Keep an eye on Alonso ! He might leave Mclaren by the end of this season !

As if they did not already have enough to worry about, Formula One leader McLaren could face the real risk of Fernando Alonso walking out at the end of the season.

With the double World champion seemingly no longer on speaking terms with 22-year-old British rookie Lewis Hamilton after a turbulent Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, the speculation was rife.

“One thing’s for sure, Alonso won’t be at McLaren next year,” a senior figure at another team told Reuters at the Hungaroring. While nothing is certain in Formula One, other than that there will always be int rigue and speculation, the sentiment was strong enough for team boss Ron Dennis to face questions about the Spaniard’s future.

“There is inevitability that these things are rumoured and discussed in other teams,” he told reporters after a race that saw Alonso stripped of pole position and demoted five places on the starting grid.

“We have two drivers who are contracted for several years into the future,” said Dennis, who pulled off a coup in signing Alonso from Renault at the end of 2005, with the Spaniard joining a year later.

“We will respect our part of that bargain and that part of the situation. We hope that the drivers respect theirs because that’s what a contract is about.”

Hamilton’s astonishing debut has unsettled the champion, who had hoped to arrive at McLaren as the saviour after a 2006 season without any wins for the Mercedes-powered team.

Hamilton overcomes Kimi's challenge to win Hungarian GP !

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton took a dramatic revenge on team mate Fernando Alonso at the Hungaroring on Sunday afternoon, leading throughout the Hungarian Grand Prix to extend his world championship points lead to seven over the Spaniard, who could do no better than fourth place.

Hamilton jumped into the lead at the start, but soon came intense pressure from Kimi Raikkonen as the Ferrari indeed proved a lot better in race trim than it had in qualifying.

Raikkonen easily got the drop on front-row starter Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber, but couldn’t quite muster the pace to challenge Hamilton, even though in traffic at times the gap between them was no more than half a second. The final laps were gripping as they duelled, while some 40 seconds back, Heidfeld was challenged by Alonso but similarly had little trouble keeping the McLaren driver at bay to score the second podium of BMW Sauber’s season.
Fifth place fell to Heidfeld’s team mate Robert Kubica, who made a great start and enjoyed excellent pit work from his team, while Ralf Schumacher hung in there for sixth for Toyota ahead of Nico Rosberg in the Williams. Like Heidfeld, Rosberg made three stops, the third dropping him back from fifth place.

The final point went to Heikki Kovalainen after a feisty race for Renault, from Red Bull’s Mark Webber. Toyota’s Jarno Trulli was a lapped 10th ahead of David Coulthard in the second Red Bull, while 12th was the subject of an intense fight between Renault’s Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Alex Wurz in the Williams, who finished in that order.

Takuma Sato was 15th for Super Aguri ahead of Toro Rosso debutant Sebastian Vettel, Adrian Sutil who had several off-track adventures in his Spyker, and a very unhappy Rubens Barrichello for Honda.

Vitantonio Liuzzi retired his Toro Rosso with mechanical problems, as did Jenson Button his Honda, while Anthony Davidson spun his Super Aguri after a clash with Fisichella, and Sakon Yamamoto lightly shunted his Spyker.

The victory gives Hamilton his third success of the season and 80 points, to Alonso’s 73, Raikkonen’s 60 and Massa’s 59. In the constructors’ championship, McLaren retain their lead over Ferrari but by a reduced 19-point margin following the FIA edict that they should not score constructors’ points in Hungary as penalty for Saturday’s qualifying incident. That decision could yet be overturned on appeal.

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"Match of the Century" to be held at Venetian Arena on November 24th

The ultimate exhibition between Roger Federer and Pete Sampras will take place on Saturday November 24th, at the Venetian Arena, Macao. Make sure not to miss this showdown between two of the best tennis players of our time.

I am not a big believer of stats. That said, there are several interesting coincidences about the careers of Pete and Roger. And unsuprising it is. Though they have vastly different approach to tennis as well as slams, here is an attempt to celebrate the coincidences rather than as a comparison between them.

Sampras and Federer were both born in August ten years apart. Federer's birthday is August 08, 1981, while Sampras's is August 12, 1971. And the grandslams make up this way too. For example, Federer won Wimbledon 2005 at the age of 23, while Sampras won Wimbledon 1995, at the same age of 23. And so on.. get the drift?

August 5...7:30 pm... Be in front of your TV and switch to ESPN...The war will be on !.

On Sunday 5th August 2007 , The FA community shield will return to Wembley for the first time in 7 years.
The live telecast will be there on ESPN at 7.30pm. EPL champions Manchester United will take on FA champions Chelsea. Its always a dream match for every football fan to start off their season.

One thing is sure,no matter who wins the cup,its guaranteed that its going to be a war between minds of the players.The win for either team will increase their confidence to win the EPL this season. This doesn't means that Liverpool and Arsenal are far behind the front runners Chelsea and Manchester United.

So ,who would be lifting the Community shield ? Is that going to be Garry Neville for Manchester United to crown them as champions for the 16th time,so that they would become
most successful club in the history of community shield..Or will it be Terry for the second time as a community shield winning captain .

To know about the live coverage of the football matches ..check this site
espnstar.com

Alves heading to chelsea, but duo heading out ??

Chelsea have resigned themselves to losing winger Arjen Robben to Real Madrid while Claude Makele could also be heading for the Stamford Bridge exit.

But the deposed Premier League champions will use the money they rake in on the Dutch winger to buy Seville right-back Daniel Alves.

Blues manager Jose Mourinho is keen to keep Robben at Stamford Bridge but it appears he is heading to the Bernabeu in a deal which will met the Londoners more than £20m.

Makele, who will struggle for regular first-team football at Chelsea, is wanted by Juventus now they are back in Serie A.

Superkid dreams of a super move to Chelsea..

Brazilian sensation Alexandre Pato favours a move to Chelsea over rival offers from Real Madrid, AC Milan and Inter.

Gazzetta dello Sport says the 17 year-old Internacional striker dreams of pulling on a Blues shirt and actually goes by the nickname 'Stamford Bridge' when chatting with friends on the internet.
However, Chelsea are believed to be well behind Real Madrid and AC Milan in the race for the Brazil U20 international.
Chelsea have offered about 13 million euros for him.