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B. Who says it? Put M for Michael and R for Ralf.

1) My brother is not as old as I am. M

2) I didn't like driving for Jordan as much as I like driving for Williams. ___

3) I don't earn as much as my brother. ___

4) My brother is not as confident as I am on the track. ___

5) I don't win as many races as my brother. ___

6) I'm not as calm as my brother. ___

Ex.11 Guess who are these sportsmen. Their names are in the box.

I.

· This person won tournaments when she was a mere 14 years old.

· Many tennis players come from a wealthy background but this person's family were quite poor: they sold a television to buy the racket. Some parents are overly ambitious for their children. This person's parents weren't particularly pushy at all. This person is very close to the parents and is grateful for the sacrifices they made.

· This person cannot stand talking about politics – finds it extremely boring!

· This person is crazy about animals and the ocean.

· If this person wasn't a tennis player, would be an actress.

· Favourite places include New York, Tokyo and Paris

II.

· This person was born on May 28rd, 1976 in Russia.

· The mother first took him to a gym sponsored by an auto manufacturer in their hometown of Togliatti. The discipline is artistic gymnastics. The coach is Yevgeny Nikolko. He was the first in vault in the Olympic Games and World Championship (1996), in parallel bars in the European Cup (1995), the second in pommel horse, the third in floor exercise and high bars.

· In the recent IG Online poll, the fans picked this sportsman to win the World Championships. However the shoulder surgery has hindered the training and this person is not yet up to speed on ail six events.

· He lost the Olympic all-around title to China's Li, but gained the crown of fan favourite with his charisma and antics at the Olympic Gala.

· His status as a teen idol was assured when he was dubbed on of the «50 Most Beautiful Guys in the World» by YM (Young and Modern) magazine in January 1997.

· This person lists among his hobbies music, cars, going to the disco and girls. Ukrainian rhythmic star Yelena Vitrichenko is a former girlfriend.

III.

· This sportsman was born in Dvirkivshchyna, Kyev in the Ukraine on 29 September 1976.

· 1999, this person joined Milan from Dynamo Kiev, where he had spent 5 successful seasons. He became the first non-Italian to be top scorer in a debut season in Italy with 24 goals in 32 matches. This person has scored over 100 goals in Serie A. Last season he was Serie A's top scorer once more with 24 goals and helped Milan win the Champions
League, Italian Gup and European Super Cup in 2003 and the Italian
League-title in 2004.

· A.C. Milan, whose President is Silvio Berlusconi, have given this person
a contract extension that keeps him at the San Siro until 2009.

· Amongst those this striker beat to the prize were Deco (Portugal), Ronaldinho (Brazil) and Thierry Henry (France).

· In the 2005 Champions League Final, this person played a good game for AC Milan, but Liverpool made a remarkable comeback to come from 3-0 behind, and win on penalties. This person's penalty was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper, Dudek.

IV.

· Real Madrid paid £37.5 million ($53 million) for him. That was more than any team had ever paid for anyone. He played amazingly in Euro 2000, won numerous awards, many young football fans look up to him (this person football shirts are the most popular).

· His ball skills are brilliant, and he is an exceptionally gifted player who manages to score incredible goals. Real Madrid bought this football player from arch rivals Barcelona FC. Several teams wanted to buy him and offered him a lot of money but eventually Madrid won.

· Most importantly, he adores playing alongside Zinedine Zidane and the rest of the Real Madrid team. He is paid $5 million a year plus sponsorship money.

· Being a brilliant footballer is a very rare skill. Football is big business. Being a highly-paid footballer doesn't last long. Their career is short, its a stressful job that controls their life.

· Now he plays in Italian Inter.

V.

· On the 19th of April 1987 a new tennis star was born in the North of Tyumen Region in Nyagan. At the age of four this person picked up a racket and started playing tennis.

· In 1992 was spotted at an Exhibition Tournament in Moscow by tennis legend Martina Navratilova who recommends her Nick Bollettieri’s Tennis Academy in Bradenton (Florida/USA). She with her father decided to follow Martina's advise and moved in 1995 to Miami (USA), and joined the Bollettieri's Academy. These were hard times for the young girl, which started a two-year separation from her mother who was left-behind in Russia because of visa restrictions and the family's financial situation. On her 14^th birthday she turned professional.

· She is interested in reading, fashion, dancing, stamp collecting and watching movies – her favorite movie is Pearl Harbor. In 2002 she reaches the final of the Junior Australian Open, and enters the WTA world rankings at Number 532. At the end of the year she rushes the rankings at No. 186!

· She also won her first titles at the WTA tour in Japan and Quebec. She ended the year 2003 ranked 32. 2004 is the year of this person, the 6ft tall Russian beauty reached the third round of the Australian Open where she sadly lost from another Russian, Anastasia Myshkina. A few months later this person was the shining star at Wimbledon.

· In 2004 she was ranked 9 on the WTA World rankings and now she hopes to be No.1.

VI.

· This person is known for her remarkable flexibility, which she says she was simply born with. She began rhythmic gymnastics at the age of five in Uzbekistan.

· Her coach, Irina Viner, predicted that her relatively unknown student would be an Olympic champion in 2000. She won four of five gold medals at the 1998 Goodwill Games, including the all-around competition. In 1999 she defended her European title and won her first world championship.

· After being introduced to Viner by her mother, she was invited to attend the Olympic Preparatory School in Moscow, where Viner became her full-time coach.

· She has dominated the sport so much lately that Russian teammate Yana Batyrshina, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, retired last year, saying there was no point in her continuing since no one would top the young champion in 2000.

· She use such equipment as clubs, ribbon, rope, hoop or hoops.

VII.

· In his age, this person is now widely and lavishly loved for all the things he does so well. Footballer. Father. Star. There is nobody who shines like him. There are other gifted footballers. There are other decent fathers. There are other stars. But nobody does it ail quite so well. He has a strange blistering talent in showbusiness.

· Undoubtedly the most famous footballer in Britain, if not the world, he is the most talked about, the most copied, the most ridiculed and the most idolized. When he changes his hairstyle or goes shopping it gets more coverage in the media than many of the wars currently raging around the world.

· He is hard working, strikes with great power, has a wonderful technique, and is deadly with free kicks. He first kicked at the age of 11 in 1986.

· At Manchester United he became more than a player, he became a global sporting icon. His pop-star wife and superstar media lifestyle led to him becoming as much a celebrity as footballer. Manchester, Madrid, the football, the face, the marriage, the children, the hair, that curiously shy smile - it all comes together and produces 10,000 magazine covers.

· This sportsman is the biggest sex symbol on the planet. He loves his wife, his sons, and his life. A giant in white boots. England's sweetheart? These days he belongs to the world.

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