Poor Ronaldo. First he hires prostitutes who turned out to be men. Then one of them prostitutes, the fame seeking Andre Luis Ribeiro Albertino a.k.a Andreia Albertine, tried to extort money from him. Then Ronaldo tried hiding from the public hoping that the issue will die but the scandal raged on.

Then TIM, a mobile company, canceled Ronaldo’s endorsement contract worth US $4.8million. And then our reliable source (yeah, we have reliable sources here at the blog hehe) tells us that Nike is also reviewing its endorsement deal with Ronaldo.

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How can you not be inspired by South Africa’s Natalie Du Toit? She lost a leg in 2001. Seven years later, she earns a ticket to the Beijing Olympics. Yes, you read that right, she’s going to the Olympics not to the Paralympic Games.

From Reuters: “South African amputee Natalie Du Toit qualified for the Beijing Olympics on Saturday after she finished fourth in the 10km race in the Open Water World Championships.”

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