BADMINTON

Badminton is a racquet and shuttlecock sport played by hitting the shuttlecock across a net.
The game is mostly played in singles and doubles although it may be played with large teams.
The game was first played in the 19th century and has gained popularity over the years.
Its highest governing body is the Badminton World Federation, it is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.

Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or a beach while formal games are played in a rectangular indoor court.

The players earn points which determine the winner of a tournament, points are earned by striking  the shuttlecock with a racquet and landing it within the opposing sides' half of the court.
Plays end once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been by an umpire ,service judge or in the absence of the opposing side.

Badminton has been a summer olympic sport with five events:

• men's singles 
• women's singles
• men's doubles
• women's doubles
• mixed doubles 

At professional level of play the games demands excellent fitness , the players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength , speed and precision.
It is also a technical sport which requires a good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet movement.

The game is mostly popular in British India, Denmark, Asia and China.
The game has gained popularity over the years and has been adapted in many countries.
The most famous players in this game are; Tang Wee Kiong, Ajay Jayaram, Wang Xin, Mathias Boe, Lee Hyo-jung, Carsten Mogensen,Yu Yang, Chetan Anand, Zhao Yunlei, Susi Susanti and many others.

LEBRON JAMES 3 POINTER IN CAVALIERS

Lebron James made a 3-pointer with 68 seconds left helping the Cleveland Cavaliers sweep their playoff series against the Indiana pacers with a 102-102 victory on Sunday..

James finished with 33 points and 10 rebounds he bacame the first player under the current playoff format to win 21 straight first round game and he also set a league record with his 10th career playoff sweep..
It was sure wasn't easy after taking a 96-83 lead with 9:29 to go,the cavaliers found themselves in a 102-100 deficit with 1.13 left

                                                                                                                                                                    Lance Stephen scored 22 points of Indiana.Paul George had 15,but missed a 3-pointer that could have forced overtime in the closing seconds                                                                                                                                                                                      

RUGBY HEAVEN

Rugby is widely played and has a strong tradition in the Basque and Catalan areas along the border regions between Spain and France.,the game is very popular in South Africa having been introduced by English speaking settlers in the 19th century..

                       CHRISTIE'S STAMP RECKLESS

Christie is a scottish born rugby union player who currently plays as a halfback for Tasman in New Zealand..Chiefs halfback FinlayChristie has been suspended for three weeks for reckless stamping that gazed an opponent's head in their 16-7 win over the western force in perth on  Saturday..

The Sanzaar foul play review commitee which said Christie's offence merited a six week ban accepted to a guilty plea from the 22 year old for contravening law stamping and trampling on an opponent after he was cited..
The chiefs face a halfback crisis for their next match against the sunwolves in Hamilton on Saturday because they could have on no 9s available from their original squad.

                                                                                                                                                                    His first super Rugby outing came in round three as the chiefs beat the Hurricanes 26-18 in Hamilton,after couties Manukau halfback Jonathan Taumateine was preferred in wins over the highlanders (24-15) and the blues (41-26) in weeeks one and two

                                                                                                                                                                         

ROAR ADVANCE ON PENALTIES

Brisbane Roar is an Australian soccer club,it competes in the country's premier competition the A-league,under licence from football federation Australia..Brisbane Roar won the penalty shootout 6-5 to go on to meet Melbourne victory for a spot in the A league decider..

Brisbane Roar will battle Melbourne victory for a spot in the A-league decider after beating Western Sydney on penalties in an epic elimination final on Friday night.The Roar won the shootout 6-5 with scores locked at 1-1 after 120 minutes with back-up goalkeeper Jamie Young making the winning save to deny..It was an easy save for Young who was able to stay on his feet to pluck the spot kick from the Japanese import to spark wild celebrations among the 17,530 fans in attendance

                                                                                                                                                                    Thomas Broich is possibly his final A-league appearance in Brisbane,played,the entire match but did not take a penalty.the Wanderes were reduced to 10 men in the 103rd minute when substitute Jaushua Sotirio was shown his second yellow card for clattering into Corey Brown capping off a nightmare performance for the winger,who also spurned a golden chance to seal the win just before the end of the regulation time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                             

MAX GRADEL

Max Gradel is an Ivorian footballer who plays for Bournemouth and the Ivory coast national team..Max received his first call up to the Cote d'ivoire national team in November 2010.He made his debut for the national side on 5th june 2011,Gradel won both the fans player of the year and players.player of the year awards

The 29-year-old is yet to start a league game this season despite overcoming a hamstring problem,Gradel has made just 11 appearances for the cherries in all competition this season and wants to leave to secure more first team football..He joined Bournemouth from French side  st Etienne in August 2015 and signed a new four-year deal a year late..

It is understood Bournemouth want to keep Gradel but he is worried his lack of  opportunities will affect his international career

 He played in all three of  Ivory coast's games at the 2017 Africa cup of Nations in Gabon as the defending champions failed to get past the group stages..he has played in four African cup of Nations

tournaments with the Ivory coast and was a member of the 2915 title-winning squad in Equatorial Guinea                                                                                                                                                                               

FORMULA ONE 71 FIRST SEASON

FORMULA 1 RACES

Formula one automobile racing has its roots in the European Grand Prix (auto mobile racing that dates as far as 1894 in France but quickly evolved into simple road race from one town to the next) championships of the 1920s and 1930s. The foundation of Formula One began in 1946 with the Federation International de l'Automobile's (FIA's) standardization of rules. A World Championship of Drivers followed in 1950.

In addition to the world championship series, non-championship Formula One races were held for many years, the last held in 1983 due to the rising cost of competition. National championships existed in South Africa and the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s.

This year’s formula one race season will be the 71st season of formula one motor racing, it will feature the 8th formula one world championship, a motor racing championship for formula one cars that’s recognized by FIA, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The race started in Australia on March 26th 2017 and will end in Abu Dhabi on 26th November 2017 for the World Drivers’ and world Constructors’ championship. So far the world drivers’ champion is Ferrari’s driver Sebastian Vettel.

The world drivers’ championship is awarded by FIA to the most successful Formula one racing car driver over a season. The title is determined by a points system based on the grand Prix results.

Formula one races comprises of many teams, this week we’ll take a look at Ferrari’s team and the formula one race calendar.

This year Kimi Raikkonen from Espoo Finland and Sebastian Vettel from Heppenheim Germany are Ferrari’s drivers for this year’s race.

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel being quite an achieved formula one drive, “he is a four-time Formula One World Champion, having won the championship in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 with Red Bull Racing.

 He is among the most successful F1 drivers of all time. He is one of only four drivers to have won four or more drivers' titles. He is contracted to remain as a Formula One driver with Scuderia Ferrari until at least the end of 2017.”

He is the current winner of the current drivers’ championship leader.

Kimi Raikkonen 

After nine seasons racing in Formula One, in which during his first Ferrari stint he was the 2007 World Champion, he competed in the World Rally Championship in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he returned to Formula One, driving for Lotus and continued to drive for Lotus in 2013.

 “He entered Formula One as a regular driver for Sauber-Petronas in 2001. Having previously only raced in very junior open-wheel categories, he was given his Super License from the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) after a performance delivery promise by his team boss, Peter Sauber. He joined McLaren Mercedes in 2002, and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the 2003 and 2005 championships to Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, respectively. Raikkonen's 2002, 2004 and 2006 seasons were plagued by severe unreliability from his McLaren cars.

Raikkonen's move to Ferrari in 2007 saw him secure his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship, beating McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by one point, as well as becoming one of the very few drivers to win in their first season with Ferrari.

In 2008 he equaled the record for fastest laps in a season, for the second time. However, with Ferrari's desire to get Fernando Alonso into the team with his Santander sponsorship, Raikkonen left the sport and Scuderia Ferrari in 2009.”

On September 11th 2013, Ferrari announced their signing of Raikkonen on a two-year contract, beginning in the 2014 season. His current contract with the team has been extended since and expires at the end of 2017.

LA LIGA

This is a professional association football of the Spanish football league system.

It is one of the most popular professional sports League in the world with an average attendance of 26,741 for league matches in the 2014-2015 season and live broadcast on major sports channels.

La Liga is contested by 20 teams and administered by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP).
Nine teams have been crowned champions in the La Liga in which 60 teams have competed since  its inception.

Real Madrid (32 titles) and Barcelona (24 titles) have dominated the championship from the 1950s through to 1980s.
In recent years Atlético Madrid, Valencia, Deportivo de La Coruña have taken the lead.

La Liga has been the top League in Europe over the past five years and produced the continents' top- rated clubs more times than any other Leagues.

Other teams in the La Liga are Sevilla, Villarreal, Real Sociedad, Eibar, Athletic Bilbao, Espanyol, Celta Vigo, Alavés, Valencia, Las Palmas, Malaga, Real Betis, Leganés, Sporting Gijón, Granada and Osasuna.

IN SPORTS NEWS

Arsenal gets defeated at crystal Palace 3-0

Crystal Palace have shown that they need to keep on winning by beating Arsenal 3-0 over the weekend, this is after Palace beat Chelsea 1-2.

All fingers are pointing on Arsene Wenger who has since admitted that their defeat is a big worry.

The team currently at number six is staring at missing out on top four finish.

Arsenal dominated the game but failed to make it count leaving the fans disappointed at their loss.

Claudio Ranieri senses he must have been pushed out

Ranieri believes that someone within the club made sure that he was thrown out.

His players are away from blame as he believes that none of his players would plot against him.

Ranieri was sacked when Leicester were one point above the Premier League relegation zone.

The 65 year old has remained tight lipped about who might have been behind his demise.

Formula 1 season this year may be most exciting for Lewis Hamilton career wise

The three time world champion  landing titles in 2008, 2014 and 2015 is looking forward to this year's competition waiting in anticipation for this years contest.

Hamilton remains positive and mentions that he is enjoying himself to the fullest despite of the battle being tough.
  

  

LIONEL MESSI

                                                                                                                                                                   

Messi is his country's leading top goal scorer of all time.
At youth level he won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship finishing the tournament with both the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe and an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 summer Olympics.

The left footed dribbler is the only player in history to have won five FIFA Ballon d'or awards, four of which he won consecutively.
He was is also the first to win three European Golden Shoes.
With Barcelona he won eight La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League and four Copas de Rey among other trophies.

Messi has done so much beyond anyone's expectation having been diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency as a child at the age of 13.

CHELSEA MAINTAINS THE LEAD

Chelsea 2 - 1 Manchester City 

                                                                      

Chelsea maintained a seven point victory yesterday after beating Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Everyone was waiting for this game after their home loss with Crystal Palace.

The game with Manchester City was with so much pressure because Manchester City was at home and was expected to shine.

The game was with a very tense second half putting chelsea defense on the edge trying not to let them equalise or  take the lead.

The man of the match

Eden Hazard scored the two goals for chelsea yesterday enabling them maintain their lead in the Premier League.

He is the first Chelsea player to score both at home and away against Manchester City In the Premier League since 2007.

He now has 10 Premier League goals at Stamford Bridge this season more than any other player.

PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND

Last weekend football fans were entertained with lots of football games being played.

It was a tight game where teams had to battle it out to earn points in order to secure a much better position in the Premier League table.

The results were as follows:

Watford vs Sunderland

Watford got to tackle Sunderland which resulted to 1:0 victory  which secured position 12 for Watford from their previous 13th position while Sunderland maintained its 20th position.

Hull City met with West Ham and gave a 2:1 score with Hull City maintaining 18th position and West Ham dropping down to 14th position from the previous 11th position.

Swansea City game with Middlesbrough  resulted to a barren draw 0:0. Swansea dropped to position 17 from the previous 16th position while Middlesbrough maintained 19th position.

Burnley FC were beaten by Tottenham  0:2 making Burnley drop to position 15 while Tottenham maintained 2nd position.


Southampton vs Bournemouth ended with a barren draw 0:0 , Southampton maintained 10th position while Bournemouth moved up from position 14 to 11.

Arsenal game against Manchester City ended in a 2:2 draw where both teams dropped from their previous position with Arsenal moving from position 5 to 6 and Manchester City from 3 to 4 respectively.

Liverpool vs Everton ended 3:1, Everton maintained seventh position while Liverpool moved up from 4th position to 3rd.

Manchester United vs Westbrom resulted in a barren draw 0:0 , Manchester moved to 5th position from previous 6th with Westbrom maintaining 8th position.

Chelsea vs Crystal palace ended in 1:2 ,Chelsea maintained 1st position while Crystal palace moved to 16th position from 17th.

Leicester City nailed Stoke City 2:0 ,Leicester moved from 15th position to 13th position while stoke maintained 9th position.

Chelsea vs Crystal palace

THE FIFA WORLD CUP

    This is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association).
FIFA is the sport's global governing body.

    The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930 except in 1942 and 1946 due to the second world war.

    The current champion is Germany who won its fourth title at the 2014 tournament in Brazil. Other winners in the World Cup have been Brazil (who have never missed a tournament), Italy, Argentina, Uruguay, England, France and Spain.

    The three years in between is a qualification phase to determine which teams qualify for the World Cup finals.

    There have been 20 World Cup tournaments which have been won by eight different national teams.
In order for a country to host the World Cup stadium works and infrastructure projects have to be done in preparation for the event.

    Numerous construction projects are also added to facilitate hosting.
The security has to be intensified to ensure safety of everyone during the games, the world cup has been regarded as the most protected sports event in history.

The next World Cup 2018 will be held in Russia.