Daniel Olusola "Danny" Shittu (born 2 September 1980) is a Nigerian footballer who currently is on free agent.
"Olusola" is a nickname for the Yoruba name "Oluwanisola" (meaning "God creates wealth").. He is known for his strength and is frequently referred to as a 'tank'
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Shittu started his career at Charlton Athletic. He spent most of his two years at the club on loan, first at Blackpool in January and February 2001, then Queens Park Rangers.
Shittu's debut for Rangers as a loanee, away at Peterborough on 23 October 2001 in a Football League One fixture, was rather inauspicious ending in his being sent off in the 83rd minute. His first goal came away at Chesterfield on 15 December 2001 in a game in which he was again sent off.
QPR acquired his services permanently for £350,000 in January 2002. He was bought by fan (and later Life President) Harold Winton, who also paid Shittu's wages during his first season at the club. His first game as a permanent player was the home fixture with Bury on 12 January 2002. Shittu went on to have a very successful spell at Loftus Road becoming a fan's favourite for his robust and combative performances in the heart of the defence. He was part of the team that made it to the League One play-off Final in 2003 where Rangers were narrowly beaten by Cardiff and the team that won promotion the following season. He made a total of 182 appearances in four seasons and scored 17 goals.
Darren Antony Pratley (born 22 April 1985) is an English footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers as a midfielder.
Starting his career at Fulham, Pratley made his debut in a League Cup game at Wigan Athletic on 23 September 2003, coming on as a substitute for Andrejs Stolcers. He made his league debut against Charlton Athletic on 8 November 2003, again as a substitute, this time for Barry Hayles. These turned out to be the only two games he would play for Fulham. Having spent the latter parts of the 2004–05 season on loan at Brentford, on 30 August 2005 Pratley moved back to the Bees until January 2006 on a loan period that was subsequently extended until the end of the 2005–06 season. However, on 8 June 2006, he was sold by Fulham to Swansea City for a fee of £100,000.
On 7 November 2009, Pratley scored a brace against their arch rivals Cardiff City. Pratley had not scored for 26 games since the previous season's corresponding fixture at the Liberty Stadium but he proved Swansea's hero on the hour to seal the win. Pratley went on to score a further three times before the end of 2009, against Sheffield Wednesday (twice) and Reading. He started off the 2010–11 season well, however a string of poor performances saw him dropped by manager Brendan Rodgers. Pratley came back into the team performing well and getting vital goals against Reading, Crystal Palace a double against Bristol City and the third goal in the Championship play-off semi final second leg against Nottingham Forest which he scored from the halfway-line into an empty goal. On 9 June 2011, it was confirmed that Pratley would leave Swansea City having rejected a new contract.
Barrett (born November 24, 1972 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a retired Canadian basketball player.
Barrett played in high school for West Hill Collegiate Institute and collegiately for St. John's University (1992–96).
Barrett was under contract with the Toronto Raptors (1997 and 1999) and Philadelphia 76ers (1999), but never played in any regular season game with those teams.
Barrett played for the Canada national basketball team, with which he participated in the 2000 Olympics the same year he had his only child Rowan Barrett Jr.
Barrett played professionally in Spain for Etosa Alicante (1997–98), Argentina for Boca Juniors (1998–99), Venezuela for Cocodrilos de Caracas (1999-00, 2000–01, 2002–03), Cyprus for Keravnos Keo (2000–01), Greece for Dafni (2001–02), Israel for Maccabi Rishon LeZion (2001–02), Hapoel Haifa and Ramat Hasharon (2002–03), Italy for Vertical Vision Cantù (2005–06) and in France for JDA Dijon (2003–04) and ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (2006–07).
Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986 in Rochford, Essex) is an English television presenter. Since 12 January 2009 she has been the co-host of Countdown. She replaced Carol Vorderman from the 60th series onwards. Nick Hewer is the chief presenter and Riley does the letters and numbers.
Riley was educated at Southend High School for Girls, and went on to study mathematics at Oriel College, Oxford, gaining an upper second-class honours degree, having obtained four grade As at A-Level.
After graduating she began work as a data analyst for a website company in London. She was encouraged to apply for the Countdown position by her mother, a charity fundraiser married to a City auditor, and also by her boyfriend's mother. She did not have an ambition to be a television presenter, but decided to apply because she was interested in the numbers part of the game. Riley was chosen from more than a thousand applicants despite having no television experience. In an article for the BBC news, she stated, "There's only one cool maths job around and I was lucky enough to get it so I'm absolutely thrilled". She began presenting Countdown alongside Jeff Stelling from 12 January 2009. In an interview in August 2009 she revealed that it had been difficult for her to step into Vorderman's shoes, and that she had been criticised by some of Countdown's viewers for getting some of the maths puzzles wrong.[citation needed]
Jordan Henry (born February 11, 1986) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing in the Calgary Flames organization of the National Hockey League.
Henry began his career playing for the Moose Jaw Warriors in the WHL for two seasons from 2003 to 2005. In the middle of the 2005–06 season, he was traded to play for the Red Deer Rebels for the remainder of the season. Prior to the 2006–07, as an undrafted free agent, Henry was invited to the Calgary Flames training camp, before returning to the Rebels for the remainder of the season.
After completing his junior career, Henry was invited to and impressed at the Florida Panthers training camp for the 2007–08 season. He was then assigned to ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades before signing a three-year entry level contract with the Panthers on October 8, 2007. Jordan then split his first professional year between the Everblades and Rochester Americans, becoming an Amerks regular by seasons end.
On July 9, 2011, Henry was traded by the Panthers to the Calgary Flames for defenceman Keith Seabrook.