Sports, Football - Beckham out of World Cup?

With Beckham out, England's hopes of winning the World Cup could be in jeopardy. Although Beckham has had problems off the field, I still think he is one of the key players in the England squad.

Badminton - All England 2010

It won't be a surprise if Chong Wei wins it this year. He faces a qualifier in the final.

American Idol 9 - Who deserves to win it?

Took a year off ever since my pet Browny the dog passed away. Down to the top 12. So who deserves to win American Idol this year? At this point, it seems like Casey James.

Andrew Garcia has a good voice but may not have the overall package to win it this year. So from the perspective of my dreams, at this point it seems like Casey James deserves to win.

Sports - Badminton, Japan Open 2008

In the men's singles Lee Chong Wei who is now the world number one defeated Zhu Weilun from  China 25-23, 21-8. Lim Khim Wah and Wong Pei Tty also made it to the second round of the mixed doubles.

Roslin Hashim has  made it to the second round of the men's singles. He defeated Chan Yan Kit in three sets 18-21, 21-19, 21-13.  Sairul Amar Ayob defeated Lee Tsuen Seng 21-17, 21-18. 

Gong Weijie from China upset  third seeded Peter Hoeg Gade12-21, 22-20,  24-22.

 In the women's singles, Wong Mew Choo defeated Yu Hirayama from Japan 21-16, 8-21, 22-20.

Other results on the 17th Sept  are here

Sports - Athletics, World Athletics Final 2008

Asafa Powell won the men's 100m. 

LaShawn Merritt defeated  Jeremy Wariner by 0.01 seconds in the 400m.

Barbora Spotakova broke the world record for the women's javelin. 

Runners from Kenya continue to do well in the men's long distance events. On the second day Haron Keitany won the men's 1500m event.

Shelly-Ann Fraser from Jamaica won the women's 100m.

Here are some results for the World Athletics Final 2008 (Click to

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Day 1

Day 2

Sports - Football (Soccer) World Cup Qualifier 2010

Here are some results-

In the European zone, France defeated Serbia 2-1. Goals from France were scored by Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka.  The goal from Serbia was scored by Branislav Ivanovic.

England defeated Croatia 4-1.  Theo Walcott scored a hattrick in this match. David Beckham only played in the last few minutes of the match substituting Walcott.

In the South American  zone,  Brazil drew with Bolivia 0-0.

Sports - Tennis, US Open 2008

Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in straight sets 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 to win the US Open men's singles tennis championship. He is one Grand Slam short of Pete Sampras career record of 14. Andy Murray has risen to number 4 in the world ranking and it appears that Nadal will still remain as number 1.