World's deepest swimming pool with 2 pools, 3 pits (5, 10 and 33m) and 2,500,000 liters of spring water!!! The pool in the picture is for diving instructions and training.
Many younger folks may not have heard of Chris Evert (doesn't mean I'm old). FYI, she was a former tennis ace and holds 18 Grand-Slam tennis titles. 
Asian Games 2006 began on 1 Dec 2006 with Qatar playing host this time. Opening ceremony was held at Khalifa Stadium in Doha and the games will end on 15 Dec 2006. All 45 countries and region are participating in this 15th Asian Games. Participants will be involved in 39 sports - 46 disciplines. China has started off the first day of competition on 2 Dec 2006 sweeping all 7 gold medals available thus far. With their mass population, China will dominate the game again with South Korea and Japan posting some challenges.
Hong Kong entertainer Jackie Cheung sang ‘Together Now’ accompanied by hundreds of drummers as the Games' flag bearers entered the arena. Indian Bollywood star Sunidhi Chauhan, Lebanese artist Magida El Roumi and Spanish tenor Jose Carreras were among the performers.
Nicol David, Malaysian squash queen, downs Natalie Grinham to keep world title. The world number one and defending champion succeeded in retaining the women’s World Open squash title at the Ulster Hall in Belfast yesterday.
Nicol won in five games to retain her world title. It was hard work for Nicol as she had to fight back in a dramatic final to become the first Malaysian athlete to win a world championship title for the second consecutive time. Nicol, who became the first Asian player to win the title last year, took 98 minutes to defeat fourth-seeded Australian Natalie Grinham 1-9, 9-7, 3-9, 9-5, 9-2. Click here to view all matches' results in the championship. (source: World Squash)
A1 Grand Prix is the first opportunity in any area of motorsport for nations to compete on a level playing field. It is a series where technology and innovation are deliberately equalised and performance is determined by human bravery, skill and excellence. A1 Grand Prix is more than just another motorsport phenomenon; it's an entirely new sport - The World Cup of Motorsport. Pitting driver against driver and country against country for the first time in history, A1 Grand Prix will bring together 25 nations representing 80 per cent of the world's population to actively compete on a level playing field.
Alex Yoong (pic) with Fairuz Fauzy as the 2nd driver, a former Formula 1 driver for the Minardi team back in 2001. He didn't get to acclimatise himself well with the fast speed of Formula 1 and thus, faded out naturally the following year. He got in by virtue of the Malaysian government wanting a driver to represent the country. The government got a local corporate entity to sponsor Minardi with Alex Yoong packaged in. So he was pushed right up to the scale of motorsport when he's not ready for it. Back home, we Malaysians were so ashamed of his results, when you knew how he got into the scene.
What is FESPIC Games ?
The great Australian swimmer, Ian Thorpe has announced in a press conference that he will be retiring, at the tender age of 24, from competitive swimming competitions and will not participate in the upcoming 12th FINA World Championships to be held in Melbourne itself.
This time at Corpus Christi, Texas, the 5- and 6-year-old athletes were playing with all their hearts in a big championship youth football game. With 10 seconds left on the clock, a coach charged the field and tackled a referee, knocking him unconscious and sparking a raucous brawl. Some parents jumped in to protect their kids, others to protect adults at the bottom of the pile.
Good thing none of the kids was harmed and the police and the district attorney's office are already investigating the case where the coach will be charged for sure.
A horse rider from the Middle East competes in a 120 km (75 miles) International Endurance Race in the desert of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan on 14 November 2006.
Beginning today till 22 Nov 2006, World Cup Carrom Championships will be held in New Delhi, India.
Sprinters Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Sanya Richards of the United States were named as the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Athletes of the Year as announced during the World Athletics Gala held at Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco on Sunday.
17-year-old American striker Freddy Adu is to train for two weeks with English Premier League leaders Manchester United.
Think rock, paper, scissors is a children's game? Think again. Top players from around the globe will gather in Toronto this weekend (11 & 12 Nov) to compete for a C$10,000 (4,636 pounds) prize and the title of world champion. More than 500 contestants, including national champions from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, are expected to attend.
Players smack their fists into their palms and count to three before making one of three hand signals: a fist (rock), flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors. Before you think you can participate you may need to know the Advance RPS too.The Paper Scissors Stone Club was founded in England in 1842 and provided an environment free from the long arm of the law where enthusiasts could come together and play for honour, according to the World RPS (Rock Paper Scissors) Society. I should have concentrated on this simple game (but rewarding now) from day one and aim for the championship annually... tsk tsk... BUT I have to unlearn what I knew as the Malaysia's version is slightly different. Only the rock is the same but we have the bird and water instead of the scissors and paper - a fist (rock), flat hand (water) or five fingers stick together (bird). Rock will sink in water, bird drinks water and rock kills bird. I think I can set-up my own world championship now......
Tags: Sports, Game, World Champion, World RPS, Paper, Scissors, Rock, Toronto
Ronaldinho, the Barcelona star, won the most votes to win the FIFPro Player of the Year from the 43,000 players who were invited to make their vote on the best players of last year. The Brazilian international enjoyed a fantastic season last term helping Barcelona win both La Liga and the UEFA Champions League.
Italy's World Cup winning squad dominated the FIFPro Team of the 2005-06 season with four players making the side. Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta and Andrea Pirlo were the four Azzurri players to make the team. World Cup runners-up France had three players in the shape of Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry and Lilian Thuram in the team. Chelsea's John Terry, Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Milan's Kaka made up the rest of the team.
Tags: Sports, Football, Soccer, FIFPro, Barcelona, La Liga, Manchester United, Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto'o, Cristiano Ronaldo
If you are a triathlete, there is no bigger day in this sport than the Ford Ironman World Championship held in Kona, Hawaii recently. To get to the starting line in Kona, you must either be very lucky and get yourself a spot through the lottery, or very talented, and win yourself a qualifying spot at one of the qualifying events held around the world. Tens-of-thousands of triathletes try to get one of those coveted Ironman spots every year. Only 1,793 succeeded.
Nicky Hayden of USA grabbed his first world title after finishing 3rd in the MotoGP's last race held in Valencia, Spain. Australian Troy Bayliss won the race itself with defending champion Valentino Rossi struggling to finished at 13th which eroded his chances of winning the world title.
Scoreline: St. Louis Cardinals 4 Detroit Tigers 2, in the World Series that produced Cardinals' first World Series title in 24 years. They have won 10 titles now compared to New York Yankees' 26 titles. 
Fernando Alonso won his 2nd world title in Formula 1 race in the last leg of the Formula 1 calender which ended in Interlagos, Brazil. Felipe Massa of Ferrari won the race with Alonso coming in 2nd and 3rd placing went to Jenson Button of Honda. Michael Schumacher (my favourite driver) with his slim hope of capturing the title came in at 4th placing thus hampering his hope of a record 8th title.
Nevertheless, Alonso kept his cool to retain his title back-to-back and Renault captured the Constructor's title too with a 5 points margin over Ferrari. Alonso will move on to McLaren next year and everyone will have an open-wide challenge next with the expected retirement of the great Michael Schumacher.
One of the world's most technologically advanced pools was officially opened yesterday at the renowned Australia Institute of Sport, in a bid to strengthen the country's chances at the 2008 Olympics. It cost US$12.75m to build the AIS Recovery and Swimming Centre in Canberra.Pattaya is definitely firing up its presence internationally. Covid19 has hit many nations really hard and Pattaya wasn't exempted from ...
