It was an epic moment for the 15-year-old Juan Garcia, suffering from cancer when his favourite soccer player, Eric Abidal, visited him in the hospital and gifted him a Rolex watch. The youngster broke down in tears when he met his idol of years, and that prompted the 32-year-old France international star to present him with his precious possession.

The Barcelona defender also suffered from a cancerous tumor in his liver last year and recovered from it successfully. The extraordinary gesture by him surprised the young cancer sufferer showing his warm hearted nature to all present. After the young boy spent five months of operation, radiation and chemotherapy for his treatment that ended on January 5, some team players visited him at the hospital.  During the visit, Abidal spoke for long with the youngster and other children on the ward. Immediately, he took the Rolex Daytona watch from his wrist and presented it to the boy, refusing all attempts to make him take it back by the father.

The astonished father of the young boy said, “The only thing I was able to tell my son was, “You have in your head the same thing Abidal had in his liver, and tomorrow they will take it out.” My son said, “Dad get me the shirt of Abidal; I will fight like him and will win my own champions league.”

Praising the gesture by the soccer star, J Garcia added, “He was affectionate, tender and friendly, and for ten minutes, he never let my son out of his arms. We were all so emotional and grateful.” The football sensation bonded great time with the father-son duo. He told J. Garcia, “It doesn’t matter what this is worth. I want your son to be happy.” His visit to the sick children at the hospital brought them bundles of joy and happiness.

J. Garcia Serra, Garcia’s father, told the story in an open letter to Catalan newspaper Herald, explaining how Abidal’s fight against cancer had inspired his own son’s fight against the disease.

Though a few attempts were being made to find out the origin of the watch through contacts at Barcelona and the French Football Federation, the normal cost of the watch is being estimated at $30,000.
Though Eric Abidal is now no longer a first choice for the Barcelona team selection as he used to be, and he almost appeared to leave the club recently, he signed a new contract that runs until June 2013 to everyone’s surprise. It was later revealed that Abidal’s spirit and popularity within the locker room paved the way in the club offering him a new deal.

Monday marked the beginning of the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on Biscayne Bay and U.S sailors were the ones to take the top spots in the four classes that took place on Monday. There is a huge number that is seen at the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on Biscayne Bay. More than five hundred sailors from forty four countries are there to participate in the summers Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. The Rolex Miami Olympic Classes that are scheduled are Star, 49er, Laser, Laser Radial, 470, Finn, RS:X, whereas, women’s matching racing in Elliot 6m is making its debut in the Olympics. The other Paralympic classes for disabled sailors taking place are Sonar, SKUD-18, and 2.4mR.

There are two spots that have been awarded on the U.S. Olympic sailing team so far and the remaining two will be decided later this year. The two sports that will be decided later are RS:X (women) and women’s match racing. On the other hand, for Paralympic sailors, the Rolex is do-or-die situation. On Friday after the completion of the fleet, the U.S teams will be named. The race that was held on Monday had the Americans taken the top two spots in the 27-boat Finn class. The first one to finish the race and get the first place was Olympic medalist Zach Railey of Clearwater followed by Caleb Paine of San Diego at number two position and taking away the two spots. After the three races, in the 23-boat 49er class, skipper Eric Storck of Huntington, N.Y. and crew Trevor Moore of North Pomfret, Vt were seen leading at the three races. The 12-boat RS:X women’s fleet was topped by Olympic hopeful Farrah Hall of Annapolis. Skipper Paul Callahan of Cape Coral with crew Brad Johnson of Pompano Beach and Tom Brown of Castine, Maine led after two races in the 11-boat Sonar opener.

Tampa’s Kenneth Andreasen, head coach of the U.S. Sailing Team AlphaGraphics, very positively said that the U.S team is almost complete and this regatta is experiencing the U.S sailors winning the races and it will continue to happen as even the regatta has experienced the U.S team’s habit of winning the races. Andreasen alos said that now it’s time for the US team to beat everyone else in the race that does not have USA written on their sails. The teams are fast and know how to go about racing on water, but Tampa’s Kenneth Andreasen mentioned that their team will be seen the fastest among other. Tuesday through Friday, the Fleet racing will continue to take place and on Staurday medal races among the top 10 finishers in the Olympic classes will take place. Regatta headquarters is the U.S. Sailing Center in Coconut Grove.

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The opening ceremonies for U.S. Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta on Biscayne Bay are scheduled for Sunday in Coconut Grove. This will serve as the important step towards this summer’s Olympic Games. There will be more than 500 sailors from 44 countries in all 13 classes of sailboats set for Olympic and Paralympic competition in London that will be hosted by the regatta. The U.S. Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta will run from Monday through Saturday. There are a few South Floridians among some of the competitors who have already made their place and secured berths on the U.S. Olympic sailing team due to the result of regattas taking place over the past few months.

There are other faces who are qualifying the regattas in order to form a team, but Rolex will give them some of the same teams to face off that they will meet at the final games. The Olympic classes that are featuring in the regatta are as follows: Laser (men); Laser Radial (women); 470 men; 470 women; Star (men); 49er (men); Finn (men); RS:X (men); RS:X (women); and Elliott 6m (women’s match racing). Skipper Mark Mendelblatt and crew Brian Fatih, both of Miami, in Stars are included in the Olympic-bound South Florida sailors. And in four seventy women Fort Lauderdale’s Sarah Lihan is included. The other names in the Florida Olympians are Paige Railey of Clearwater in Laser Radials and her brother Zach in Finns.

Olympic gold medalist and 2011 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Anna Tunnicliffe will make her Olympic debut along with her teammates Debbie Capozzi of New York and Molly Vandemoer of California. They are expected to bag the gold medal at Rolex after their win and a gold medal at the ISAF world championships in Australia. Rolex will decide which team will stay and represent United States in the Paralympic Games and will leave for the disabled sailors competing in the 2.4mR, SKUD-18 and Sonar classes. Julia Dorsett of Boca Raton, three-time defending Rolex champion with skipper Scott Whitman of New Jersey, will be sailing against Jennifer French and J.P. Creignou, both of St. Petersburg, and it is expected to be the toughest battle between the teams. Jennifer French and J.P. Creignou, both of St. Petersburg have recently won the silver in the IFDS Worlds in Charlotte Harbor will be a fun to watch and the battle will be tightest of all. The headquarters for the Rolex Miami Regatta is the U.S. Sailing Center is Coconut Grove and there will be great battles taking place at the regatta. Some of the great sailors will be seen competing with each other and a lot of expectations are associated with the U.S. Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta.

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