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2010 Belgian Grand Prix – Sunday Race – Hamilton takes win at Spa

Lewis Hamilton took victory for McLaren at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps in what turned out to be a real topsy-turvy and incident-filled race, where the changeable conditions came into play but not enough to dictate the race outcome. Mark Webber was on pole position in his Red Bull but he finished a [...]

2010 Belgian Grand Prix – Saturday Qualifying – Mark Webber takes Pole at a wet Spa

Mark Webber and Red Bull took pole position for the 2010 Belgian Grand Prix in a Qualifying session played out in changing weather conditions as his fastest lap with around five minutes to go in the 3rd qualifying session held good as a bit of rain returned to prevent the others from upping it. McLaren’s [...]

2010-11 UEFA Champions League Draw

The draw for the group stage of the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League was held earlier today at Monaco and it threw up some really delicious ties for Europe’s top club prize. 32 clubs were split into eight groups of four teams, who’ll play each other home and away between September and December to decide which [...]

Movie Review – Lafangey Parindey

With a title like Lafangey Parindey one would expect the movie to be somewhat crass, riddled with street-gangs, brawls, bloody fights, bruises, cuss-words, the works. And maybe a love-story amidst all that disorder coz let’s face it – it’s a movie. And bang! the lead actors are Neil Nitin Mukesh and Deepika Padukone – two [...]

2010 English Premier League kicks off today!

The day is finally upon us! The World Cup is behind us…and the club season is getting underway today, with the English Premier League kicking off later tonight. The 2010-11 season is predicted to be more competitive than ever before, what with Manchester United looking to wrest back the title they lost to Chelsea last [...]

JITM is now Centurion University

My Alma Mater – Jagannath Institute for Technology & Management or JITM, is now Centurion University. The Orissa Assembly has passed the Centurion University of Technology & Management Bill 2010 which was tabled towards the end of July and it will pave the wav for the creation of the independent university. It will be based [...]

‘10 Hungarian Grand Prix – Sunday Race – Webber takes win as Vettel is penalised

Mark Webber scored a fortuitous race win at the Hungarian Grand Prix as pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel was given a drive-through penalty and could only finish third behind the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso. Vettel was penalised for not staying within ten car-lengths behind the Safety Car when the race restarted, after it came out on lap [...]