In a previous post we have started depicting the characteristics of soccer’s pitch lines and marks and provided information about the Penalty Arc’s purpose. Today we focus our attention on the Centre Circle. As you may all know this circumference has the legal purpose of keeping all the players within a reasonable distance (outside the circle) from the…
Triathlon – Portuguese ‘Sporting Clube de Portugal’ João Silva Wins World Cup Race in Yokohama
Portugal’s Joao Silva reigned under the Yokohama sun today, beating Spain’s Javier Gomez on the final lap of the run to take his second consecutive ITU World Triathlon Yokohama win. Russia’s Dmitry Polyanskiy followed close behind for bronze just one week after winning the Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup. A breakaway on the last lap of…
World Series by Renault Race 1 – Fantastic win by Portuguese António Félix da Costa
After his last and first win in World Series by Renault’s Hungary race, Portuguese António Félix da Costa won again this weekend, now the first race in the French Paul Ricard circuit. Under very hard and wet track conditions, Félix da Costa started 3rd on the grid and made a poor departure finishing first lap only…
Australian Football 2012 AFL Final – Post match analysis and facts
With 99,683 people watching, the 2012 AFL final came to an end just a few minutes ago with Sydney Swans (also known as ‘Bloods’) winning the game by 91-81 against Hawthorn Hawks. The Hawks were beaten at their home town at the Melbourne Cricket Field. After a demolishing first quarter in which the Hawks led…
Formula 1 2013 Drivers Line-up Changes – Perez replaces Hamilton that signed for Mercedes
With still 6 races to go for the 2012 season to be completed and yet with the World Championship within its reach (currently 4 at a 52 point distance from the leader), Mclaren’s Driver Lewis Hamilton was today announced by Mercedes has signing a 3 three-year contract starting already in 2013. Hamilton is the best Formula…
Super Athletes – Alex Zanardi: From Motorsports Champion to Paralympic Gold
We start a new posts’ category dedicated to athletes that achieved outstanding performances in two or more completely different sports with Alex Zanardi. Alex Zanardi won two CART championship titles in North America (kind of equivalent to Formula 1 in Europe) in 1997 and 1998. Before that he was a Formula 1 driver between 1991 and 1994. In 1999…
Tennis Rankings – The ATP Rankings and scoring ranking points in the Olympics and in the Davis Cup
Professional players have almost twin world rankings, one for men – the ATP Rankings – and another for women – the WTA Rankings. Both ATP and WTA computes rankings for single and doubles. There is not a perfect scoring equivalence since there are differences in the tournament structure for men and women and even when…
UCI’s World Road Cycling Championships 2012 – High average speeds and Portuguese Rui Costa standing out again
The world cycling championships took place between September 16th and 23rd in Limburg, Netherlands. Following our last post on bikes evolution and races average speed increase, it was astonishing to see that the Elite Men’s race – that ended this event – was won by Philippe Gilbert with an amazing speed average of 43.541 Km/h for…
Australian Football – Objectives of the Game in Detail (Post 2)
The objective of Australian Football is to move the ball downfield and kick the ball through the team’s goal. The ball can be moved in any direction by way of a foot, clenched fist (called a handball) or open-hand tap but it cannot be thrown under any circumstances. Once a player takes possession of the…
Formula 1 Singapore 2012 – Post-race analysis
Yesterday’s Singapore Grand Prix was a striking example of 3 rules put in practice which we have described in earlier posts. The race was supposed to last for 61 laps but due to two safety car entrances the maximum 2 hours race limit was applied. The winner Sebastien Vettel crossed the finish line at lap 59. Also due to safety car…