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Each week, The Reporters put their thumbs out to the good and the bad in the world of sports. Eric Dier Jersey UK . This week they discuss US forward Abby Wambach, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Alumni Stadium in Guelph, Miami Heat fans, and Adam Pacman Jones at the NFLs Rookie Symposium. Cathal Kelly, Toronto Star: My thumb is up to US forward Abby Wambach. International soccers most famous out-loud counter found something else to count about his week, becoming the highest scorer in international soccer history. Lets put this into perspective: Pele scored 95 goals in his international career, Diego Maradona scored 34. Wambach has 160. The thing we have to remember about this player is shes a world champion, an Olympic champion, and now the career leader in goals; maybe one of the greatest players of all time. But lets also recall that Canadas Christine Sinclair, three years younger, is sitting at 145 career goals. Gary Lawless, Winnipeg Free Press: My thumb is up to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the University of Guelph. The Ticats played their first game at Alumni Stadium in Guelph this week. Some will tell you it is cramped, its also intimate and quaint. Its the CFL at its very best. The Tiger-Cats are making the best out of a bad situation; the University of Guelph getting $500,000 for their trouble and national exposure at least 10 times this year. The story will be fantastic if the Tiger-Cats get to host a playoff game and its played at tiny Alumni Stadium in Guelph with only 13,000 tickets; it will be the hottest ticket in Canada that weekend. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated: My thumb is down to the fans of the Miami Heat, who streamed out of the arena in South Florida late in Game 6. What a mistake. You had two choices: watch the San Antonio Spurs win a championship; a deserving team, or watch your own team pull off one of the great comebacks of all time, which is what they did in overtime. There are two rules in sports: You can never have enough pitching and you never leave a playoff game early. Dave Naylor, TSN Radio 1050: My thumb is down to the NFL Players Association for inviting Adam Pacman Jones to speak at this weekends Rookie Symposium about life away from football, even though hes recently been charged with assaulting a woman in a bar. Bringing former bad boys to the Symposium sounds like a great idea as long as they are truly ‘former. Now while Jones maintains his innocence in this incident, his presence sends an unsettling message to the incoming class of rookies, that its possible to demonstrate poor behavior and terrible judgment throughout your NFL career, and still have an NFL career. Francis Coquelin Arsenal Jersey UK . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Kolo Toure Liverpool Jersey UK . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. http:///...I-CAZORLA-JERSEY-UK/ . Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Canada will face Sweden in Thursdays quarter-final at the IIHF World Championship. That matchup was confirmed Tuesday when Switzerland defeated Belarus 4-1 to finish first with 20 points atop Canadas pool. Canada (5-1-1-0) ranked second with 18 points. Sweden (5-2, 15 points) had third locked up before beating Denmark 4-2 in its final preliminary-round game. The top four countries in each group of eight advance to the quarter-finals with first playing fourth and second facing third. The Czech Republic hammered Norway 7-0 to claim the groups fourth and final playoff berth Tuesday. The Czechas meet unbeaten Switzerland in Thursdays other quarter-final in Stockholm. Finland finished atop the Helsinki pool after a 3-2 win over Latvia and will face Slovakia in the quarter-finals. Slovakia clinched fourth place in the group with a 4-1 win over the United States. Russia and the Americans will meet in the other Helsinki quarter-final. Also Tuesday, Germany edged France 3-2 in overtime. The Canadians had a day off from the ice Tuesday after a 4-3 overtime win over Slovenia to conclude the round robin the previous night. Some players were already expecting the host country to be their nexxt opponent in the tournament. Paul Pogba Manchester United Jersey UK. Canada defeated Sweden 3-0 last week, but that was before the arrival of forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin and defenceman Alex Edler from the Vancouver Canucks. "Theyve added some key players and they gave us a tight game already in front of their home fans," Canadian forward Steven Stamkos said. "Its going to be a hostile environment." The quarter-final is a game Canada couldnt get past the last three years in this tournament. Canada last won a world title in 2007 and its last medal was a silver in 2009. Defenceman P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens was scheduled to arrive in Stockholm on Tuesday. The finalist for the Norris Trophy that goes to the NHLs top defenceman will skate with the Canadian team Wednesday and play Thursday. "P.K. is going to come and help us thats for sure," Canadian assistant captain Stephane Robidas said. "You cant rely on just one guy to do all the work or on one line or one set of defencemen. You need the whole group. You need everybody to pull together in the same direction. Everybody has to chip in in different ways. I think thats what weve had the last couple of games." Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '
