Who will win the US Open?

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Roger Federer can create history if he could win the US open for three consecutive time. No one has won this title three times in a row. He is going to face Andy Roddick in the finals of the US open and he has a better record against Roddick. All the stats shows that Federer is the hot favourite to win the title but you can never rely only on stats. Tennis is a funny game like any other sports where anyone can win on that day with a bit of luck favouring you. Moreover Roddick is a world class player and with the home crowd behind him he would not be a easy opponent for Federer. Roddick is very keen to win the title and is already feeling very confident with his improvements under his new coach Jimmy Connors. Roddick has lost 10 matches out of last 11 encounters and he hasn’t on a single match for the last six times they met. What is your view who is going to win the US Open?

With Schumacher retiring will you watch formula one?

Michael Schumacher the seven times world champion annouced his retirement plans that he will retire at end of this season. He announced this after a spectacular victory in the Italian Grand Prix. He has cut down the lead of Alonso to just two points. Alonso who was punished for blocking Massa in qualifying round started from 10th place but quicky came to third position before retiring due to a engine failure. This means Schumacher starts the next grand prix with just two points behind Alonso with still 30 points at stake. Michael so far not only had a great career but also entertained millions of spectators through out the world. He has the highest fan followers in the world and would be really hard to see how these people still tune in to formula one without him at the forefront. Most of the kids start liking this sport due to Schumacher and his magnificent drive, it will be really difficult for someone to take his place and have such a big fan follower. We salute Michael for achieving what he has and would wish him all the best for whatever he opts to do after the season. I always loved watching him drive and would really miss him next year. We wish he comes back to formula one as a technical director or even start his own company who can compete in formula one. What is your view on Schumacher’s retirement? Will you watch formula one next season?

Is Chelsea’s loss is begining of an end?

Chelsea lost to Liverpool in the Community Shield by 2-1 goals. It is not the loss but the way they played the game it did not look like they are the same champios who won the Premiership twice in a row. They were no where near to match fitness and they were not passing the balls like world class team and they were not creating enough chances to score goals. The new signing Ballack limped up from the field that is another worry for Jose. But the worst thing is all the team are so determined to defeat Chelsea it will take too much of effort from and each and every Chelsea player to win the title for the third time. I know Chelsea have some world class players but does big players win trophies if that was true than Real Madrid would have won all the trophies. So let Jose teach the guys the basics of football and tell his players to get to wining habit soon or else it will be too late. This loss against Liverpool will be a begining to an end of Chelsea’s dream run, many teams would wish that could happend but I know Chelsea will fight back and start wining matches and will win the Premiership title for the third time in a row and will do well in the Championship as well.

Can Murray win the Toronto Masters?

Andy Murray the British No 1 has so far had a good tournament under the new coach. He has won 7 out of 8 matches he has played under his new coach. This is the first time he has reached the Semi Finals in any masters tournament. He is playing really well and he has defeated some top players in his run to the last four.  Andy Murray reaches his first Masters semi-final with a 6-4 6-7 (0-7) 6-3 win over Jarkko Nieminen in Toronto. The Scot showed more ambition than his opponent when it mattered most and produced a string of fine winners when given very little margin for error. He will next face Richard Gasquet in the last four, after the Frenchman brushed aside 13th seed Tomas Berdych 6-4 6-1. I think this young Scot has the potential to be a great player and is really making an effort to be one. He might face federer in the Final if Federer also wins his semi final match. The entire British fans would wish him all the luck for his future endaveours. He is a hard working and really a talented player and will definitely acheive more success in future.

Is it farewell for David Beckham?

David Beckham quit as captain after England’s World Cup exit in July but insisted he wanted to continue playing. But the new manager Steve McClaren thought otherwise he wanted to start his new carrer with a clin note and wanted to do things differently. though he considers Beckham as a great world class player but he does not see him in the squad at the current time. He made it clear that it is still not end of Beckham era as he has not closed the door on Beckham and may be selected in future. Beckham said “Having spoken to Steve McClaren this week I can fully understand that a new manager should want to make his mark on the team and build towards the next World Cup. “I’m proud to have played for England for 10 years and my passion for representing my country remains as strong as ever.”

But most of the experts think that this will be farewell time for Beckham but whatever may be the case He had done a great job as a player and captain for England. He still has the respect of most of the players and fan and still has the passion for the game. Some still believe he will take this as a challenge as he had done in the past and will prove his talent with real Madrid in the coming season and show McClaren that he is still good enough to be picked up for England. We wish that he would be picked up for England and complete his century playing for England. He deserves lot of respect for his contribution to football in England and we would like a better farewell for such a great talent.

John Terry the new England Captain.

John Terry is the new captain for team England and Steven Gerrard is the new vice captain. It was anxious moment for couple of weeks for both John terry and Gerrard as they both were strong favourite for the skipper post after Beckham retired after the exit of England from World Cup. Terry begins his reign as captain in McClaren’s first match in charge, a friendly against Greece on 16 August. McClaren said that the respect that Chelsea skipper Terry commanded among his fellow professionals was behind his decision. “John has all the attributes an international captain needs – leadership, authority, courage, ability, tactical awareness and a total refusal to accept second-best,” Terry said he was delighted with the appointment. “It is the ultimate honour to be the captain of your country and I am very proud to be given this great opportunity,” . Terry was favourite to get the captainship and everyone wishes him well and all the success in his new role as England’s new captain.

Is Ganguly Rewarded for stabing Dalmiya?

Saurav Ganguly the former captain of India is in the probales for Champions Trophy. He is selected for the last 30 players and might be selected for team India. Now the real issue is not him being selected as his critics also believed that he was a great player and still has the potential to play in the team. But he was throwen out of the team because he fell out with the coach Chapel and the board. He was always believed to be close to Dalmiya and thus the selection board even hinted that he is history. They went to the length in saying that till they are in the selection board he will not be selcted to the team even he performed well. That is exactly what happened he was doing well in the domestic cricket but was not selected. But after he openly oposed Dalmiya he suddenly finds himself in the last 30 list. The most important thing is right now he is not in good form and did not have a great county season with Northampton. But the board wanted to reward him for his stabing from the back on Dalmiya. the same selection board not only short listed but are giving justification for his selection. Can we please keep politics out of sports. I am a big fan of ganguly but I would not like him to be in the team just becuase he opposed Dalmiya whom the board didn’t like. But for Ganguly he has to prove to the people of India that he is worth for his selection as a part of team India. Good luck to ganguly hope he makes a comeback and give us games he is capable.

England’s best win after Ashes

 

After the victory in the Ashes over Australia England had go through a bad patch. They lost couple of series in Pakistan and India, they even struggled with Srilanka. They had lot of injury problem and within a span of a year they had to change their captain 3 to 4 times. But now they are begining to believe they can again win with whatever players they have. They won the series against Pakistan with one more test match to be played. They clinched the series with a 2-0 win with one game to spare, they won the third test with a massive 167 runs.

The best thing in the series is England won the series without Vaughan and Flintoff, the young guns played really well. Players like Bell, Cook, Sajid Panesar are great find for team England. Now they can build a team with these new talents and can aim for the Ashes and World Cup. England showed a allround performance they batted really well Pieterson, Cook, Bell, Strauss all made useful contributions in batting whereas Harmison,Panesar and Sajid bowled really well to beat pakistan with a huge margin. England should build their team around these young guns and plan for a sucessful future.

Who will be the new England Captain?

After a quarter final exit from the World Cup Beckham resigned as England’s captain. Now the the new coach has to find out a new captain for team England. He has to declare his team by this Friday and to make things worse he will not have service of Joe Cole and Carrick. Both of them were injured in their pre match practice. There are few contenders for this post but the main two contenders are John Terry and Gerrard. Steven Gerrard is the captain for Liverpool and has done exceptional job for his club and has lead his team to victory in Championship League. Whereas Terry and has lead his team Chelsea to two consecutive premiership. Terry is favourite for the post according to some of the analysts first of since he is a defender so that he can see what is happening in the front and guide them well. But the most important thing he is a very passionate player and a great leader. he is very vocal on the field and can motivate team England who needs a good leader. Time will only tell who will win the new coach’s heart but Engalnd has to play a differnet level of game after their poor show in the World Cup 2006.

Button Finally wins his 1st Grand Prix

Jenson Button had nothing going his way in the qualifying after he had to go for a engine change and thus had to start from P-14 sandwiched between Schumacher in P-11 and Alonso in P-15. Moreover he could not carry more fule unlike Schumacher and Alonso who were punished for dangerous driving in the qualifying rounds. But the  Hungarian Grand prix was a  very interesting race to watch due to the rain in the morning most of the teams were not sure of what tyres to use. Most of the teams opted for intermediate tyre except for Barrichello but soon he had to change his tyre from wet to intermediate. The former Champion Schumacher and Alonso made a very good start and they soon came from P-11 and P-15 to P-5 and P-7. Button also made a good start but through out the race he drove superbly to slash Fernando Alonso’s lead, and took control when the Spaniard retired on lap 52 of 70. 

Michael Schumacher had been running in second place, but with three laps to go the German was forced to pull out as well after knocking into Nick Heidfeld. A delighted Button, racing in his 113th Grand Prix, jumped out of the car to hug the rest of the Honda crew before climbing onto the podium as he became the first British winner of a Grand Prix since David Coulthard three years ago. Button gradually made his way through the pack with some intelligent overtaking decisions, keeping himself out of trouble in the wet weather. Alonso looked to have the race in his control, but Kimi Raikkonen – who started on pole – crashed out with a spectacular shunt into the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi, and brought the safety car onto the track. That allowed the chasing pack to close in, with Button in second ahead of De la Rosa. When the racing resumed, Alonso had three backmarkers separating him from Button allowing him to pull clear again. But with the track drying, Button began to cut into Alonso’s advantage and the Briton was on hand to profit when a problem with a drive shaft on the right rear wheel of Alonso’s Renault forced him out. Alonso’s retirement set the stage for Schumacher to cut the 11-point gap at the top of the drivers’ standings, but his heavily worn tyres saw him lose second and then third places before he too stopped.