Tuesday, April 14, 2009

We will bounce back-Fernando Alonso....

Fernando Alonso has promised for better results in the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix following a disappointment in the previous race. Both of the Renault did not make the previous round in Malaysia, which was rained out half through. He added that everyone in the team is working out hard to develop the R29 which can be more competitive in the upcoming races. Renault is placed at third place in the constructors standings. The KERS energy-storage and power boost system will be used in Shanghai circuit this would be an advantage for long straights in Shanghai.

Monday, April 13, 2009

India at No.2 spot in ICC ODI'S Rankings.....

India has moved to No.2 spot in the ICC ODI ratings after Aussies suffered a bad defeat to the Proteas in the 5 match series where Proteas lead the series by 3-1.With a marginal win of 61 runs South Africa now have been positioned themselves at No.1 spot. India with 6088 points in 50 matches and a rating of 122 are just ahead of the Australians in the points table.Aussies have to really work out once again for their Top spot. Will India manage to move to the Top spot....?

Gibbs leads the Proteas Army to command the Aussies...

Herschelle Gibbs drove South Africa with a brilliant century to beat the Aussies 3-1 in 5 match series. The Proteas who where forced to bat first by the Aussies made a strong and a commanding reply to the Aussies.Gibbs and AB de Villiers put a 136 run partnership to take South Africa in a well positioned seat. Later Duminy and Boucher also contributed 65 runs as part of their innings. Gibbs hammered two sixes and nine fours in his 110 off 116 balls and shared a stand of 136 with AB de Villiers (84).Following the home side batting the Aussies Opening pair Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke gave Australia a flying start with a 129 run stand but the lower order batting line up failed to fire once again.Roelof van der Merwe (3-46) halted the charge and Dale Steyn (4-44) swept away the tail as they were all out for 256.The Proteas have now taken the advantage and they have won the series, still one more match to go and lets check out whether the Aussies will fire back or the Proteas will finish the series by 4-1.

Federer weds Mirka Vavrinec....

Roger Federer married his fiancee Mirka Vavrinec in the home town of Basel, Switzerland. Earlier last month he had announced on his website that the couples were expecting their first child this summer.Federer will be traveling to Monte Carlo after he had decided to play it. The World No.2 Champion is struggling with Roger Federer who denied him a record equaling 14th Grand slam title in Australian Open Final. Federer said he had a small group of close friends and family members for his Marriage.

India reclaim's Azlan Shah Cup Title after 13 years....

After 13 years the Indian Hockey team had clinched the fourth Azlan Shah Cup Title. It was a very hot situation for Malaysia who lost to India 3-1 in the final's.Sandeep Singh was adjudged the player of the tournament as he scored 6 goals of India's 12 goals.Arjun Halappa,Prabhjot Singh and Shivender Singh scored the golden three for India. Former Skipper Dhanraj Pillay happy with the result that the boys have made. He replied that it was the same tournament and same venue where India won the cup in 1991.He said that he was happy about India's first win abroad after 2003.

Bolt admits trying Marijuana....

World's fastest man admits that he has experimented marijuana as a youngster. Bolt said the Bild Tabloid that everyone in Jamaica would have tried it as a youngster and he admits that even he has tasted it once when he was younger. Bolt confessed that he had not taken it as a practice and he doesn't hang out with those smoking and also he doesn’t have the practice of smoking.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Sania-Chuang in Final's

Sania and Chuang reached the final of the $220,000 MPS Group of Championships after a straight set victory over Liga Dekmeijere and Angela Haynes. The Indo-Taipei pair straight away finished 6-4,6-3 against the Latvian-American pair in just one hour and eight minutes. The Indo-Taipei pair will be taking upon Lisa Raymond of United and Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic in the final.

Do or Die for Aussies....

Team Australia now has a tough time to come with still two more games remaining it needs to win both the games to win the series and retain their place if the Proteas wins either of the games then they will be placed first in the ODI rankings. Following a defeat in Cape Town Aussies need to badly win in Port Elizabeth to keep them going in this series. Giving Ferguson the 6th spot to open has badly brought up the result, question is. why don't they provide him in top of the order?.....can Aussies win the match in Port Elizabeth and will they stay alive or will the Proteas make a spot to the first.

Is Yuvi fit play tests or not....???????

Indian Sensation player Yuvaraj Singh definitely is not the right person to fit Saurav Ganguly place. There are still many of them who deserves that place players like Wasim Jaffer,Rohit Sharma are all really good and have shown up their talents.Yuvi is the one who is fit to play ODI'S and T20 matches. He doesn't have that much patience to play the tests, though he showed a good record at home its really important that they show up their talents in foreign soil. Normally in ODI'S if Rohit is given a chance he plays a slow innings with marginal strokes, so why don't the selectors provide him the chance.Untill Yuvi grows up in test let some other talented players get the chance. Team Selector's need to give him another chance and then straight away take up the decision.

United retains Top spot after Macheda once again fires....

Macheda once again rescued Manchester United for the second successive league game as his goal sent the champions back to the top of the Premier League. Paul Scholes scored the first one for United and with still 15 minutes left substitute Macheda turned in Michael Carrick's wayward shot nearly his first touch. United is now one point lead over their nearest rival Liverpool. With the Champions League quarter-final second-leg tie against Porto on Wednesday, United coach Sir Alex Ferguson rested keeper Edwin Van der Sar, left-back Patrice Evra and winger Cristiano Ronaldo.Rooney started out in the left with Tevez partnering Berbatov up front which was very difficult for the opposition.Macheda, who made the required impact just seconds after coming on by redirecting Michael Carrick's wayward shot into the corner of the net with a deft left-foot flick.

Torres sweeps Blackburn...

Manchester United was under tremendous pressure after Liverpool had a commanding win over Blackburn. Torres made a brilliant start and headed in a Xabi Alonso free-kick as the home side dominated proceedings Daniel Agger fired in a ferocious 30-yard strike late on before David Ngog nodded in from point-blank range to round off the impressive win. A minute's silent was observed for the Hillsborough tragedy in which 96 fans died during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest. If Liverpool keeps playing like this then it is sure that they will win the cup.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Safina replaces Williams as World No.1

Russia's Dinara Safina will replace Serena Williams as world number one, despite never having won a Grand Slam title.Safina's brother was also the men's top player in the world in 2000.Safina will replace Williams who has been on top for 11 consecutive weeks. Safina said that she was very happy to share the achievement with her brother Marat.Safina is now the second Russian woman to hold the top spot after Maria Sharapova.She was announced World No.1 after Williams suffered a shocking defeat 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 against World No.95 Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic.Safina becomes the 19th world number. In the past years Safina has won four WTA Tour singles titles and was runner-up five times. She was also a silver medalist at the Beijing Olympics.

Gambhir climbs to 4th spot.....

Gautam Gambhir consistent performance in the series against New Zealand puts him ahead to fourth spot in the ICC Player Rankings. His 445 runs with the bat including 2 centuries and a half century helped him to achieve his carrier best. In the last eight Tests he has scored 1,269 runs and has vaulted 33 places in the rankings. But Shewag has dropped three places to 20th position after scores of 48 and 12.Shewag has a poor performance and has lost six places after scoring just 140 runs in five innings. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has jumped five places to share 31st spot with England's Ian Bell. Mean while Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have retained their 14th and 26th positions respectively. Heading the batting list is Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies with Pakistan captain Younis Khan in second place and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka in third position. South Africa's Jacques Kallis still leading the way for the all rounder in Test matches.

Friday, April 10, 2009

T20 tonic for Cricket survival.....

West Indies Legendary batsmen Brian Lara said a local magazine that cricket is a sport that is not to long but the presence of T20 will now be a life saving act for the cricket. With limited overs, big shots, quick results, vast atmosphere it’s a different feeling to play it. Finally he said that it’s the media that makes them a complete finish at the end.....

Time to coach CSK.......

Indian Team current bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad will join Chennai Super Kings for the IPL season 2 that is to be held in South Africa. He said that working out with Dhoni is a very special feeling, he has shown me a great respect and also for my job. Speaking of whether Munaf should carry or not he said that I am happy about him but its takes time for him to show it. The Chennai Super Kings have made their base camp at Durban and their first match is on 18th at Newlands, Capetown against Mumbai Indians.