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Isabel Guerra

The popular sports journalist Emilio Laferranderie, aka “El Veco,” died in Lima at 78 years of age, after suffering a cardiac arrest in a local private hospital, reported local media.

“El Veco” started his long career in his home country, Uruguay, and then continued it in Peru, where he published the books "Oído a la música” (Listen to the music) and “Fútbol es pasión” (Soccer is passion), publications that reunite his texts and profiles.

He arrived in Lima in August 1982, and after four months working for “El Comercio” newspaper, he received an offer from Panamericana Television, so he decided to stay, along with his family.

His motto was “Oído a la música,” a phrase that he created and made popular repeating it just before sharing news and commentaries.

"El Veco" was a columnist of El Comercio and was the host of the program “El Show del Veco” on RadioProgramas del Peru (RPP).

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Claudio Pizarro scored a goal for his team, but Werder Bremen lost 4-3 to Borussia Monchengladbach. Bremen was about to get a heroic draw to Borussia, but they couldn't.

Reus, Colautti and Bobadilla (twice) scored for Borussia, while Ozil, Pizarro and Frings did the same for Werder Bremen.

Pizarro got back in action after a two weeks absence due to injuries and flu. With this goal the Peruvian forward is nine goals short from the historic goal scoring record for a foreign forward in the Bundesliga.

After this game, Bremen is sixth with 28 points.

Jefferson Farfan's Schalke 04 defeated Hoffenheim 2-0 and is third at the Bundesliga, one point behind absolut leader Bayern München. Gelsenkirchenteam got the triumph thanks to goals by Kevin Kuranyi and Lukas Schmitz. Farfan played all the match, while Carlos Zambrani didn't play.

Nolberto Solano made his debut on the English second division in a draw between Leicester City and Newcastle United, his present and his former team.

Solano played only six minutes, and he got into the game at minute 84, substituting teammate Fryatt.

At 89th, Solano was about to score a goal and the winning one through a free kick.

There was expectance at Solano debut with Leicester in a game that marked his comeback at English soccer against his beloved Newcaste United where he spent several years, after playing at Greece and at Peru with Universitario.

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Tomorrow (Sunday, Jan. 24) the Ancon Yatch Club will host the first 2010 Aquathlon local event, featuring the best exponents of this sport in Peru

The Peruvian Aquathlon circuit consists of a 2.5 km run, one km swim, and a 2.5 km run, and a promotional event for youngsters is also scheduled.

The official Peru's triathlon team, who will participate in the Triathlon Pan American Cup on Feb. 7, have confirmed their attendance: Rodrigo Medrano, Sandra Lazo, Ricardo Nuñez, Eduardo Noriega, Karol Gamarra, Eduardo Ramírez, Italo Garcia, Dereck Mori, and Sebastian de Vinatea.

More information calling 324-4092 (Lima), or emailing fepetriathlon@yahoo.es.

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Dutch master soccer team, coached by Ruud Gullit, will play against its Peruvian counterpart on Feb. 19 in Callao, and on Feb. 21 in Iquitos.

The first game will be staged at Miguel Grau Stadium, Callao, at, 8:00 p.m The Peruvian team will feature local legends like Hector Chumpitaz, Alfonso Yañez, Roberto Martinez, Miguel Miranda, among others.

The second game of the “Clockwork Orange” will take place at Max Augustin Stadium in Iquitos starting 3:30 p.m., against the master team of Iquitos, with the participation of Cesar Cueto, Teofilo Cubillas and Julio Cesar Uribe.

Along with these matches, there will be an international seminar conducted by Ruud Gullit and scheduled for Jan. 20 at 9:00 a.m. at El Pueblo Hotel.

Other famous Dutch players are announced to come, such as Patrick Kluivert, Ronald de Boer and twins Willy and Rene van de Kerkhof.

The event will benefit Adesa, a Peruvian-Dutch civil organization that fights against poverty in Peru.

Ticket prices range from S/.10 to 100 soles.

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The Peruvian team at Dakar 2010, led by Fernando Ferrand del Busto (65 años) and Fernando Ferrand Malatesta (38) finished the rally raid 15 days after the departure.

The rally, that was celebrated this year in South America (in Argentina and Chile) is known as the hardest and most difficult of its kind, and many teams with budgets significantly higher than the Peruvian one were not able to reach the finish line.

Driving a Toyota FJ Cruiser, the Peruvians ended up in the 47th position out of 57 competitors that finished the more than 9,000 km rally, while other 75 teams gave up and could not finish the race.

“This is a very important result that puts Peru in the maps of off road competitions,” said Roberto Argandoña, from a local specialized magazine.

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Peruvian National Institute of Sports (IPD) paid the debt, FIDE reincorporated Peru, and now Peruvian chess players appear again with their respective puntuation at FIDE web page.

FIDE excluded some days ago our representants from all competitions because of a 8,000 euros debt that the Peruvian Federation had with them.

When asked about brother Jorge, Deysi admited it is a very difficult task to defeat him. Jorge Cori, 14, a very patient player, won the Saco Oliveros Cup at Jose Marca Festival, staged at Yahuar Huaca colisseum in Callao.

In the last round of this tournament, Cori was defeated by Emilio Cordova, but little Jorge won the trophy with a total of 7,5 points, same as Julio Granda, meanwhile the player from Camana went second because he lost to Jorge Cori.

Renato Terry from Trujillo was third, ahead of Cordova.

"I didn't think I was going to reach the first position. My level on long games has improved. The game against Grand Master Cordova was complicated. He played very good. It was the most difficult game I had in this tournament," said the Under-14 World Champion.

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The match against El Salvador for the first round of Group 2 of American Zone will be played between March 3 and 5 at traditional Buse Brothers Stadium, founded more than 125 years ago, announced the Peruvian Federation of Tennis.

It will be the first game after Luis Horna retirement, the historic player who played since age 15. Horna took Peru for the first time to the World Group.

This new team will be captained by former player Alejandro Aramburu, who will announce in a short time the ones to play against El Salvador. Ivan Miranda and Mauricio Echazu are likely to be among the chosen ones.

The International Tennis Federation announced Ecuadorian Carlos Niemes as the referee for the series.

The winner between Peru and El Salvador will face in the next round the winner of the Venezuela-Bolivia series.

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The Netherlands national masters team will play two charitable games in Lima and Iquitos, with a Peruvian team yet to determine.

The event will benefit Adesa, a Peruvian-Dutch civil organization that fights against poverty in Peru.

The games are scheduled from Feb. 10 till Feb. 23, commemorating the 25th anniversary of activities of this organization.

According to a press release, some of the most famous former Dutch soccer players like Ruud Gullit, Patrick Kluivert, Ronald de Boer and the twins Rene and Willy van der Kerkhof are likely to come to Peru to participate in these games.

Ruud Gullit, European champion at 1988 Eurocup and at European Cup with Milan in 1989 and 1990, will also conduct a sports seminar.

The main goal is to connect Peruvian and Dutch people in brotherhood and social assistance to he neediest people in Peru.

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Correction: On Jan. 26, LivinginPeru.com published a corrected version of Gerula's quote to the Canadian press.

Olivia “The Predator” Gerula, WBC super featherweight champion, said she won't fight against Kina Malpartida in Peru.

"The offer is in Peru, but because of the hype that's been around it — it's been crazy as far as fans and stuff goes — we might not make it safely out of Peru," Gerula, pictured here, said to the Winnipeg Sun. "So we're thinking we might actually take her in California, because she fights out of there, too."

Peru's Kina Malpartida, the WBA champion, is looking to have her third title defense in Peru.

If the fight is scheduled anyway, it would have to be towards the end of 2010, and not in March, since Gerula has another fight on her calendar.

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