Wimbledon Quarters: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer and Agut qualify

The Wimbledon is attracting its traditional spectators to its tennis courts while cricket lovers are waiting for the out come of the first semi final of ICC World Cup 2019 between New Zealand and India which has been suspended by rain since yesterday.

As for the tennis lovers, all seems to be going well as main starts are still in the arena. Today top seeded Djokovic is facing 21 seeded Goffin while 2nd seed Federer facing 8th seeded Nishikori on the Centre Court.

On Court 1, 3rd seeded Nadal will take on S Querrey of USA while 23rd seed Agut will face 26th seed Pella.

Quite a day today - let us see whether rain spares the tennis lovers for the quarters to go on as planned.

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Pakistan humiliates India by a 180 runs victory in ICC Champions Trophy final

What a great display of cricket by Pakistan cricket team today at The Oval, London when they beat India to win the ICC Cricket Champions Trophy 2017 by 180 runs.

Batting first, the Pakistani batsman showed their resilience against Indian bowlers and were undeterred to keep scoring without any fear. Fakhar Zaman (picture above) showed his mettle by scoring a ton and made 113 before being caught. Babar played well too but could not complete his half century and was caught at 46.

Hafeez and Imad were at crease when Hafeez hit sixes in plenty to take the score to 338 in 50 overs.

Coming to bat, two Indian fortresses fell for nothing, Sharma was LBW right on the second ball of the first over. Kohli the next man in was dropped at slip but was caught right on the next ball - both fortresses fell by superb bowling of Amir. But then there was no end - all major batsmen fell without crossing 30s. It was only Pandya, a bowler, who stood to his ground and scored 76 before being run out. India was all out for 158 in 33.3 overs.

Amir and Hassan took three wickets each, while Shadab took two wickets. Hassan also received the Golden Ball award for bagging most wickets throughout the tournament. He dismissed 13 players. He was also declared as the Player of the Tournament. Fakhar Zaman was declared the Man of the Match for his superb century (113).

Pakistan this won the final by 180 runs - a superb win over India which had unleashed a immense propaganda all over the media to downplay Pakistan. But Pakistan played a superb match and won over the arch rival Indians and won their first ever ICC Trophy Championship.

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Watch the quest for Gold: Serena vs Sharapova Live Free Streaming | Olympics Tennis Ladies Final - 4 August

So it is finally decided that either recently crowned Wimbledon champion 4th ranked American Serena William or the French Open title winner 3rd ranked Russian Maria Sharapova will get the Olympic gold medal in the ladies' single event of Olympic tennis.

Jubilant Serena William [left] and maria Sharapova [right] after winning their semi final matches  [Photos: AFP Getty Images]

Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko in an easy semi final run over 6-2, 6-3. This is the first time Sharapova is playing in the Olympics. Sharapova got unlucky when she was ousted from the Wimbledon race in the very early stage. 

Five times Wimbledon champion Serena moved to the final after beating the world no.1 Belorussian Victoria azarenka 6-1, 6-2. The win seemed too easy for Serena as world no.1 seemingly offered no resistance to the Wimbledon queen.

Serena is in run to grab a bagful of gold, as after Saturday's final, she is also to play the doubles final alongwith her sister Venus, who earlier crashed out of the ladies' single event race. But that is if the two win over Russia’s Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova in the semifinals to play against the Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka. It may be added that the William sisters have twice won the gold in doubles in Olmpics 2000 and 2008.

As for Saturday's singles final, this the 11th encounter of the two ladies since they first played each other in Miami 2004. Of the ten previous encounters, Serena has an upper edge of 8-2 over the Russian. In fact Serena has beaten Sharapova consecutively seven times in their last ten encounters. 

The equation makes Serena favourite for the Olympic title this year, lest Sharapova surprises the American with her game today. It may be added that both ladies have never won a gold at Olympics before, so the quest for gold is equally important for both Serena and Sharapova.

The ladies' single Olympic tennis final  is scheduled for saturday, 4 August 2012 at 14:00 GMT at the Centre Court of Wimbledon.

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Pakistan vs Great Britain Live Stream Hockey Olympics 2012 – 3 August

Pakistan plays against Great Britian in its third hockey match of Pool A Friday today.

Pakistan's frist match against Spain ended in a 1-1 draw, while Pakistan won against Argentina 2-0. With four points, aaaaPakistan is at number hree in the pool position. Therefore today's match is crucial for Pakitan to win to improve its position in Pool A.

This will be the 11th match between Pakistan and Great Britain in Olympic Hockey. Pakistan has a good record against Great Britain in Olympic Hockey. They have won six, drew one and lost three against the European team.

A win over Britain will take Pakistan to the second place in Pool A, just behind world number ones Australia. The Pakistanis will just have to beat South Africa – the lowest-ranked team in their group – on Sunday to virtually secure their place in the last four.

The probable opposing squads are as under:

Pakistan: Imran Shah, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Rizwan (SENIOR), Muhammad Rizwan (JUNIOR), Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Mehmood, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Umar Bhutta, Abdul Haseem Khan, Shakeel Abbas, Sohail Abbas, Muhammad Tousiq, Shafqat Rasool, Rehan Butt, Waseem Ahmed, IMuhammad Imran

Great Britain: Glenn KIRKHAM, Ashley JACKSON, Harry MARTIN, Matt DALY, Jonty CLARKE, Robert MOORE, Ben HAWES, Alastair WILSON, Barry MIDDLETON, James TINDALL, Iain MACKAY, Iain LEWERS, James FAIR, Nicholas CATLIN, Dan FOX, Richard SMITH

The match is scheduled for Friday, 3 August 2012 at 15:00 GMT | 20:00 PST at the Olympis Games Park, London.

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London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony - Friday 27 July 2012

The big day of London Olympics 2012 finally arrives Friday night when the London Olympics will be formally inaugurated in a colourful and amazing opening ceremony at London Olympic Stadium, which has been transformed into a British countryside scene for the Opening Ceremony. The full dress rehearsal has already given a hint how massive and colourful the ceremony will be. Though there are concerns about the traffic management after approximately 60,000 spectators move out of the arena as long queues were observed at all terminals and were not cleared even after 01:00 AM.

The official London Olympics Logo and Mascots [ Mandeville and Wenlock  - above right]

The ceremony will take place at the London Olympic Stadium at 20:00 GMT. The ceremony will include the usual march past of the athletes, lighting up the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic torch, the formal inauguration of the games by the chief guest, and a beautiful performance by 15,000 performers at the end. Sir Paul McCartney, the ex Beatle, will also perform among other performers.

As is usual for all the Olympic games that the head of the state normally presides over the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II will be the chief guest. She will be received by the President of the IOC at the entrance of the Olympic Stadium.

The sequence of the rest of the proceeding of the opening ceremony, after her majesty settles down, will unfold as under:

Parade of Athletes -  Over 10,000 athletes from 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate. The procession of the participating teams in the Stadium, nation by nation in alphabetical order, according to the language of the Host Country will take place as soon as the chief guest is seated. The first team to enter will be of Greece as the modern Olympic games originated from Greece. And the last team will be that of Great Britain, being the host country.

Speeches / Declaration of Opening of the Games of the XXX Olympiad / London Olympics 2012 - Two speeches will be made: one by LOCOG Chair Seb Coe, followed by Jacques Rogge. At the end of the speeches, Queen Elizabeth II be requested to officially declare the Games open.

Hoisting of Olympic Flag and playing of Olympic Anthem

Oath taking ceremony from the participants

The Torch and Cauldron - After the oaths, the opening ceremony will get going with the arrival of the olympic torch into the stadium.  It is passed through the athletes to the final Torchbearer, who will ceremoniously light the Cauldron, indicating the beginning of the Games. The Flame will continue to burn for the whole of the Games.

Creative Team - A host of world-class British directors and producers will lead an artistic team to stage the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Performers - This will be the main event of the opening ceremony. A total of 15,000 performers will take part in the opening ceremony, and also the closing ceremony, of the London Olympics 2012. The performance is being dubbed as  "The Isles of Wonder." The ceremony will conclude with the famous Beatles song, and my favourite, ' Hey Jude' sung by ex Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.

It is expected that around four billion people around the world will witness the opening ceremony proceedings world wide - opening ceremony as it happens Friday, 27 July.

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Watch Historic Wimbledon Final: Andy Murray vs Roger Federer Live Free Streaming | Sunday 8 July 2012

The day comes Sunday, 8 July 2012 when two players play against each other in a bid to make history.

British Andy Murray [above] vs Swiss Roger Federer [below]
Two men aspiring to make history at Wimbledon Final 2012

World no. 3 Swiss Roger Federer who has marched into the men's singles event final of Wimbledon for the eighth time has his eyes fixed at the coveted Wimbledon title for the seventh time and equal the record already held by British William Renshaw and American Pete Sempras.

Federer already hold 16 Grand Slam titles but has been starved of any in the past almost two and a half years, mostly sidelined by Novak Djokovic and Rafeal Nadal. This time Nadal threat was eliminated as early as in the second set and Djokovic was ousted from the race in the semi final by Federer himself. Now Scot Andy Murray stands in his way to bag the Wimbledon title for the seventh time.

Andy Murray has lot to be proud of, for he has ensured his maiden entry into the Wimbledon final - and not only this he is just one step closer to bring his country's long wait of 74 years to win the championship since Bunny Austin in 1938.

Both players are meeting for the 16th time since they first met in Bangkok 2005 and you know what? andy Murray has won 8 of the 15 matches aganst Federer. Andy last beat Federer at Shanghai 2010, while Federer beat Andy in last two matches they played at London 2010 and Dubai 2012.

Well as for the final this Sunday, Roger Federer six years elder to Murray, stands as hot favourite, despite all the London standing behind Andy Murray.

The match is scheduled for Sunday 8 July 2012 at the Centre Court

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Wimbledon Ladies's Singles Final: Radwanska vs Serena - - 7 July | Two Ladies Eying a place in History

Saturday, 7th July is the day when world no.3 Polish Agnieszka Radwanska steps on the Wimbledon Centre Court for the first time and becomes the first Polish player to play a Grand Slam final in 73 years when Jadwiga Jedrzejowska lost in the women's title match at the French Championships in 1939. 

Radwanska can become the world no.1 player if she can stop 6th ranked American Serena Williams from winning the Wimbledon title for the fifth time - and win it for herself for the first time.

Serena, who has been to the Centre Court playing the final seven times before, is now aspiring for a name in Wimbledon history to have won the title FIVE times - an honour already shared by British Charlotte Cooper Sterry and British Lottie Dod, both of the Amateur Era, and of course Serena's sister Venus Williams.

Venus last won the Wimbledon title in 2008 beating sister Serena Williams - Serena clinched the title from Venus the following year.

Radwanska has met Serena twice at Berlin 2008 and Wimbledon 2008 in the fourth time, losing both times to the American.

Serena moved to the finals in amach between former world nos.1, herself and Victoria Azarenka beating her 6-3, 7-(6). Radwanska beat 8th ranked German Anglique Kerber 6-3, 6-4.

Now it is between two aspiring women: One eyeing her first Grand Slam title ever and for her country since 1939 and the other eyeing to hold the Venus Rosewater Dish for the fifth time. Whoever wins, goes down in history.

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Wimbledon Semis: Victoria Azarenka vs Serena Williams -| 5 July 2012

Wimbledon Championship 2012 has now entered the danger zone of the ladies singles' semi finals stage. It is now just two days away from the final day as to who will be the Wimbledon queen this year.

The first semi final is being played between 3rd ranked Polish Agnieszka Radwanska takes between lefthanded 8th ranked German Angelique Kerber on the Centre Court.

Four times Wimbledon champion Serena [top] plays Azarenka [below] in semi final

This will be followed by an important semi final which may take 6th ranked American Serena Williams to play final and if she win there, she will cap her fifth Ladies Singles' title. Serena who has won four Wimbledon titles first rose to glory in 2002 when she beat her sister Venus Williams, who had already bagged the Wimbledon title five times. Serena last held the title in 2010 when she beat Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2.

As for today's semi final, Serena has met 2nd ranked Belorussian Azarenka eight times since Australian Open 2008- and won seven times times.

Serena moves to the semi fianls beating the defending champion P. Kvitova 6-3 7-5, crashing all her hopes to defend her title this year. Azarenka beat T. Paszek 6-3 7-6(4).

Let us watch this important semi finals today and see if Serena can move on to g the fifth title.

The match is scheduled for Thursday, 5 July 2012 at 13:30 GMT on the Centre Court.

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Watch Live Djokovic vs Federer Showdown Free Streaming | Wimbledon Semi Final

So it is decided: World no.1 and the defending champion Serbian Novak Djokovic plays the men's singles semi final against world no.3 Swiss Roger Federer.

On road to Wimbledon Final: Djokovic [left] - Federer [right]

Roger Federer who has come so close to make history by equaling the seven times win record of William Renshaw and Pete Sempras, is to face the defending champion in the semis - now is the time for Federer to beat the Serbian to move to the Finals to win for history.

Their semifinal match will mark their 27th head-to-head meeting on tour or in Grand Slams. Besides, their showdown will be a historic encounter. Not only will the match be their first meeting at Wimbledon, but it will also be their first grass-court meeting in any event. Djokovic defeated Federer in Rome and the French Open this year, while Djokovic was beaten by Nadal thereafter at Roland Garros.

Federer beat Russian M.Youzhny in an easy run over of 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinal on 4 July.

On the other hand, Djokovic is all set to to defend his title and continue afresh by bagging all four Grand Slam titles - an opportunity he missed when he lost to Nadal at French Open recently.

Djokovic overpowered Florian Mayer of Germany easily too 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.

The match is scheduled for Friday 6 July 2012 on the Centre Court at 12:00 GMT

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Thames Olympic cable car to cost non-Londoners £5 for five-minute trip

Good news for Londoners and bad for the non-Londoners!!

Thames Olympic 'Emirates Air Line' cable Car seen against backdrop of famous London landmark Gherkin [Photo PA / Mail Online]

The Thames Olympic cable car, 'the Emirates Air Line, is likely to be opened to 'all' on 28th June - but with a clear distinction. While the Londoners will have a concessional fare, non-Londoners will have to pay hefty £5 for five-minute trip.

The Transport for London authorities also add that it will cost some spectators as much as £16 to buy tickets for the 1.1km river crossing on the £50m cable car. The frequent flyer ticket gives tourists 10 journeys at the cost of £16.

The Emirates Air Line will link between the 02 Arena in Greenwich and the ExCel exhibition centre, carrying 2,500 people an hour. The Emirates-sponsored transport will be the first urban cable car system of its kind in the UK.

So if you are going to London to watch the Olympic games, you certainly will be at a disadvantage as compared to the Londoners - but then you are a foriengenr. Aren't you?

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Be in London as it hosts many festivals despite the warmest November

Full Story / Photo: Travel 14 November 2011

There are many things happening in London this week despite being the warmest November since 353 years. 

Natalia Games and Gabriel Angio will perform at this year's festival. Photo: LITF

If you are a tennis lover, witness the tennis champions from around the world at the ATP World Tour Finals. For winter and Christmas lovers, Hyde Park is being transformed into Winter Wonderland. But if you harbour any anti-Christmas sentiment then steer clear of Hyde Park from November 18 till 3 January 2012. Instead if you are a historian or literature lover, be it known that London History Festival is investigating warfare and Dickens.

And if you happen to be a music and dance lover, what a delight awaits London International Tango Festival.

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The Amazing London Eye

It took seven years and the skills of hundreds of people from five countries to make the London Eye.

Each rotation takes about 30 minutes, meaning a capsule travels at a stately 26cm per second,
or 0.9km (0.6 miles) per hour - twice as fast as a tortoise sprinting; allowing passengers to step on and off without the wheel having to stop.

You can see around 40KM (25 miles) from the top as far as Windsor Castle on a clear day.

Each of the 32 capsules weighs 10 tonnes. To put that figure into perspective, it's the same weight as 1,052,631 pound coins!

The total weight of the wheel and capsules is 2,100 tonnes - or as much as 1,272 London black cabs!

The London Eye can carry 800 passengers per revolution equivalent to 11 London red doubled-decker buses.

The height of the London Eye is 135m (equivalent to 64 red telephone boxes piled on top of each other) making it the fourth tallest structure in London after the BT Tower, Tower 42 and One Canada Square in Canary Wharf.

The London Eye welcomes an average of 3.5 million customers every year. You would need 6,680 fully booked British Airways Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets to move that number of fliers!

The spindle holds the wheel structure and the hub rotates it around the spindle. At 23 metres tall,
the spindle is around the size of a church spire and, together with the hub, weighs in at 330 tonnes: over 20 times heavier than Big Ben.

Source: Techzug

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