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5 Greatest Sporting Events You Have Seen?
In your opinion, what are the 5 greatest sporting events you have ever seen? You cannot allow your own personal biases to influence your decision (e.g. being at the event or your team winning). Pick only the most thrilling, historic and memorable events.
Here are mine:
1. Golf - US Open 2008 - An injured Tiger Woods birdies the 72nd hole to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate. After 18 holes, both players are still tied. Tiger Woods finally wins on the first hole of sudden death.
2. Tennis - Wimbledon Final 2008 - Nadal outlasts Federer in a dramatic 5 set match 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (8-10) 9-7 to win his first Wimbledon title.
3. Soccer - UEFA Champions League Final 2005 - Liverpool come back from 0-3 down to win in a penalty shootout against AC Milan.
4. Cricket - World Cup Semi-Final 1999 - Australia go through to the final after a dramatic last-ball run-out means the game against South Africa results in a tie. Australia progress as they have the superior net run-rate.
5. Golf - Masters 2005 - Tiger Woods takes a two shot lead over Chris Dimarco with 2 holes to play after holing a dramatic chip shot on the 16th hole. Woods however bogeys the next two holes to fall into a playoff. On the first playoff hole, Woods holes a 15 foot birdie putt to clinch the title.
Data : 2011-02-16 05:12:10Went to the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney. Watched in awe as the stadium erupted when Cathy Freeman won the 400 meters gold medal.
Date : 2011-02-16 05:18:37
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5 Greatest Sporting Events You Have Seen?
In your opinion, what are the 5 greatest sporting events you have ever seen? You cannot allow your own personal biases to influence your decision (e.g. being at the event or your team winning). Pick only the most thrilling, historic and memorable events.
Here are mine:
1. Golf - US Open 2008 - An injured Tiger Woods birdies the 72nd hole to force a playoff with Rocco Mediate. After 18 holes, both players are still tied. Tiger Woods finally wins on the first hole of sudden death.
2. Tennis - Wimbledon Final 2008 - Nadal outlasts Federer in a dramatic 5 set match 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (8-10) 9-7 to win his first Wimbledon title.
3. Soccer - UEFA Champions League Final 2005 - Liverpool come back from 0-3 down to win in a penalty shootout against AC Milan.
4. Cricket - World Cup Semi-Final 1999 - Australia go through to the final after a dramatic last-ball run-out means the game against South Africa results in a tie. Australia progress as they have the superior net run-rate.
5. Golf - Masters 2005 - Tiger Woods takes a two shot lead over Chris Dimarco with 2 holes to play after holing a dramatic chip shot on the 16th hole. Woods however bogeys the next two holes to fall into a playoff. On the first playoff hole, Woods holes a 15 foot birdie putt to clinch the title.
Date : 2011-02-16 05:19:26A Question for the People that are looking to the 2018 World Cup Already?
Fifa has anounced that a South American Country will be hosting the 2014 World Cup. All South American countries have already voted Brazil even though there has been no official meeting of this kind. With all of that wraped up, there are allready bids comming in for the 2018 Cup.
I know that this is still 12 more years away and the world can change in 12 years but where do you think that the 2018 World Cup will be?
The countries that have placed a bid as follows...
Australia...2000 Olympics and 2003 Rugby World Cup
Canada...2007 FIFA World Youth Champs
China.... 2008 Olympics, 2004 Asian Cup (Football), 2010 Asian Games
England..... 2012 Olympics, Previous World Cups
Mexico....Previous World Cups
Nedtherlands/Belgim (Joint Bid)... Euro 2000 (Joint bids now not allowed
New Zealand...1991,2011 Rugby World Cup and 2015 Cricket WC
Saudi Arabia...No experiance
Spain... Previous World Cups
More info, go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup
The extra sporting events next to a country are what previous sporting events the country has had before
Date : 2006-06-30 02:00:49"Sir" Sachin Tendulkar - Pride of India (salute to the Little Master)?
Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why
British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir.........
New Records................
1. Highest Run scorer in the Test Cricket
2. First Cricketer to pass 12000 run in the Test Cricket
Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar
1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an
average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996
Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003
Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003
Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 38
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in
Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at
No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test
batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris
Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all
three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first
overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna,
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Date : 2009-04-02 03:35:57Do You Agree with Saeed Anwar When He says 'Tendulkar is the greatest of Modern Era' and class apart?
Anwar heaps praise on Master Blaster
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Saeed Anwar on Thursday described Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest batsman of the modern era and hailed the Indian maestro for becoming the only player to smash a double century in the one-day Internationals.
Anwar said he was not surprised that Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach the 200-run mark.
"In the last one and half decade there were players like Brian Lara, Ricky Pointing, Shahid Afridi and Virender Sehwag who could have gone past the 200-run mark. But I think Tendulkar did it because he is the greatest of modern era and a class apart," Anwar said.
"Honestly speaking Lara seemed to be the most likely batsman but he retired without doing it. But he set his records in Test and first class cricket," said Anwar, who had scored 194 against India in Chennai in May 1997. In August 2009, Zimbabwean Charles Coventry hit an unbeaten 194 against Bangladesh in Bulayawo.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100226/jsp/sports/story_12152374.jsp
Date : 2010-02-26 01:12:39
