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BBC Sport1 FORMULA 1 Chinese Grand Prix
7- 5Nov CRICKET ICC Champions Trophy, India
8 FORMULA 1 Japanese Grand Prix
15 MotoGP Portugese Grand Prix, Estoril
18-22 SQUASH Cathay Pacific Swiss Privilege Hong Kong
22 FORMULA 1 Brazilian Grand Prix
29 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix, Spain
Highlights: Alonso v Schumacher, Ferrari v Renault, Rossi v Hayden
Tennis: ATP - 275 Rohan Bopanna; WTA – 59 Sania Mirza
Badminton: IBF – 27 Chetan Anand, 36 Anup Sridhar; IBF – 32 Saina Nehwal, 70 Trupti Murgunde
Squash: PSA – 41 Ritwik Bhattacharya, 51 Saurav Ghosal; WISPA – 51 Joshna Chinappa
Chess: FIDE 2 Viswanathan Anand, 25 Harikrishna P, 29 Krishnan Sasikiran; 2 Koneru Humpy
Golf: 141 Jeev Milkha Singh, 154 Jyoti Randhawa
Table Tennis: ITTF – 119 Achanta Sharath Kamal; 218 Poulomi Ghatak
Manish Chotrani (M35 – 39), Rohit Thawani (M40 – 44), Vaman Apte (9/16) (M45 – 49) will be participating at the 8th World Masters Squash Championships will be hosted by Cape Town, South Africa from the 16th -21st October 2006. Click here for the draws and results
Since the World Open was inaugurated in 1975, Jansher Khan has clinched the title eight times, with Jahangir Khan winning six titles. But Jahangir has also claimed three International Squash Rackets Federation world individual titles, taking his tally of World titles to a record-breaking nine. In 1982 Jahangir astonished everyone by winning the International Squash Players Association Championship without losing a single point! Read the rest of this entry »
“Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose.” Ayrton Senna
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Michael Jordan
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky
“Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines.” Enzo Ferrari
[1] ENGLAND bt [4] NETHERLANDS 3-0
Vicky Botwright bt Annelize Naude 10-8,9-2,9-4 48m
Tania Bailey bt Vanessa Atkinson 7-9,9-2,9-0,9-10,9-3 71m
Alison Waters bt Orla Noom 9-2,9-3 17m
[2] EGYPT bt [3] MALAYSIA 2-1
Engy Kheirallah bt Sharon Wee9-0,9-5,9-0
Omneya Abdel Kawy lost to Nicol David 8-9,0-9,0-9
Raneem El Weleily bt Tricia Chuah 9-7,9-2,10-8
[1] ENGLAND bt [6] NEW ZEALAND 3-0
Tania Bailey bt Shelley Kitchen 6-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-2 (59m)
Vicky Botwright bt Jaclyn Hawkes 9-2, 9-4, 9-3 (31m)
Jenny Duncalf bt Louise Crome 9-0, 9-0 (12m) Read the rest of this entry »
Qualifing rounds commence on the 16 and the main event is from 18 to 22 October. First round draws and updated results :
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) v Wai Hang Wong (HKG)
[14] Olli Tuominen (FIN) v Mohammed Abbas (EGY)
[6] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Qualifier
[16] Adrian Grant (ENG) v Qualifier
[4] James Willstrop (ENG) v Alex Gough (WAL)
[11] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v Qualifier
[5] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) v Cameron Pilley (AUS) Read the rest of this entry »
For the last six years, US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has slipped down to the Pentagon basement many afternoons, changed into a T-shirt, sweat pants and headband, and spent a heart-thumping hour playing squash. Mr. Rumsfeld is “very aggressive and he is very intense” on the court, says a former frequent partner, no matter how the war in Iraq was going or how many Democrats were calling for his head, he could uncork his deadly drop shot, leaving his foe helpless and himself triumphant, at least for a moment. Read the rest of this entry »
