Veni Vidi Vici: World of Sports

It was one hell of a weekend, with me literally almost glued to the television set. It was quite a coincidence that a few of 'em reaches its climax. So i was watching from about noon till 5am in the morning. Endless entertainment...That's the beauty of being at home i think... :D

Guinness 9-ball Pool

Well, before i started watching tournament, i did not know that it does not feature some of the very best. Nevertheless, i think the overall quality was great apart from one of the matches which involves our Malaysian player...lolz..so many misses... neva seen such many before in those pool matches on TV.

Anyway, the final match was great fun, very intense between the two players, Dharminder Lilly of India and Chang Jun Lin from Chinese Taipei. I did not manage to watch any of Dharminder's match so i wasnt sure if he'll be a match for Chang but he did look promising when he had a comprehensive win in the semis. As for Chang, when i first saw him playing in the first few rounds, i thought he was impressive. He was played almost flawlessly right up to the finals, when its kinda inevitable that the nerves started to affect both players. Yet, he managed to regain he's composure and turned the table from trailling 3-1, winning back to back racks and eventually won it by 11-8. Bravo~! Very entertaining indeed.

Formula 1

After watching the qualifying, i said to myself he's gonna do it again. After watching the race, indeed he did it again~! This season seems very strange especially when the McLarens seems to have the best package for this season and in contrast Ferrari seems so out of pace. I doubt it has much to do with the departure of 'Michael Shoemaker', never liked him anyway, which is the reason why don't support the Italian team. The McLaren has been anything other than great since Mika Hakkinen won the driver's championship in 1998 but this season, out of the blue they have 2 drivers both equally capable of winning the championship. The fun part wasn't watching Lewis Hamilton winning the US Grand Prix, but the look on Alonso's face when he failed to win it. It's pretty obvious that it looked really uncomfortable for him to have a winning teammate...lolz Though a fairly boring and predictable race, credits for Hamilton for he's superb flawless drive despite the constant pressure from he's teammate Alonso.

La Liga

It was the final match of the season and both Real Madrid and Barcelona are level on points. Forturnately for Madrid, the have a better head to head record againts their arch-rivals having won once and drawn once againts the Catalan giants this season. Therefore, there is no need for maths, R.Madrid will win the title if the beat Mallorca regardless of the Barcelona's result againts Gimnastic.

Well, I'm not too sure if Fabio Capello deserves most of the credits for their recent storm to the top with a string of wins. Recent summer arrival of defensive pair; Emerson and Cannavaro from Juventus and another defensive player; Mahamadou Diarra from Lyon has failed to tighten up the defence. The Los Meregues conceded 40 goals this season even more than title challengers Barca and Sevilla and even more than some of the midtable teams. Yet, i wouldnt start pointing fingers, cause even with the arrival of the Fifa World player of the year, that didnt seem to help initially. But towards the end of the season, i think Cannavaro was influential in their recent run of form. So, what makes R. Madrid a contender for this season? Obviously it's Van the Man~! Ruud Van Nistelrooy!!! No doubt one of the best strikers around. Madrid gameplay was very much effective football, cutting out the flairs that they used to have and Capello stick to RVN throughout the season and it pays off beautifully~! One thing that you don't see very often is top managers admitted that they made a mistake. Capello ate the humble pie and admitted that he made a mistake bout' the whole Beckham situation and you just gotta give the man credit for saying that out.

Anyway, the final match of the season between Real Madrid and Mallorca was quite a cracker. In the beginning when Mallorca kept pilling on the pressure, took an early lead and nearly added a second goal, i thought this is the gonna be the end of their title dream. I did preffered Madrid to win the title rather than Barca but some part of me would enjoy the fact if the lost because, after their draw during the 2nd last match of the season, their jackass president Ramon Calderon celebrated as if they have already won the title and as if they have already won their last game of the season. Well i have no problem with he's level of confidence but i just felt that showed the lack of respect for the opposition. Luckly for Real Madrid they have enough stars to substitute when one doesnt perform and they won 3-1 againts Mallorca. While Barca's 5-0 drubbing of Gimnastics is gotta be their most somber thrasing.

IRL

For those who have no idea what is IRL, it's the IndyCar Series. Well, i have to admit that i'm not a big fan or even a fan of Indy Racing. The best thing so far which came from IRL was Juan Pablo Montoya i think. Though he kinda faded in the following few seasons. Anyway so happen that the other day i was tuning in to ESPN and live on TV was the IRL. So, when i was about to change the channel, i saw the position of the drivers at that time. I saw the name Danica. I'm well aware that she's a girl and she was in the top 5 at that time, and after watching a while more she was leading the race at one point and in the end she had to settle for 3rd place but still a podium finish which was amazing. I thought she'd be in IRL more of a commercial item yet she did surprise me. Well i'm not being sexist here, but c'mon out of 3.3 billion females in this world, surely there's at least one that can drive right? Anyway it makes me wonder if there's gonna be a female driver in F1 in the near future. Yet, i think F1 can be too commercialize at times so it's definately not out of the question.

Motogp

So far this season has been a dissapointing season for Valentino " The Doctor" Rossi and me being an avid fan. Technically, i still think Rossi is the best rider out there by a mile. The main thing which is letting him down is he's Yamaha bike. The other day when i was reading the newspaper and when i saw the ad bout Yamaha when Rossi won the race, i felt kinda disgusted. Last season, Rossi lost the title narrowly to Nicky Hayden which i believe is mainly because that he has a poor bike. If he were to stick with the Honda team, he would have won consecutive titles every year. Yet, he opted for a challenge and therefore joined Yamaha, dissapointing to watch but it increases the entertainment value in a way. Last week after watching the Catalunya Gran Prix it was a real pity that Rossi was powerless to prevent Stoner from winning the race and had to settle for 2nd place. It was nail biting stuffz as both riders overtake each other countless times. Rossi did most of the tough part, out-braking Stoner at the corners yet Stoner with the powerful Ducati easily overtakes him during the straight-line, it was envitable.