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DAVID
VILLA
A fantastic physique and
a cool hair cut. He is a good-looking man with a lot
of oomph. When I saw him, the first thing I uttered
was ?wow?. The Spaniard stands out for his style and
pace.
June Tomkyns,
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KAKA
The Peter Pan of football!
Mature moves and innocent charm ? just the kind of
man my friends and I would fall for. And how that
handsome nose becomes a trifle red when the going
gets tough!
Madhumita Das, final-year
college student |
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RONALDO
There?s something very sweet
and down-to-earth about him and he doesn?t look like
a celebrity at all. There is a very cute next-door
guy kind of look about him, which makes him very endearing.
Swastika Mukherjee, actress
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RONALDINHO
He looks extremely athletic
and hence quite hot. He has this energy about him
which is very appealing. His hairstyle is also quite
interesting and makes him stand out.
Lovey Burman, Kookie
Jar proprietor |
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DAVID
BECKHAM
Without any doubt, the coolest
of them all. If one forgets the infidelity streak,
he comes across as pretty cool. Reports say he is
a great dad and he?s always very well put together.
His experimentation with his hairstyle is also quite
interesting.
Kiran Uttam Ghosh, fashion
designer
He?s way too handsome. I
think he?s one of the most well-dressed and fashion-conscious
footballers around. He can carry off just about anything,
be it hairstyle or clothes.
Shonal Rawat, model
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WORLD CUP WORDS
Some new words and phrases —
and a comic strip — have also been kicked off by FIFA
2006, enriching the English language. Or endangering it,
in some cases.
The chief perpetrator is England
striker Peter Crouch. He invented a jerky robot-like dance
(picture right), seen first on television after he scored
a goal in a friendly against Hungary last month. Since then
the dance, which many compared to Star Wars’ C3PO’s
routine, and which leapt from the football field to all
of England’s dance floors, has been variously called
“Doing-the-Crouch”, “Crouchbop”
or “Robot Crouch”. Prince William wanted to
see the footballer perform it when he visited the England
training camp!
Crouch’s act, the serious game-watchers feel, is more
embarrassing than cool — probably why he’s kept
it under wraps in the Cup so far. But what they object to
more is the number of “crouching headlines”
the 6 ft 7 inch beanpole striker has set off. So there’s
“Crouching Peter, Hidden Talent?”; “Crouching
Peter, Hidden Talisman”; “Crouching Robot, Hidden
Geek” and “Crouching Fouler, Hidden Grabber”.
Crouch even drove the fine FIFA commentators to excruciating
excess. When Michael Owen crawled off the pitch and Crouch
ran in against Sweden, one muttered: “Crouching England,
Hidden Owen”.
Arsenal’s Theo Walcott,
17, has been credited with reinventing the word “theomania”,
ordinarily meaning the conviction that one is God or has
been specially chosen by God. During the build-up to the
Cup it meant the madness over Arsenal player Walcott, chosen
to play for England before he had played a serious match
for his club. Wonder what will happen if he does take the
field against Ecuador and scores.
Ronaldinho has inspired Brazil’s well-known comics
writer Mauricio de Sousa to start a strip, ‘Ronaldinho
Gaucho’, as a child. It includes his brother Asis,
sister Daisy, biggest fan Diego (no prizes for guessing
who) and two dogs Champ and Fireball. The little boy Ronaldinho
retains his adult hairstyle — and actually looks like
a little girl.
But the words that will live the longest are: “Is
Ronaldo fat?” So asked Brazil’s President. There
are many variations doing the rounds on the Net: “Ronaldo
is fat, isn’t he?” Or, “Is Ronaldo fat
or fit?”, or, “So, is Ronaldo fat or not?”
Don’t ask Zico and his
boys.
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