Poland's Lewandowski looks forward to home help - UEFA
With UEFA EURO 2012 less than three weeks away, Poland striker Robert Lewandowski is savouring the "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity of representing his country at a final tournament on home soil.
As the club season winds down across Europe and the competing coaches name their squads in advance of the 29 May deadline, excitement is building in the 16 countries taking part in the 14th continental finals. None more so than in Poland, where the Borussia Dortmund striker says a memorable time awaits the co-hosts' players and supporters.
"For every player this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, a tournament like this in your country," Lewandowski, a scorer of 22 goals in Dortmund's Bundesliga title triumph, told UEFA.com. "I hope that for the Polish players and fans this creates unforgettable emotions and will be a great experience."
With the honour of staging the finals also comes expectation, however, as Poland's frontline striker concedes. "There are advantages and disadvantages," the 23-year-old said. Having the fans and the entire country, including those in front of the television, behind us is an advantage, but the pressure and expectations will be great, so we have to prepare both physically and mentally."
Lewandowski's club-mate, Jakub Błaszczykowski, agrees, saying: "We're in a good position because we're playing at home. It might paralyse [players] or provide an extra stimulus, but, knowing our fans, I'm convinced they'll stand by us."
To hear the full interview with the Dortmund and Poland pair watch the video above.
Adele wins 12 Billboard Music awards in Las Vegas - BBC News
Adele was the big winner at this year's Billboard music awards in Las Vegas.
The British singer picked up the top artist prize and best album for her second record, 21, winning 12 awards in total from 18 nominations.
Adele's awards were not presented during the live show and the singer wasn't present at the event.
Other winners included Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and LMFAO, who picked up song of the year for their single Party Rock Anthem.
The US pop act also picked up five other awards at the MGM Grand Casino Hotel.
Rappers Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne and R&B singer Chris Brown won top new artist, male artist of the year and R&B artist of the year respectively.
Former American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and John Legend performed a tribute to Whitney Houston at the event.
Social artistA shirtless Chris Brown sang his dance single Turn Up The Music with BMX bikers doing stunts on stage.
Katy Perry, wearing a white dress, hung above the stage in a swing to sing her latest single Wide Awake.
LMFAO performed a medley of their hits including Sexy And I Know It
Justin Bieber also sang his new track Boyfriend accompanied by dancers dressed as clowns and neon geisha girls.
Other performers included Kelly Clarkson, The Wanted, Carly Rae Jepsen, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Linkin Park and Nelly Furtado.
Taylor Swift was named Billboard woman of the year and picked up the award from New Girl TV star Zooey Deschanel and veteran artist Kris Kristofferson.
Bieber, 18, picked up the award for the most social artist, thanking his 22 million Twitter followers and 43 million Facebook fans, saying "the internet is where I got my start".
Perry was given the spotlight award for being the only female artist in history to have five number one singles in America from one album.
Michael Jackson is the only artist to have received the award previously.
Skyfall official trailer released - The Sun
The trailer sees 007, played by Daniel Craig, being questioned by a psychologist but freezing when asked to associate a word with "Skyfall".
It also reveals some of the incredible stunts and explosions that have now become a benchmark of the Bond movies.
They include a London tube train crashing through a tunnel and Bond falling down a lift shaft.
There’s also a poignant moment when the trailer reveals some coffins draped in British flags.
One of the most intriguing teasers on the trailer is the silhouette of the villain in the film Raoul Silva, played by Spaniard Javier Bardem who won acclaim for his menacing role in No Country For Old Men.
The trailer ends with Bond looking towards the camera and saying: “Some men are coming to kill us — we’re going to kill them first.”
The premise for the film is centred around Bond’s relationship with M, played by Dame Judi Dench, and MI6 coming under attack.
Excitement for the movie, the 23rd in the series, is growing ahead of the November release as it has been four years since Quantum Of Solace.
Sam Mendes, the director of American Beauty, has been brought in to make the movie.
DANIEL CRAIG is back as James Bond in highly anticipated sequel
Rihanna appears with Jay-Z and Kanye West at London gig - BBC News
Jay-Z and Kanye West were joined on stage by Rihanna at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday night (20 May).
The rappers are set to play five nights at the venue.
Their Watch The Throne Tour will then move on to Switzerland, Germany and Denmark before returning to play various concerts in the UK.
Rihanna also attended Chelsea's celebrations at a London nightclub
More than 20,000 people watched as the pair ran through solo material and tracks from their multi-platinum joint album Watch The Throne.
Rihanna received one of the biggest cheers of the evening as a special guest.
The singer performed Run This Town and All of the Lights alongside the duo.
Also watching from a special VIP area was Kanye West's girlfriend, reality star and model Kim Kardashian.
The evening was rounded off with the rappers performing In Paris.
After returning for an encore they went on to do the track another five times.
Jay-Z is one of the headliners for Radio 1's Hackney Weekend in June with Rihanna topping the other night.
Lions WR Titus Young misses workout after punching Louis Delmas - Detroit Free Press
Wide receiver Titus Young was one of four Detroit Lions who missed the start of organized team activities today, after he instigated a fight with safety Louis Delmas during workouts last week, according to two people with knowledge of the incident.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz would not confirm the incident nor say whether it led to Young's absence, but the two people said Young initiated the fight with a blind-side punch and was barred from practice.
"I'm not going to comment on why guys are absent," Schwartz said. "We have guys missing for a lot of different reasons, but they're all accounted for."
The volatile Young missed most of training camp last year with a hamstring injury but still finished with 48 catches for 607 yards. He was benched for part of a December loss to the New Orleans Saints after he was flagged for a personal foul for shoving a defender in the face. He also was suspended for most of his sophomore season at Boise State for violating team rules.
Safey Amari Spievey and linebackers Stephen Tulloch and DeAndre Levy also sat out todays workout. Tulloch is dealing with tendinitis in his left knee -- he was on crutches last week, after taking an injection in his knee -- and Schwartz said he likely wont take part in OTAs the rest of the month.
Theres been no surgery or anything like that, and we dont expect that, Schwartz said.
It's unknown why Levy and Spievey did not practice, though OTAs are voluntary.
Defensive end Cliff Avril did not practice today, either, but he's under the franchise tag and has yet to sign his contract.
Everybodys got a different reason, Schwartz said. Some of them are injury-related, some of them arent, and this is the voluntary part of our off-season program, so for me to comment on somebody, it sort of entails that its not voluntary. Im not going to comment on any other thing other than Tulloch, 'cause Tullochs going to be down for a fairly significant period of time.
Running backs Jahvid Best (concussion) and Mikel Leshoure (Achilles) both took part in OTAs today, with Leshoure limited to the individual portion, after finishing last season on injured reserve. Rookie receiver Ryan Broyles also took part in the individual portion.
Broyles, a second-round pick, tore his ACL in November.
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