Sebastian Vettel, defending champion, leads the formula 1 championship for 2011 by a healthy margin. He has 118 points whereas the next best being Lewis Hamilton with 77 points, catching up will be hard. But nevertheless it is just the start of the season, there are 14 more races to go. TOP TEN DRIVERS 1. SEBASTIAN VETTEL – 118 POINTS 2. LEWIS HAMILTON – 77 3. MARK WEBBER – 67 4. JENSON BUTTON – 61 5. FERNANDO ALONSO – 51 6. NICO ROSBERG – 26 7. NICH HEIDFIELD – 25 8. FELIPE MASSA – 24 9. VITALY PETROV – 21 10. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER –... Read More

French open Roland Garros Day 2 Men’s singles The matches will begin at 1430 hrs IST Novak Djokovic(2) beat Thiemo De Bakker 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 Roger Federer(3) beat Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 Gael Monfils beat Bjorn Phau 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-0 Stephane Robert beat Tomas Berdych(6) 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 9-7 Womens’s singles Caroline Wozniacki(1) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-0, 6-2 Vera Zvonareva(3) beat Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-3, 6-3 Sania Mirza beat Kristina Barrois 6-3, 6-3 Day 1 Men’s singles David Ferrer beat Jarkko Nieminen in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Jan Hajek in straight sets too 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 Stanislas Wawrinka beat Augustin Gensse 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo beat Marin Cilic 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 Cilic seeded 19th lost to an unseeded player Guillermo Garcia-Lopez beat Robert Kendrick 6-1, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Women’s singles Samantha Stosur (8) beat Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-3 Jelena Jankovic (10) beat Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 6-1 Svetlana... Read More

We have seen Marat Safin play mind games before a Federer match. Now we see Rafael Nadal play mind games against Novak Djokovic. “I think he is the great favourite. He hasn’t lost a match since the start of the year and he’s playing in an incredible way,” Rafael Nadal adds, who is a five time french open champion. I think he has a point here too. Djokovic has not lost a single match in 2011 its been almost five months and he just doesnt seem to slow down. He has been undefeated beating most of the top world players and very recently Nadal. Djokovic has not taken the verbal volley head on, but has mentioned that former number 1 and the winner of the most grand slams Roger Federer cannot be ruled out. Federer is long due and after winning his 16th grand slam he hasnt been at his personal best but still he can upset a lot of players and considering he not the favorite, hence is not under a lot pressure. All these factors might just be on his side and we can see this... Read More

I was all praises for KXIP in my last few articles. KXIP deserved it and still I feel they are a very good side but as of now they are finding it difficult to take the pressure. I was told the other day, that team owner Priety Zinta had visited the dressing room and had a chat with her team. Team won that day, now if she did the same thing again today I think that might have added the pressure on the boys. It is not very often you see misfields and dropped catches on regular games but today I am seriously disappointed. I think if they will lose this match by a handsome margin none of the players will come good today. This article is certainly from a fan who appreciates a winners attitude coming back from the dead and then going all the way through. They have lost that attitude when it mattered the most. They have succumbed to the occasion. Their captain, member of the three time world cup winning squad and 2009 ipl champion has not been able to put their team togther. A great... Read More

There are only six matches left in league stage. We are towards the end of this years season, which to me was a bit boring after all the excitement in the World Cup. The playoffs require 4 teams 2 have already qualified. They Chennai Superkings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. There are 3 other teams in contention with 2 spots remaining. Mumbai has 8 wins and 2 matches to go, to get disqualified they have to something miserably wrong and be absolutely out of luck. So that almost leaves one spot open and two teams in contention. Those teams are Kolkata Knightriders and Kings 11 Punjab. Both the teams are good they both have 7 wins in their bag but KKR has 2 matches to go and KXIP only 1. I dont particularly like Priety Zinta BUT I hate Shahrukh Khan(for no reason ofcourse… its just his aura). So what can we do to make him lose?? To begin with KXIP must win its one remaining match against DC and KKR must lose both of its matches. KKR has one against PUNE today. Gangully would... Read More

I was bored when i watched that live match between Chennai and Kochi. It was as if I was watching a repeat telecast of an older match. The difference being … you guess…. DIFFERENCES:- 1. it was Match 64 2. The opposition team was different 3. The runs scored was different. BORING SIMILARITIES 1. Same old slow start 2. Same old smashing end 3. The opposing team while chasing were almost neck-to-neck for about 15 overs. You know why I was bored, because it was all the Dhoni show. Its like he dictates how the match will start, how will it end, what and how the opposition will react. Its almost as if its just a formality watching the whole match…. its a bore its a drag…. The opposing captain….. its hilarious man…. You know right from the start what your required run rate is… its siiiimmmmple.. just follow it… Its not like they make 200 hundred everytime they come to bat…. They make a little above what might be considered simple and... Read More