Penalty Shootout Portugal vs Spain Euro 2012 Semi Final Summary

Both Portugal and Spain played their best game in semi final of UEFA Euro 2012 and that's why at 90 minutes it was NIL for both side. Then, ET (Extra Time) of 30 minutes also gone in vain for both sides, and then finally a true skilled drama was started - Penalty Shootout. For both team 1st shoot was missed, then Spain got the command by their best players. Portugal also hit two shoot successfully but one miss they have to pay and the tragedy was that Ronaldo's wait for last shoot remained a true wait as Spanish guy finished with one goal lead. 4-2 win on Penalties!

Spain 1            Xabi Alonso        Saved
Portugal 1        Moutinho            Saved
Spain PK 2       Andres Iniesta    Goal
Portugal 2        Pepe                  Goal
Spain 3            Gerard Pique     Goal
Portugal 3        Nani                   Goal
Spain 4            Ramos               Goal
Portugal 4        Bruno Alves       Saved
Spain 5            Fabregas           Goal

Wimbledon 2012 London - Grass Court Grand Slam

Wimbledon tennis tournament 2012, London will take place from 25 June to 8 July 2012. Be ready to enjoy this 126th Wimbledon edition live at home on TV or with live-eyes in the stadium or on-the-go on smartphone. It is organized by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation. For all tennis fans, it's a major grand slam and for players well as. Are you ready for the major upsets and stunning performance of your favorite tennis stars?

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French Open 2012 Momentum - Roland Garros Paris 2012

Annual Grand Slam French Open 2012 in Paris, France is getting the momentum gradually. For all tennis fans, May 27 to June 10, 2012 will be the busy period to watch their favorite players playing on the Clay Court.

French Open 2012 on iPhone

For Further Detail Official Roland Garros Site

Few Action Moments on the Court

 

Anand's Winning Move to World Chess Championship 2012

Viswanathan Anand has just won his 5th World Chess Championship crown against Boris Gelfand of Israel held at the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. A lot congratulation to him for his unmatched achievement. This Indian chess magical strikes after 12 games' tie in four rapid games. It's proud for the whole India and all Indian Chess enthusiast!

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DLF IPL 5 Opening Ceremony - IPL 2012 Grand Opening Ceremony

The most entertaining T20 cricket season, DLF IPL 2012 is ready! Every year it brings us the grand Opening Ceremony & Closing Ceremony. This 5th IPL edition is ready to start with amazing fireworks, celebrity acts and speech of IPL's chairman. Amitabh Bachchan, all time favorite Bollywood superstar will be opening the night. Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor and music band Colonial Cousins will also amuse you. And the most awaited performance, American pop icon Katy Perry will perform with Indian dancing sensation Prabhu Deva. It's time to set before TV set or in multiplex or witness live ceremony in the stadium.                               

Date: 3rd April 2012
Venue: YMCA College of Physical Education, Nandanam Chennai
Time: 19:30 onwards

Memorable Moments of Australian Open 2012 - Champions of 2012

13 Days great tennis grand slam - Australian Open 2012 has just completed. Great spirit of tennis, upsets and new talent come before our eyes this season. Here let's share some special moments and information of this fantastic 2012's first grand slam. Congratulation to all Winners and good luck to the rest players for upcoming 2012's grand slam.

Champions of 2012:

Men's singles: Novak Djokovic
Women's singles: Victoria Azarenka
Men's doubles:Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek
Women's doubles: Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva
Mixed doubles: Bethanie Mattek Sands and Horia Tecau

 

Australian Open 2012 - 100th edition of Australian Open

Get ready for the 2012's first Grand Slam event. For all tennis lovers, 16-29 January will be most thrilling period. It will be held at Melbourne Park and the great thing about this tennis tournament is that, for the first time Hawk eye will be used on the Margaret Court Arena. The second main thing is that it will be the richest Grand Slam tournament in history, with the singles champions pocketing 2.3 million AUD dollars. Enjoy the purest tennis pleasure with your favorite players.

Cover it on your iPhone:

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Rugby World Cup 2011 - Rugby Fever is Back

I am a big rugby fan, what about you? Countdown begins for 2011 Rugby World Cup and my breath & heart are turning into rugby ball. It is planned to be played over 7 weekends from the weekend starting 10 September and finishing the weekend starting 22 October 2011. 20 teams will compete for the trophy and fame. Final match is scheduled to be played in Auckland at Eden Park. The host New Zealand bid contained plans to increase the size of Eden Park and other stadium to boost the commercial capability of the bid. Don’t forget to watch opening ceremony at 9 September, where singers such as Ladyhawke, HOME MADE, Hayley Westenra and Jordin Sparks are going to perform.

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Matches played: 48
2007’s champion: South Africa
Host Broadcaster: SKY Network Television

US Open 2011 Tennis - A USTA Event

Get ready for year’s second large grand slam – 2011 US Open Tennis. Countdown beings and my eyes become exciting to watch opening night, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Kim Clijsters, Sharapova and many more tennis stars with their exclusive tennis skills. This 130th US open is going to held from Aug 29 to Sep 11/12, 2011 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, NY City, United States. It will play on outdoor hard courts. Book your tickets hurry and get the chance to watch live thrilling action. I am very passionate about tennis, what are you up to?

5 diverse event championships:
Men's & women's singles
Men's & women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Extra tournaments for senior, junior & wheelchair players

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Copa America 2011 Final

2011 Copa America - the international football tournament is won by Uruguay with a final score of 3-0 against Paraguay. Against Uruguay’s solid defense, Paraguay proved unable to score a single goal. However Paraguay also appears attractive but it may be luck not on their side. It is Uruguay’s 15th title and now Uruguay is one step ahead from Argentina. The good news is that, as the tournament champion, Uruguay earned the right to represent CONMEBOL in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Brazil. Luis Suarez raises the most valuable player award. Congratulations the whole team & its coach!!

Lord's Media Centre - J.P. Morgan Media Centre

Every cricket fan knows Lord’s - The home of cricket very well. Lord's Cricket Ground is well known for its balcony and media centre. Both are its main attraction. You already saw players in balcony during match but you haven’t further idea about Lord’s Media Centre. Here I am going to give little information about J.P. Morgan Media Centre. It was designed by Future Systems and cost about £5 million. It was fitted-out in 2 boatyards and utilizes boat-building technology.

- Won the prestigious architectural award
- Perfect for dinners, lunches and receptions
- Perfect venue to add prestige & cachet to any event
- Reception: 100 people
- Boardrooms: 14
- Tiered classroom: 70
- Lunch/Dinner: 50

2011 Copa America

Countdown begins!! Football fever is on the way. Prepare yourself for the most important football event of Latin America - 2011 Copa America. This international football competition will be organized by CONMEBOL from July 1 – July 24 of 2011 in Argentina. 12 teams are going to participate in it and matches will play at 8 different venues - Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Cordoba, Salta, Jujuy, San Juan, La Plata & Santa Fe. Brazil was the 2007’s champion, which team this time?? I am ready to cheer my favorite team & my fantasy players, are you??

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Pot 2: Chile, Colombia, Paraguay
Pot 3: Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela
Pot 4: Ecuador, Japan, Mexico

Cricket World Cup 2011 – Grand Finale

Finally, India has won the Cricket World Cup 2011 in the final against Sri Lanka… India has proved their strength to be Champion in batting, bowling & fielding as well! Chasing for target of 275, lost 2 early wickets of Sehwag & Sachin but Gautam Gambhir & MS Dhoni played an excellent innings to reach the target quite comfortably. India won the cricket world cup after 28 years and the celebration was on the heights of madness around the country! So Congrats to Team India for this great achievement in history of World Cricket!

India vs Sri Lanka, Final
Sat, Apr 02 2011, 14:30 - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
India won by 6 wkts
Man of the Match; MS Dhoni Scored 91 Runs in 79 Balls

Overview of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

Host(s) - India
              Sri Lanka
              Bangladesh
Champions - India (2nd title)
Participants - 14 (from 104 entrants)
Matches played - 49
Man of the Series - Yuvraj Singh - India
Most runs - Tillakaratne Dilshan (500) – Sri Lanka
Most wickets - Shahid Afridi (21) - Pakistan
                          Zaheer Khan (21) - India

Friends, with end of this post its end of Cricket World Cup 2011 from my side… Now, waiting for IPL in few days!

Cricket World Cup 2011 – Semi Final Match Updates

Sri Lanka has made their way to final by defeating New Zealand by 5 Wickets. India got a sensational victory against Pakistan and will play the finals with Sri Lanka. Both the teams are with great power to perform well and be the champions! Still the day on finale will decide the best and title holder which can play and handle the pressure of World Cup Final 2011…

India vs Pakistan, Second Semi-final
Wed, Mar 30 2011, 14:30
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh
India won by 29 runs
Man of the Match; Sachin Tendulkar Scored 85 Runs in 115 Balls

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, First Semi-final
Tue, Mar 29 2011, 14:30
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 5 wkts
Man of the Match; Kumar Sangakkara Scored 54 Runs in 79 Balls

Cricket World Cup 2011 – Last Quarter Final Match

England was smashed out of the World Cup ’11 by Sri Lanka and reserves their place in semi finals to play against New Zealand on 29 March 2011 at Colombo. Sri Lanka won the match by 10 wickets easily and is strong side to win World Cup this year!

Sri Lanka vs England, 4th Quarter-Final
Sat, Mar 26 2011, 14:30 - R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by 10 wkts
Man of the Match; Tillakaratne Dilshan Scored 108 in 115 Balls

Cricket World Cup 2011 - Quarter Final Match Update

Champions are out the world cup and it was the biggest disappointment for Australian captain Ricky Ponting as it might be the last cricket world cup he would be playing for his team. India played extremely well in all ways till end and made their way thru Semi Finals against Pakistan. Yuvraj Singh again performed as all rounder and got India a historical win by defending 3 times world champions.

South Africa continues their tradition to get out of World cup before finals… New Zealand marched to Semi finals with the victory by 49 runs. Though Kiwis has not scored high but their confidence and performance in all the areas gave them way into semis!

India vs Australia, 2nd Quarter-Final
Thu, Mar 24 2011, 14:30 - Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
India won by 5 wkts
Man of the Match; Yuvraj Singh Scored 57 Runs in 65 Balls
 
New Zealand vs South Africa, 3rd Quarter-Final
Fri, Mar 25 2011, 14:00 - Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
New Zealand won by 49 runs
Man of the Match; Jacob Oram took 4 Wickets

Quarter Final Match Update – Cricket World Cup 2011

Quarter Finals are started and the best selected teams will battle to get thru the semi finals and then the Big Finale… Pakistan crushed West Indies by 10 Wickets in the first match of quarter final. Pakistan had the hold on the match from the beginning by allowing WI to score only 112 Runs which was a very easy chase for the Pakistani batsman! Attacking bowling played an important role to book their berth into the Semi Finals…

Pakistan vs West Indies, 1st Quarter-Final
Wed, Mar 23 2011, 14:00 - Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Pakistan won by 10 wkts
Man of the Match; Mohammad Hafeez Scored 61 Runs in 64 Balls

Score Updates - Cricket World Cup ‘11

Here are some updates of last few matches. Unfortunately I was not able to watch any of these matches but can summarize that India, West Indies, Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand & England made their way to Quarter Finals. All this teams will play the matches to reach the semi finals this week.

India vs West Indies, 42nd Match, Group B
Sun, Mar 20 2011, 14:30 - MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
India won by 80 runs
Man of the Match; Yuvraj Singh Scored 113 Runs in 123 Balls

Zimbabwe vs Kenya, 41st Match, Group A
Sun, Mar 20 2011, 09:30 - Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Zimbabwe won by 161 runs
Man of the Match; Craig Ervine Scored 66 Runs in 55 Balls

Australia vs Pakistan, 40th Match, Group A
Sat, Mar 19 2011, 14:30 - R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Pakistan won by 4 wkts
Man of the Match; Umar Akmal Scored 44 in 59 Balls

Soccer Game for iPhone - Soccer Champ

All the audience who gets crazy to watch football leagues can enjoy this game thoroughly on iphone. Two modes; Striker & Defense are the base of this soccer game where you have to Strike the goal in Striker mode, whereas in Defense mode your job is to be a goal keeper and save goals! Striker mode is probably liked by me as there is more challenge to hit the goal and beat the high score…

iTunes Link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soccer-champ-free/id418130008?mt=8

Cricket World Cup ‘11 - Latest Score Updates

Canada played their last match of Cricket WC ’11 against Australia, but was not able to make it a memorable win… England spinners bowled very well and won against West Indies by 18 runs in competitive match which was interesting till end! England now still has the hope to reach the quarters…

Australia vs Canada, 35th Match, Group A
Wed, Mar 16 2011, 14:30 - M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Australia won by 7 wkts
Man of the Match; Shane Watson Scored 94 Runs in 90 Balls

England vs West Indies, 36th Match, Group B
Thu, Mar 17 2011, 14:30 - MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
England won by 18 runs
Man of the Match; James Tredwell took 4 Wickets