Eminem's 'Recovery' is 2010's best-selling album

Associated Press, New York | Thu, 01/06/2011 8:15 AM | World

Eminem has fully recovered: His latest CD is 2010's best-selling album.

"Recovery" moved 3.4 million units since its June release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. No. 2 on the list is Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now," which sold about 3.1 million records. "Speak Now," Taylor Swift's third CD, which was released in late October, is No. 3, selling about 2.96 million copies.

While Eminem owns last year's top CD, his Rihanna-assisted "Love the Way You Lie" is No. 3 on the list of top songs. He was beat out by Katy Perry's smash hit, "California Gurls." The song features Snoop Dogg and moved 4.4 million tracks in 2010. Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" is second with 4.3 million sold; the Top 5 includes Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" and B.o.B's "Airplanes."

Riedl focused on players’ mental recovery

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 12/28/2010 2:53 PM | Sports Indonesian national soccer team coach Alfred Rield says he is focusing on rebuilding player confidence ahead of Wednesday’s second leg of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Cup finals against Malaysia.

“You can’t change many things in just three days,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.

“My players and I talked to each other. That is more important now than practicing.”

Indonesia lost 0-3 to Malaysia in the first leg of the finals, which was marred by laser pointers and saw Indonesian team affected by itching powder.

Riedl said he wanted to strengthen players’ mentality not only for the AFF Cup, but also for the Olympic Games qualifications next year.