Tuesday, May 15, 2012

A day of Sports Fiesta

It's normal for me to follow on various sports, though I don't play all of them. But it came to my attention, where several sporting events/matches which set to glorify the arena.

English Premier League
Manchester City got their 1st league title after 44 years by beating QPR 3-2 in dying seconds. When, the audience thought the title was wrested to rivals Man United,  2 goals in injury time of 5 minutes and there goes the title to Ethihad Stadium. Maybe it's time for Man City to taste the victory and join the big boys league. My concern is, they need to spend huge amt to buy high profile players i.e Nasri, Aguero, Tevez, Barry & Glichy, unlike Man Utd, who groomed players.

Madrid Masters
It's the 1st ATP tournament which is played on Blue Clay Court. When everyone were complaining the suitability and adaptability of the court including Novak Djokovik, our "Fedex" made it perfect by capturing the title and reclaimed the World Number 2 spot. Hope this will spur him to reclaim the French Open title with World Number 1 too.

Spanish Grand Prix
Pastor Maldonado, became the 1st Venezuelian to win the F1 race title. He beat home favorite Fernando Alonso and former champ Kimi Raikonen. It was also 1st title for Williams since 2004. It was also disaster for Williams team as the garage caught in fire and made some of the pit stop official into hospital.

Asia Junior Cup
Malaysia created history by claiming their maiden title by beating Pakistan 2-1 in final, thanks to home crowd support. As they lead 2-0 in 1st half, 2nd half rather a defensive strategy. After qualifying for final during 1992 where they fell to same opponent. This time the team manager, whom then played in finals, Minarwan Nawawi, glad his dream was fulfilled indirectly. At least, the wound of failing to qualify for Olympics has been healed through this title.

Asia Under-16 Elite Cup
We can be proud to say we are the Asian Champions at this age group, less India and Pakistan whom didn't take part in the tournament. Hope this will spur the development of Cricket in Malaysia.

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