F1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX RESULTS

Lewis Hamilton wins the Singapore Grand Prix, which was 11th title of his career. Jenson Button adds 4 pts to his championship points and leads the driver table with 84 pts followed by his team mate Rubens Barrichello with 69 pts.

Singapore Grand Prix Results
1--Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes
2--Timo Glock of Toyota
3--Fernando Alonso of Renault
4--Sebastian Vettel of RBR-Renault
5--Jenson Button of Brawn-Mercedes
6--Rubens Barrichello of Brawn-Mercedes
7--Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren
8--Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

F1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING

In the Qualifying race for the Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix held today Lewis Hamilton gets his pole position which was 16th of his carreer.

Qualifying Results

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel of RBR-Renault

Nico Rosberg of Williams-Toyota

Mark Webber of RBR-Renault

Rubens Barrichello of Brawn-Mercedes
Fernando Alonso of Renault

Timo Glock of Toyota

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren
Kazuki Nakajima of Williams-Toyota

Jenson Button of Brawn-Mercedes
Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari
Sebastien Buemi of STR-Ferrari

Jarno Trulli of Toyota
Adrian Sutil of Force India-Mercedes
Jaime Alguersuari of STR-Ferrari.

Giancarlo Fisichella of Ferrari
Romain Grosjean of Renault

Vitantonio Liuzzi of Force India-Mercedes

F1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX FRIDAY PRACTICE SESSION

Singapore Grand Prix will be held on Sunday 27th Sep, in head of that 2 practice session held today. In the practice Sebastian Vettel pulls down the title defender Fernando Alonso by 0.274 sec. Its qualifying session will start by saturday 22:00 Hrs.

The practice results

Sebastian Vettel of RBR-Renault

Fernando Alonso of Renault
Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber
Jenson Button of Brawn-Mercedes

Mark Webber of RBR-Renault

Nico Rosberg of Williams-Toyota

Timo Glock of Toyota

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes

Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber

Rubens Barrichello of Brawn-Mercedes

Adrian Sutil of Force India-Mercedes

Jarno Trulli of Toyota

Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari

Kazuki Nakajima of Williams-Toyota

Giancarlo Fisichella of Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi of STR-Ferrari
Vitantonio Liuzzi of Force India-Mercedes
Romain Grosjean of Renault
Jaime Alguersuari of STR-Ferrari.

ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 24th SEP

Match 3 - South Africa vs New Zealand South Africa won the toss and invited the visitors to bat first. With Wayne Parnell's maiden five wicket haul home side South Africa was able to control NZ for 214 runs in 47.5 overs with Ross Taylor scoring 72 for NZ.

With the target of 215 South Africa started to bat, after losing their captains wicket very early, they manged to attain the target in 41.4 overs with the help of AB de Villers contributing 70 runs from 76 balls.

For his five wicket haul Wayne Parnell was named player of the match.

F1 2010 RACE CALENDAR

The World Motor Sport Council had released the F1 race calendar for the 2010 season world championship. The FIA had included Korean Grand Prix and Canada Grand Prix in the 2010 calendar.

The inclusion of the Canada Grand Prix is subjected to race contract. The 2010 season starts from 14th march in Bahrain and gets completed in Brazil on 14th Nov,

The Race Calendar

14th March -- Bahrain(Sakhir)

28th March -- Australia(Melbourne)

4th April -- Malaysia(Sepang)

18th April -- China(Shanghai)

9th May -- Spain(Barcelona)

23rd May -- Monaco(Monte Carlo)

30th May -- Turkey(Istanbul)

13th June-- Canada(Montreal)

27th June-- Europe(Valencia)

11th July--Great Britain(Donington Park)

25th July -- Germany(Hockenheim)

1st August -- Hungary(Budapest)

29th August -- Belgium(Spa-Francorchamps)

12th September -- Italy(Monza)

26th September -- Singapore

3rd October -- Japan(Suzuka)

17th October -- South Korea(Yongam) --- Inagural Grand Prix

31st October -- Abu Dhabi(Yas Marina) --- Penultimate Round

14th November-- Brazil(Interlagos)

Canada Grand Prix is subject to the completion of contract negotiations with Formula One Management. If not completed then the Turkish Grand Prix will be moved to 6 June.

RENAULT F1 - SUSPENDED BAN FOR 2 YEARS

Renault F1 team was suspended for 2 years over the singapore conspiracy. Since Flavio Briatore Managing Director of Renault F1 team, Pat Symonds Executive Director of Engineering and Nelson Piquet team driver were found guilty by World Motor Sport Council(WMSC) over the last years Singapore GP conspiracy which caused a deliberate crash and benifited the race strategy of Fernando Alonso to win the Singapore GP last year.

The WMSC also announced that Renault F1 team should pay the cost of investigation, should give a significant contribution to FIA's safety work, Briatore should not involve in the FIA-sanctioned motorsport for life time, whereas five year ban for Symonds and Piquet was granted immunity from sanction for volunteering his evidence in the investigation.

OZ BACK TO NO:3 SPOT

After their defeat in the 7th ODI, OZ's are back to No 3 spot. Through this victory England avoided their series whitewash. England won the match by four wickets, by chasing a traget of 177. Grame Smith was named man of the match for his 5 wicket haul and Cameron White was named as man of the series. Aussies won the 7 ODI series as 6-1.

ICC World Rankings

After defeating the home side England in the six ODI match by 111 runs, OZ regained their No.1 spot in ICC rankings, Oz lead the 7 ODI series a 6-0. If England strike back Australia in their final match , Australia will again move to 3rd spot. So Australia need to win their final match to stay in top and enter ICC Champions Trophy as world champions.

Rankings

1 - Australia ------127

2 - South Africa---127

3 - India ----------126

4 - Pakistan ------109

5 - Sri Lanka------108

6 - New Zealand---105

7 - England -------102

8 - West Indies ---78

9 - Bangladesh ---55

10-Zimbabwe ----26

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHDAY 1, SEP 16th

The results of the group stage matches of Matchday 1, 16th Sep

Group E
Liverpool FC 1-0 Debreceni VSC
Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 ACF Fiorentina

Group F
FC Internazionale Milano 0-0 FC Barcelona
FC Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 FC Rubin Kazan

Group G
VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Rangers FC
Selvilla FC 2-0 FC Unirea Urziceni

Group H
Olmpiacos FC 1-0 AZ Alkmaar
R. Standard de Liege 2-3 Arsenal FC

GOAL SCORER

Liverpool FC - Kuyt
Olympique Lyonnais - Pjanic
FC Dynamo Kyiv - Yussuf, Magrao, Gusev
FC Rubin Kazan - Dominguez
VfB Stuttgart - Pogrebnyak
Rangers FC - Bougherra
Selvilla FC - Luis Fabiano, Renato
Olmpiacos FC - Torosidis
R. Standard de Liege - Mangala, Jovanovic
Arsenal FC - Bendtner, Vermaelen, Eduardo

The matchday 2 will be held on 29-30 Sep 2009.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHDAY 1

The results of the group stage matches of matchday 1, 15th sep,
Juventus 1-1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa FC 0-3 FC Bayern Munchen
Besiktas JK 0-1 Manchester United FC
VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 PFC CSKA Moskva
FC Zurich 2-5 Real Madrid CF
Olmpique de Marseille 1-2 AC Milan
Chelsea FC 1-0 FC Porto
Club Atlelico Madrid 0-0 POEL FC

GOAL SCORER
Juventus- Iaquinta
FC Girondins de Bordeaux-Plasil
FC Bayern Munchen- Van Buyten, Muller(2)
Manchester United FC- Scholes
VfL Wolfsburg- Grafite(3)
PFC CSKA Moskva- Dzagoev
FC Zurich- Margairaz, Aegerter
Real Madrid CF- Ronaldo(2), Raul Gonzalez, Higuain, Guti
Olmpique de Marseille - Heinze
AC Milan- Inzaghi(2)
Chelsea FC - Anelka

Matchday 1, 16th sep

Liverpool FC vs Debreceni VSC
Olmpique Lyonnais vs ACF Fiorentina
FC Internazionale Milano vs FC Barcelona
FC Dynamo Kyiv vs FC Rubin Kazan
VfB Stuttgart vs Rangers FC
Selvilla FC vs FC Unirea Urziceni
Olmpiacos FC vs AZ Alkmaar
R. Standard de Liege vs Arsenal FC

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The group stage matches of UEFA Champions league kicks off today. The group stage matches will be held between 32 teams divided into eight groups with four teams each. The winners and runner-up of the groups enters the final round which will be in knockout format. The defeanding champions are Barcelona.

The prize money of Euro 5.4million is awarded to each team that takes part in group stage matches and a group stage is worth Euro 600,000 and draw Euro 300,000. Euro 2.5millions for the quater finalist, Euro 3million for semi finalist, Euro 4million for the runner-up and Euro 7million for winners. A large part of the distribution revenue is given to teams that holds a high value of television market in each country.

US OPEN - FINAL DAY

MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG) beats Roger Federer(SUI) 3-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.
Juan Martin Del Potro beats 5 times US champion Roger Federer to clinch his first Grand Slam title.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP

William sisters(USA) beats Cara Black(ZIM)&Liezel Huber(USA) 6-2, 6-2.

US OPEN - DAY 14

MEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Lukas Dlouhy (CEZ) & Leander Paes (IND) beats Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) & Mark Knowles (BAH) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

WOMEN'S SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Kim Clijsters (BEL) beats Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7-5, 6-3.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES SEMIFINALS

Cara Black (ZIM) & Liezel Huber (USA) beats Samantha Stosur (AUS) & Rennae Stubbs (AUS) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

MEN'S SINGLES SEMIFINALS

Roger Federer (SUI) beats Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) beats Rafael Nadal (ESP) 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

Saturday 12th Sep match results

Chelsea 2-1 Stoke city

Liverpool 4-0 Burnley

Manchester City 4-2 Arsenal

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Portsmouth 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Sunderland 4-1 Hull City

Wigan Athletic 1-0 West Ham United

Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Machester United

Goal Scorers

Chelsea- Drogba, Malouda

Stoke City-Faye

Blackburn Rovers- Diouf, Roberts Dunn

Wolverhampton Wanderers- Maierhofer

Liverpool- Benayoun(3), Kuyt

Manchester City- Almunia(OG),Bellamy, Adebayor, Wright-Phillips

Arsenal- Van Persie, Rosicky

Portsmouth- Kaboul, Boateng

Bolton Wanderers-Cohen, Taylor, Cahill

Wigan Athletic -Rodallega

Sunderland-Bent(2), Reid, Zayatte(OG)

Hull City- Zayatte

Tottenham Hotspur-Defoe

Manchester United-Anderson, Giggs, Rooney.

US OPEN - MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP

The mixed doubles championship match of the US Open held in the Arthur Ashe stadium between Carly Gullickson & Travis Parrott of USA and Cara black (ZIM) & Leander Paes (IND). In the match of 1Hr 6Min, the USA pair won the championship title by defeating the title defeanders Cara Black & Leander Paes as 6-2, 6-4 in straight sets.

US OPEN - DAY 9

MEN'S SINGLES 4TH ROUND

• Rafael Nadal (ESP) beats Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.
• Marin Cilic (CRO) beats Andy Murray (GBR) 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.
• Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-4.
• Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) beats Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

WOMEN'S SINGLES QUATERFINALS

• Kil Clijsters (BEL) beats Na Li (CHN) 6-2, 6-4.
• Serena Williams (USA) beats Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-4, 6-3.

MEN'S DOUBLES QUATERFINALS

• Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan beats Carsten Ball & Chris Guccione 6-4, 7-6.
• Lukas Dlouchy & Leander Paes beats Wesley Moodie & Dick Norman 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
• Mahesh Bhupathi & Mark Knowles beats Ivan Ljubicic & Michael Llodra 6-4, 4-6, 7-6.
• Max Mirnyi & Andy Ram beats Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic 6-7, 6-4, 6-0.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES QUATERFINALS

• Samantha Stosur & Rennae Stubbs beats Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-3.
• Alisa Kleybanova & Ekaterina Makarova beats Maria Kirilenko & Elena Vesnina 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

US OPEN - DAY 8

MEN'S SINGLES 4TH ROUND

Roger Federer beats Tommy Robredo 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

Novak Djokovic beats Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

Robin Soderling beats Nikolay Davydenko 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 (retired).

Fernando Verdasco beats John Isner 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

WOMEN'S SINGLES 4TH ROUND

Kateryna Bondarenko beats Gisela Dulko 6-0, 6-0.
Melanie Oudin beats Nadia Petrova 1-6, 7-6, 6-3.
Caroline Wozniacki beats Svetlana Kuznetsova 2-6, 7-6, 7-6.
Yanina Wickmayer beats Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

US OPEN - DAY 7

MEN'S SINGLES 3RD ROUND

Rafael Nadal beats Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

Andy Murray beats Taylor Dent 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Juan Martin Del Potro beats Daniel Koellerer 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Juan Carlos Ferrero beats Giles Simon 1-6, 6-4, 7-6, 1-0 (retired).

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Julien Benneteau 7-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Fernando Gonzalez beats Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-4, 6-4.

Gael Monfils beats Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-4, 1-0(retired).

Marin Cilic beats Denis Istomin 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

WOMEN'S SINGLES 4TH ROUND

Kim Clijsters beats Venus Williams 6-0, 0-6, 6-4.

Flavia Pennette beats Vera Zonareva 3-6, 7-6, 6-0.

Serena Williams beats Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-0.

Na Li beats Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 6-3.

US OPEN - Day 4

In Mens, the Fourth seed Novak Djokovic and Fifth seed Andy Roddick,and in women's top seed Dinara Safina and 29th seed Maria Sharapova enters thrid round in US open.

Andy Roddick beats Marc Gicquel as 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

Novak Djokovic beats Carsten Ball as 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Dinara Safina beats Kristina Barrois as 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3.

Maria Sharapova beats Christina McHale as 6-2, 6-1.

MENS

• James Blake beats Olivier Rochus 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3.
• Sam Querrey beats Kevin Kim 7-5, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.
• Tommy Haas beat Robert Kendrick 6-4, 6-4,7-6.
• John Isner beats Marsel Ilhan 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.
• Marco Chiudinelli beats Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4.
• Philipp Kohlschreiber beats Som dev Devvarman 6-3, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.
• Nikolay Davydenko beats Jan Hernych 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.
• Tommy Robredo beats Guillermo Garcia 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
• Robin Soderling beats Marcel Granollers 0-2(retired)
• Jesse Witten beats Maximo Gonzalez 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.
• Radel Stepanek beats Leonardo Mayer 7-6, 6-3, 6-4.
• Fernando Verdasco beats Florent Serra 6-3, 0-6, 6-3.

WOMENS

• Yaroslava Shevedova beats Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.
• Melanie Oudin beats Elena Dementieva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
• Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Anastasija Sevastova 6-4, 6-2.
• Caroline Wozniacki beats Petra Martic 6-1, 6-0.
• Jie Zheng beats Alize Cornet 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
• Yanina Wickmayer beats Shuai Peng 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
• Sorana Cirstea beats Stephanie Dubois 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
• Petra Kvitova beats Tathiana Garbin 6-1, 6-3.
• Kateryna Bondarenko beats Shenay Perry 6-1, 6-1.
• Anastasia Rodionova beats Sabine Lisicki 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
• Shahar Peer beats Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0.
• Sara Errani beats Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-2.
• Nadia Petrova beats Julie Coin 6-4, 7-6.
• Gisela Dulko beats Alona Bondarenko 6-4, 6-0.

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA- " I AM OVER THE MOON"

Giancarlo Fisichella signed with ferrari for the final five races of this F1 season. The 36 year old Italian driver has been released from the Force India's contract. He will remain as the reserve driver for the season 2010 for Ferrari. Since the accident of Massa, Ferrari were inneed of a experienced driver and they signed Fisichelle after his great finish in Belgian Grand Prix. While asking about this to Fisichella he said "Its true that it has always been an ambitious to driver for the ferrari and now I AM OVER THE MOON" and i thank Vijay Mallya who allowed me to do this.