Sports : life magnified

Whats the use of fining teams when they couldnt obviously put their drivers or crowd at danger.

F1 has lost several fans in the US and all around the world irrepairably. Will giving out free tickets and compensation to fans for the fiasco which was Indianapolis really make the fans turn a new leaf?

Its the least Micheling is bound to do but what has all the fighting inside the F1 insured even after the even took place?

You miss the big picture which is that fans are being lost every day with people calling F1 a joke.

Federer is good. So good that when the Chilean Gonzalez forced Federer to fight hard for a victory, Federer fought hard, showed his greatness yet once again, and showed no weakness.

Gonzalez played good. So good infact that he forced Federer to raise his game a gear. Federer fought and Federer came out triumphant. But was Federer stretched? No. He gave the impression he still had another gear he could raise when needed. Maybe that will indeed be needed when he faces Hewitt.

Roddick was troubled by Grosjean though and how he fares versus Johansson remains to be seen.

Venus versus Sharapova looks like a battle royal with the winner likely to face a rejuvenated Davenport in the finals. Or does Mauresmo have her own secret reserves to raise her game a few gears? We will know.

happier times

I remember Shane Warne said once in an interview that his dream vacation would be to be alone with his then fiancee Simone on a deserted island.

I thought then that this was a couple which could never be separated. Its very sad thus that they have decided to file for divorce. They will “remain friends” for their children has been said officially.

The media ofcourse will write more judgemental columns on the casanova of Australian cricket deciding wisely that he is a hero or he is a villain. Warne would be used to this by now ofcourse but at such a difficult time in Warne’s personal life, it would be common courtesy to lay off.

As Ponting said, I too hope it doesnt have a bearing on Warne’s Ashes form. With a few weeks off from cricket as he has been given a rest from the county circuit ahead of the Ashes, I can only feel for Shane Warne, Simon and their kids.

Any one who thought that because the Confederation Cup was not the most serious tournament, and thuoght thus, that Brazil versus Argentina wouldnt be a tough affair obviously was kidding himself.

With the World Cup a year away, there was a lot of psychological victory to be garnered from this match, specially after some people had started speaking that Brazil isnt as strong because of the loss to Argenitina.

When it mattered most, the Brazilians delivered. There was plenty of roughness in the match and Argentina tried their best to play it dirty after two early goals by Brazil. Brazil gave them back with the roughness.

Ronaldinho, Adriano, Kaka, Robinho.. what great talent!

Ronaldinho is truly the best ambassador football could have hoped to get for the beautiful game.

I am a huge sports fan and I have finally found what seems a good blogging portal to express myself properly.

After trying various blogging portals, I find blogsome to be promising. Wordpress is cool and I love the subcategories aspect in it. I have added relevant recent entries on sports in the blog.

Here’s wishing many heroic, sporting moments on and off the sporting field take place by thos gladiators who battle in the spectacle called modern sport.

The downhill continues. Colin Croft shows his angst and anger and the question to be asked really is who benefits from all this. The WICB, Sri Lankan cricket board, the players or even the sponsors who seem to have agreed to some clauses with the WICB which the WICB cant backtrack.

Indian cricket had a similar problem earlier and thankfully better sense prevailed and the horrors of ambush marketing didnt mean India would have to field a second XI.

The spectators - real share holders of the game will not take the joke beyond a certain point. Already the selection process and the performance of the team is a joke.

Why should the Windies supporter root for the team if they cant see the best XI players on the field? There was the contract dispute before the series in South Africa, before the series in Australia, meant the team fielded a second XI in the home series versus South Africa and now such a disaster at the moment.

The ICC has decided to grant one day status to 5 more teams. Would I really have to live to see a Windies squad lose to one of such teams? I dread such a scenario and pray that day doesnt ever come.

Its been raining every where, Calcutta, Edgebaston and Wimbledon. That didnt stop some excellent sports to ensue yesterday. Whether it was classic McEnroe playing doubles with Fleming with trademark Nadal pants, or Hayden and Jones slugging it on the cricket pitch or the pencil thin, still growing Sharapova as the commentator so aptly described her.

That the England-Australia match contained classic cricket with a tussle all the while, entrhalled me. The bouncers, the early stroke play from Martyn, the building of pressure from Giles and Flintoff before an excellent partnership between Hussey and Symonds got Australia out of trouble was a pleasure to watch.

And Gough struck again and Lee managed a few runs before a low scoring final over to balance it and make every one smack their lips.

Almost too early though as the rain gods had the last laugh.

So Wimbledon Quarters today and another classic tussle between Brazil and Argentina likely in football. The rain gods will hopefully take a rest for the sports gods to have the say on this day.