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Hamilton eagerly waiting to drive in 2011 Indian GP
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton today said he was looking forward to drive in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix to be held in Greater Noida on October 30 next year. "It''s going to be incredible experience for me (driving in Indian Grand Prix).
There were hardly any fans at the Turkey Grand Prix. But with the huge number of fans and support in India, I look forward to it (participating in the Indian Grand Prix)," said Hamilton, who is on his third visit to India for a promotional event.
The ace Formula One driver was, who was flown straight from the Chennai airport to the Madras Motorsport Race Track here, drove the Rs 2.4 crore Mercedes AMG on the track as part of the event. Asked about his chances of winning this year''s World Championship title, Hamilton, who is currently second in the drivers standings, said anything can happen as there are still five races to go.
"Its very challenging with strong competition, but there are still chances of winning the title with five races to go," he said. Asked how he felt to drive along side seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher he said, "Wow! It''s great.
It is an honour to drive along with him." Around 10 people, who won a contest conducted by Vodafone, were individually taken for a drive by Hamilton on the race track.
There were hardly any fans at the Turkey Grand Prix. But with the huge number of fans and support in India, I look forward to it (participating in the Indian Grand Prix)," said Hamilton, who is on his third visit to India for a promotional event.
The ace Formula One driver was, who was flown straight from the Chennai airport to the Madras Motorsport Race Track here, drove the Rs 2.4 crore Mercedes AMG on the track as part of the event. Asked about his chances of winning this year''s World Championship title, Hamilton, who is currently second in the drivers standings, said anything can happen as there are still five races to go.
"Its very challenging with strong competition, but there are still chances of winning the title with five races to go," he said. Asked how he felt to drive along side seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher he said, "Wow! It''s great.
It is an honour to drive along with him." Around 10 people, who won a contest conducted by Vodafone, were individually taken for a drive by Hamilton on the race track.
Vettori awarded honorary Master of Science degree in New Zealand
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has been presented with an honorary Master of Science (Sport and Exercise Science) by Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton.
"It's a great honour. It's been a while since I've had to sit an exam so I'm very glad I haven't had to work too hard to get this," Stuff.co.nz quoted Vettori, as saying.
Vettori also said that before his cricket career rapidly became a full-time commitment, he had planned to do a course in health science with an eye toward a pharmacy degree.
Waikato Institute of Technology Chief Executive Mark Flowers said that Vettori was extremely deserving of the honorary qualification.
"Since becoming New Zealand's youngest Test representative at just 18, Daniel has taken more than 300 Test wickets and 3000 Test runs. As Black Caps captain, he is known as an exceptional leader and one of the most considered and intelligent readers of the game," Flowers said.
"Also of immense importance is Daniel's dedication to being a role model for our young people and his commitment in giving back to the community. This is our way of giving something back to him," he added.
Vettori now joins Waikato Institute of Technology's elite group of honoraries, which include Sir Edmund Hillary, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Colin Meads and the Topp Twins.
"It's a great honour. It's been a while since I've had to sit an exam so I'm very glad I haven't had to work too hard to get this," Stuff.co.nz quoted Vettori, as saying.
Vettori also said that before his cricket career rapidly became a full-time commitment, he had planned to do a course in health science with an eye toward a pharmacy degree.
Waikato Institute of Technology Chief Executive Mark Flowers said that Vettori was extremely deserving of the honorary qualification.
"Since becoming New Zealand's youngest Test representative at just 18, Daniel has taken more than 300 Test wickets and 3000 Test runs. As Black Caps captain, he is known as an exceptional leader and one of the most considered and intelligent readers of the game," Flowers said.
"Also of immense importance is Daniel's dedication to being a role model for our young people and his commitment in giving back to the community. This is our way of giving something back to him," he added.
Vettori now joins Waikato Institute of Technology's elite group of honoraries, which include Sir Edmund Hillary, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Colin Meads and the Topp Twins.
Swimming aces to star in Singapore
A host of elite swimmers are expected to feature at October's Singapore leg of the 2010 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup.
American Jessica Hardy and South African Cameron van der Burgh, who were the 2009 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup series champions, are among the star names who have confirmed their participation in the fourth edition of the event in Singapore from October 16-17.
This comes after the recent announcement that American backstroke specialists Natalie Coughlin and Randall Bal will be competing here.
Joining van der Burgh in the hunt for medals in Singapore will be compatriots Roland Schoeman, who was ranked second overall in last year's series; Olympic gold-medallist Darian Townsend, and Kathryn Meaklim, who broke the 400m individual medley world record in Singapore last year.
Swimming icon Peter Marshall from the USA will also be in town for the meet. Marshall, who broke the 50m backstroke short course world record in Singapore last year, was also ranked third overall in last year's series.
The FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup is an international series of swimming meets organised by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. The series started in 1989, and is open to swimmers from FINA member federations.
Singapore has hosted a leg of the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup since 2007 and is the third stop of the 2010 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup series which began with the recent leg in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) from 10-13 September. The series moves to Beijing (CHN) next for the second leg from October 12-13. The additional legs of the series will also be held in Tokyo (Japan), Berlin (GER), Moscow (RUS) and Stockholm (SWE).
The Singapore Swimming Association is expecting more than 160 local and foreign entries for the event this year. More elite swimmers will be announced over the next few weeks as their entries are confirmed.
The FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup will be held at the Singapore Sports School from the 16-17 October. Heats will be held at 9am to 11am and the finals at 6pm to 8pm on both days. Ticket prices are at $20 per day or $30 for 2 days. Tickets are available at www.finaworldcup.com.sg or call 6258 1011 for more information.
American Jessica Hardy and South African Cameron van der Burgh, who were the 2009 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup series champions, are among the star names who have confirmed their participation in the fourth edition of the event in Singapore from October 16-17.
This comes after the recent announcement that American backstroke specialists Natalie Coughlin and Randall Bal will be competing here.
Joining van der Burgh in the hunt for medals in Singapore will be compatriots Roland Schoeman, who was ranked second overall in last year's series; Olympic gold-medallist Darian Townsend, and Kathryn Meaklim, who broke the 400m individual medley world record in Singapore last year.
Swimming icon Peter Marshall from the USA will also be in town for the meet. Marshall, who broke the 50m backstroke short course world record in Singapore last year, was also ranked third overall in last year's series.
The FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup is an international series of swimming meets organised by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. The series started in 1989, and is open to swimmers from FINA member federations.
Singapore has hosted a leg of the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup since 2007 and is the third stop of the 2010 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup series which began with the recent leg in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) from 10-13 September. The series moves to Beijing (CHN) next for the second leg from October 12-13. The additional legs of the series will also be held in Tokyo (Japan), Berlin (GER), Moscow (RUS) and Stockholm (SWE).
The Singapore Swimming Association is expecting more than 160 local and foreign entries for the event this year. More elite swimmers will be announced over the next few weeks as their entries are confirmed.
The FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup will be held at the Singapore Sports School from the 16-17 October. Heats will be held at 9am to 11am and the finals at 6pm to 8pm on both days. Ticket prices are at $20 per day or $30 for 2 days. Tickets are available at www.finaworldcup.com.sg or call 6258 1011 for more information.
Title will go to the wire says button
Jenson Button says this year's F1 title will go down to the wire, with the driver who is coolest under pressure the winner. "You can't help but look at the drivers' championship table and just think 'Wow, how can it be so close?'" said Button.
"It's funny, after Spa everyone was saying it was a two-horse race between Lewis and Mark, but I can easily see this championship going right down to the last race.
"I think we've seen that no one driver's going to walk away with the world title, that there's going to be a fight right to the very end."
"We're racers, so we'll always be racing, but the pressure's now on all of us.
"None of us can afford another non-finish or a mistake, and the guy who cracks least will be world champion."
"I think you have to take each race as it comes," added Button.
"I think that driving just to score a certain number of points isn't in a racing driver's psyche.
"I felt that a little last year. I knew I only had to keep scoring consistently to take the title, but that was probably more mentally taxing than just putting your head down and going for it.
"For instance, at Interlagos last year, I had nothing to really lose. I was 14th on the grid and my team-mate was on pole.
"What did I have to gain by driving steadily and taking home a handful of points?
"I just went for it, and that was a really liberating race for me, and an experience that will be useful this year too."
Hurricane Pollard throws away Guyana
Finally, Mumbai Indians registered a 31-run win in their ACL T20 campaign after Guayana were swept by a hurricane called Kieron Pollard. The Caribbean dynamo was adjudged Man of the Match for his 30 balls 72 runs.
sachin(48) and dhawan(39) had given the Indians a solid yet unspectacular start, raising the half-century stand from 6.3 overs.
But they should have lost their skipper two overs later when Royston Crandon and Jonathan Foo both failed to hold on to skied efforts from successive Christopher Barnwell deliveries.
Tendulkar was eventually dismissed by Devendra Bishoo, stumped by wicketkeeper Derwin Christian, with the same bowler then sending Dhawan and Saurabh Tiwary (nought) on their way.
That left the IPL runners-up in trouble at 99 for three after 15, but from then on, it was the Pollard show with the West Indies all-rounder smashing the bowlers to all parts to lift his side to 184 for four.
Guyana never looked like reaching the target and any hope of getting there were immediately extinguished after the early losses of Sewnarine Chattergoon (one) and Travis Dowlin (six).
Narsingh Deonarine (27) and Sarwan tried to keep up with the run rate by putting on 46 for the third wicket, but once the former departed, so did the hopes of Guyana, who suffered their second successive loss.
India the biggest challenge says Hauritz
Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz said the Test series in India will be the toughest challenge of his career.
"It's going to be tough enough bowling against those players, but at the end of the day they are human and they do make mistakes," Hauritz said.
"I've seen enough of Tendulkar's career through the last 20 years to know how he plays and what he likes to play to spin. I'm going to have my individual plans against those guys and if they don't work I've definitely got plan B and plan C to go from there.
"It can be quite tough to bowl over there because the wickets can be very good to bat on and the outfield can be very fast," he was quoted as saying by 'The Australian Associated Press'.
"The wickets where we are playing are not normally the traditional spin-friendly ones, but (against) Tendulkar and those sort of guys, it will be a great challenge."
"It's fantastic to have your captain's backing behind you," Hauritz said.
"It's a very tough side to get into, but to be part of it consistently is great."
"It's going to be tough enough bowling against those players, but at the end of the day they are human and they do make mistakes," Hauritz said.
"I've seen enough of Tendulkar's career through the last 20 years to know how he plays and what he likes to play to spin. I'm going to have my individual plans against those guys and if they don't work I've definitely got plan B and plan C to go from there.
"It can be quite tough to bowl over there because the wickets can be very good to bat on and the outfield can be very fast," he was quoted as saying by 'The Australian Associated Press'.
"The wickets where we are playing are not normally the traditional spin-friendly ones, but (against) Tendulkar and those sort of guys, it will be a great challenge."
"It's fantastic to have your captain's backing behind you," Hauritz said.
"It's a very tough side to get into, but to be part of it consistently is great."
Indian Lifters look to erase dope shame
Indian weightlifters would look to erase the dope shame of the previous two editions with a rich haul of medals in the October mega-event.
Weightlifting contributes a big chunk of medals to India's tally in the Commonwealth Games and this time also, the lifters are expected to repeat the show with many of them in peak form and in the top bracket among Commonwealth lifters in the past one year.
From 1990 till 2002, nearly half of India's medals have come from weightlifting as each category had three gold medals up for grabs then.
The rules changed since 2006 in Melbourne where Indian lifters contributed nine medals -- three gold, five silver and a bronze -- to the country's total of 49 (22 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze).
In 1990, weightlifters contributed a whopping 24 medals, including 12 gold out of India's total tally of 32. Only one gold came outside weightlifting in that Games.
The biggest haul of medals came in 2002 Manchester Games where Indian weightlifters won 27 -- 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze out of the country's overall tally of 69, including 22 gold.
Commonwealth Games is one multi-sport event in which Indian weightlifters have always done well in the absence of top countries such as China, Central Asian countries, South Korea, Turkey and Russia.
India is considered one of the weightlifting powerhouses in the Commonwealth, having won 93 medals, including 33 gold since 1966 when they took part for the first time. Only Australia with 145 medals and England with 105 are ahead of India in the number of medals won in the Commonwealth Games' history.
The Indian weightlifters' build-up to the Delhi Games was, however, not without drama as the Federation had to borrow Rs 1.75 crore from the CWG OC to pay the last two installments of a hefty dope fine before the August 31 deadline.
That saved Indian weightlifters the ignominy of being barred from participating in Games being held at home.
International Weightlifting Federation had imposed a hefty fine of USD five lakh fine on the national body after six lifters flunked dope tests conducted by WADA last year.
Barely days after paying the fine, Manchester Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanamacha Chanu (53kg) brought back doping into the limelight in the country's dirtiest sport by failing a NADA test for banned stimulant methylehexameamine in the samples taken last month during the selection trials.
From 1990 till 2002, nearly half of India's medals have come from weightlifting as each category had three gold medals up for grabs then.
The rules changed since 2006 in Melbourne where Indian lifters contributed nine medals -- three gold, five silver and a bronze -- to the country's total of 49 (22 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze).
In 1990, weightlifters contributed a whopping 24 medals, including 12 gold out of India's total tally of 32. Only one gold came outside weightlifting in that Games.
The biggest haul of medals came in 2002 Manchester Games where Indian weightlifters won 27 -- 11 gold, nine silver and seven bronze out of the country's overall tally of 69, including 22 gold.
Commonwealth Games is one multi-sport event in which Indian weightlifters have always done well in the absence of top countries such as China, Central Asian countries, South Korea, Turkey and Russia.
India is considered one of the weightlifting powerhouses in the Commonwealth, having won 93 medals, including 33 gold since 1966 when they took part for the first time. Only Australia with 145 medals and England with 105 are ahead of India in the number of medals won in the Commonwealth Games' history.
The Indian weightlifters' build-up to the Delhi Games was, however, not without drama as the Federation had to borrow Rs 1.75 crore from the CWG OC to pay the last two installments of a hefty dope fine before the August 31 deadline.
That saved Indian weightlifters the ignominy of being barred from participating in Games being held at home.
International Weightlifting Federation had imposed a hefty fine of USD five lakh fine on the national body after six lifters flunked dope tests conducted by WADA last year.
Barely days after paying the fine, Manchester Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sanamacha Chanu (53kg) brought back doping into the limelight in the country's dirtiest sport by failing a NADA test for banned stimulant methylehexameamine in the samples taken last month during the selection trials.
'Pakistan-England Tests were fixed'
Karachi law enforcement agencies are searching for an unidentified bookmaker, who claimed that all the Tests between Pakistan and England last month were fixed.
"The police and FIA are making inquiries about the man who has gone into hiding now. He is a bookmaker from Karachi," a source told PTI.
"It is a wrong impression that fixing deals are done on mobiles. Majority of the business is done on landline numbers and rates for spot fixing and match fixing are initiated from England," he claimed.
"India is the biggest market for bookmakers and spot fixing is done the most in India," he added.
He claimed that when fixing was done, selected bookmakers made a killing by knowing in advance which player will perform in what way.
"It is called player fixing and players are brought for heavy sums."
"If he is telling the truth then it is for the law enforcement agencies to locate him and arrest him and get information out of him.
"The police and FIA are making inquiries about the man who has gone into hiding now. He is a bookmaker from Karachi," a source told PTI.
"It is a wrong impression that fixing deals are done on mobiles. Majority of the business is done on landline numbers and rates for spot fixing and match fixing are initiated from England," he claimed.
"India is the biggest market for bookmakers and spot fixing is done the most in India," he added.
He claimed that when fixing was done, selected bookmakers made a killing by knowing in advance which player will perform in what way.
"It is called player fixing and players are brought for heavy sums."
"If he is telling the truth then it is for the law enforcement agencies to locate him and arrest him and get information out of him.
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