Archives for March, 2008
Posted on Mar 31, 2008 under tennis |
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) presented the sports leading tour awards last Thursday during the Key Biscayne tournament and the world number one player received the award for the best WTA tour player of the year. The world’s top ranked women tennis player who hails from Belgium has won this award for the second time in her glittering career. Henin won 10 of the 14 WTA events last year and was the first woman in the tennis history to earn a total of $ 5 million prize money last year.
The WTA doubles players of the year went to Liza Huber and Cara Black and the pair had won the Wimbledon and Australian Open in 2007. Liza Huber also won the player services award which is given to a player for her contributions outside the court. Lindsay Davenport the former world number one player won the comeback player of the year award and Ana Ivanovic, the hot Serbian player, won the most improved player title. The new comer of the year award went to Agnes Szavay.
Posted on Mar 28, 2008 under Soccer, playes |
David Beckham, a very famous sports personality and one of the most sought after soccer players in the world, has recently revealed his ambitions of playing for England in many more matches to come. Beckham, who is currently playing the American League for the LA Galaxy team, has been called by the England team coach Fabio Capello to play in the friendly exhibition soccer game against France. This will be the 100th appearance for Beckham in English colors and Beckham says that he is determined to play many more games for England and does not want to retire after his 100th game.
If Beckham is given a chance to play in the friendly game, then he will be the fifth English player to have played 100 international matches or more. Beckham had missed nine matches since being dropped after the 2006 World Cup, by the then manager Steve McClaren. He was recalled into the side after a dismal performance by the English players. Beckham seems determined to show everyone where he belongs.
Posted on Mar 24, 2008 under NFL, atlanata falcons |
The Atlanta Falcons have signed in veteran kicker Jason Elam to play as a Falcon this season. Jason Elam has a total of 1,786 points in the NFL and is the fifth ranked among the kickers in the history of the NFL. Falcons head coach Mike Smith is happy with the inclusion of the experienced Jason into the Falcon team.
Jason has been playing for the Denver Broncos during his tenure in the NFL so far and came into the team after he was selected from the 1993 NFL Draft. He is the player to have played the most games for the Broncos and has made four game winning field goals, which is the most by any player in an NFL season since 1990. Elam has a number of NFL records to his credit and has so far earned three Pro Bowl selections in 1995, 1998 and 2001. Jason Elam will be kick starting the 2008 season with a record of continuously scoring field goal streak of 15 victorious kicks.
Posted on Mar 21, 2008 under Soccer, players, team |
The Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo was in sublime form for Manchester United against Bolton in the English Premiership soccer game played at the team’s home stadium, Old Trafford last Wednesday and he was instrumental in United beating the Bolton 2-0. This was Ronaldo’s 33rd goal for Manchester United this season and he has now surpassed United’s winger George Best as the Manchester United winger to score maximum goals in a season in the Red Devil’s history. Ronaldo scored twice against the Bolton side and has put his team as clear favorites for the Premiership Title. The Manchester United team is now three points clear of their arch rivals Arsenal, who is in the 2nd position of the Premiership table, and there are only eight more games to be played this season.
The second goal by Ronaldo was the one that took him past George Best’s record of 32 goals in a single season set in the year 1967-68 and one that was also acknowledged as a genius goal by Bolton boss Gary Megson. Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, was very happy with the effort of Ronaldo and showered praises for his performance in the Premiership this season. Ronaldo also captained the side against Bolton as Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville, all had sat out the match.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008 under baseball |
Almost all the major baseball leagues are ready to play more games in China in a bid to popularize the game among the Chinese people. The first major league baseball games in China was played between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers last Saturday and Sunday and in the second match of the exhibition series, the San Diego team beat the LA side by 6-3. The third baseman of the Padres team, Kevin Kouzmanoff, said that he had very difficulty in adjusting to the Chinese style of food as the Chinese had difficulty in following the game.
Saturday’s game was a 3-3 tie between the teams and on both the days the Chinese fans flocked the new Olympic baseball venue in Beijing and the stadium was nearly full on both days. The Dodgers chairman Frank Mc Court said that he would encourage and support more exhibition games in such neutral venues to popularize one of America’s favorite sports, baseball. The first ball used in the first game that was played on Saturday will be placed at the Baseball Hall of Fame that is located in Cooperstown in New York. The exhibition games were held as a preview to the forthcoming Olympic Games, in which baseball is also an event.
Posted on Mar 17, 2008 under players, sports |
The Sacramento King players, Qunicy Douby and Ron Artest, interacted with the Grant High School students on the subject of being focused on education and their life during their school days. The King’s players had made a visit to the school to award Jeanette Providence, the 2008 Sacramento County Teacher of the Year Award. The players interacted with the students and explained to them the importance of learning in schools and said that only education will serve the purpose when one attains manhood. Ron said that if he had avoided schools in his childhood he would not be there amongst the students right now.
Artest told the students some history about Douby that he was not a basketball player till he reached sophomore year and his passion, determination, education and love for the game has made him to be a first round NBA pick. Ms Providence and the Grant High School students shot a lot of questions at the players, right from their school life to college life and to all that has happened in their life after entering NBA. The players explained to the students the importance of having a role model in their lives, so that they will be guided to focus on the goals they set for the future.
Posted on Mar 14, 2008 under sports |
The Dallas Mavericks came up with a superlative performance to best the New York Nets 111-91 in front of their home fans with Brandon Bass scoring the most points in a game in his glittering career. Dirk Nowitzki got a very long and loud standing ovation from the Dallas fanatics and his 34 points in this game further enhanced his credibility as the best player in the franchisee history. Nowitzki has so far amazed a total of 16,644 points in 743 games by beating the score of Ro Blackman by one point and feels it is an honor to take the leading scorer title from the great man.
Nowitzki said that he feels that he has lot more to achieve for his team Dallas Maverick as he is just 29 years old now and says that there are a lot of things to be done to get his team back in the right track. The Mavericks win over the Nets is a real booster as they have been showing poor form in the last five games with only a single win and are in danger of slipping off the playoff table. The Dallas Mavericks are hoping to carry on this wining form into the future games as well.
Posted on Mar 12, 2008 under sports, tennis |
The Las Vegas fans were thrilled to see the American Sam Querry claim his maiden ATP title on Sunday, by defeating the South African qualifier Kevin Anderson and it was the first final appearance for both the players for an ATP title. The 6 foot 6 inch, 20 year old American, showcased some tremendous tennis skills to beat the qualifier 4-6, 6-3, and 6-4 and later said that he was getting a grip of his game as the match progressed and took his time to understand the hard hitting play of Anderson. Sam said that the final was the toughest match he played in the entire tournament and said that his opponent played an unbelievable tennis game.
Sam Querry who double faulted four times in the first set finished the game with a total of 12 aces and said that he was lucky to get the breaks from the South African qualifier. The booming serve of Anderson had frustrated Querry and he realized that he will have to work on the serve in order to beat Anderson. The South African felt that he was in the match throughout and a point here and there could have changed the script of the finals. Anderson said that he has identified some areas in which he will have to improve to keep climbing the number positions in the ATP ladder.
Posted on Mar 10, 2008 under buffalo bills |
It was a dream comes true for Jason Whittle, to get re-entry to the Buffalo Bills. He was very pleased to be re-signed on the first day of the free agency along with Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker. This veteran was doing a good job as center and guard but was placed on injured reserve on the third week due to torn hamstring. It took about 11 weeks for him to heel as it tore off from bone. Whittle is perfect now, except for a small pull in the back of his leg. Whittle got his entry to Buffalo as they were very badly in need of an aggressive line depth.
Kirk and Duke were the only linemen in the team with decent amount of experience. Bobby April, the special team coordinator had some plans for Whittle in the special team. April feels that Whittle is critical to the teams’ success as he is smart, athletic and tough. Whittle has high respect for the line coach Sean Kugler and thinks that he is awesome as an offensive line coach as well as in employing techniques. Whittle is very anxious to start his season with the Buffalo Bills as his last season was ruined by injury and the term with Bills are appearing really promising to him.
Posted on Mar 07, 2008 under Soccer, players |
The Manchester United team must be mighty pleased with the result they achieved on Tuesday night when their star winger, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a goal to make it the 30th goal in this season in as many games and guided the team into the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. The United legend Paddy Crerand is absolutely certain that Ronaldo will surpass the 23 year old record of George Best for a maximum of 32 goals in a season. Paddy said that what Ronaldo has achieved thus far is an incredible feat and compliments the Portuguese national for keeping on playing well day in and day out.
A striker will be on top of the world with a record such as Ronaldo’s and Paddy rates Ronaldo to be among the best players of the English Premiership of all times. He reminds everyone that Ronaldo is not yet finished for this season and that he expects him to score many more during this season itself. He adds that the goals of Ronaldo have come in situations when his team Manchester United needed it the most. He is an absolute asset to the team’s cause for the final stages of the season. Paddy only hoped that his rich vein of form continues throughout this season.
