Federer loosing to Gonzalez...
Renault, Mclaren facing charges of foul play.....
Stoner giving Rossi a jolt...
More youngsters in cricket...more zeal!!
what's happening in the world of sport?!!
I love sports and I follow cricket, tennis, F1 and Moto GP. I try and follow other sports but these are the top 4. Anyway, my point is, something happened this year which kind of rekindled my interests in these sports even more.
There used to be a time when I used to watch a tennis match just to see how the master plays against the rest. gosh!!..That federer plays a sublime game. These days however, federer seems to be loosing more than the share of games he used to loose. I understand that he's no machine but still. I feel a little bad, but to tell you the truth, am happy that he's loosing. I should be honest and say that I used to get a tad bored seeing him win game after game. Now, it's like there are others apart from nadal who seem to take the game to federer. It will be interesting to see how federer comes out of this slump(in his terms that is!). Has the time come where he has to fight for his crown? or is this just a passing phase. Have to wait and watch.
Leaving tennis behind, F1 has a new champion!! yay.. I love Kimi. The iceman has had this coming for a long time. What a racer! After seeing schumi dominate for sometime, I was hoping that Kimi would come up and challenge him. However, it was alonso who challenged schumi. I always considered kimi a better racer than alonso and I badly wanted to see a three way battle between schumi, kimi and alonso. That did not happen. But what happened is Hamilton! The new kid has got some spunk. He seems to be champion material, and after this season, I cannot wait to see what happens next season. The fun is that all the three, kimi, alonso and hamilton, will be racing for different teams! I just hope that alonso gets a good car next season. It should be one of the most exciting seasons in the recent past. slurp! what a match up! With all this expectations, it is sad that Mclaren and renault were involved in foul play. This could have been a much better season had Mclaren not been involved in that fiasco and had Renault not been accused of foul play after the season end. I just hope that these things clear up soon and make way for some very very good racing.
A New champion in F1 and a new one in Moto GP as well. At the beginning of the season, I had a feeling that Rossi was not concentrating enough in Moto GP. Though he did not win the previous year's championship, he seemed not all that concerned. But now he better stop with all the 'switching over to four wheel racing' nonsense and try and win the championship again. Stoner is like the hamilton of Moto GP. The aussie bloke drove like crazy! He thoroughly deserved the championship. And what more, Rossi not only has to deal with stoner, but also pedrosa and hayden. To say Ducati have put in a strong effort this season is an understatement. They have made their intentions very clear and are going to give Repsol honda and yamaha a run for their money next season. It looks like F1 and Moto GP are going to give a speed crazy motor sport fan like me a bonanza next season :-)
What has increased my interest in cricket?? Is it the mudslinging that fletcher started? or is it the messy wollmer's inquest? or is it the talk of bringing in the youngsters to the game? The first two just made me feel bad that the game of cricket is no more a game!! :(
However, I just want to see how the game copes up with all this and comes out on the top. The talk of youngsters coming in is also something I find very interesting. It is not just because of the lot of young indians who are coming through in the team, but also the changing composition of the Aussies. Lot has been said about McGrath, warne and langer retiring. But what about the ageing hayden and gilchrist? These guys have to also be replaced by youngsters. I am very interested to see if the new bunch of aussies still maintain the world champion status especially in the test matches. The upcoming test series between India and aussie should be a cracker of a contest. Indians have been doing well in test for the past 1.5 - 2 years. Out of 15 matches played, they have lost only 3 and won 5. Among those losses were 2 losses in SA. Both these matches were close and indians were not very easily beaten. And in england, after the escape from defeat in the 1st test (thanks to the rain gods) the rest of the series was a solid performance. Indians are a close 3rd in the ICC rankings in tests. I just hope they play to the potential and give the aussies a scare! Something definitely to look forward to in all of them..yay once again!!!
Renault, Mclaren facing charges of foul play.....
Stoner giving Rossi a jolt...
More youngsters in cricket...more zeal!!
what's happening in the world of sport?!!
I love sports and I follow cricket, tennis, F1 and Moto GP. I try and follow other sports but these are the top 4. Anyway, my point is, something happened this year which kind of rekindled my interests in these sports even more.
There used to be a time when I used to watch a tennis match just to see how the master plays against the rest. gosh!!..That federer plays a sublime game. These days however, federer seems to be loosing more than the share of games he used to loose. I understand that he's no machine but still. I feel a little bad, but to tell you the truth, am happy that he's loosing. I should be honest and say that I used to get a tad bored seeing him win game after game. Now, it's like there are others apart from nadal who seem to take the game to federer. It will be interesting to see how federer comes out of this slump(in his terms that is!). Has the time come where he has to fight for his crown? or is this just a passing phase. Have to wait and watch.
Leaving tennis behind, F1 has a new champion!! yay.. I love Kimi. The iceman has had this coming for a long time. What a racer! After seeing schumi dominate for sometime, I was hoping that Kimi would come up and challenge him. However, it was alonso who challenged schumi. I always considered kimi a better racer than alonso and I badly wanted to see a three way battle between schumi, kimi and alonso. That did not happen. But what happened is Hamilton! The new kid has got some spunk. He seems to be champion material, and after this season, I cannot wait to see what happens next season. The fun is that all the three, kimi, alonso and hamilton, will be racing for different teams! I just hope that alonso gets a good car next season. It should be one of the most exciting seasons in the recent past. slurp! what a match up! With all this expectations, it is sad that Mclaren and renault were involved in foul play. This could have been a much better season had Mclaren not been involved in that fiasco and had Renault not been accused of foul play after the season end. I just hope that these things clear up soon and make way for some very very good racing.
A New champion in F1 and a new one in Moto GP as well. At the beginning of the season, I had a feeling that Rossi was not concentrating enough in Moto GP. Though he did not win the previous year's championship, he seemed not all that concerned. But now he better stop with all the 'switching over to four wheel racing' nonsense and try and win the championship again. Stoner is like the hamilton of Moto GP. The aussie bloke drove like crazy! He thoroughly deserved the championship. And what more, Rossi not only has to deal with stoner, but also pedrosa and hayden. To say Ducati have put in a strong effort this season is an understatement. They have made their intentions very clear and are going to give Repsol honda and yamaha a run for their money next season. It looks like F1 and Moto GP are going to give a speed crazy motor sport fan like me a bonanza next season :-)
What has increased my interest in cricket?? Is it the mudslinging that fletcher started? or is it the messy wollmer's inquest? or is it the talk of bringing in the youngsters to the game? The first two just made me feel bad that the game of cricket is no more a game!! :(
However, I just want to see how the game copes up with all this and comes out on the top. The talk of youngsters coming in is also something I find very interesting. It is not just because of the lot of young indians who are coming through in the team, but also the changing composition of the Aussies. Lot has been said about McGrath, warne and langer retiring. But what about the ageing hayden and gilchrist? These guys have to also be replaced by youngsters. I am very interested to see if the new bunch of aussies still maintain the world champion status especially in the test matches. The upcoming test series between India and aussie should be a cracker of a contest. Indians have been doing well in test for the past 1.5 - 2 years. Out of 15 matches played, they have lost only 3 and won 5. Among those losses were 2 losses in SA. Both these matches were close and indians were not very easily beaten. And in england, after the escape from defeat in the 1st test (thanks to the rain gods) the rest of the series was a solid performance. Indians are a close 3rd in the ICC rankings in tests. I just hope they play to the potential and give the aussies a scare! Something definitely to look forward to in all of them..yay once again!!!
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