Sunday, October 11, 2009
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Football has most number of spectators and fans all over the world. After Olympics, Football world Cup is the second game that the spectators enjoy, read more....
Thursday, September 17, 2009
uefa champians leauge schedule
QualifyingIn matches in the three qualifying rounds and the play-off stage, clubs play two matches against each other on a home and away basis, with the club scoring the greater aggregate of goals qualifying for the next round. In the event of both teams scoring the same number of goals, the team which scores more goals away qualifies.
Group stage
The ten winners in the play-off round ties five from the best-placed path and five from the champions path – join 22 automatic entrants in the 32-team group stage. The clubs are split into eight groups of four teams, who play home and away against each of their pool opponents between September and December to decide which two teams from each pool advance to the first knockout round. The third-place finishers in each pool enter the UEFA Cup Round of 32.
Knockout phase
From the last 16 until the semi-finals, clubs play two matches against each other on a home and away basis with the same rules as the qualifying and play-off rounds applied. In the last 16, group winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation, while from the quarter-finals on the draw is free.
Final
The final is decided by a single match - which this season will be played in Madrid.
Matchday 1 - 15 September
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Football has most number of spectators and
fans all over the world. After Olympics, Football world
Cup is the second game that the spectators enjoy, from
all over the world, though their country participated
or not. Another plus point is that it’s a very small
game played with two sessions of 45 minutes each.
Meaning of this sport is very simple like its name;
it means play the ball with foot. Football is played
between two football teams each having 11 players
inclusive of one goalkeeper and their task is to
attack the ball towards opponent’s goal.
This game is played on a rectangular 100-yard
long field having nets
cricket ratings
Player Rankings are the official guide to the relative merits of batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders in Test match and ODI cricket.
The Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings provide an opportunity to showcase the leading stars in the women’s international game.
If you want to know what the rankings were on any specific date from history, visit Date-Specific Rankings while to see which players have held the highest rankings in history click on Best-Ever Ratings.
We hope you enjoy the site.
ICC RankingsThe Official Rankings for International Cricket!
Plenty at stake as England and Australia go head to head in ODI series
06th September 2009
Strauss's men can move ahead of their visitors if they win 5-2 or better while Ponting's side can reclaim number-one position in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI ChampionshipIdeal opportunity for both sides to prepare for this month's ICC Champions TrophyRead more
The ODI 800ers
19th August 2009In mountaineering they are known as the 8000ers – the fourteen summits in the world which rise to more than eight thousand metres. Seventeen people have managed to make it to the top of all of these peaks – no mean achievement.The Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings have a similar threshold of greatness – the achieving of 800 points in either the batting or bowling tables. Less rare than the Read more
Last Updated After:
Sri Lanka v New Zealand Test, 26 August, 2009
Sri Lanka v India ODI, 14 September, 2009
The Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings provide an opportunity to showcase the leading stars in the women’s international game.
If you want to know what the rankings were on any specific date from history, visit Date-Specific Rankings while to see which players have held the highest rankings in history click on Best-Ever Ratings.
We hope you enjoy the site.
ICC RankingsThe Official Rankings for International Cricket!
Plenty at stake as England and Australia go head to head in ODI series
06th September 2009
Strauss's men can move ahead of their visitors if they win 5-2 or better while Ponting's side can reclaim number-one position in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI ChampionshipIdeal opportunity for both sides to prepare for this month's ICC Champions TrophyRead more
The ODI 800ers
19th August 2009In mountaineering they are known as the 8000ers – the fourteen summits in the world which rise to more than eight thousand metres. Seventeen people have managed to make it to the top of all of these peaks – no mean achievement.The Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings have a similar threshold of greatness – the achieving of 800 points in either the batting or bowling tables. Less rare than the Read more
Last Updated After:
Sri Lanka v New Zealand Test, 26 August, 2009
Sri Lanka v India ODI, 14 September, 2009
WORLD CUP
The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the world's third largest and most viewed sporting event According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.
The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once.
The 2007 Cricket World Cup matches were held between 13 March and 28 April 2007, in the West Indies. The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams competing in a pool stage (played in round-robin format), then a "super 8" stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final to retain the championship.
Contents[hide]
1 History
1.1 Before the first Cricket World Cup
1.2 Prudential World Cups
1.3 1987 – 1996
1.4 Australian treble
2 Format
2.1 Qualification
2.2 Tournament
3 Trophy
4 Media coverage
5 Selection of hosts
6 Statistical summaries
6.1 Results
6.2 Performance of teams
6.3 Individual awards
6.4 Main individual and team records
7 See also
8 References
9 Notes
10 External links
The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies have won twice, while India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have each won once.
The 2007 Cricket World Cup matches were held between 13 March and 28 April 2007, in the West Indies. The 2007 tournament had sixteen teams competing in a pool stage (played in round-robin format), then a "super 8" stage, followed by semi-finals and a final. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final to retain the championship.
Contents[hide]
1 History
1.1 Before the first Cricket World Cup
1.2 Prudential World Cups
1.3 1987 – 1996
1.4 Australian treble
2 Format
2.1 Qualification
2.2 Tournament
3 Trophy
4 Media coverage
5 Selection of hosts
6 Statistical summaries
6.1 Results
6.2 Performance of teams
6.3 Individual awards
6.4 Main individual and team records
7 See also
8 References
9 Notes
10 External links
SPORTS SPIRIT
Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in losing.
Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. The well-known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice, that it's “not that you won or lost but how you played the game," and the Modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: "The most important thing . . . is not winning but taking part" are typical expressions of this sentiment.
But often the pressures of competition or an obsession with individual achievement—as well as the intrusion of technology can all work against enjoyment and fair play by participants.
People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining sports federations such as IOC, or by forming their own regulatory body. In this way sports evolve from leisure activity to more formal sports: relatively recent newcomers are BMX cycling, snowboarding, and wrestling. Some of these activities have been popular but uncodified pursuits in various forms for different lengths of time. Indeed, the formal regulation of sport is a relatively modern and increasing development.
Sportsmanship, within any given game, is how each competitor acts before, during, and after the competition. Is that really true or winning is now everything because of the huge monetary rewards that come with being a successful athlete. Not only is it important to have good sportsmanship if one wins, but also if one loses. For example, in football it is considered sportsmanlike to kick the ball out of play to allow treatment for an injured player on the other side. Reciprocally, the other team is expected to return the ball from the throw-in.
Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. The well-known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice, that it's “not that you won or lost but how you played the game," and the Modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: "The most important thing . . . is not winning but taking part" are typical expressions of this sentiment.
But often the pressures of competition or an obsession with individual achievement—as well as the intrusion of technology can all work against enjoyment and fair play by participants.
People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining sports federations such as IOC, or by forming their own regulatory body. In this way sports evolve from leisure activity to more formal sports: relatively recent newcomers are BMX cycling, snowboarding, and wrestling. Some of these activities have been popular but uncodified pursuits in various forms for different lengths of time. Indeed, the formal regulation of sport is a relatively modern and increasing development.
Sportsmanship, within any given game, is how each competitor acts before, during, and after the competition. Is that really true or winning is now everything because of the huge monetary rewards that come with being a successful athlete. Not only is it important to have good sportsmanship if one wins, but also if one loses. For example, in football it is considered sportsmanlike to kick the ball out of play to allow treatment for an injured player on the other side. Reciprocally, the other team is expected to return the ball from the throw-in.
introduction on sports
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports (a common name for some card games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sport is commonly defined as an organized, competitive and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play. Some view sports as differing from games based on the fact that there are usually higher levels of organization and profit (not always monetary) involved in sports. Accurate records are kept and updated for most sports at the highest levels, while failures and accomplishments are widely announced in sport news.The term sports is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities in which offense and defense are played, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports.
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