Cricket - Is it a dangerous game?

Cricket has been one of the best games ever played with a lot of fan following. But is it getting too dangerous despite all the protective measures? Have the companies failed to provide with the best of protective equipment? Well possibly yes! No one can deny the fact that despite it being protective, their are some loop holes. The entire world recently witnessed the death of one of the shining stars, Phillip Hughes from Australia. One bouncer from Sean Abbott costed his life. The nerve got damaged and blood was accumulated in his brain but the one major reason was just that one red ball that caused all this to happen. His death was still fresh in our minds before we got news of another death in Mumbai on cricket field, where Ratnakar More, Tata Tower's cricketer who died while playing a club match.

If we look at the past then we will find heaps of cricket who died and the reason behind was cricket. The idea is not to blame cricket but top put a question mark on companies providing cricket gears. May it be Mark Boucher loosing eye or loss of life of Proteas' Darryn, Pakistani Wasim Raja and Zulfiqar Bhatti, Richard from England, Raman Lamba on India and many others have died on cricket field and it is not only the batsmen but also the umpires who are not save. Alcwyn Jenkins was umpiring in a club match where he was struck on his head by a throw from one of the fielder which led to his death which also brings a new discussion in cricketing world that not only players but umpires should also be provided with protective equipments. The reason to write this is not to discourage cricket but to improve the equipment that are currently not 100% safe.

\

-Muhammad Nauman Akbani 

first goal of the season winner announced

with over 43 percent of the votes, hassan nouman's has been voted as the best goal of the season 1! nouman employed gareth bale's speed and technique to full effect against the belgium backline to record his impressive goal. FIFA.com spoke to goal of the season 1 winner to discuss his impressive achievement. "i got fifa 15 on 31st october and knew i couldnt get 90 games in before season 1 ended, but i made sure to score a fantastic goal and send it to FIWC as soon as possible." nouman told FIFA.com
"it took me few hours to score that epic goal with gareth bale." he said "it was worth sending because bale superbly passed two defender with a perfect step-over, did a fake shot and set a beautiful angle from which to put the ball in the net."

while nouman has won the goal of season 1, he's just getting warmed up for his main challenge. "i did't complete 90 games in the first two seson. i focused on tips, tactics and mastering some skills. i am going to try my level best in season 3 to qualify for FIWC grand final and put pakistan in an official FIFA interactive world cup grand final for the first time ever !"\



-Amza Rahimi

Australian Swimming Championships

The Australian swimming championships are considered national swimming championships for Australia. These championships are organized by the Swimming Australia. Likewise, the meetings are often double as the selection event for the international competitions for example, World Champions, Commonwealth Games, Olympics and Pan Pacific Championships. In addition, some people consider that the meetings are the second toughest domestic competition in the world after the United States national championships.

The Swimming Australia is considered the summit governing body for competitive swimming in Australia. This body has 100,00 members and they registered in approximately 1199 clubs around Australia. This body also includes swimmers, coaches, volunteers and administrators. 

Australian Swimmers of the Year 

In every year Swimming Australia has annual awards for the winners such as, Glen Housman in 1990, Michael Klim in 1997 and 1998, Ian Thorpe in 200,2001,2002, Susie O’Neill on 1995 and 1996 and then James Magnussen in 2011. 







Ali Husain - HUALD1401

Lin needs to lift his game

Jeremy Lin became a super star after a 10game run with the New York Knicks a few seasons back when he was their point guard. He went from a nobody to a must have. The beginning of this season he was picked up by the Lakers to be their second PG to follow Steven Nash as he was expected to be able to start every game due to ongoing injuries.

This was a big chance for Lin to prove that his 10game streak was not a fluke but a real skill and the player that he is. This chance only increased when Steven Nash didn't even manage to make it past the first game, injuring himself and leaving him out for the rest of the season. Lin went from the second to the starter for the LA Lakers. Lin's performance was decent at best and average in reality. He was inconsistent and sometimes poor. Not even half way through the season and Lin has now been taken off starter and been replaced by Ronnie Price.

This will hopefully come as a wake up call for Lin that he needs to find his game and pick up his performance or risk losing more than his starting position for the Lakers. Jeremy W

Fever: Cricket World Cup Twenty-Fifteen

As Cricket World Cup comes closer, excitement is increasing day by day. Cricket fever is reaching its peak. Team are getting ready for competition. Pakistan are playing with New Zealand, India with Australia, Sri Lanka vs England. Teams have already announced 30-men probables and now their is a fight amongst them those 30-men to make it to final 15. There are big number of supporter joining and buying ticket but ticket of quality matches are already gone. Ticket of Pakistan vs India were sold almost after 30minute when they went on sale. Now let us just talk about the issue in team as well. India are not willing to go the world cup with the lights of Gambhir, Sehway, Yuvraj and other senior players, they have preferred young guns over them. Pakistan are looking forward for mystery spinner Saeed Ajmal participation in the World Cup but before that he needs to get his action cleared, an unofficial test says that his action is under 15-degree but Pakistan might suffer another blow after Muhammad Hafeez has been report for suspect action. Ryder is not a part of black caps 30-me probables. Australia are looking strong but depends how they will respond to the death of Philip Hughes. South Africa also in a good position to win but we should know that Proteas are considered c
hokers. All in all, we can expect a classical show of cricket in the grounds of Australia and New Zealand.

-Muhammad Nauman Akbani 

An interesting conference

This season in the NBA our usual conference line up has yet to be formed in this first several weeks of the season. A few teams are really making a mark that isnt common for them, with other teams not doing as well as to be expect. With so many changes to the teams especially the changes with Lebron James along with many other stars leaving the Heat for Cleveland.
In the Eastern conference we are seeing the Raptors leading followed by the Wizards with the Bulls and Hawks fighting it out for third. This season the Heat are yet to be seen as top contenders not even in the top 5. With most of the season still to come it is to early to say who will win and who will fall short, but it is safe to say that this season will not be as predictable as previous seasons.

In the Western conference things are equal as interesting with at least 4 teams all contenders for first and another 6 who are in the fight for top 3. The usual suspects to be seen at the top are also this season falling short. But one team who has been managing to stay in the running despite losing their top goal scorer is OKC, who in the next few weeks might be seeing an increased in their win loss with the return of Kevin Durant. Jeremy W

Swimming 2012 Summer Olympics

The swimming competitions at 2012 Summer Olympics in London UK was from 28 July to 4 August at the Aquatics Centre. The open water competition took place from 9th to 10th August in Hyde Park. Swimming featured 34 events 17 male and 17 female, involving two 10 km open water marathon in the Hyde Park. In addition, in 1992 Australia brought an underwhelming performance with just a single victory in the freestyle, however they achieved to bring home a total of the ten medals.

United States of America won 31 medals, composted of 16 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 6 bronze medals. Michael Phelps won 22 medals which composed of 18 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. Additionally, France ended on an amazing fashion in third spot and they won 7 medals composed of 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal followed by Netherlands with 4 medals.

Ali Husain - HUALD1401