THE SECOND edition of the Indian GP was much awaited for a couple of reasons. First of course was to see the two title rivals Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso go head-to-head on Indian soil. Second was to see if the buzz and attraction that Formula1 had last year repeated this time as well.
The first played out extremely well with Vettel clinching his 4th…
THE EVENTUAL demise of T20 cricket is a glaring possibility, and one that would have occurred to the concerned stakeholders as the West Indies team (‘WI’) celebrated its return to the winner’s circle with uninhibited gusto. Due to the lacklustre display by the Indian sub-continent teams, there is little to celebrate for the stakeholders when it comes to the results of the T20…
SEBASTIAN Vettel now leads the Drivers’ Championship by 6 points from Fernando Alonso. For a driver who is defending his title this year it would be surprising if I were to tell you that this is only the first time this season that he has topped the table!
How did he do that? The answer is quite simple, by winning! The young German driver has won the last three…
CHAMPIONSHIP leader Fernando Alonso arrived in Japan with a healthy 29 points lead over his nearest rival Sebastian Vettel. However, luck balanced itself out as Alonso retired in a first lap-first corner spin and Vettel went on to dominate the weekend in Suzuka. Such was his domination that he scored a ‘Grand Chelem’ by securing pole, leading every lap of the race from start to…
ANDY Murray’s magnificent victory at the US Open; inevitably brought immense cheer to British public, which had been waiting several decades for that very moment. But perhaps more significantly, in overcoming Novak Djokovic, Murray relinquished the rather unfair sobriquet of ‘choker’, hopefully once and for all.
In a harsh world ever eager to affix…
THE SINGAPORE Grand Prix, Formula1’s only race under the lights, never ceases to amaze. The 2012 edition had it all, car failures, crashes leading to Safety Car periods and post-race penalties. However, it was Sebastian Vettel who won the race and scored 25 points that catapulted him to second place in the Drivers’ Championship table. Alonso, finished 3rd and still is the…
Vidushpat Singhania
THE ALL INDIA Tennis Association (AITA) has recently imposed a ban of 2 years on Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna due to the stand taken by them prior to the Olympic Games. However without commenting on their conduct, a question arises, is the two year ban imposed by AITA justified?
The parent body of AITA, the ITF in its regulation…
IT HAS BEEN five weeks since my last column on SportzPower and while the sport of Formula1 was on a mandatory break, the business of Formula1 wasn’t. And as always, I shall share my views on the recent developments via this column.
The sport resumed action after its mid-season break and an interesting session of the Olympics. If I were FOM, the best learning from…
USAIN Bolt simply set the track ablaze at the London Olympics. In an Olympics, where many interesting stories were written, Bolt’s exploits represented the very epitome of excellence in sporting endeavor. Coming in with huge pressure to make the transition from super star to legend, Bolt made that journey in trademark style …and in record time as well.
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THE UNPREDICTABILITY of the 2012 Formula1 Season now seems to have settled as we see top teams like Red Bull, Ferrari and Mclaren pull away from the rest of the pack. From a team’s perspective, it is not necessarily about having the fastest car on-track but more about having a car that treats its highly degradable Pirelli tyres better. While Mclaren seemed to have lost their way…