Tie Yana of Hong Kong playing against
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Click on the photos to view the high resolution.Photo taken on Canon 1D Mark llN and 300mm telephoto lense.
These are some photos that I took during the final of the Volkswagen World Cup women's tournament at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras on Sept 9, 2008.
China’s Li Xiaoxia was ranked third in the world but did not get to play in the Beijing Olympics last month — making way for veteran Wang Nan, who was ranked two rungs below her.
And the agony of having to watch from the sidelines while her team-mates battled their way to a clean sweep of the medals at stake drove her to a crushing win over Hong Kong’s Tie Yana.
The lanky 20-year-old from Wuxi Province continued China’s domination of the game with a superb 11-4, 11-3, 11-3, 14-12 win over Yana.
Yana, the world number 10, was bidding to become the first player from outside China to lift the World Cup title. Keep Reading
Starsport reported Formula One was plunged into new controversy yesterday when race stewards at the Belgian Grand Prix stunningly stripped Briton Lewis Hamilton of a brilliant victory.
The stewards' decision, which will be seen by many as part of a conspiracy to rig the results to ensure a close fight in the title race, came long after the race when they hit the 23-year-old McLaren driver with a 25-second penalty.
It meant that he was pushed down to third and the race victory was handed to Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa who had struggled to keep pace with Hamilton and defending world champion Finn Kimi Raikkonen.
Critics and paddock observers were swift in their condemnation of a decision that reeked of potential favouritism for Ferrari and seemed entirely unjustified following the most exciting race of the year.
Last year, the sport's ruling body, the International Motoring Federation (FIA) was accused of a 'witch-hunt' against McLaren and this spectre was raised again by their stewards action at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Their decision to punish Hamilton came in relation to a move in the final stages of the race when after attempting to pass Raikkonen, who was leading, he was forced off the circuit and cut out the 'Bus Stop' chicane.
Hamilton recognised immediately that he had done this, and gained an advantage by going ahead of Raikkonen, and so he slowed to allow the Finn to re-pass him and lead as they completed the lap in teeming rain.
When they began racing again, Hamilton passed Raikkonen and went on to win, albeit with several more battles for the lead, before the Finn crashed out. Read More
Starsports reported that the world championship leader Lewis Hamilton oozed confidence after he secured pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix with a dazzling lap in yesterday's qualifying session.
The 23-year-old Briton, in a McLaren, claimed his fifth pole of this season and the 11th of his career with a perfectly-timed lap to outpace title rival the Ferrari of Brazilian Felipe Massa
Hamilton's supreme lap lifted him clear of Massa by three-tenths of a second and proved he is fully recovered from his sore neck suffered in Spain two weeks ago.
Finland's Heikki Kovlainen in the second McLaren was third fastest and starts ahead of defending champion and compatriot Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari on row two.
German Nick Heidfeld was fifth for BMW Sauber ahead of two times champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso in a Renault.
Australian Mark Webber was seventh for Red Bull ahead of Poland's Robert Kubica in the second BMW, Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais in a Toro Rosso and Sebastian Vettel of Germany in the second Toro Rosso.
Hamilton leads Massa by six points going into the penultimate European race of the year and oozed confidence. “It was a perfect lap, one of my four perfect laps so I was very happy,” he said.
“I made no mistakes and the team made no mistakes so we are looking good,” said Hamilton. Read More
Eurosport reports on Sat, 23 Aug.
Brazilian Felipe
Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso qualified 12th in front of his home crowd.
The 27-year-old secured his fourth pole of the season, and the 13th of his Formula One career, with a flying lap in the final seconds of Saturday's qualifying.
Renault's double world champion Fernando Alonso qualified 12th in front of his home crowd.
Starsports
MCLAREN'S Heikki Kovalainen celebrated a shock maiden win at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday after Ferrari's Felipe Massa suffered an engine failure while leading with three laps remaining.
Finn Kovalainen capitalised on Brazilian Massa's misfortune to finish ahead of podium debutant Toyota's Timo Glock of Germany with Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen third.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton stayed top of the championship standings despite a puncture just after the midway stage that saw him finish the race in fifth place behind Renault driver and former team-mate Fernando Alonso of Spain.
Briton Hamilton now holds a five-point lead over Finland's Raikkonen in the championship with Massa dropping into third place, a further three points back. Keep reading
