Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning and nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins



Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the modern version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball on the professional, amateur, and youth levels is now popular in North America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, and parts of East Asia. The game is sometimes referred to as hardball, in contrast to the derivative game of softball

In North America, professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams are divided into the National League (NL) and American League (AL). Each league has three divisions: East, West, and Central. Every year, the major league champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series. Four teams make the playoffs from each league: the three regular season division winners, plus one wild card team. Baseball is the leading team sport in both Japan and Cuba, and the top level of play is similarly split between two leagues: Japan's Central League and Pacific League; Cuba's West League and East League. In the National and Central leagues, the pitcher is required to bat, per the traditional rules. In the American, Pacific, and both Cuban leagues, there is a tenth player, a designated hitter, who bats for the pitcher. Each top-level team has a farm system of one or more minor league teams. These teams allow younger players to develop as they gain on-field experience against opponents with similar levels of skill

Eight Football Hope Centres

South Africa

Mogalakwena, Mokopane
Centre Host: South African Red Cross Society (Mokopane Branch)
Focus: Serving social service and youth development programmes, peer education, public health, volunteer counselling and testing, and first aid.

South Africa

Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Centre Host: Grassroot Soccer
Focus: Using football-based programmes to educate on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention as well as on how to lead healthy lives.

Ghana

Cape Coast
Centre Host: Play Soccer Ghana
Focus: Integrating education into health, social and football programmes to promote leadership and socio-economic development.

Namibia

Katutura, Windhoek
Centre Host: Special Olympics Namibia
Focus: Providing individuals with intellectual disabilities and special needs with adequate learning facilities, HIV/AIDS awareness and assistance in job searches.

Mali

Baguinéda, Bamako
Centre Host: Association Malienne pour la Promotion de la Jeune Fille et de la Femme (AMPJF)
Focus: Empowering girls and young women by helping to strengthen their self-esteem and social status in the community.

Kenya

Mathare, Nairobi
Centre Host: Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA)
Focus: Educating on HIV/AIDS awareness, leadership and the environment, including organising clean-up groups.

Rwanda

Kimisagara, Kigali
Centre Host: Espérance – Association des Jeunes Sportifs de Kigali
Focus: Supporting young people through counselling and training to overcome ethnic divides and become peace advocates in their communities.

Lesotho

Maseru
Centre Host: Kick4Life
Focus: Teaching HIV/AIDS awareness including education and testing, essential life skills, personal development and work training.

DEAF SPORTS EVENT 2010

30th July - 1st Aug European Deaf Futsal Championship Cardiff, Wales

31st July GB Men Football vs Oxford City FC Oxford

7th Aug GB Men Football vs Lichfield City FC Lichfield

9th-13th Aug Golf – World Deaf Championships St. Andrews, Scotland

21st-28th Aug Badminton – European Deaf Championships Sofia, Bulgaria

28th-29th Aug Flat Bowls Team Championship Swansea

11th Sept Golf - "The County Cup" Rhos-on Sea Golf Club

19th Sept English Deaf Squash Closed Championships Bishop Stortford

1st Oct Home International Darts Match England, Wales and Scotland Hull Deaf Club

2nd Oct BDSC Team Darts Hull Deaf Club Oct (TBC) Chess - EDCA National Individual Championships TBC

4th-10th Oct Squash - World Deaf Championships New Zealand

23rd Oct Deaf Karting - English Open Milton Keynes Daytona

6th-14th Nov Futsal – European Deaf Championships Winterthur, Switzerland

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Marriage with Sakshi

Boston Red Sox (53-41) at Oakland Athletics (47-47), 3:35 p.m.

Injuries to a number of key performers have caused the Boston Red Sox to lose ground in the American League playoff race. They'll get one of those players back this afternoon, however, with standout pitcher Clay Buchholz set to toe the rubber in today's finale of a three-game road series with the Oakland Athletics.

Buchholz stood among the league leaders in wins when he was forced to exit a June 26 game at San Francisco after just one inning due to a strained left hamstring. The injury also forced the first-time All-Star to miss last week's Midsummer Classic, where he had earned a spot on the AL roster after amassing a 10-4 record in 15 starts along with a 2.45 earned run average that's tops in the Junior Circuit at the moment.

The right-hander enters today's matchup having won seven of his past eight decisions and prepped for this assignment with a 3 2/3-inning rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket on Friday. Buchholz threw 60 pitches and was reached for a pair of runs on four hits in that game.

The 25-year-old will be making his second career start against Oakland this afternoon and looks to build upon a sensational 5-1 record and 1.70 ERA on the road this year. Buchholz got a no-decision in a Fenway Park clash with the A's last season after letting up a pair of runs in 5 2/3 innings of work.

He'll be getting the call today for a Boston squad that's dropped nine of its last 13 tests following last night's extra-inning setback to the A's. Oakland came through with a 5-4 victory on Kevin Kouzmanoff's RBI single with two out in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Both Kouzmanoff and Jack Cust drove in two runs to help Oakland avenge a 2-1 defeat in Monday's series opener and record its sixth win in seven games. Daric Barton collected a pair of hits and scored the deciding run shortly after singling off Boston reliever Ramon Ramirez (0-3) with one out in the 10th.

"Anytime you can win an extra-inning game it's nice, but when it's against a team like the Red Sox, it's nicer because of how good they are," Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki remarked afterward.

Andrew Bailey (1-3) did his part as well for Oakland, with the All-Star closer tossing two scoreless innings to pick up the win.

Marco Scutaro finished 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored in Boston's latest loss. The Red Sox enter this evening's play six games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East and 3 1/2 behind Tampa Bay for the lead in the league's Wild Card race.

Gio Gonzalez will attempt to pitch Oakland to a series win, as well as duplicate an excellent performance in his latest start, when he takes the mound for the home team this afternoon. The young left-hander got his second half off to a terrific beginning when he limited Kansas City to one run over seven innings in a 5-1 Athletics' win this past Friday. More importantly, he walked only one batter for the game after issuing four or more free passes in each of his three prior appearances.

Gonzalez improved to 8-6 and lowered his season ERA to a respectable 3.63 ERA with Friday's verdict, and he's been tough on the Coliseum mound as well. In nine home starts thus far in 2010, the 24-year-old has generated a 4-3 record along with a 2.98 ERA.

The former supplemental first-round draft choice has received a pair of no- decisions in two lifetime starts against the Red Sox, including a June 1 affair in Boston in which he was touched for three runs in five innings.
The Red Sox won two of three games from the A's in a series held at Fenway Park earlier this season, but have lost in six of their past eight visits to the Oakland Coliseum. Click here to Read more

Match format and rules of Twenty20

Format

Twenty20 match format is similar to limited overs cricket in that it involves two teams, each with a single innings, the key difference being each team bats for a maximum of 20 overs. In terms of visual format, the batting team members do not arrive from and depart to traditional dressing rooms, but come and go from a "bench" (typically a row of chairs) visible in the playing arena, analogous to Association Football's "Technical area" or a baseball "dugout".


Middlesex playing against Surrey at Lord's, in front of a 28,000-strong crowd

General rules

The Laws of cricket apply to Twenty20, with some exceptions:
• Each bowler may bowl a maximum of only one-fifth of the total overs per innings (generally four, for a full, uninterrupted game). i.e., 4 in the 20 overs

• Should a bowler deliver a no ball by overstepping the popping crease, it costs 1 run and his next delivery is designated a "free-hit", from which the batsman can only be dismissed through a run out, as is the case for the original "no ball". (Strictly speaking, the very rare methods of dismissal from a "no ball" – for hitting the ball twice, obstructing the field or handling the ball – also apply to the "free-hit" delivery.)

The following fielding restrictions apply:
• No more than five fielders can be on the leg side at any time.

• During the first six overs, a maximum of two fielders can be outside the 30-yard circle. (sometimes referred to as the powerplay)

• After the first six overs, a maximum of five fielders can be outside the fielding circle.

• If the fielding team doesn't start to bowl their 20th over within 75 minutes, the batting side is credited an extra six runs for every whole over bowled after the 75 minute mark; the umpire may add more time to this if they believe the batting team is wasting time.

Indian Premier League Team Standings - 2010

Team	P	W	L	Pts.	NRR
Mumbai Indians	11	8	3	16	+1.040
Bangalore Royal Challengers	11	6	5	12	+0.443
Delhi Daredevils	11	6	5	12	+0.206
Rajasthan Royals	12	6	6	12	-0.288
Chennai Super Kings	11	5	6	10	+0.107
Kolkata Knight Riders	11	5	6	10	-0.417
Deccan Chargers	11	5	6	10	-0.539
Kings XI Punjab	12	4	8	8	-0.484
P : Played	W : Won
L : Lost	Pts : Points

Rajasthan Royals Vs Kings XI Punjab Live Streaming Scorecard

RR vs KXIPIPL3 38th Match Rajasthan Royals will meet bottom and out of the competition Kings XI Punjab in the 38th match of Indian Premier League IPL3 on Wednesday 7th April, 2010 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab IPL T20

Stadium: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

Date: Wednesday, 7th April, 2010

Time: 10:30 GMT, 4:00 PM IST

Competition: Indian Premier League T20

FIFA World Ranking Report February 2010:

Top 50 Place:

1 Spain 1627
2 Brazil 1568
3 Netherlands 1288
4 Italy 1209
5 Portugal 1176
6 Germany 1173
7 France 1117
8 Argentina 1082
9 England 1076
10 Egypt 1069
11 Croatia 1053
12 Greece 1030
13 Russia 1026
14 USA 963
15 Nigeria 956
16 Chile 955
17 Mexico 947
18 Switzerland 924
19 Serbia 916
20 Cameroon 914
21 Uruguay 909
22 Côte d'Ivoire 865
23 Australia 857
24 Ukraine 848
25 Czech Republic 828
26 Denmark 827
27 Ghana 823
27 Israel 823
29 Paraguay 806
30 Bulgaria 801
31 Algeria 784
32 Norway 772
33 Slovenia 767
34 Honduras 759
35 Ecuador 753
36 Slovakia 752
37 Republic of Ireland 746
38 Romania 745
39 Colombia 736
40 Japan 729
40 Northern Ireland 729
42 Turkey 728
43 Sweden 727
44 Gabon 706
45 Costa Rica 699
46 Scotland 665
47 Venezuela 646
48 Bosnia-Herzegovina 645
49 Korea Republic 634
49 Latvia 634

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (Marathi: born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in an innings in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, next to Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one day international (ODI) batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards. In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against. Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included in Bradman's Eleven. He is sometimes referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster.

Tendulkar is the first player to score fifty centuries in all international crickets combined, he now has 93 international centuries. On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test Cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 10 Test centuries against Australia, after only Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously. Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009, and has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour.

India's top sportspersons felicitated in Mumbai

For the award function several sports personalities gathered for the award function.

The award function was organized by the magazine Sports Illustrated.

Tendulkar was also presented a miniature gold bat for his double century in ODI against South Africa on 24 Feb.

Tendulkar expressing happiness, he said, "It has taken many years for somebody to get a double hundred and it was fantastic feeling the kind of reaction I got. And I'm still getting the reactions, just want to take this opportunity to thank all the people for having reacted so warmly. It feels terrific."

Abhinav Bindra, shooter Olympic gold medalist expressing happiness with an award. Sania Mirza was presenting a gold tennis ball for her performance.

During the award function sania said that she is preparing for the common wealth game in New Delhi October 2010.

Sania said, "Of course, to me Commonwealth and Asian Games is the most important thing at the moment. Firstly, it is happening in India and secondly, it is my third Asian Games and first Commonwealth, so I'm really looking forward to it”.

Fifa Referees 2010:

FIFA announced its final list of 30 referees for World Cup 2010 in South Africa

Europe

Olegario Benquerenca, Portugal
Massimo Busacca, Switzerland
Frank De Bleekere, Belgium
Martin Hansson, Sweden
Viktor Kassai, Hungary
Stephane Lannoy, France
Roberto Rosetti, Italy
Wolfgang Stark, Germany
Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Howard Webb, England

South America

Carlos Amarilla, Paraguay
Hector Baldassi, Argentina
Jorge Larrionda, Uruguay
Pablo Pozo, Chile
Oscar Ruiz, Colombia
Carlos Simon, Brazil

Asia

Khalil Al Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia
Ravshan Irmatov, Uzbekistan
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, Malaysia
Yuichi Nishimura, Japan

Africa

Mohamed Benouza, Algeria
Koman Coulibaly, Mali
Jerome Damon, South Africa

Football in weight loss

The important to loss weight is Exercise. At the same time following a balanced diet is also important. By playing football and becoming fit by losing the fat will be much easy.

By playing football the fat will be reduced by two main ways.

The first one is by increased metabolism. While playing football you will be burning your fat and this will continue when you take football as an exercise. Playing the game as an exercise will increase the metabolic activity by 10%.

It also increases the fat burning enzymes. While playing football you will be running around by using your own muscles which in turns reduce the fat in the body. Muscles have special enzymes that burn only the fats so people that do the exercise regularly will have more fat burning enzymes.

In addition football improves your mood and lower stress levels.
It can have positive effects on the mental health.

Since a football is played in a team it will keep you motivated.
Regular exercise will help to reduce the chronic stress.

World cup 2010 - New Zealand squad

Goalkeepers:
Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory, Australia)
James Bannatyne (Team Wellington)

Defenders:
Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix)
Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn Rovers, England)
Andrew Boyens (New York Red Bulls, USA)
Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix)
Tommy Smith (Brentford, England)

Midfielders:
Andy Barron (Team Wellington)
Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix)
Tim Brown (Wellington Phoenix)
Simon Elliott (San Jose Earthquakes,)
Michael McGlinchey (Motherwell, Scotland)
Craig Henderson (Mjllby AIF, Sweden)

Forwards:
Shane Smeltz (Gold Coast United, Australia)
Rory Fallon (Plymouth Argyle, England)
Chris Killen (Middles rough, England)
Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion, England)

FIFA World Cup 2010 schedules

Group A

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

1 11/6/2010 - 16:00 - Johannesburg - South Africa - Mexico

2 11/6/2010 - 20:30 - Cape Town - Uruguay - France

17 16/06 - 20:30 - Tshwane/Pretoria - South Africa - Uruguay

18 17/06 - 20:30 - Polokwane - France - Mexico

33 22/06 - 16:00 - Rustenburg - Mexico - Uruguay

34 22/06 - 16:00- Mangaung / Bloemfontein - France - South Africa

Group B

Match Date - Time Venue Matches between

3 12/6/2010 - 16:00 - Johannesburg Argentina - Nigeria

4 12/6/2010 - 13:30 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - Korea Republic - Greece

19 17/06 - 16:00 - Mangaung / Bloemfontein - Greece - Nigeria

20 17/06 - 13:30 - Johannesburg - Argentina - Korea Republic

35 22/06 - 20:30 - Durban - Nigeria - Korea Republic

36 22/06 - 20:30 - Polokwane - Greece - Argentina

Group C

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

5 12/6/2010 - 20:30 - Rustenburg - England - USA

6 13/06 - 13:30 - Polokwane - Algeria - Slovenia

22 18/06 - 16:00 - Johannesburg - Slovenia - USA

23 18/06 - 20:30 - Cape Town - England - Algeria

37 23/06 - 16:00 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - Slovenia - England

38 23/06 - 16:00 - Tshwane/Pretoria - USA - Algeria

Group D

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

7 13/06 - 20:30 - Durban - Germany - Australia

8 13/06 - 16:00 - Tshwane/Pretoria - Serbia - Ghana

21 18/06 - 13:30 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - Germany - Serbia

24 19/06 - 16:00 - Rustenburg - Ghana - Australia

39 23/06 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - Ghana - Germany

40 23/06 - 20:30 - Nelspruit - Australia - Serbia

Group E

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

9 14/06 - 13:30 - Johannesburg - Netherlands - Denmark

10 14/06 - 16:00 - Mangaung / Bloemfontein - Japan - Cameroon

25 19/06 - 13:30 - Durban - Netherlands - Japan

26 19/06 - 20:30 - Tshwane/Pretoria - Cameroon - Denmark

43 24/06 - 20:30 - Rustenburg - Denmark - Japan

44 24/06 - 20:30 - Cape Town - Cameroon - Netherlands

Group F

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

11 14/06 - 20:30 - Cape Town - Italy - Paraguay

12 15/06 - 13:30 - Rustenburg - New Zealand - Slovakia

27 20/06 - 13:30 - Mangaung / Bloemfontein - Slovakia - Paraguay

28 20/06 - 16:00 - Nelspruit - Italy - New Zealand

41 24/06 - 16:00 - Johannesburg - Slovakia - Italy

42 24/06 - 16:00 - Polokwane - Paraguay - New Zealand

Group G

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

13 15/06 - 16:00 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - Côte d'Ivoire - Portugal

14 15/06 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - Brazil Korea - DPR

29 20/06 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - Brazil - Côte d'Ivoire

30 21/06 - 13:30 - Cape Town - Portugal - Korea DPR

45 25/06 - 16:00 - Durban - Portugal - Brazil

46 25/06 - 16:00 - Nelspruit - Korea DPR - Côte d'Ivoire

Group H

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

15 16/06 - 13:30 - Nelspruit - Honduras - Chile

16 16/06 - 16:00 - Durban - Spain - Switzerland

31 21/06 - 16:00 - Nelson Mandela Bay/PortElizabeth - Chile - Switzerland

32 21/06 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - Spain - Honduras

47 25/06 - 20:30 - Tshwane/Pretoria - Chile - Spain

48 25/06 - 20:30 - Mangaung / Bloemfontein - Switzerland Honduras

Round of 16

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

49 26/06 - 16:00 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - 1A - 2B

50 26/06 - 20:30 - Rustenburg - 1C - 2D

51 27/06 - 16:00 - Mangaung / Bloemfontein - 1D - 2C

52 27/06 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - 1B - 2A

53 28/06 - 16:00 - Durban - 1E - 2F

54 28/06 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - 1G - 2H

55 29/06 - 16:00 - Tshwane/Pretoria - 1F - 2E

56 29/06 - 20:30 - Cape Town - 1H - 2G

Quarter-Finals

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

57 2/7/2010 - 16:00 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - W53 - W54

58 2/7/2010 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - W49 - W50

59 3/7/2010 - 16:00 - Cape Town - W52 - W51

60 3/7/2010 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - W55 - W56

Semi-Finals

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

61 6/7/2010 - 20:30 - Cape Town - W58 - W57

62 7/7/2010 - 20:30 - Durban - W59 - W60


Match for Third Place

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

63 10/7/2010 - 20:30 - Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth - L61 - L62

Final

Match Date - Time - Venue - Matches between

64 11/7/2010 - 20:30 - Johannesburg - W61 - W62

Football builds muscle strength:

In performance football require you to use your strength, particularly the muscle in your legs.

Frequently exercising your strength will allow you to uphold or even increase your muscle mass. Without regular exercise, muscle mass is diminish along with muscle strength.

There are several reimbursements to maintain muscle mass and power including:

Enlarged ability to burn fat both at rest and at the same time as exercising.

A reduced risk of falls and greater than before mobility in later life.

One study suggests that two session of exercise per week can add to the strength of the muscles used by as a great deal as 30 per cent.

Why football is good?

It is well known that regular physical activity promote health: research suggest that exercise cut the risk of confident chronic diseases and promotes prolonged existence.

To reap the profit of exercise, strategy suggests that you be supposed to exercise for 20-30 minutes, three to five times per week. Playing football two or three times a week will help you to accomplish these levels, and will afford you with a number of health benefits.

Football can condense your risk of heart disease

In concert football on a normal basis could diminish your risk of coronary heart disease. Several studies include found that people who do not exercise at all were at a notably higher risk of heart attack than all other people, and the risk decrease drastically with increasing motion.

Because of this, the furthermost paybacks were qualified by those who did judicious to vigorous activities, like football. These persons had greater than 50 per cent diminution in the risk of heart attack compare with people who were stopped.

The good information is that the reimbursement of frequently playing football will occur despite of whether you smoke, drink or eat the wrong foods. The study originate that the belongings of physical action on heart attack risk were not unnatural by other cardiovascular risk factor.

Why football is good for all?

It is well familiar that standard physical movement promotes health: study suggests that do exercises reduce the risk of positive unending diseases and promote prolonged existence.

To reap the payback of exercise, guidelines recommend that you should do exercises for 20-30 minutes, three to five times per week. Playing football two or three times a week will assist you to achieve these levels, and will make available you with a number of health benefits:

Football can reduce your risk of heart disease.

Playing football when you're young can lower the risk of osteoporosis.

Football can help with weight loss.

Football builds muscle strength.

Football can improve your mood and self-esteem and lower stress levels.

Being in a team can keep you motivated.

Hearts name sport director

Hearts have chosen Aleksandra Metlitski as their new sport director at Tynecastle.

The 45-year-old will run the sports section at the SPL club and will be in charge for its every day operation.

Previous Belarus international Metlitski begin his new-fangled role with instantaneous effect and he hopes to help Hearts steps forward.

He told Hearts News: "I am happy to be joining Heart of Midlothian to take on this project.
"I am sure that I can support the manager Csaba Laszlo, his coaches and help move the club forward at all levels."