Because I rock!

That's my reply for you, Mr. Co Writer!

I dun get why must you make things sound so formal. Lol.
But anyway, you're so darn bias!

Your two 1-0 wins at ManCity and Sunderland are not that convincing!



Especially with the 1-0 win in the 91st minute!
and also the Champion Leagues draw which is 2-2!
Well, to be fair, Liverpool didn play that well either.
SeKen's jinx almost got us, we were still 0-0 to Blackburn at the 69th minute!

But after that, we got it going! =D

On the same topic, people (Rafa and some Liverpool players) said that Robbie Keane a good buy and it wasnt a mistake to get him into the team from his previous club, Tottenham.

If you ask me, I want him out of the team! Sell him with the money we bought him and get a better player!
He hardly score any goals!!! 2 in 15 premier league matches he played!
Which is approximately 10% per match!



Oh well, let the season goes and see how he does.
Maybe he's just like Peter Crouch, where he couldn score any goals in the beginning, and after that.. he began to score!

Arsenal lost 0-2 in the Champions League grp stage which made them 2nd in the table.



Surprisingly, they lost.
I mean, in BPL, that's err..normal.
But not so much in CL.
Ah well, lets just hope that Liverpool wont meet them again in the knockout stages!

and all 4 EPL teams had made it to the knockout stages.
I hope Liverpool make it into the finals this time round!!! *evil grin*

On another note,
I think we have yet to congratulate Mr. Christiano Ronaldo on getting his European Player of the Year Award.



If you ask me, I think he deserves every single bit of the trophy cuz he played so well throughout the whole season and he's such an inspiration not just the ManU team, but also other footie players around the player.

and the bonus?
He's a freaking HOT footballer!!!

and I was watching the Davis Cup highlights.
I know, I know it's like super old.
cuz the finals is like one month ago.

But hey,
I wanna blog about it can or not? =P




Rafael Nadal is just one amazing tennis player.
I realise his shots are so darn powerful.
Ok la, when he plays with Federer or the other high ranked ATP players, its not that obvious cuz the other players are good.

But when he played against players in the Davis Cup, his shots are so darn freaking good.
So fast and so darn sharp!!
Cant wait for the Australian Open to see him and the rest in action!!!!

Till then.
xoxo.

Pics acquired from Soccernet

Why Am I Always Later than my Co-writer?

Just when I thought of updating something the something was already updated -_-

Hmph =P

Sorry for the lack of updates, was damn busy recently. I'll be back active again from now on, especially keeping updated on the latest Premier League results. Thus fair a nail-biting race I would say, as ALREADY written by Claryn &@*&^@*^@&^@#&^@ HAHA.

Two consecutive 1-0 results put MU firmly within the title race, with the latest 1-0 win against Sunderland featuring the new United striker Nemanja Vidic.

He's supposed to be a defender but he scored like Ruud van Nistelrooy LOL.

Right place at the best time.

Thus far I also must compliment Liverpool for their consistency so far this season. They have not played like this for many many years. I just hope that Steven Gerrard does stop playing a few matches, cause that's when Liverpool can't win. XD

Okay lar, I let you post more about football lar.

Football aside, I must take time to congratulate 2 of the most successful sportsmen and sportswomen in the world today.

Firstly, NICOL DAVID.

Again I would like to say, she should deserve more recognition more than anyone else in Malaysia. We have seen enough of Malaysian badminton players flopping at the biggest stages, but to witness a Malaysian winning TEN CONSECUTIVE TITLES on the biggest stages is fantastic. Truly the world number one in squash as not only she set world records, she is always able to maintain her consistency and never looks off-form.

Unlike Lee Chong Wei, the player who always loses the world number two Lin Dan and still is the world number one. -_-

Until now I have no idea why the Olympics do not have squash as one of the sporting events, as if there is, surely a Gold medal will be assured for Malaysia, based on Nicol's consistency.

To be frank, she is the athlete whom I respect the most in Malaysia.

Secondly, Lewis Hamilton.

Long dubbed as the future world-champion in F1 driving, he went close on few occasions before this year to claim as the world's best. Finally this year, he was able to do it albeit at the LAST race of the year, beating Felipe Massa to the number one spot.

What made me respect him was his determination despite what looked like another frustrating year for the young Briton. With the last lap to go at 5th position, he somehow overtook the 4th driver and got the points required to beat Massa by ONE POINT.

If I were to be Massa, I would cry like a baby lol.

Besides, his down-to-earth attitude was another plus point for this driving talent. He does charity, and never gets jealous of others' achievements like our good friend Fernando Alonso -_-

The look of a champion

We're back!

Hey guys!
How have all you've been?

Though I doubt there's anymore readers left, but oh well..
I'm doing this bcuz I love doing it. Not for any other reasons. =)

Anyway, I finished my finals last weekend and this is my 1st week of watching football guilt-free!
Do you know how awesome the feeling is?
and I spent the night watching the ManU and ManCity derby match in Ken's place.

ManU 1-0 ManCity



Courtesy of Wayne Rooney.
His 100th goal of his career. This picture is funny bcuz when we watched it in tv, they replay this scene in slow motion twice! Funny! lol.



Look at Christiano Ronaldo's fake face! Act until so innocent!
Haha.
Thing is, I think he was innocent that night. He wouldnt be that stupid to handball.
Poor thing, but who cares? =D

and yesterday was also the big clash between Chelsea and Arsenal.
Suprising score though.

Chelsea 1-2 Arsenal



Celebration from the Chelsea players when Arsenal scored an own goal.
I saw that goal and I slept after that, thinking Chelsea would win.

But no.....



VanPersie scored two goals and get 3 points for Arsenal!
Crazy wei.
It's so weird.
They beat Chelsea and ManU, but lose to Stoke and Hull. O_o!!
What nonsense? and now, they are back in the EPL race.
With ManU edging closer to the top.
I hate it! I HATE IT!

Anyway,
some stuff I wanna point out.



Rory Delap!
I love his throws. (Well, he's famous cuz of that!)
Giler far! It's like a corner kick.
How he does that, I wonder?




Elmander.
I watched the highlights just now and he scored 2 goals against Sunderland.
The full score was 4-1.
and his goals were awesome! I like it.
Liverpool should buy him. =)

and last but not least,
Sunderland's manager aka Roy Keane

When I saw him, I was shocked!

He's not old right?

Then how come his beard is like white in colour?
So weird!!

It's either he's aging pre-maturely or he dyed it! Hahahahaha..

and I dun wanna him quit!

It's nice to see players like him turn managers in EPL.

Oh well.

Btw, I hope that Liverpool wins tonight.

I'll kill them if they dun seize the opportunity!

*fingers crossed*

Till then. =)

Pics courtesy of Soccernet

Taking a break.

Hey peeps!

Ok, I really dunno if you still check this blog anymore..lol, but we are currently very busy with our assignments!
So, we will be taking a long time b4 we update again!
Really sorry about it though!
(That's why our current updates are so not consistent!)

Dun worry, after all these nonsense we are gonna have, we are gonna update religiously! lol.
Meanwhile, dun disappear on us ok!

You'll never know if my hands are itchy enough to blog one or two posts in between of our busy schedule!

2-0 the score for Chelsea, Liverpool and ManU. I hope this will be a tight race, which makes the whole season fun!

Till then, we love you!

xoxo.
SportsMate.

UEFA Champions League Day 2

And so, the 2nd day had results that pleases me!
Ronnie is NOT gonna like this. He might just take my name off as a contributer in the blog!
Lol, nah.. He's not that mean. =D



Score : Manchester United 0-0 Villareal

I'm pleased with the score!



and this boy is back in the field!
It's crazy that he had so much support from the crowd even though he wanted to leave the club few months back.
Oh well, let's just hope he stop scoring goals and wants to go R.Madrid next season! *woot*

Lol.
Sigh, I'm way too bias in the football world. =/
Aww... but who isnt?

Anyway, the rest of the match scores... (although you can go directly to soccernet)

Bayern M. 1-0 Steaua B.
Lyon 2-2 Fiorentina
Porto 3-1 Fernabahce
Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Arsenal
Real Madrid 2-0 Bate Borisov
Juventus 1-0 Zenit
Celtic 0-0 AaB

All the ones in bold are winners of the match.
No upsets though, all the CL giants ease thru the 1st match of UEFA. (besides Roma the other day)
So, what's in store for ManU since Ronaldo is back?

I reckon its gonna be even more competitive and crazy.
Not forgetting the cocky ManU fans too.
It makes watching football fun! =)

Till then.
xoxo.

Liverpool 2-1 Marseille

Ok la, I think I'm very bias in posting as this is a sports blog!
Haha... I should be blogging all sorts of results and not just Liverpool.

This shall be my last. =P

So, we got an away win in Marseille with a double from our beloved captain, Steven Gerrard!

Watched the repeat today morning and boy, the 1st goal from him is just absolutely fanstantic!

Even the goalie didn know how to react, he didn think it was a goal!

Nice, very nice!!

You'll never walk alone, babyy!

and Torres is back in action too.. *claps*

Just to summarise the goals for you,

Marseille 1, Cana 23

Liverpool 2, Gerrard 26, Gerrard 32 (pen)

while the rest of the CL matches on that day..

Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux

Roma 1-2 CFR Cluj-Napoca

Panathinaikos 0-2 Inter Milan

Wender Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis Famagusta

FC Basel 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk

Barca 3-1 Sporting Lisbon

PSV Eindhoven 0-3 A.Madrid

Pretty loads of new teams!

Must go explore explore!

Tonight's match. ManU!

I really wanna see results that pleases me! Hehe..

Source : Soccernet & Guardian Co UK

Right At Your FACE!

Score : Liverpool 2-1 Man U!


*Woot*

WE FINALLY GOT OUR FIRST WIN OVER 4 YEARS IN THE LEAGUE!
This is such an important win for Liverpool! Omg!!
(I know most of you are wondering why I'm not blogging about this, how can? Such a big win you know! lol)

Honestly, being a Liverpool fan myself, I thought it was a one-sided match as Gerrard and Torres were not playing! I would be happy if it was a draw.

You know what's worse? It was also Berbatov's debut match in ManU. All eyes were on him, waiting for him to score a goal in Anfield. I already lost hope already la.
Got Berbatov, Carrick.. but dun have Gerrard and Torres! =/

I could still remember, during youth service, most of the ManU fans were making fun at our situation, telling us how confident they were, how they are DEFINITELY gonna win the match! One even told us.. 3-1 Man U! I dun wanna mention names, cuz you were really nice to me when ManU won against Liverpool the last time. But hey, to the rest of you..

Haha. RIGHT AT YOUR FACE!

Ok la, cannot be too cocky bcuz at the 3rd minute of the game, I wanted to cry big time already.
Berbatov crossed the ball for Tevez to score a stunning goal.
At that time, I was just shocked and I buried myself with a pillow.
Julia was practically screaming in denial, while the rest of ManU fans were celebrating!
Oh, we were at Ben's place celebrating lantern festival btw! lol.

That was not funny ok! I was practically shouting in anger for the rest of the 13 minutes scolding them! Haha.
And every minute Cheah and Kane walked in the hall, they would ask.. so, 2-0 already ? 3-0?
Nonsense la they all.

Then, came the time when out of nowhere, Van Der Sar and Brown made a huge mistake doing-dunno-what and we got an own goal from Wes Brown!!!

Liverpool 1-1 Man U!

This is how he looked after he scored the goal for us. Maybe deep down he feels honoured to score such an important goal for Anfield. =P
Who cares if it wasnt a Liverpool player who scored the goal? A goal is STILL a goal!
and that was what mattered! =)

At half time, it was still 1-1. Nothing much happened besides me whacking Kane, Ian and Alvin so hard each time Liverpool almost concede or scores. =p
I confirm no need to get bf if pple see me screaming like this! Lol.

This is our Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez btw. Just to let you know la, in case you dunno who he is! =)

2nd half was way better than the 1st for us. They started to attack consistently, going forward with every opportunity. ManU barely got past the midfield.

Bcuz I was so engrossed with Liverpool attempting to score, I didn look at how bad the ManU's defense was. (ManU fans say so!)
Even Joel said that we had a strong midfield.

I think its bcuz Gerrard came in sometime at the 2nd half that got Liverpool's confidence!

Our beloved skipper, Steven Gerrard.

At the 77th minute, after numerous efforts of Liverpool players trying to score a goal, Ryan Babel scored a goal!

GOALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!

At this point, its Liverpool 2-1 ManU!

Mascherano was the one who dribble past the defenders before passing the ball to Babel for the goal! Apparently it was ManU player's fault at defending bcuz they should have kicked the ball out and concede a corner instead of shielding the ball.

Oh well, what can I say? =)

At the end of 90 minutes, we got the full 3 points to stay alive in the title race! Well done, Liverpool! We deserve this win and we needed this so badly.
Losing to ManU 7 out of 8 times was really demoralising and now, we're back!
It gave us the confidence we really needed and we are gonna fight hard and do whatever it takes to get the trophy!

Liverpool, you'll never walk alone!

p.s. Vidic got a red card, so they'll meet Chelsea without him. Terry also got red card, so no terry and no vidic.

p.p.s I'm so happy!! Yea, its just the beginning of the season, wait till Chelsea beat u next week, then u know! =D

The Man Is Back

After months and months of being overshadowed by Rafael Nadal in the world of tennis, Roger Federer, being dethroned by Nadal as number one earlier in the year, roared back with a resounding victory at the US Open.



For a record, it is Federer's fifth straight US Open at Flushing Meadows, with only 4-5 tennis players holding such a record in the tournament's history.



More importantly, it also signified the return of his form.



As quoted by Anthony Suntay from ESPN,



"After realising that the rest of the world had caught up with him, he went out and looked to add to his already intimidating game. He took the losses in stride and looked to improve"



It truly is. I only managed to catch the highlights of the game, but I had witnessed his fantastic backhand shots which is always his trademark in his style of play. Perhaps still one of the best backhander in the world, and perhaps left finalist Andy Murray with no ability to reply as well.



With this victory, he responded perfectly to criticisms saying age has caught up with him, and he no longer has the dominant force in him.



Who says so?



The fact that his slight blip over the tournaments was treated like the end of the world for him by the brutal media coverage, but the truth is, he still has the determination to wrestle the number one spot back from Rafael Nadal. Maybe few of u knew that he has gotten into the top 4 stage for the 18th consecutive time, according to statistics, and not many players are able to do that.






US Open glory for Fedex.

The man will be back for more, again.

A "Bombing" Weekend

Yes, Claryn was right. I should have blogged about this long long time ago.

I would like 2 wish a warm welcome to

THIS MAN!

After months and months of speculation surrounding the transfer saga, Man Utd finally got their man in the form of Dimitar Berbatov.

Rather big in size as a striker, he possesses talented skills much to the envy of any other strikers would dream of. A reminiscence of the great Eric Cantona, he has the calmness when he's on the ball, and it's not to easy for defenders to play against him as he can virtually stun you with a shot at goal dead-accurately even when he is in an impossible position.

Absolute means of composure in front of goal, he is blessed with a touch of a classy goal-poacher as well.

I SERIOUSLY can't wait for his debut against Liverpool in the weekend. Trust me, it's gonna be one heck of a game.

Transfer window closes

My verdict : Bad news!



Berbatov is confirmed joining Man U for 30.75mil pounds.
The news here.

My thoughts on this? LIKE WHAT THE CRAPPPPPPP!!!
No!
Why must he join the devils at the very last minute?

ManU already good enough ok! Why la why?
I tell you, when they play Liverpool on the Sept 13, I'm gonna hide my face la if he scores like his debut goal and wins the match! =/

Ronnie is gonna scold me for bloggin like this, and I bet he's gonna blog about it.
You should see his face when Calvin told him the news today.
I was expecting him to go ManCity ok! The newspaper say one! =/

Mana tahu! I darn sad now ok! =( *cries*
It's good news for ManU but bad news for me!

But hor, that news is NOT as big as this piece of news!



ROBINHO IS IN MAN CITY!

He's like one of the top footballers in the world, and then suddenly he's in ManCity?
The news here.
Apparently, the football world is shocked with the news!
Haha.
Actually, I am also. =P
He was suppose to go to Chelsea but then ManCity? lol.
Let's just see what's gonna happen.

EPL rocks rocks rocks!!

but ONLY IF Liverpool plays well, which currently is not!
Both Gerrard and Torres are injured.
I'm darn sad ok.
and frustrated.
and angry.

Looking at how they play against Aston Villa just makes me wanna cry!! *cries*

WHAT THE CRAP?!

Updated : It's a draw. Darn crap stupid. Urgh. Dun talk to me right now or I'll just snap ur head into two!

Ok, this cant be happening.
First, Stevie G, the captain got injured.


and now, F. Torres got injured.
The match is yet to be over, but plse plse let the news be a minor injury or something.


FERNANDO TORRES IS INJURED!

Good & Bad news for Liverpool

GOOD NEWS



We are in the Champions League!
Yea, we are pretty lucky to get a goal at the 118th minute by Dirk Kuyt.
This is the 3rd time we are winning matches based on last minute goals.

It's absolutely not healthy and I really hope Liverpool will improve.
Anyhow, a win is still a win and we qualified!

Awesome!

BAD NEWS



Steven Gerrard is INJURED!
How can this happen?

Fine, he wasnt fit for quite some time already, but why must he miss the game when we are playing against Manchester United on Sept 13?
Gosh.
I'm so scared ok.
What if we lose? Bcuz we dun have the inspirational captain to motivate the rest on?
HUH?!

HOW?!!!!

I'm really annoyed at this news ok.
So sad.
and Fernando Torres better dun get injured at this time.
If not, my heart will break into pieces, I tell you! =/

Stevie G is injured, im so sad. =(
Sigh

Out with the Olympics and In with the US Tennis Open

I'm very tired now. I wanna sleepppppppp!!
Need to finish by tute first. Meanwhile, I'm taking some time off to blog first! =D

So, Olympics was officially over last Sunday.
The closing ceremony was nice, but I just didn get the performace by David Beckham.
Like what the crap?! Should at least juggle the ball and do some few tricks la. O_o

Anyway, the Tennis US Open 08 is here!



Nadal won the 1st round, but in a tough match. I guess he must have been pretty tired from the Olympics.



Novak Djokovic. Hehe. Look at him. SO CUTEEEEEEE!!!
I love him la.
I wish he can go all the way into the finals! =D



Roger Federer.
Past the 1st round too.
No surprise here. Hehe...

So far, there has no big upset la.
Besides Richard Gasquet losing in the 1st round.
Let's just see what happens during the week.
I hope the finals would be between Nadal v Djokovic or Nadal v Federer! =D

Liverpool is playing tonight!
Come support with me and say Liverpool rocks! =)

The Fastest Man On Planet Earth - Twice

When I saw how Usain Bolt, the Jamaican athlete broke TWO world records in the running events which seemed untouchable, I just can't help to think of the famous song sang by Coldplay, Speed of Sound.



The sapu-ation (sorry bit BM-ish) of the 100-200 meters sprinting event was done by him in style.



Imagine, 200 meters in just 19.30 seconds. I would be panting heavily if I can finish in 19 minutes lol.



He beats the world record initially held by American legend Michael Johnson who had 19.32 seconds.



Can you imagine how important 2 seconds are to Bolt? Or any other athletes?



We tend to waste every second given in real life, but for these runners, it meant the world to them, as personal and national pride and glory take place in their quest for success.





My lecturer, George (with the nice ass according to Li San XD) talked about his past as a runner in his university days, and he said the privilege to don the running jersey was a proud moment to him.

It truly is.



Any opportunity to compete for your country is an honour, and Bolt proves why he is a winner despite his poor backgrounds in his native country.









Lightning Bolt

Happy birthday and you deserve your gift =)

Flops at Centre Stage

After sharing much of the limelight, the writer is back =P

Today's Malaysian papers' highlight:

Lee Chong Wei, badminton player awarded Datukship in Penang after his heroics in Olmpics

I would pity Nicol David if she feels insulted, as I think she deserves the creditation so much more than Lee Chong Wei, though he got a silver in the Olympics in the singles badminton event.

But I have full faith in Chong Wei, unlike so many other athletes who slumped so badly after doing well in just a few outings.

But as it reminds me, I still feel disappointed after watching Chong Wei losing so tamely to World number one Lin Dan in the final.

It was totally too easy for Lin Dan, whom I think would not expect such an easy match himself.

The score was 21-13,21-8. EIGHT by a world number 2?

Michael, my lecturer always said we are not the one playing in the match so we can't criticize too much, but the truth is, we are not playing there. IT'S CHONG WEI!

Technically, I think Chong Wei has all the big guns inside him and if he is in top form, Lin Dan may lose to him also. But thanks to his fidgetings and nervousness again in a big stage like this, his performance was WAY below par.

I could still remember I was expecting a heck of match 40 minutes before the match when I was still doing FP tutorial. XD I seriously simply did the questions, as I could not concentrate already. My mind is already in the shuttlecock swt.

But it turned out in the end it was a REAL disappointment. It's done and dusted in just merely 40 minutes. The manner in which he lost, was even more saddening. So far away from how he dismantled Sony Kyuncuro in the quarters.

To be fair to him, it was a silver in the end, and maybe he just needs to learn how to handle pressure in the big stage like this, and you don't always get into the final of an Olympics event.

Buck up Chong Wei!

Sync Swimming.

Honestly, the Russians are just so good at this that they get 10's in the technical area.
Absolutely flawless!



The two Anatasia's from Russia.
The Gold medalists for Beijing 2008.
I cant wait for the 8 people one.
Lagi nice! Hehehe...

I'm waiting for the 200m mens.
seriously, im sacrificing my studies just to watch all these olympics man.
I'm so far back.
Help! *gulps*

EPL kicks off!

A break from all the Olympics and all.
So, EPL kicks off last Saturday.

and guess what?



FERNANDO TORRES SCORESSSSSSS!
at the 83rd min to put us 1-0 at the end of the match!
We got full 3 points, unlike *ahem* ManU *ahem*.. LOL.

and I watch the highlights.
You gotta admit that HIS GOAL was AWESOME!
Like seriously, how on earth you score such goals?

Well, only Claryn Chong's husband can!
HAHAHA!!
its true! I love you, torres!

Cant wait for the rest of the EPL, Chelsea is a very good team to fight with ManU for the title!

The Beijing Upset

Haha. I think this upset is worse than our country's Chong Wei.

Liu Xiang, the defending champion of 110m hurdles in Athens, is injured.

He's OUT of the event.

Haha, I just gotta emphasize that, cuz its super big upset.

He and Yao Ming are the most adored athletes in China. Not LinDan. Not GuoJingJing.

But Liu Xiang and Yao Ming.

*

Everyone in China has been waiting for the day to come so that they can see him race and get them a gold medal in the track.

and now its gone.

I believe Liu Xiang himself is devastated and frustrated about the injury.

After all, he carries the weight of his fellow men to get a medal in the track.

*

Oh well.

Ok, seriously, how should I catch up blogging about the Olympics?

There are so many events to blog about!

I cant take itttt!!!

*

Badminton?

Swimming?

Table tennis?

Tennis?

Volleyball?

Archery?

*

I DUNNO MANNNNN! lol.

btw, Liverpool 1-0!!! Haha.

The GOLD medalists!

The guy who is on his way to make a mark in the Olympics..
To get 8 gold medals in the events he's competing for.



MICHAEL PHELPS!
He got a gold medal today, in the Men's 400m Individual Medley breaking a WORLD RECORD of 4 mins 03.84 secs.
He is super the awesome I tell you!
He makes winning Olympics medals a piece of cake!
Crap right he?
Lol. I hope he does get all the 8 medals! GO YOU!

Next,



PARK TAE-HWAN



The Korean got a gold medal in the Men's 400m freestyle with a time of 3:41.86.
and guess what?
He's only 19 yo!! and he's younger than me!
He's SO BIG SIZE!!
Koreans are suppose to be pretty boys! Not big like Ang moh's!

Congrats anyway! I'm happy for you.
At least you made Asia proud! =D



Diving.
Guo JingJing and her friend. Haha.
I dunno who is her partner la, but Guo JingJing is one of the famous divers in the world.
SHe had like dunno how many gold medals in Athens, and now she got it again in Beijing!
She's also quite the pretty one lor. Got reputation of dating hot shots!
Lol.

So irrelevant.
Anyway, yea.. as of 10pm.
China is leading the medal's tally with 5 gold medals, followed by Korea and USA.
Go China.

Btw, Daniel Bego and Khoo Cai Lin didn make it for their event. Dunno if they are entirely out or not, but I watched the heats just now and they didn do too well.
Oh well...

p.s. Kononnya finish exam update, and make me sound like I'm so desperate for attention, HOG THE LIMELIGHT, look who's NOT bloggin now!

Rafael Nadal takes top ranking

Roger Federer was the no.1 in the tennis world for 4 years and now, Rafael Nadal is taking over.
A new tennis king is here!
After the win in the Wimbledon, I believe this is the year of success for him.
He has been playing quite consistently and I hope he will continue to work hard in his career so he could retain his no.1 spot!

I love you, NADAL! =D

Olympics is gonna start! I'm so excited!!!
I seriously dunno how on earth am I gonna study for my course.
Gonna end up in front of the tv for 24 hours straight! Hahaha.

A big sports fan.
Bite me! =D

Robbie Keane in Liverpool

What's my say on this?



Ah. So so only.
I mean, he's taking the no 7 jersey yo!
and he's who?

Robbie Keane. Haha
I know he has been great in Spurs along with Berbatov.
Captain and all.
I would prefer Liverpool getting Berbatov though.

I'm not against him nor I'm head over heels for him.
He's gonna play with Torres.
WHAT? I prefer if Torres partnered Kuyt instead.

Oh well.
Lets just hope that Rafa didn make a mistake on this.
I'm looking forward for EPL to start. No football = no inspiration to blog.
and Chelsea's tour to Msia doesnt count.
I dun even wanna talk about it.

I WANT VILLA TO COME TO LIVERPOOL!!!!

High-cost Transfers - Good or Bad?

Yes, EVERYONE knows him.

He's grabbing 99.9% of the sporting headlines right now, thanks to his fickle-mindedness of either moving to Real Madrid or staying out at Manchester United.

After such a successful season at MU, it's hard to find a reason why would he want to leave to Real. It there is any, it would be the transfer fee offered by Real.

A WHOPPING 80 PLUS MILLION EUROS (YET TO PLUS HIS WEEKLY WAGES)

I as a MU fan myself, would never think he worths THAT much for a player. Yes he won numerous awards and football trophies last season, but that doesn't make him the world's most expensive player.

Here's the scenario.

Just today, Chelsea rejected an offer for its midfield lynchpin Frank Lampard $7.95 million pounds offered by Inter Milan who just had Jose Mourinho aka "The Special One" as manager.

So if Frank Lampard were to be sold at that price next time, it means

Ronaldo = 11 Lampards? =S

Oh please this is nonsensical. It truly is, based on the nonsensical offers by a lot of football clubs today, who would do anything just to land the world's best players. This trend was used to be set by none other than Real Madrid, who bombed their bank accounts to land just one or two players every year. Now such trend spreads contagiously =S

Now is this scenario good or bad for the integrity of football?

To me, one thing good about all this that it helps to boost the commercial ability of football around the world. No doubt football is a popular sport, but one may forget its origins.

One fine example of a player worth the money is this legend.

Emm not in this sense lol

Okay never mind the picture. Eric Cantona, a core member of the double-winning MU team back in the early 90's, was transferred from Leeds United to MU for around $1.2 million. To a club like Real Madrid, $1.2 million is like nothing to them, but when they see the goals he scored and skills he was blessed with, I'm not really sure how much they will fork out for this player if Cantona is like Ronaldo's age right now.

At the end of the video, you'll see how much power he can put on the ball lol.

Now the days are gone. The average of the price for an outstanding player like Arshavin, the new Russian revelation in Euro 08, costs easily around $40 million. And very rarely now that you'll find a player like Ryan Giggs who can stay at MU for as long as 13 years.

Loyalty you say?

Fernando Torres used to inspire me with his words saying that he wants to go on and become an Anfield legend, snubbing Roman Abrahimovic's offer of $80 million. Good one and may your words long continue.

Tennis at its best - Wimbledon 2008!

I was never a tennis fanatic until I started watching Wimbledon last year.
It was also the time when I started supporting my all time favourite tennis player.

Novak Djokovic!

But yesterday, the Wimbledon men singles final 2008 was one of the best match ever in tennis!

Like crazy ok. It was as nerve-wrecking as watching Liverpool play in CL or Spain playing in finals for Euro 2008!

It was no surprise when the top 2 players in the world was battling it out for the trophy!



Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
The King of Grass and King of Clay respectively.
One from Switzerland and the other from Spain. (spain is gonna be where i get my future husband from! ahaha..)

ANYWAY,

it started out well for Rafael Nadal when he took the first set. 6-4.
Federer was not even convincing. He was outplayed.
Nadal had all the power shots.



Look wei. Look at how much power he puts in a shot.



Haha. Somehow I find this shot super funny. Look at his eyes!



I tell you. The only thing that Nadal lacks is the number of aces compared to Federer.
I think Federer has about 16-20 aces, just like that.
Which means its about 4-5 games?
Federer is just so good in serving!!!!!!!



Nevertheless, Federer is the number one and he is not called the world number one for no reason.



He was 2 sets down. He was under tremendous pressure in the 3rd set.
Usually, when ur are 2 sets down, its CONFIRM that you're losing.
There's no way you can come back (very unlikely), except for the Murray and Gasquet's match.
He managed to get 2 sets thru tie-break!!
Nadal was this close to the championship point in the 4th set!



They battled it out till the 5th set wei!! and the score was 9-7 or something!!!
OMG!
Its crazy ok!
Federer was so close in retaining his title, and Nadal was even closer in getting his first Wimbledon title.

No prizes in guessing who won the title. *points at the pic above*
I'm so happy for Nadal because he truly deserves it.
Score. 6-4,6-4,6-7,6-7,9-7



He even ran up to thanked Prince Felippe of Spain.
That prince was also in the Euro 2008 semi finals!
What a good prince! So nice go support.
I also wanna marry the next-in-line prince. I hope he's like 20 something! HAHAHAAAAA!
Spain is just such a special country. Haha.
But Nadal not that good looking compared to Torres, dont you think? *so outta topic* lol.

Anyway,



It was huge disappointment for Federer and heaven for Nadal.
I was kinda sad for Federer bcuz he could get 6 consecutive wins in Wimbledon which beats the record of Bjorn Borg.
I wanted him to win it this year and let Nadal wins the next few years!
Oh well.



Congratulations Nadal, you deserve this!
Like what Ronnie said, its SPAIN's year and they are awesome wei!
First the Euro 2008 and now the Wimbledon 2008.
Mind you, its not always they get victories like these. I hope this is the beginning of many other victories to come.

Maybe this is the beginning for me too. Hahaha. Like this might be the year for me to know a handsome rich young spaniard! =D

With this win, is Federer still called the King of Grass?
You decide. =)