by ldh2013 » Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:27 am
LONDON -- Former Argentina and Tottenham players Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa have escaped serious injury in a car accident on the Falkland Islands. . In a statement released by the Falkland Islands Government on Tuesday, Ardiles said he is "fine and doing well." He remains in hospital after requiring stitches after cutting his head in Mondays accident. The statement added that Villa was discharged from hospital "with no serious injuries." Ardiles and Villa, who played for Tottenham in the 1970s and 80s, were filming a documentary in the small British territory in the South Atlantic. "We have been in touch with Ossies friends and relatives and have been informed that both Ricky and he were fine," a Tottenham statement read, "and that Ossie suffered a cut to the head that required stitches, but he remained conscious throughout." The Falkland Islands Government said the accident involved seven passengers. None are seriously injured. Ardiles played 311 games for Tottenham across two spells and had a brief, unsuccessful stint as manager. Villa scored twice in the 1981 FA Cup final replay win against Manchester City. Ardiles also played in the game. . The top-seeded Anaheim Ducks can clearly see they are in quite a fight now. Eakin scored on Dallas first shot of the third period, Alex Goligoski scored on the next one 1:22 later and the Stars beat the Ducks 4-2 in Game 4 on Wednesday night to even the best-of-seven series. . In their first significant move of the off-season, the Mets agreed with outfielder Chris Young on a $7. . In particular, Craig Anderson was singled out for not playing as well as he did during the 2012-13 campaign, when many suggested he was the best goalie in the league before he suffered an ankle injury partway through the lockout-shortened campaign. CALGARY -- Pierre Lueders had a satisfying conversation with German bobsled rival Christoph Langen after both men retired from the sport to coach. Langen told him the Germans couldnt figure out how Lueders was beating them when they had so much to work with and the Canadians so little at the time. "We certainly stuck our nose in where it didnt belong and it was a lot of fun doing it," Lueders said Thursday with some glee. The Olympic bobsled champion drove Canada into the worlds elite in the sport both literally and figuratively with his fierce competitive streak and not a little stubbornness. Lueders joins eight others who will be inducted into Canadas Sports Hall of Fame later his year. Hockey player Scott Niedermayer, speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon, soccer player Charmaine Hooper, rower Derek Porter and the figure skating pair of Jamie Sale and David Pelletier are the athletes joining Lueders in the class of 2012. The late Daryl (Doc) Seaman, an owner of the Calgary Flames, and Marion Lay, an athlete-turned-advocate, join them as builders. Their induction ceremony will be Oct. 18 at the Sports Hall of Fame, which opened the doors to its new building at Canada Olympic Park on July 1, 2011. The Sports Hall Of Fame celebrates Canadians achievements across all sports. Each class of inductees represent a variety of athletes and builders, from people like Herman (Jackrabbit) Smith-Johannsen, the founder of cross-country skiing in Canada, to racehorse Northern Dancer. Lueders and Wotherspoon were two of this years inductees in the Grand Hall for Thursdays reveal. When they received a phone call about their induction, both men said they went straight to their computers to research some of the 520 who have gone into the Hall before them. "Theres some big names there that you watched as a young kid growing up in Canada," Lueders said. "To be honoured with those same athletes, its pretty hard to put into words." Both athletes remain in their sport as coaches. Lueders is a pilot coach with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton based in Calgary. The 41-year-old from Edmonton is grooming the next generation of drivers, but not the next Pierre Lueders. "I think one Pierre Lueders was more than enough," he said with a chuckle. Lueders won Olympic gold in 1998 and silver in 2006, as well as two world titles in two-man bobsled during his 20 years on the national team. Wotherspoon, winner of a record 67 World Cup races and an Olympic silver medal, still holds the world record in the mens 500 metres. The 35-year-old from Red Deer, Alta., oversees young speedskaters at an academy in Inzell, Germany. Hes married to former speedskater Kim Weger and they have a young daughter Ella. "I wass always focused on the last race or the last month of training or the most recent events and this has given me a reason to look at my career as a whole," Wotherspoon said. . "I owe speedskating a lot. If it wasnt for this sport, I wouldnt be doing anything Im doing now. I probably wouldnt have moved to Calgary, I wouldnt be in this Hall of Fame. I wouldnt be coaching speedskating in Germany. I met my wife in speedskating and shes the reason I have a daughter." Niedermayer, from Edmonton, is the only hockey player to win every major North American and international championship in his career. That includes the Memorial Cup, world junior championship, mens world championship, the World Cup, Stanley Cup and an Olympic gold medal. Niedermayer played 18 NHL seasons with New Jersey and Anaheim and won four Stanley Cups during his career. Edmontons Sale and Pelletier, from Sayabec, Que., provided Canada and the world riveting drama at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. They skated a stellar long program to "Love Story" but were initially given silver medals. Outrage over a judging scandal prompted the awarding of a second pair of gold medals to the Canadians during the Games. The judging system in figure skating has drastically altered because of that incident. Like Lueders, Hooper was an outspoken pioneer in her sport and backed it up on the soccer pitch with long and decorated career. Hooper, born in Georgetown, Guyana, played in a record 129 international matches for Canada, including three FIFA Womens World Cups. She scored 71 international goals. Porter, a rower born in Belfast, won two Olympic medals, including gold in the mens eights in 1992. Porter also won a world title in 1993 in single sculls. Seaman was one of six businessmen who brought the Flames to Calgary from Atlanta in 1980. The Second World War veteran was a key player in getting the Saddledome built in 1983 and bringing the 1988 Winter Olympics to the city. His hockey foundation has contributed over $5 million to minor hockey initiatives. Lay won bronze in swimming at the 1968 Summer Games in the freestyle relay. She went on to establish the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) and headed operations for Rick Hansens Man in Motion World Tour in 1985. Lay was a founder of the Canadian Sport Centre in Vancouver and served as chair of the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation. Triathlete Peter Reid, hockey player Ray Bourque, football player Lui Passaglia, soccer player Andrea Neil, para-Alpine skier Lauren Woolstencroft and International Olympic Committee member Richard Pound were the first class of inductees to enter the new Hall last November. ' ' '
