Djokovic wins Australian Open

Serb Novak Djokovic atlast realized his dream fo winning a Grand Slam by defeating the unseeded Jo William Tsonga in the final in a thriller. He won the match 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 with fight coming from the opponent only in the final set. It was a thorough professional display by the Serb who had earlier defeated No:1 Roger Federer in the semi-final. Djokovic jumped in joy after winning the Grand Slam. Tsonga said that he was not at all disappointed with his effor and said that this match would inspire him a lot in the future.

Sharapova wins Australian Open

Russian Maria Sharapova won her third Grand slam title after she defeated Ana Ivanovic in the final of Australian Open 2008 7-5 6-3. The match was almost an one-sided affair with Sharapova dominating right from the start. After defeating Henin in the semi finals, many thought that Sharapova would easily cruise in the finals and the same happened. She played some good volleys and back hands, her potent weapon with ease to demolish her opponent. She also fired very few errors. Lets wish her all the best in her future tournaments.

Knighthood to Sachin??????????

Cricketing greats from the Commonwealth nations such as Sachin Tendulkar should be considered for traditional British honours like the knighthood, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.

Noting that cricket is one of the great things that binds the Commonwealth together, he said there was a time when top cricketers from the countries in the grouping would be recognised by the British people through its honoured system.

"But I believe it was a good tradition to celebrate the achievements of the great Commonwealth cricketers -- it shows we are good sports and I would like to see some of the great players of the modern era -- like Sachin Tendulkar -- proposed for honorary awards -- so the British nation can salute their achievements in one of our national sports," Brown said.

Brown also congratulated India on what he described as its "famous victory" over Australia "so away from home" in the Perth Test match.

Indian ODI Team for Australian Tri-Series announced

BCCI has announced the ODI team which will involve in the tri-series to be played in Australia along with Sri Lanka. Once again, the selection of the team has raised some speculation with the dropping of Sourav Ganguly from the team. Rahul Dravid has not been selected for this tour either. Many youngsters and come backs form the major part of the team which will be led by Dhoni.

The team

• M S Dhoni(captain)
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Virendar Sehwag
• Gautam Gambhir
• Yuvraj Singh
• Rohit Sharma
• Robin Uthappa
• Suresh Raina
• Dinesh Karthik
• Irfan Pathan
• Harbhajan Singh
• Piyush Chawla
• Sreesanth
• R P Singh
• Ishant Sharma
• Praveen Kumar

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