Wow, what a season for sports enthusiast, competitions ending like Hollywood thrillers, from English Premier League to Champions League and now Indian Premier League. What a sensational stuff it has been. The unexpectedly one sided affair in both semi finals (of IPL) made it necessary for the final to be as thrilling and exciting as it was. The last ball finish was truly Hollywood scripted thriller with all the necessary ingredients in the form of undisputed king of leg spinner Warne(the best captain that Aussies never had), axe whirled batting style of Dhoni, the magic of Murali, the unorthodox action of Tanvir and the last ball thrilling end.
Stuart MacGill-the Australian leg spinner who was supposed to fill in the shoes of magical Warne has announced his retirement from international cricket. The announcement came on the same day as IPL final so was dumped in the hype. The last test of the leg spinner was forgettable for him, in both innings he conceded over 180 runs and grabbed only single wicket, to rub salt into the wounds he was also docked 100% of his match fee for missing the team bus on 2nd days play of test.
Pakistan version of McGrath, Muhammad Asif is again in the news and obviously for the wrong reasons, after the drug scandal, getting hit by fellow speed star Shoaib, missing World Cup, somehow not so good IPL, the seamer is allegedly caught at Dubai Airport carrying banned substances in the wallet. The substance is confirmed to be banned substance. The funny part is that Asif has admitted carrying the substance for long and he is of the view that the same was provided to him by a Hakeem and he is having no clue that it is banned substance. (One excuse too many times.) Probably he does not even know that ignorance of the law is NO excuse as well.
The Portuguese football club, Porto FC has been banned for one year in UEFA Champions League by UEFA. They were involved in bribing the referees in 2003-04 season. They went on winning the national title and also won their second UEFA Champions title. Porto FC is planning to challenge the decision on the same lines as that of AC Milan in 2006. AC Milan was also barred from UEFA Champions league for corruption scandal which was subsequently turned down and they won the UEFA Champions League as well, so is Porto FC will be the new champs of the next season if their ban decision is reverted.
So let’s keep out finger cross for the Euro Cup kicking off this Saturday at Basel, Switzerland and watch out for the drama that will unfold.
"I do believe that to the ordinary people of our country, games like hockey and football have [more] significance than the world of cricket." The Indian PM is not impressed with IPL in general and cricket in particular.
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