FIFA World Cup 2010 - one month long non-stop entertainment

FIFA world cup starts on 7th of june between South Africa and mexico in Johannesburg. (a group A match entertainment) it extends till july 7th 2010, a final again at Johannesburg. I would predict Argentina vs "X" in the finals. Expect a non stop thriller and entertainment bonanza for the one whole month. Total of 64 matches 32 teams and one winner. Later ,i would post the schedule of  FIFA world cup.comment your predictions of world cup winner.

Maradona : All worldcup matches would be tough

Maradona exclaimed that almost all the matches in the FIFA world cup would be extremely tough. Since all the teams in all the groups were highly talented. he also exclaimed that Argentina is expected to perform to their best and hope to winning the world cup, under his coaching. First match for Argentina is with African opponent Nigeria on 12th of june in Johannesburg.

FIFA World Cup 2010 - qualified 32 teams...GROUPS DIVIDED...

• Group A: SouthAfrica, Mexico, Uruguay, France
• Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece
• Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
• Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana
• Group E: Netherland, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
• Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
• Group G: Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal
• Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Mahendra singh dhoni - under his captaincy - India never lost a test match

Under his captaincy, India has never lost a test cricket. In which, we either win matches to maximum possible extent or save the test by drawing it. The reason behind his success could be overall players co-ordination in all games. India will retain top spot, if it wins third test match against srilanka in mumbai.Hope it retains its position their.Indian cricket Rockzzzzzz.

Sehwag towards first 500 test runs in history - mumbai test

Sehwag was at his best yesterday, when he smashed muralidaran balls. He is headed towards 500 runs, letting no one reach a huge milestone, which can be broken only by him, may be in next few tests. lets hope he make 500 this morning.

Gambling World

There are many people who make a living off of gambling. But percentage wise, it's a small number. I don't have any illusions about quitting my job to make a casino living in Vegas. I like to go and spend small amounts of money for the entertainment value. Sometimes I win, sometimes I lose. Because I have seen first hand what can happen in a casino,the first thing you need when starting is a PLAN. How much are you going to lose or win? How long will you stay at the casino? Basic things like that will determine who the winners are and who the losers will be. Let me tell you a brief story to illustrate. I was working at a small "video poker" casino. My shift was from 4 PM to midnight. Shortly after I started, a customer came into my room. We started talking and he mentioned he had his whole paycheck with him, about $400. He said, with a big smile, he was going to play for a while. After about an hour, he was breaking even. All of a sudden he hit a straight flush on

a large bet and was $400 up for the night. Double what he came in with, and that was a lot for him. A week of pay. After I gave him his cash out money, I suggested that he leave and come back again the next day. Of course, he stayed and played. And played. By the time my shift was over he was still there, down to $40 but kept on playing. I went out for a late nite beer, leaving him to play on. The next night, he was back. He came over to me and said "I sure wish I would have listened to you". He ended up getting home with $80 when he could have left (and should have left) with $800. The moral of the story is that you will NEVER win if you don't leave when you are ahead. But my experience has shown that the hardest thing to do is leave while you

are up. That is the main reason so many people lose. Think back to some of your times at the casino when you lost. I would bet that at some point you were actually ahead before the odds caught up with you. Why wasn't that enough? How much do you need to win before it is enough? You MUST always have a set amount that you are willing to walk out at. If you bring a $100 into the casino, would you leave if you turned it into $150 in 30 minutes? Maybe it would take $200 for you. At some point, you have to say "I'm going home a winner tonight". If you don't, you will certainly end up going home a loser. A successful gambler knows a strategy that doesn't take the winnings when they are there to take will always end up as a losing strategy.

Don't be afraid to cash out and run. Some days you will win, others you will lose. But if you stay too long your winning nights will also turn out to be losers.

My Tips on Gambling

It should go without saying that none of the systems shown in this guide will make you a millionaire gambler tomorrow. A successful gambler knows that any system is only as good as the person playing it, at the time they are playing. A system can make you a thousand dollars today and lose you a thousand tomorrow.There is also a HUGH amount of luck involved, which changes from day to day, even minute to minute. This cannot be forgotten. There is no good luck charm, nor a betting system, that can change what the gambling gods have in store for you. The best gambler is the most educated one. I don't mean the guy who went to college. I am talking about the guy who really takes his game seriously and has taken the time to study it. To learn one or more systems to bet it. Another attribute of the best gamblers is knowing when to leave. Sometimes that means leaving a loser to minimize your losses on bad days. A successful gambler always seems to know a little bit faster if they are doomed to lose that day. Other times it means having the guts to get up and leave while you are winning. The winning player knows the trend could change any time and pockets what they can as soon as they can do it. They leave with the winnings, whereas the loser will always give them back. I will leave you with this thought. The same system that lost you a dollar today can make you two dollars tomorrow. The key to winning is to minimize the losses on the bad days and to TAKE HOME THE WINNINGS on the days you can do that.

Good luck.

Srikanth

SACHIN'S 20 GLORIOUS CRICKETING CARRIER

On November 20 th 2009 Sachin completes his 20 years of international years. Lets wish him a lot more success and more runs which no one could ever reach in cricketing history. I would wish him to play as long as 2016 world cup and if possible even more. lets pray god for his good health to keep us entertained for many more years as ever before.

Sreesanth back in test series with srilanka (2009)

Sreesanth last played the test cricket before six years.surprising comeback in the announced squad, match with Srilanka starting on November 16th 2009.This could be his final opportunity.

Athletics: Running USA Announces Inaugural Training Group Development Award

Running USA, the national industry non-profit organization, has announced its inaugural Training Group Development Award that will be presented at Running USA 2010: The Industry Conference during the Hall of Champions Dinner and Live Auction on Monday, February 1 at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. "Since our inception in March 1999, part of Running USA's mission has included athlete development. From the Team USA Distance Running program to the highly successful Team Running USA, this organization has supported and promoted U.S. distance athletes and coaches, and with this inaugural and annual award, we will continue our efforts to help develop American distance talent," said Susan Weeks, Running USA CEO. Established U.S. distance training groups are invited to apply for 2010 funding, and at its annual conference, Running USA will award $25,000 from its live and silent auction proceeds to one training group who will be represented and feted at the Hall of Champions dinner. Applications for the inaugural Training Group Development Award are available now, and the deadline for submission is Friday, June 26, 2009.

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Nalbandian to play in Auckland

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP)—David Nalbandian is expected to return to the ATP tennis circuit in January at the Heineken Open, ending a nine-month layoff following hip surgery, tournament director Richard Palmer said Thursday.“Nalbandian is a quality player who has something special in his game as witnessed by his Grand Slam record of having reached a final and several semifinals,” Palmer said. “He’s the sort of player who has the ability to really challenge for the Heineken Open title and get back into the top 10.”

The 27-year-old Argentine player has won ATP singles title.

Gayle to learn captaincy fate next week

Chris Gayle's future as West Indies captain will be determined in the next week, with selectors set to recommend to the board their choice of leader for the forthcoming tour of Australia. Daren Ganga, who skippered Trinidad & Tobago to the final of the Champions League Twenty20, is being touted as a potential leadership challenger to Gayle, but Ernest Hilaire, the WICB chief executive, insisted no decision on the West Indian captaincy had yet been made.

Gayle was due to captain against Ganga in a limited-overs President's Cup match in Guyana on Wednesday, but withdrew from the match due to illness. T&T posted a thumping 90-run victory over the Carlton Baugh-captained Jamaicans in a rain-affected match, continuing a triumphant month that began with their charge to the final of the Champions League in India.

Despite previous suggestions he was unwilling to continue as West Indies captain, Gayle confirmed last week he would be happy to lead the touring party to Australia. Hilaire, though, would not confirm whether Gayle would be reinstated to the captaincy following his strike-related absence, leaving the door open for a leadership change.

"The selectors will meet over the next few days and will make a recommendation to the board," said Hilaire, who added that all players who took strike action against the board would be considered for the tour of Australia. "I am also aware that the players have announced that they are available and, more importantly, want to play if selected. WICB has always expressed the view that players must be both available for selection and available to play. In this regard, I think we have made considerable progress."  The President's Cup represents a important step in the normalisation of relations between the WICB and the player's union (WIPA) after the bitter and protracted industrial dispute. The six-day tournament is doubling as a selection trial for the tour of Australia and, with all players available for their respective teams, the prospect of an understrength team representing the Caribbean in Australia appears to have been averted."Our discussions with WIPA have been excellent and we are looking forward to building on our progress in resolving all outstanding issues by designing a new partnership," Hilaire said. "There have been attempts in the past but we are sincere in developing that partnership based on mutual trust and co-operation. We accept that there will be differences but we must never allow our differences to destroy our relationship."

Rankin's ECB call-up concerns Ireland

The inclusion of fast bowler Boyd Rankin in the ECB's enhanced England Performance Programme has left Warren Deutrom, Ireland's chief executive, worried about a further depletion or resources. Ireland have lost batsmen Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan to England in recent years, and Deutrom has warned that Rankin's following course would be a major loss to their cricket.

Rankin, who switched from Derbyshire to Warwickshire, was named in a pool of 41 players who will train in Florida, Loughborough and Chennai over the next few months. "In terms of Boyd's personal development, it is obviously terrific for him to have access to the sort of programmes that the ECB can provide," Deutrom told the Daily Express. "But for us it is a worrying development that he has obviously figured on the England radar. It is, of course, a source of pride that we continue to produce cricketers that England are interested in but, if we were to lose another player to follow Ed and Eoin, it would be a severe blow to Irish cricket."

Ireland stand to lose Rankin for their Intercontinental Cup match and one-dayers against Afghanistan in early 2010, because he is slated to fly to the MRF Pace Academy in Chennai in January to train under Dennis Lillee for ten days at the same time. "I am still keen to play for Ireland as much as I can but I can't play Test cricket for Ireland and I have to do what I can to get that opening," Rankin told the Belfast Telegraph. "The idea of this camp, I understand, is to build up strength, to be fitter and stronger. I have done a lot of fitness work in the last 12 months and apart from a minor groin strain played the whole season."

David Parsons, the ECB's performance director, said the management was on the look-out for a tall fast bowler capable of hitting the deck hard, such as Rankin, who impressed during the 2007 World Cup for Ireland. "We know from the research and from looking at cricket at the prevalence of injuries that there is quite a steady turnover of fast bowlers in the modern game," he said. "We need to make sure that England has a deep pool of fast bowlers ready to go out and perform at high levels.

"But there is also no mistaking that fast bowlers are match winners. Boyd would be the standout quick in terms of his physical stature and the feedback we've had is that he has got a lot of potential. Bowlers who hit the deck hard at a high end pace are really proven to be match winners. If we can identify people like that we are on the right track."

US cricketers prepare for Asian road trip

The USACA National Championship, scheduled to take place from November 13 to 15, will be contested at both Brian Piccolo Park and Central Broward Regional Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to USACA Vice President of Operations Manaf Mohamed, natural turf wickets at each facility will be utilized to stage the event, with matches taking place simultaneously at the venues on the 13th and 14th. This is encouraging news for the teams participating in the event.


"One of the good things about the tournament really is that of the four teams that are participating, the regional teams, there are I think ten or eleven of the current national players on those teams," said Mohamed. "Also, there are about four or five of the Under-19 players on those teams also. So they'll get some good practice, actually some good game practice and good match practice, while the other guys will be doing some camps and training and stuff like that."

A total of 40 players are on the initial list of probables for selection in the men's team, with 17 of them coming to Florida not belonging to regional teams playing in the event. In addition to the camps mentioned, Mohamed said that USACA is planning to have four intra-squad Twenty20 games played on the 15th, with the intention to hold all of these games at the Broward facility. This will at least give an opportunity to those 17 to play in matches which they can be evaluated on.

While it was initially unclear whether or not the Under-19 team would get a chance to have a traning camp alongside the senior players before leaving for the U-19 World Cup in New Zealand, Mohamed said that 17 players, including those playing in the national championship, will be coming to Florida to participate in camps.

It's a sign that selectors are keeping faith in the 14-man group that finished a respectable fifth in the U-19 World Cup Qualifier last month in Canada. The tournament champions, Ireland, suffered their only defeat at the hands of the US team, led by captain Shiva Vashishat and ICC Player of the Tournament Ryan Corns. However, there will be at least one change in the squad as a final group of 15 will be sent to New Zealand.

"The intent is that by the end of that tournament, we would at least have gotten done the U-19 [selection] which should be a no-brainer. We should pretty much have that under control," said Mohamed. "Then we probably will also have short listed down to 18 or 20 for the seniors. The trick now is going to be able to get the seniors some matches, actual matches to play."

Mohamed added USACA is hopeful it will be able to arrange some matches for them in January before the team leave at the start of February for Dubai to play in the World Twenty20 Qualifier which starts on February 9.

USA will have group games against Ireland, Scotland and Afghanistan. They will then continue on from Dubai to Nepal for the ICC World Cricket League Division Five taking place from February 20 to 27. In addition to the host team, USA will be there with Fiji, Jersey, Singapore and Bahrain.

Several sources affiliated with the U-19 team said that they are scheduled to play warm-up games against India and Papua New Guinea in Christchurch prior to the start of the Under-19 World Cup. A report that appeared three weeks ago on the Hong Kong Cricket Association web site, but has since been removed, stated that USA's group matches will be played in Queenstown against Australia, South Africa and Ireland. However, no official announcement has been made yet by the ICC.

Mohamed said that USACA is hoping to fly the team to New Zealand on January 1 so they can get acclimatised to conditions, in addition to giving the team one more chance to train together before the event starts on the 16th.

"So the U-19s will be away for pretty much the entire January and the senior team will be away for the entire February and if a couple of the U-19s make the senior team, then they'll be away for two months, which is gonna be real tough because as you know, the U-19 kids, a lot of them are going to college," said Mohamed. "It's gonna be a tough decision for them to make, some of them to make for two months."

Problems hamper USA preparations

USA's senior and Under-19 teams are scheduled to compete in several major tournaments over the next five months. However, USACA is currently struggling to figure out the best way to prepare them.


USACA is planning on having its National Championship in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from November 13 to 15. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from October 9 to 11 in Houston, Texas, but officials wanted to move the event to Florida to give players competing for spots on the national teams the opportunity to play on turf pitches, as opposed to the matting wickets used in Houston and around most of the country.

Florida's venues would provide them necessary preparation for when the United States travels to Dubai for the 2010 World Twenty20 Qualifier from February 9 to 13 as well as to Nepal for the World Cricket League Division 5 from February 20 to 27.


The National Championship will pit four regional teams, which qualified through USACA's Eastern and Western Conference tournaments, against each other in 50-over matches on November 13 and 14 to determine the national champion.


November 15 was intended to be used as an opportunity for players from these squads to be selected to face teams from Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago in Twenty20 matches, but those plans are now on hold because a financial agreement hasn't been reached to lure the teams from the Caribbean to play on US soil.


"We would have picked the best team we have and played Jamaica and Trinidad," said Krish Prasad, chairman of USACA's cricket committee. "Seeing that that is not likely to happen, we will have to come up with a different structure, because we're going to Nepal and Dubai to play Twenty20 and Nepal to play 50 overs. We've got to come up with a plan to facilitate both teams' preparations."


Another problem in selecting the senior team is trying to get the entire short list of 40 probables an opportunity to play and be evaluated when some of them belong to regional squads that were eliminated in the tournaments leading up to the nationals.


"Hopefully we have, I think 90% of the players in the four regional teams," said Prasad. "We've already selected 40 players to get there. We're going to have to somehow get all those 40 players there. The ones that are not from the regions that's going to be contesting in the national tournament will also be invited there to participate maybe in the Sunday tournament or something like that.


"But we have to come up with a way of getting these guys there. The original plan we had was going to work well, but unfortunately that's not going to work. So we're going to have to get everybody there because we can't select 40 guys and then don't take them to a trial to see who's the best team that we can send to Dubai and Nepal."


Other financial issues are also a consideration in the planning process of the weekend. The matches for the USACA National Championship will most likely be played at Brian Piccolo Park rather than Central Broward Regional Park because USACA is reluctant to pay for the Broward stadium's rental fees for a non-revenue generating event.


"If the stadium was available, we could have used the lights in there and played two night games also," said Prasad. "That was the plan if the Jamaican team was going to come, because that would be a revenue generating opportunity." According to Prasad, it would cost $2,500 per match to rent the facility.


USACA's financial constraints are also having an effect on the Under-19 squad, which is set to compete in the 2010 ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand from January 16 to 30. A training camp had been planned to take place concurrently with the senior tournament in Florida, but those plans have been shelved for the time being.


"The junior team, we were hoping to get them there at the same time," said Prasad, "but because of the funding situation, we are just going to sort of keep them on hold for now and hopefully get them into some sort of practice sessions, playing a couple of games and fitness because I think our major problem with the Under-19 has been their fitness. Living in the United States, they don't play cricket every day in the summer and when they went to that tournament [Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Toronto], it showed that nine games in 13 days was a little bit too much for our boys. We learned that we need to get them physically fit for this tournament that's going to be starting in New Zealand in January. There is hope that the situation will change in the near future though as USACA is currently trying to lock in a commercial partnership to generate significant funding to be used for improvements both on and off the field. "We are looking at these commercial programs, which the CEO [Don Lockerbie] is pursuing as we speak," said Prasad. "So if that comes through in a couple of weeks, we could be in a very good position financially to start some very good programs. But like everything else, we have always been hampered by financial problems and once again we are encountering the same thing."

ICC announces U-19 World Cup schedule

The ICC has announced the schedule for the 16-team Under-19 World Cup which will be held in New Zealand between January 15 and 30 next year.

Defending champions India will start against qualifiers Afghanistan at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, near Christchurch, with Pakistan facing the West Indies in Palmerston North, while 2008 runners-up South Africa take on Ireland in Queenstown.

The teams are split into four groups with Groups A and C being based in and around Christchurch, Group B teams playing their matches in Queenstown and Group D games taking place in Napier and Palmerston North. In addition to the 10 Full Members, there are six Associate and Affiliate teams taking part, having won through their respective regional qualifying tournaments as well as the global qualifier, which was held in Canada in September.

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals with the remainder of the teams taking part in the plate competition.

The groups are as follows:

Group A India, England, Afghanistan, Hong Kong
Group B South Africa, Australia, Ireland, USA
Group C New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada
Group D Pakistan, Bangladesh, West Indies, Papua New Guinea

Ashes win only the starting point - Andrew Strauss

England have arrived in South Africa for their two-and-a-half month tour with captain Andrew Strauss determined to build on his team's 2-1 victory in the Ashes during the summer. Strauss is especially keen for his team to stake its claim to the No. 1 Test ranking, an honour that currently belongs to South Africa.

"We've talked a lot about how winning the Ashes is not the end of the road, it's almost the starting point for us to improve," Strauss said. "We'd be lying if we didn't want to be the number one side in the world. But if you look at how the ranking system works it will take a number of years of solid progression from where we are at the moment and consistency is crucial. Ultimately it's about not taking our foot off the gas."

England were criticised for seemingly taking their foot off the gas after they won the Ashes in 2005. They had followed up that victory with a 2-0 drubbing in Pakistan.

"The perception of the post-2005 period is that we took our eye off the ball quite badly. I'm not comfortable with that myself," Strauss said. "I remember that Pakistan tour and how hard we worked at it. We had a number of very crucial injuries which didn't help.

"If you look at our performances over the last 12 months we're far from the genuine article and where we want to be. No one in the squad truly believes we've made it, we've got a long way to go. I want to see our players hungry and committed."

England are scheduled to play two Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs, and four Tests in South Africa and this will be their first Test series since Andrew Flintoff's retirement from the format. Flintoff, who is currently undergoing rehabilitation from surgery in Dubai, won't be available for the limited-overs formats either.

In Flintoff's absence, Stuart Broad, who was Man of the Match in the deciding Ashes Test at The Oval, is expected to perform the allrounder's role in the side but Strauss sought to play down the attention on the 24-year old. "It's not a realistic expectation for Broad to fill Flintoff's shoes in both disciplines in the short term. It would be wrong to heap that expectation on his shoulders," Strauss said.

"Over the years we've had to do without Flintoff quite often and what we've found is that we've done quite well by everyone taking responsibility and playing a bit better. Stuart Broad is not a like for like replacement for Flintoff anyway but he has his own set of skills, some of which are world class and some of which need work. We don't want him to be the saviour we turn to, we need all 11 to do that.

"Stuart has his head screwed on. There has been a lot of media attention on him but he realises that there's much room for him to improve. We're excited about him but the last thing I want to do is put a huge amount of expectation on his shoulders. You must give people room to improve and hopefully he'll continue that development this winter.

England begin their tour with a warm-up match against the Eagles on November 6 in Bloemfontein and have two more practice games ahead of the first Twenty20 international against South Africa in Johannesburg on November 13.
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Beth Clayton

American mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton has been recognized for her commanding vocalism, compelling stage presence and superb musicality in both opera and concert. She made her San Francisco Opera debut in 2003 as Indiana Elliott in Virgil Thompson’s The Mother of Us All in the celebrated Christopher Alden production conducted by Donald Runnicles, followed by her debut at Boston Lyric Opera as Maddalena in Rigoletto conducted by Stephen Lord. Beth Clayton made her European operatic debut in the title role in Carmen with Welsh National Opera. With the Dallas Opera she debuted as the Fox in Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen in the Frank Corsaro production conducted by Graeme Jenkins, for which she was nominated for the Maria Callas Debut Award. A graduate of Southern Methodist University and the Manhattan School of Music, Ms. Clayton has been an apprentice artist for Santa Fe Opera and a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio. Her awards include a Sullivan Award, and she was a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions.

Real Madrid coach blames injuries for recent form

Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini blamed injury disruptions for his team's recent poor run of results, capped by a 4-0 rout from third-division Alcorcon in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Madrid director general Jorge Valdano stopped short of guaranteeing Pellegrini's job was safe.There are lots of players who are out of form who have been returning from injuries," Pellegrini said to explain the loss and other recent results, including defeats against Sevilla and AC Milan.Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Karim Benzema were among the players back from injury, while Cristiano Ronaldo has been sidelined throughout the recent poor run of results. Xabi Alonso and Gonzalo Higuain are among Madrid's other absentees.Although the pressure was piling up on the Chilean coach, he insisted he will remain in the post."It has not even passed through my mind to resign, not recently, not today, not tomorrow," he said.Valdano hinted he wasn't seeking the coach's resignation either."I trust fully in (Pellegrini's) seriousness and his professionalism and tonight has to be a moment of departure (for the team)." However, he would not offer a concrete guarantee that the coach will stay.It's not the moment to make a diagnosis and I just want to apologize to the fans," he said.I believe in the squad and I believe in the people that form a part of it," Valdano said. "I think that what happened tonight will only ever happen once."

Motorcycling fans savor 4-cylinder 800-cc symphony

It may be deafening for some, but the engine roar from a MotoGP race is an addictive melody of thundering sound for racing aficionados.“The loud sound from the race engine drives me to the circuit here every year,” Malaysian Azmie Mustafa told The Jakarta Post during the Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix in Sepang over the weekend.Mustafa says he has never missed a race, be it Formula One or MotoGP, since the races were first brought to the Sepang International Circuit in 1999.“On television, we can only watch the race, but to feel the soul of the race, we have to watch it live,” said the 40-something insurance worker, an avid supporter of Formula One’s Ferrari team.

India out to hurt depleted Australia

 

Australia's lead-up to their second clash against India in Nagpur will be more structured than the approach to the first, when their pre-match plans were affected by the late arrival of the New South Wales players participating in the Champions League final and their game-time strategy hit by the loss of Brett Lee and James Hopes during India's chase. This time their bad news has come in advance - Lee and Hopes are out with elbow and hamstring problems, and there are doubts over Mitchell Johnson, who hurt his ankle, as well, although coach Tim Nielsen was hopeful about his participation - yet they will be challenged to repeat the win they recorded at Vadodara.

Watch first IND vs AUS ODI Match Highlights

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Hopes out for Nagpur, doubts over Lee and Johnson

Australia have been hit with injury worries to their bowlers just one game into the seven-match series against India, with James Hopes ruled out of the second match and a question mark over the availability of strike bowlers Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson. Allrounder Hopes suffered a hamstring strain during the first match in Vadodara on Sunday. Mitchell Johnson left the field briefly with a left ankle problem while Lee complained of a sore elbow. Lee managed only six overs during the chase, left the field after his second spell and later returned. Australia lost key players Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin and Nathan Bracken to injuries before the tour began. The captain Ricky Ponting didn't hide his displeasure over the scheduling of the ODI series, which began just three days after the Champions League Twenty20, where the New South Wales players arrived in Vadodara to join the rest of their Australia team-mates less than 12 hours before the match.

Sachin's new formula to save ODI

Sachin Tendulkar has reached out with a typical controversial new formula, as his suggesting, so as reviving ODI cricket.. He suggested the best reviving Formula of 25 over Split Innings per each side, playing consecutively as 4 innings. Ever – green Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has reached up with a interesting new proposal to save the ODI format from the T20 blossom which threatens its existence from extinction. He suggested that One day matches may be splitted into four innings of 25 overs per side. I hope, He thinks we may have twenty overs a side. He exclaimed about this idea during the 2002 Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, In which the finals had ended up playing for over 100 overs against the less competiting opponent Sri Lanka. At First they played 50 overs, then we played ten overs before interruption of rain. The very next day, Sri Lanka started again playing 50 overs, then we played 10 overs, with which in the end we were declared as joint winners, which does not make any sense. This provides the reason for his suggestion. Its is much closer to T20 over format cricket, but simplicity is its theme. I think it will work

MATCH SCHEDULE(IND VS AUS 2009/10)

Schedule & Match Venue

1.)Sunday Oct 25 D/N

     14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT India vs Australia - First ODI Reliance Stadium, Vadodara

2.)Wednesday Oct 28 D/N

    14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT India vs Australia - Second ODI Vidarbha Cricket Association

    Stadium, Nagpur

3.)Saturday Oct 31 D/N

    14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 05:00 EDT India vs Australia - Third ODI Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

4.)Monday Nov 2 D/N

    14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST India vs Australia - Fourth ODI Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,      Mohali, Chandigarh

5.)Thursday Nov 5 D/N

    14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST India vs Australia - Fifth ODI Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium,          Uppal, Hyderabad

6.)Sunday Nov 8

    09:00 local | 03:30 GMT | 22:30 EST India vs Australia - Sixth ODI Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

7.)Wednesday Nov 11 D/N

    14:30 local | 09:00 GMT | 04:00 EST India vs Australia - Seventh ODI Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

Flipkens reaches quarters in Luxembourg

Kirsten Flipkens defeated third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-5, 6-3 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open.

Fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer followed up her title in Linz, Austria, last week by beating Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-3, 7-6 (4). She will play France’s Alize Cornet in the next round.

U.S. Open winner Kim Clijsters, a doubles partner of Flipkens, will play Patty Schnyder of Switzerland on Thursday for a place in the quarterfinals.Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark withdrew in the opening round Tuesday with a left leg injury.

Jankovic sent crashing in Moscow

Defending champion Jelena Jankovic was beaten 6-4 6-3 by Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.Serb second seed Jankovic had already secured qualification for next week's season-ending WTA Championships. Kleybanova will next play Olga Govortsova of Belarus, who easily saw off Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-3 6-0. Eighth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-2 and now faces Alona Bondarenko. Ukrainian Bondarenko defeated Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-3 6-3. In the men's draw, Janko Tipsarevic beat Robby Ginepri in the last eight.Discuss tennis on 606.The sixth-seeded Serb saw off his American opponent 6-3 6-3, while Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan defeated fifth seed Pablo Cuevas of the Ukraine 4-6 6-1 6-4. Jankovic, who dropped serve in the fifth game of each set and double-faulted twice to lose the match, denied she had been saving herself for next week's finale in Doha. "It was a difficult match for me, I tried my best but she played better," said the world number nine. "I can't say I was holding myself back having already qualified for Doha, but sometimes you try and it just doesn't work out."The event has a weakened women's draw because seven of the world's top players had already qualified for the WTA Championships.

New south wales--CL T20 Champions

Brett Lee pulled off a stunning allround show to enable New South Wales haul in the biggest cash prize in a cricket tournament ever by overcoming a brave effort from Trinidad & Tobago in the final of the Champions League Twenty20. The final victory margin of 41 runs doesn't quite tell the real story. T&T came out on the top initially, reducing NSW to 83 for 6, but Lee played a superb hand to propel NSW to a competitive 159 before he returned to jolt the T&T top order with two early wickets. The game was won in the last five overs of the NSW innings and in the first five of the chase and it was Lee who featured in both the little match-turning phases. The game had so many sub-plots - the nervy collapse of NSW and T&T's top order, Ravi Rampaul's canny seam bowling, Sherwin Ganga bowling three overs of spin in the Powerplay, Steven Smith's sensible batting and Kieron Pollard's icy-cool batting effort - but the biggest story was Lee's all-round contribution. He walked in with NSW tottering at 83 for 6, proceeded to slowly pull them out of the hole before shifting gears to charge them to a competitive score. It was almost the perfect counter punch. He knew the first task was safety - he scored just 7 from 13 deliveries - but knew there was no use meandering to a below-par total and thus upped the ante in the end overs with some stunning hits. Lee launched his assault in the 16th over against Lendl Simmons: The first delivery, a full toss, was swung over square-leg for a six, the fourth delivery was cleanly hit over long-on, and the last one was carved to the cover boundary. From then on it was vintage Lee he cleared the front leg and swung cleanly through the line time and again. Navin Stewart disappeared over long-on and Sherwin Ganga was heaved over midwicket as he powered NSW to a good total. Lee got support from Steven Smith, who did what was required perfectly: give the strike to Lee, and try to pinch the occasional boundary to soak up the pressure and ensure he didn't lose his wicket.

Lee wasn't done yet for the night, though. He returned with the ball to harass the T&T top order with his pace, bounce and movement. He took care of the impetuous William Perkins with a full, fast and straight delivery and removed Lendl Simmons with a slower one. Stuart Clark, with his slower cutters, and Doug Bollinger, with his bounce from short of length, proceeded to strangle T&T's middle order and it was left to that man Pollard to try to do the improbable. And he nearly did.

Through this tournament, Pollard has been batting like how Lance Klusener did in the 1999 World Cup. No target seems to be too much for him. Just like Klusener, he was almost unbelievably calm: he started his innings calmly, dealing in singles, before he unleashed his own brand of razzmatazz. He pulled a free hit from Bollinger over midwicket, swung Nathan Hauritz over long-on and got the equation down to 47 from 31 balls when it happened. He went for another six off Hauritz but couldn't clear, who else but, Lee at long-on. With Pollard's exit, Trinidad's dream run came to a crushing halt.

The T&T wagon might have hit the speed breaker in the chase but the start of the day couldn't have been more different, though. If NSW were to get to a huge total, the two hard-hitting openers had to contribute heavily but that didn't happen. T&T started with the spin-seam combination and Sherwin Ganga, the offspinner, bowled three overs in the Powerplay. The third ball of the game perhaps indicated which team was suffering more from the yips. Warner opted to play a weak reverse sweep and nearly edged it back to the bowler. Warner did go on to thread a couple of boundaries on the off side but never looked in. Meanwhile the pressure told on his partner Phillip Hughes, who faced three balls in the first three overs, and fell, trying to slog-pull the impressive Ravi Rampaul. While Sherwin Ganga was miserly, it was Rampaul who really shone with a fine display of canny seam bowling. He hit a full length, got the ball to cut both ways and built pressure. One moment captured his combative spirit perfectly: When Warner tried to impose himself with a crashing cover-drive, Rampaul fired in a sharp 140 kmph bouncer that flew past the startled batsman. The chance for NSW to break free came in the fifth over bowled by Dwayne Bravo, who had leaked runs in the semi-final. Katich started off with a bottom-hand powered six over long-on but Warner fell in the same over, edging one to right of backward point where Dave Mohammed took a fine catch. What followed was a nervy phase for NSW as one batsman after another fell to soft dismissals. Katich punched Bravo straight to mid-off, Moises Henriques swung a short delivery to fine-leg, Ben Rohrer pulled a long hop straight to deep midwicket, and Daniel Smith chopped a length delivery back on to his stumps. But Lee and Smith saved the day with some sensible batting before Lee returned with the ball to kill T&T's dream

Liverpool lose to Lyon, staring at European exit

Liverpool are running out of players, energy and ideas. The pressure certainly mounted on Rafa Benitez on Wednesday night when his team succumbed to modest French visitors, and a brief chorus of disapproval greeted his controversial decision to substitute their best player, Yossi Benayoun.

Having given Liverpool the lead, Benayoun was outstanding yet Lyon fought back, levelling through Maxine Gonalons and then, following Benayoun’s withdrawal, Cesar Delgado swooped in injury time to make it Liverpool's worst run since 1987. Next up? Manchester United.

This had been a game that Liverpool could not afford to lose, that had the Kop standing nervously as the game unfolded, their mood darkening after 25 minutes when Gerrard’s groin injury returned, lifting only when Benayoun struck four minutes from the break.As Liverpool’s captain sloped down the tunnel for immediate medical attention, Benitez’s faith in his lesser lights was put to the test.Mayhem ruled. Liverpool’s marking was shocking, allowing Lyons three uncontested attempts at goal. Only Reina delayed the inevitable, saving from Toulalan, then Govou before Maxime Gonalons made it third time lucky for Lyons with a header that arrowed into Liverpool’s net and hearts.Benitez gambled, removing Benayoun, precipitating those boos as Andrei Voronin came on. And when Delgado stroked home Lyons’ winner in stoppage time, the dissent continued.

F1 team Williams ends Toyota engine deal

 Formula One team Williams will have a new engine supplier next season after its contract with Toyota was ended. An extension of the Toyota deal was signed earlier this year but it was mutually agreed to end the deal. 

Toyota Motorsport chairman Tadashi Yamashina said on Wednesday: "We respect the wishes of Williams to look for other opportunities and wish them well for the future." Renault and Cosworth are considered the most likely contenders to supply Williams in 2010. 

Williams had used Toyota engines since 2007, but never won a race with them. Team principal Sir Frank Williams said he appreciated Toyota stepping in at a time of "great difficulty" after a series of reliability failures when using Cosworth engines in 2006.

India v Australia 2009/10

Australian cricket team captain Ricky has said it would be wrong to pick favorites before their 7match ODI series gets underway in India from October 25. Though Australia has the momentum in their favor, following their commendable Champions Trophy victory in South Africa, Ponting expects the home side to give them a fight. He said India is a very good and a very strong one-day team in the recent history and they are not underestimating them. He also added that they are the number one and two teams in the world and it all points to an entertaining good contest over the few weeks, he said all these a day after the team landed in Mumbai. He exclaimed that they have always enjoyed playing in India and with India. Their rivalry over the last few years has been growing, its very good for the world game. Both teams arrived in South Africa with series wins under their belt but left the country with very much contrasting results. Australia had drubbed England 6-1 after losing the Ashes and then they went on to retain the Champions Trophy title by beating England in the semis. They were without the services of two key batsmen due to injury, but now both have returned for the ODIs to let bolster the side.

New Zealand Cricket--backs Moles to stay on as coach

New Zealand Cricket moved back to back their coach Andy Moles after a report suggested on Dominion Post said that senior players expects Moles to have been sacked which was published recently. Moles took over from John Bracewell 11 months ago. Without naming any of the individuals doing this, the post reported that the players were to believe in Moles was not up to their expected standards as their teams’ international coach. However, there is a reviews taking place following the frustrating tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy. Despite guiding them to the Champions Trophy final. Justin Vaughan, the Newzealand Cricket chief executive has recently issued a statement to approve that Moles remained the coach who was preparing newzealand side for their tour upcoming to the United Arab Emirates. Vaughan said that this looks at all aspects of individual and collective performance with a view to improvement.  The Post in Dominion has reported that the senior players had a list of severe concerns which encloses that Moles had not provided them enough tactical or technical support and that Vettori had efficiently coaching their side for the past six months. He has a contract until next World Cup. New Zealand has continued to be a one of the best ODI side during his reign, winning nine of the 19 ODIs played.

Champions League Twenty20 2009---Clinical New South Wales thrash Victoria

There was no nerve-jangling, last-ball finish today, like there was when New South Wales pipped Victoria twice to win last season's Big Bash. Instead, the Australian champions delivered a clinical performance on a difficult Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, one that ensured the first semi-final of the Champions League was one of the most one-sided matches of the tournament.On the same pitch where fewer than 200 runs were scored in the match between Delhi Daredevils and Cape Cobras a day ago, the NSW openers David Warner and Phillip Hughes provided a powerful start, which allowed them to post 169, far more than the 110 Victoria captain Cameron White had hoped to limit them to. A tough chase became virtually impossible when offspinner Nathan Hauritz, who was given the second over, struck twice in three deliveries, getting rid of Victoria's openers.The build-up to the highly anticipated contest between the Australian sides centered around how difficult the track would be for power-hitting and, when Hughes was struck on the arm by a bouncer from Peter Siddle in the second over, it seemed the batsmen would have toil for their runs.

Slamit Pinball

With a new breakthrough gaming technique, and play style, where you are encouraged to slam your keyboard wherever you like and your hits are transferred to pinball machine depending on the location of your hit, you will learn a new way to enjoy using your keyboard. The physics engine is state of the art for pinball simulation, offering amazing and unbeatable realism. Air balls, wizard tricks, ball spins? everything you wanted to enjoy in computer pinball is here. You will never wish to play any other computer pinball after you have tried Slam-It. The lighting effects are new for real-time 3D pinball. You are able to precisely adjust lighting atmosphere between dark and cafe like ambience’s or a daylight kind of feel.Big Score original table offers rich game play and an exciting story line, where you will take on a role of one of four characters, each having its own specialties, fighting for a big score… Top scores will be managed on 4 levels, from local city scores, to the global world wide score list.

Go Airlink

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RED FLAG IN F1

In the event of a major incident or unsafe weather conditions, the race may be red flagged. Depending on the race distance covered at the time of the red flag, this can have several meanings:

If under 3 laps have been completed, the race is restarted from original grid positions. All drivers may take the restart, provided their car is in a fit state to do so.

If between 3 laps and 75% of the race distance have been completed, the race may be restarted once it is safe to do so using the race order at the time of the red flag. The two hour time limit still applies and the clock does not stop.

If more than 75% of the race distance has been completed then the race is finished and the race result counted back to the second last completed lap before the red flag.

The format of the Race has changed little through Formula One's history. The main changes have revolved around what changes are allowed at Pit Stops. In the early days of Grand Prix racing, a driver would be allowed to continue a race in his teammates car should his develop a problem. In recent years however, the focus has been on refuelling and tyre-changes. From the 2010 season, refuelling will be banned to encourage less tactical racing, having only been re-introduced in 1994 following safety fears. The rule requiring both compounds of tyre to be used during the race was only introduced in 2008, again to encourage racing on the track. The Safety Car is another relatively recent innovation that meant fewer red flags were required, allowing races to be completed on time for a growing international live television audience.

Teams set sights on bigger bash

New South Wales versus Victoria in Delhi is a strange proposition if you're an Australian cricket fan. Back in Australia, the Champions League Twenty20 has been shown on a digital TV channel that not everyone has access to, so it's hard to judge the level of interest from the public. But there's enough in this clash to suggest an intense contest even if the turnout is likely to be far less than a packed SCG would throw up.NSW, the champions of Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash, were the first team from Group B to secure their passage to the next phase, with points carried forward, to the second round of the competition. They were joined by Victoria, arguably Australia's best Twenty20 side, having won the Big Bash for three consecutive years until this year's final. The prospect of an all-Australian final was shot when Delhi Daredevils beat Cobras in a low-scorer in Delhi, which means Wednesday's contestants will play on a slow-and-low track instead of the batsman-friendly Hyderabad surface. The pitch at the Feroz Shah Kotla hasn't been encouraging for batsmen - nine were bowled in the last league match - and NSW captain Simon Katich had earlier spoken of how keen the team was to leave Delhi. In that regard, NSW's pace attack will be harder to handle.

Brett Lee, Doug Bollinger, Stuart Clark and Nathan Hauritz share the ball in that order when NSW take the field and, as Eagles, Sussex and Somerset found out, they can be a handful. Victoria have been the form team every year in Australia, but it is NSW who have the edge here by virtue of their top order and international-class bowling attack. Even without Brad Haddin, Michael Clarke and Nathan Bracken, NSW can still field almost an entire XI that has played for Australia.

Both are long-time rivals, being the two most-populated Australian states, and there has always been a "healthy' Melbourne-Sydney rivalry in Australia. In the past, Victorian fans have always been a bit envious of how many NSW players get selected for Australia; in fact, there was an old joke that when you made your debut for NSW, they also handed you a Baggy Green in a brown paper bag. That attitude isn't quite as pronounced - as the presence of Cameron White, now Australia's Twenty20 vice-captain, and Peter Siddle, the ICC's Emerging Player of the Year, will testify to. It all adds to an intriguing all-Australian clash. David Warner and Phillip Hughes v Victoria's attack: Hughes is the tournament's leading run-scorer and Warner smashed 63 from 41 balls and 40 from 16 in consecutive innings. Clint McKay, Shane Harwood and Andrew McDonald have been central to Victoria's success here and how they bowl to a superb opening act provides an appetising entrée to this match.

NSW's attack v Victoria's top order: Victoria's top order has failed to fire collectively; three of their four games resulted in scores of 55 for 2, 68 for 4 and 59 for 4. So up against a red-hot pace attack, Victoria's start must be strong. Rob Quiney has scored just 29 in three innings since his 40 against Delhi but he could take this stage to exact revenge on NSW. The last time he played them, in the Big Bash final, Quiney scored 91 from 56 balls in a losing cause.

Cameron White and David Hussey: Victoria were without this pair, away on Australian duty, for the Big Bash final and they could make the difference between winning and losing this time around. Both have gained much more exposure from playing for Australia this past season and will undoubtedly be keen to avoid an NSW repeat. Hussey, the second-fastest century-maker in Australia's domestic one-day history, is due some runs.

Andrew McDonald: He has been Victoria's bowler of the tournament so far - and the third leading wicket-taker - with eight wickets at 11.00 and an economy rate of 5.86. In conditions that are likely to help pace bowlers, he could be a handful yet again. McDonald has also yet to be dismissed in two innings.

MJ—Marvelous Entertainer Who Ever Lived:-

MJ is the master in pop, hence he is profoundly called as ”King of Pop” and he is one of the best stage entertainer who have ever performed in the history of world. Along With his brothers, he started his career in 1964 as front run singer and he was the youngest member in The Jackson 5 group. He gave rise to consecutive four number ones in the Billboard 100 which he performed splendidly. His successful solo career began in the year of 1971. One of his best album ever “album Thriller” remains the best-selling album of all time, in which 'Bilie Jeann', 'Beatt It', were the best, he performed through out his career. His complicated physical techniques of dance which are moonwalk and robot, to which people try to perform to his near similar way and with perfection but most of which ended in vain. He helped the people in the world to have a better place to live.        Despite too many controversies and insults in most part of his life, he performed the best way, he ever was. I think he felt he found his happiness by making people happy by enjoying his on – stage performance. Really an incredible man! We miss u, dude.

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool has a population of 435,500, and lies at the centre of the wider Liverpool Urban Area, which has a population of 816,216.Historically a part of Lancashire, the urbanization and expansion of Liverpool were largely brought about by the city's status as a major port. By the 18th century, trade from the West Indies, Ireland and mainland Europe coupled with close links with the Atlantic Slave Trade furthered the economic expansion of Liverpool. By the early 19th century, 40% of the world's trade passed through Liverpool's docks who is contributing to Liverpool's rise as a major city. Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians but are also known as "Scousers", in reference to the local dish known as "scouse", a form of stew. The word "Scouse" has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect. Liverpool's status as a port city has contributed to its diverse population, which, historically, were drawn from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, particularly those from Ireland and across it.

Schumacher

Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969, in Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany) is a German former Formula One driver and seven-time Formula One world drivers' champion, and current advisor for Ferrari. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen". He is the only German to win the Formula One World championship, and is credited with popularizing Formula One in Germany. In a 2006 FIA survey, Michael Schumacher was voted the most popular driver of the season among Formula One fans. After winning two championships with Benetton, Michael Schumacher moved to Scuderia Ferrari in 1996 and won five consecutive drivers' titles with them from 2000–2004. Schumacher holds many records in Formula One, including most drivers' championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season. Schumacher is the only Formula One driver to have an entire season of podium finishes, a feat he accomplished in 2002. His driving sometimes created controversy: he was twice involved in collisions that determined the outcome of the world championship, most notably his disqualification from the 1997 championship for causing a collision with Jacques Villeneuve. After the 2006 Formula One season Schumacher retired from race driving.

Manchester United

Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, one of the most popular football clubs in the world, based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974–75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964–65. Manchester United are the reigning English champions and Club World Cup holders, having won the 2008–09 Premier League and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. The club is one of the most successful in the history of English football and has won 22 major honours since Alex Ferguson became manager in November 1986. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating Benfica 4–1. They won a second European Cup as part of a Treble in 1999, before winning their third in 2008. The club holds the joint record for the most English league titles with 18 and also holds the record for the most FA Cup wins with 11.Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world with the highest revenue of any football club.

Online casino

Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, are online versions of traditional ("brick and mortar") casinos. Online casinos enable gamblers to play and wager on casino games through the Internet.Online casinos generally offer odds and payback percentages that are comparable to land-based casinos. Some online casinos claim higher payback percentages for slot machine games, and some publish payout percentage audits on their websites. Assuming that the online casino is using an appropriately programmed random number generator, table games like blackjack have an established house edge. The payout percentage for these games are established by the rules of the game. Reliability and trust issues are commonplace and often questioned. Many online casinos lease or purchase their software from well-known companies like Microgaming, Realtime Gaming, Playtech, and CryptoLogic Inc in an attempt to "piggyback" their reputation on the software manufacturer's credibility. These software companies either use or claim to use random number generators to ensure that the numbers, cards or dice appear randomly. Download-based online casinos require the download of the software client in order to play and wager on the casino games offered. The online casino software connects to the casino service provider and handles contact without browser support. Download-based online casinos generally run faster than web-based online casinos since the graphics and sound programs are located within the software client, rather than having to be loaded from the Internet.

Rugby--football

A ball-game resembling rugby football was a game played by ancient Greeks called episkuros (Greek: επίσκυρος). In Wales such a sport is called cnapan or "criapan," and has medieval roots. The old Irish predecessor of rugby may be caid. The Cornish called it "hurling to goals" which dates back to the bronze age, the West country called it "hurling over country" (neither should to be confused with Gaelic hurling in which the ball is hit with a stick called a hurley or hurl, not carried), East Anglians "Campball", the French "La Soule" or "Chole" (a rough-and-tumble cross-country game). English villages were certainly playing games of 'fute ball' during the 1100s. English boarding schools would certainly have developed their own variants of this game as soon as they were established - the Eton Wall Game being one example.The game of football which was played at Rugby School between 1750 and 1859 permitted handling of the ball, but no-one was allowed to run with it in their hands towards the opposition's goal. There was no fixed limit to the number of players per side and sometimes there were hundreds taking part in a kind of enormous rolling maul. The innovation of running with the ball was introduced some time between 1859 and 1865. William Webb Ellis has been credited with breaking the local rules by running forwards with the ball in a game in 1823. Shortly after this the Victorian mind turned to establishing written rules for the sports which had earlier just involved local agreements, and boys from Rugby School produced the first written rules for their version of the sport in 1870.

AC MILAN

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan and as just Milan in Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin, Alfred Edwards, and four other Englishmen and has since spent most of its history in the top flight of Italian football (only two years in Serie B in the eighties).The club have won 18 officially recognized international titles, tied with Boca Juniors as having the most in the world. Milan have won four world titles, more than any other club in the world; they have won the Intercontinental Cup 3 times and the FIFA Club World Cup once. AC Milan have also won what is today known as the UEFA Champions League on seven occasions; only Real Madrid have won it more times. As for Italian Series A titles, Milan are tied with Internazionale for being the second most successful club with 17 league titles; only Juventus have won more (27) .Other important titles won by Milan include the European Super Cup a record five times, and the Cup Winners' Cup twice; however, they have never reached the UEFA Cup final (only two semi-finals in 1972 and 2002).

IPL --- GREATEST SPORTING SPECTACLE

1st of its kind. It introduced the concept of franchises and teams with international cricketers in the soccer format. There were 8 clubs. All the 8 clubs contained foreign cricketers. The Eight clubs were

1. Chennai Super Kings owned by India Cements

2. Rajasthan Royals owned by Emerging Media

3. Kings XI Punjab owned by Ness Wadia and Preity Zinta

4. Delhi Daredevils owned by GMR Holdings

5. Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Shah Rukh Khan

6. Mumbai Indians owned by Mukesh Ambani

7. Royal Challengers Bangalore owned by Vijay Mallya

8. Deccan Chargers owned by Deccan Chronicle

Some of the star players were

M.S.Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings)

Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians)

Sourav Ganguly (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Virender Sehwag (Delhi Daredevils)

Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Andrew Symonds (Deccan Chargers)

Herschelle Gibbs (Deccan Chargers)

Shahid Afridi (Deccan Chargers)

Adam Gilchrist (Deccan Chargers)

Sanath Jayasuriya (Mumbai Indians)

These star players were the highest auctioned players in IPL. These players were bought through bidding by the franchises according to their requirements. M.S.Dhoni was the highest bid player for $1.5m. Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh were named as icon players meaning that they cannot play for teams other than their home team. They also earn 15% extra of the salary of the highest paid player in their respective team.

Hangover - A hilarious movie:-

In the start Justin Bartha is about to get married, so his friends (Ed Helms), a dentist proposing to his girlfriend of three years, Bradley Cooper, a schoolteacher who is  bored of the married life, and Doug's futur brother-in-law Zach Galifianakis who is smart takes him to Las Vegas for a bachelor party. Bartha's girlfriend is controlling, results in forcing Stu to lie to her about their destination.The guys get a suite at their hotel and then sneak on to the roof of the hotel where they toast to the night ahead. Skipping forward to the next morning, the three groomsmen awake with all of their memory lost from the previous night happenings. They found Doug missing, Stu lost a tooth, tiger in bathroom, a baby in the closet. This is how the film starts and initial reels were very funny. They then find the happenings using the changes they feel. Mike dyson’s part was really great. The climax would be where phil is and how he got there and whether he gets married and whether they reach the ceremony. This film is one the hilarious and good going which I have seen, could be one of the must watch movie. I would rate 8 out of 10.

Improve Backlink

Backlinks (or back-links [UK]) are incoming links to a website or web page. In the search engine optimization (SEO) world, the number of backlinks is one indication of the popularity or importance of that website or page (though other measures, such as PageRank, are likely to be more important). Outside of SEO, the backlinks of a webpage may be of significant personal, cultural or semantic interest: they indicate who is paying attention to that page.In basic link terminology, a backlink is any link received by a web node (web page, directory, website, or top level domain) from another web node (Björneborn and Ingwersen, 2004). Backlinks are also known as incoming links, inbound links, inlinks, and inward links. Search engines often use the number of backlinks that a website has as one of the most important factors for determining that website's search engine ranking. Websites often employ various techniques (called search engine optimization, usually shortened to SEO) to increase the number of backlinks pointing to their website. Some methods are free for use by everyone whereas some methods like linkbaiting requires quite a bit of planning and marketing to work. Some websites stumble upon "linkbaiting" naturally; the sites that are the first with a tidbit of 'breaking news' about a celebrity are good examples of that. When "linkbait" happens, many websites will link to the 'baiting' website because there is information there that is of extreme interest to a large number of people.

Young RISING Stars

Abhishek Nayar:

He was a part of Mumbai Indians team and was one the young gun who fired in IPL 2008. He played well in important moments of the match and handled the pressure situations very well. He bowled and batted well and his performance was improving with every match.

Ravindra Jadeja:

He played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008. He came into spotlight when played well and contributed to team’s success against Kings XI Punjab. He excelled in batting, bowling and fielding and soon became a promising prospect for Team India. He eventually got into Indian squad for the series against Srilanka.

Pragyan Ohja:

He was 18 years old when he played IPL 2008. He represented Kolkata Knight Riders and became their leading spinner. He has a good handball. He picked up wickets regularly and he bowled really well in the death. His very impressive performance got him a place in the National Squad.