Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Sports Round Up

So, Pakistan had an amazing, much needed victory against the boys from the Caribbean last night. The last over was a treat to watch and proves the point that anything can happen. Before the 50th over started, the commentator said it’s not T20 that they can score 17 runs in the last over. But our ‘boys’ proved him wrong to the relief of all the Pakistani cricket fans. Still, two more matches left in the series and hopefully we’ll keep the winning performance going.


They say lightning doesn’t strike twice at the same place (not sure if it’s true), but it needs to be seen in ICL best of the three finals between Lahore Badshahs and Hyderabad Heroes. Last time, Lahoris had a very favorable track record but managed to lose 2-0 in the finals. This time of the year, after the dismal start to the series they finally seem to be in control by reaching the final.


As for the tennis (a post about sports without Federer would seem incomplete (A)), can Federer win the Master Cup title to become the 3rd person to achieve the glory of having 5 or more titles at year end remains to be seen? Things don’t seem to be going his usual way with him looking tired and trying hard to win. Let’s see what destiny has in store for him.


Tuesday, September 9, 2008

RF is back!


“I want that trophy,” RF said.

And he got it; that too, in straight sets beating 6th seeded
Andy Murray! The year that didn’t start well for him, ended with a bang!

Today,
Roger Federer became the first person in the history of tennis to win 5 consecutive US open titles. With this, he also holds the record of possessing 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles. The dual record of being victorious in two grand slams events 5 times is another triumph which no one holds in the tennis world. Too much talk about records, huh? Here comes another one, he is just one grand slam title behind Pete Sampras. Looking forward to him equaling and breaking the record next year and specially winning on clay! Cherry on top would be getting his No. 1 spot back :)

From the home front,
Shoaib Akhtar is back in the news with his performance (not with the ball though). I wonder how come he didn’t pull a hamstring this time!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Pakistan Medaless


And my sports streak is back again. Beijing Olympics 2008 has ended without our dear homeland winning a single medal. However, we did create a record of finishing 8th in hockey for the first time in Olympics. As the saying goes, "baad naam na hoon gaye tu kia naam na hoga." However, I think we would have all preferred the naam or in fact the inaam this time.

Nations which are less then or quarter to our size such as Togo, Jamaica, Trinidad/Tobago; or war ridden as Afghanistan; or much less prosperous then us like Ethiopia have made their countries proud by winning medals. If the countries with much less resources and development can strive for glory why can’t we try and use our energies in sports department? May be if our country provides better opportunities for sports and cultivate the gaming atmosphere, we might end up having less frustrated and misguided citizens (and possibly less suicide bombers!).

I loved the Olympics medal awarding ceremony where the winners’ country flags would be hoisted and national anthem played. Looking forward to seeing the “Parcham-e-sitar-0-hilal” flying high at Olympics and hearing the tune of “Pak sar zameen” at London, 2012 and beyond!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

King Fed losing his throne?

I have a confession to make; I am a total sports buff be it played on ground or on paper! I am into cricket, tennis (with my heart & soul!), soccer (when it's world cup time), gymnastics, figure staking, sudoku to name a few! In my second life, I wouldn't mind being a tennis champion :)


Even though I have always watched tennis but I got addicted to it because of Roger Federer who (according to me) is the best sportsman I have ever seen. He has broken various records, won major titles in a row, and has been World No 1 tennis player since 2004. I won't go into details of his achievements because it can be easily googled. However, he lost three grand slams this year: Australian Open,Roland Garros French Open (oh yeah, he never was able to beat Nadal on clay) and unbelievingly Wimbledon (winning it would have resulted in amazing record of winning 6 Wimbledon titles in consecutive years). But you have to give credit to him because when asked about his failure at the end of the game, he said "I'll be back next year!!"

But now his dominating rule on men tennis world has come to an end as world No 1 spot has passed to Nadal (?..ATP Ranking still shows him as No 1!). But if you’ve seen him play, you must have noticed that he is a versatile player who makes his opponents run all over the place. And I have rarely seen him lose control of himself. And the best one is he also doesn't grunt (or make weird noises) when he serves or return a volley!

However, coming to his personal life he was born in Basel, Switzerland on 8th August, 1981 (and that’s why I am writing this on his birthday!) Happy Birthday RF :). Today he’ll also be carrying his country (Switzerland) flag in the Olympics for the second time. And for all his lady fans out there, he is dating a swiss tennis player
Miroslava “Mirka” Vavrinec (who happens to be 3 years older then him :S)