Vazquez, the wife of New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, among others.
James isn’t the first member of the Big Three to put a ring on it in 2011. Bosh married Adrienne Williams in June at an extravagant wedding at Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel — an event that required the NBA to make an exception allowing team executives and players to mingle during the lockout.
Now that Bosh and James are done giving out rings, fans in Miami are holding out hope that they can team up with Wade to bring a different ring to South Florida.
They’re off to a good start. The Heat are unbeaten through five games, and James is averaging 29.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.
From :
http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/01/01/12/LeBron-proposes-to-longtime-girlfriend-B/landing_heat.html?blockID=637448&feedID=3934
Brinson and James are high-school sweethearts, dating back to James’ days as a standout at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio. Brinson is the mother of James' two kids, LeBron, Jr., 7, and Bryce, 4.
James turned 27 on Friday, and in addition to the engagement, Saturday night’s bash also featured the kind of extravagant birthday cake that you’d expect at a party thrown by King James, a a towering rum cake adorned with edible 18-carat lions and Swarovski crystals.
In photos from the event, James is wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and black glasses, and Brinson is wearing a black dress.
A witness told the New York Post that James "got down on one knee and proposed" to his high school sweetheart, putting a large pear-shaped diamond on her ring finger.
"It was real cool," James said. "It was an opportunity for me with my personal life, so it was good. My girl, she's very excited."
The swanky party was hosted by Heat teammate Dwayne Wade and his girlfriend, actress Gabrielle Union.
"He was just trying to catch her off guard," Wade said of James. "Obviously, they've been together for a while, and I'm sure they had many discussions about the possibility of marriage. So, I thought he did a good job of catching her when she least expected it."
Heat power forward Chris Bosh and actress Queen Latifah were also among the 60 friends and family members at the shindig.
Shortly after 1 a.m. ET, Heat owner Micky Arison sent a tweet congratulating his star player on the engagement, writing, “Congrats to Lebron. @KingJames and Savannah so happy 4 u guys.”
Other NBA stars (and their wives) got in on the action too, as tweets of congratulations came in from L.A. Clippers point guard Chris Paul and La La Vazquez, the wife of New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, among others.
James isn’t the first member of the Big Three to put a ring on it in 2011. Bosh married Adrienne Williams in June at an extravagant wedding at Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel — an event that required the NBA to make an exception allowing team executives and players to mingle during the lockout.
Now that Bosh and James are done giving out rings, fans in Miami are holding out hope that they can team up with Wade to bring a different ring to South Florida.
They’re off to a good start. The Heat are unbeaten through five games, and James is averaging 29.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.
From :
http://www.foxsportsflorida.com/01/01/12/LeBron-proposes-to-longtime-girlfriend-B/landing_heat.html?blockID=637448&feedID=3934
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