Weekend In Review
As this started out as a sports blog, I have decided to post sporting updates at least twice a week. The world of sports was relatively unexciting over the weekend so I guess it wasn’t such an ideal week to start but what the heck.
In football (soccer), Chelsea confirmed their status as the team to beat in the EPL with a clinical 2-0 victory in the top of the table clash against Charlton Athletic. In Italy, Juventus maintained their 100% record while in the German Bundesliga, Bayern Munich also maintained the 100% record. The Spanish La Liga is the only major league in Europe not going to preseason expectations with Getafe topping the table with giants Barcelona and Real Madrid in 8th & 16th places respectively.
In the MotoGP, my wishes came true as Valentino Rossi crashed out of the Montegi GP. Now he can clinch his Championship in Sepang. I should be at the track on Race Day. If anyone else is going, please tell me.
In Cycling, Roberto Heras wins the Tour of Spain for the fourth time.
This coming weekend marks the start of the A1 Grand Prix series. This is the only motor sport series where teams are based on the country. There are currently 23 countries/teams participating. Malaysia will have a team in the A1 series which will have its first race in England starting 25 September. In A1 Racing, all points are allocated to the winning Nation and there are no driver points. A1GP is a team effort and a team sport. The winner is the driver, team and most importantly the Nation is the winner. In 3 years time the team will be fully Malaysian with the drivers, mechanics, team manager all being local. I hope we can all support the Malaysian team in the A1 GP.
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I would to congratulate my sister for giving birth to her second son, Ryan, on Thursday last week. My sister now has 2 sons.
Also, Friday was my Moms birthday. It was the first time I actually sang “Happy Birthday” at a hospital. We had the cake there too. I guess Mom was happy as all three of her grandchildren was there. Usually Ally doesn’t go to ‘night’ functions as she is asleep by 8.30pm.
In football (soccer), Chelsea confirmed their status as the team to beat in the EPL with a clinical 2-0 victory in the top of the table clash against Charlton Athletic. In Italy, Juventus maintained their 100% record while in the German Bundesliga, Bayern Munich also maintained the 100% record. The Spanish La Liga is the only major league in Europe not going to preseason expectations with Getafe topping the table with giants Barcelona and Real Madrid in 8th & 16th places respectively.
In the MotoGP, my wishes came true as Valentino Rossi crashed out of the Montegi GP. Now he can clinch his Championship in Sepang. I should be at the track on Race Day. If anyone else is going, please tell me.
In Cycling, Roberto Heras wins the Tour of Spain for the fourth time.
This coming weekend marks the start of the A1 Grand Prix series. This is the only motor sport series where teams are based on the country. There are currently 23 countries/teams participating. Malaysia will have a team in the A1 series which will have its first race in England starting 25 September. In A1 Racing, all points are allocated to the winning Nation and there are no driver points. A1GP is a team effort and a team sport. The winner is the driver, team and most importantly the Nation is the winner. In 3 years time the team will be fully Malaysian with the drivers, mechanics, team manager all being local. I hope we can all support the Malaysian team in the A1 GP.
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I would to congratulate my sister for giving birth to her second son, Ryan, on Thursday last week. My sister now has 2 sons.
Also, Friday was my Moms birthday. It was the first time I actually sang “Happy Birthday” at a hospital. We had the cake there too. I guess Mom was happy as all three of her grandchildren was there. Usually Ally doesn’t go to ‘night’ functions as she is asleep by 8.30pm.
posted by Sports Freak at 11:42 AM
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