Monthly Archive: April 2017

It’s always hard to watch a hero fall, especially when that fall is precipitated by an injury rather than an element in their control. Venus Williams, older sister of Serena Williams, was once ranked number one in the world in women’s tennis but has now fallen to number thirty four as a result of her debilitating back injury.

Venus’s back injury isn’t the only health obstacle the athlete faces. She has publicly shared her battle with an autoimmune disease known as Sjogren’s syndrome. This condition, which is more prevalent in women, causes the body’s natural immune cells to turn on and attack the glands that are responsible for creating saliva and tears. This condition has negative effects on an individual’s energy level and can cause a number of health related complications.

Rather than letting autoimmune disease take her out of the game, Venus has fought hard to overcome the significant obstacles it presents. She feels that every win she earns on the court is not only a personal victory, but a victory for everyone who struggles to conquer an illness. If you want to place a bet on her now, you will see that the odds have tumbled due to the improvement in her health she has seen.

But now Venus has the added burden of her debilitating back pain to deal with, which she says is due to inflammation. The injury forced her and her sister Serena to pull out of the recent doubles competition in Paris. And after playing at Wimbledon for sixteen years in a row (beginning in 1997) and winning an impressive five titles there, Venus pulled out of the Grand Slam tournament this year because of her injury.  She says that her back inflammation is especially deleterious to her playing because the pain makes it impossible for her to serve forcefully, which severely limits her abilities on the court. But with Venus’s fighting spirit, she’ll no doubt battle her way back onto the court soon.…

Content Update : 4/04/2017

France Wheelchair Basketball Team Prepares to Compete in Nazareth

All fans of France men’s Wheelchair Basketball team might be really disappointed after they finished second at the World Championships last year. Now they are playing down the chances for success at the 2011 European Championships, so they are trying to focus on London 2012 qualification.

For the European crown (from 8th to 17th of September), twelve men and seven women from the Wheelchair Basketball teams are going to compete in Nazareth, Israel. There will be also five men’s and three women’s spots for the famous London 2012 Paralympic games.

After the lack of qualification for Beijing in 2008, France is motivated to get its priorities right this time by making no mistakes.

It is saying that everybody is picking France for the European Championships, but after the new ranking they will find it difficult to play teams at all. Fans are trying to convince us that France could be one of the World Basketball Leagues, but the reality is that France basketball teams are the smallest ones in Europe, and maybe even in the entire world.
The head coach of the France national basketball team Frank Belen is hoping that soon all the bad feeling of the disappointment will disappear and then he will raise his team up to a top-three or four finish in Nazareth.

Belen also expects to see tough matchups against Italy and Great Britain. In his opinion ten teams are possible to win the Championships and go to London, which just gives a hint that the tournament is going to be extremely tough. However France is preparing to play like never before, the training for Nazareth started already in the beginning of August this year…