Lewis Hamilton leads McLaren at Turkish Grand Prix

2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton and 2009 World Champion Jenson Button earned McLaren a perfect 1-2 finish at Turkish Grand Prix here on Sunday. This was McLaren's second 1-2 finish of the 2010 season since the Chinese GP. Until lap 40 the race seemed to be Red Bull's another 1-2 finish and the McLarens 3-4. But on Lap 41 Sebastian Vettel got a run on Mark Webber on the Turn 12, and was had a spin wildly down the road which lead to his retirement with a punctured right-rear tyre. Mark Webber was forced to run wide. The two McLarens who were awaited a mistake from Red Bulls picked their way gleefully through the debris to snatch the leading positions. Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes finished fourth on the podium with team mate Nico Rosberg finished fifth ahead of Renault’s Robert Kubica and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa who had a race-long battle for sixth. Mark Webber still leads the world championship with 93 points to Button’s 88 and Hamilton’s 84, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso who is fourth on 79 from Vettel on 78. The controversial but still one of the most exciting race of the season moved McLaren back ahead of the fast Red Bull in the constructors’ championship table, with 172 points to 171, with Ferrari third on 146 and Mercedes fourth on 100. Renault has 73.

Srilanka Vs New Zealand T20 Cricket Match

Srilanka managed to secure a win in the second T20 Cricket Match against New Zealand. The 2-match series was drawn 1-1. Earlier the day, New Zealand's captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and chose to bat first. The decision proved desperately wrong as srilankan semer Nuwan Kulasekara claimed three wickets in his very first over. The New Zealand top order fell like a pile of cards. At one stage New Zealand lost 5 wickets for just 13 runs. But formidable Daniel Vettori and Nathan McCullum played on loose deliveries and managed to add 45 runs for the sixth wicket. In the end New Zealand lost all its wickets for just 81 runs. In reply, Srilankan openers never felt any pressure. Mahela Jayawardene scored a quick 17 runs (2x4, 1x6) of just 12 balls. Perera played his part scoring 24 runs (2x4, 1x6). Dilshan gave a good partnership to him and added 42 runs. In the end, srilanka won the match with the loss of just 3 wickets and 4.3 overs left. Nuwan Kulasekara was named the Man of the match. Daniel Vettori was chosen the Man of the series for his performance in both the matches.

Official FIFA 2010 World Cup Rings

As all the football lovers gear up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and as all the people involved make the last minute modifications before the kickoff, there’s someone else who’s working equally hard to make the gala event shine with the official rings. If you haven’t heard of official rings before, that’s because this is the first time the official rings have made it to FIFA. Colombian jeweler Enrique Vasquez after four years to convincing has finally got the rights to make 2,010 official rings for the tournament. The rings will cost from $2,500 to $250,000 each and the design features soccer balls, stadiums and the flags of the 32 participating countries in the month-long extravaganza. There will also be 1,970 rings priced at $2,500 each and made of gold and silver featuring four emeralds. Among the blinged jewelry, there will be seven platinum rings of which one will be donated to FIFA and a gold ring will be given to UNICEF, to recognize their hard work to help disadvantaged children around the world. Another gold ring will be presented to the player voted as the tournament’s most valuable, and it won’t be surprising to see if Messi and Ronaldo claim the prize.

2010 UEFA Champions League Final

The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final match between Bayern Munich and Internazionale is not just another football final match as the game is crucial for future Champions Leaggue slots for both Italy and germany. Also it will be feat that no team from either of the two countries have ever achieved it. The match to be played today(Saturday, 22 May 2010) at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Real Madrid is the 18th UEFA Champions League final under the current format(55th in total). Prior to this final, botht the teams have met four times in UEFA Champions League. And Bayern has the upper hand with two wins and a draw. Internazionale managed just a single win and a draw.

All eyes are on Inter Milan's Samuel Eto'o who fans think can play a key role under the team's charismatic coach Jose Mourinho. Jose Mourinho's future with the team will also be decided based on today's perforrmance by Inter Milan. The winner will walk away with $150 million(120 million euros).

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP South Africa

The most awaited sports event of the year, 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP is all set to start on 11th June, 2010 at South Africa. The event will be held for one month till 11th July 2010. After a tough qualification round, 32 countries across the globe managed to qualify for the World cup. These teams were split into different groups and are placed as follows:

Group A - South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay and France
Group B - Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic and Greece
Group C - England, USA, Algeria and Slovenia
Group D - Germany, Australia, Serbia and Ghana
Group E - Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and Cameroon
Group F - Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia
Group G - Brazil, Korea DPR, Cote d'lvoire and Portugal
Group H - Spain, Switzerland, Honduras and Chile

After League matches, the top 2 teams from each group(16 teams) will qualify for the next stage of knock out round. From this, 8 teams will enter the Quater-finals. Two Semi-final matches will be played on July 6 & 7th. Finals will be held on July 11th.