Summer Sports Season

Lot of things happening in sports. Soccer, NBA, Ascot and ofcourse Wimbledon!

I have been following Euro cup off and on. its not big in UK since England is not part of it(sadly and shockingly).

Ballack has been one of my favourite players and I am happy for him to have led Germany by example into Semis. Portugal is a strong team, though I am not a fan of Ronaldo. I think he is arrogant and I have no respect for him. I am sure he will ditch his mentor Ferguson and jump ship for money.

Anyways, the interesting bit is the quarter-final being played between Croatia and Turkey, today. Its specially remarkable for a team like Turkey.

I am not rooting for any particular team. I think the Final will see Italy and Germany playing but ofcourse there is Netherlands and Spain and maybe Turkey or Croatia can spring some surprise.

I caught some NBA action on Dave particularly Celtic beating Lakers in the final. I am not much into Basketball, but it was a good one and the Boston team deserved to win.

Ascot racecourse has also seen a lot of action. I used to walk through the Waterloo station and see various shapes and types of weird and eclectic hats worn by ladies and gentlemen who were on their way to Ascot.

Ascot Racecourse is in the village of Ascot, Berkshire and is famous for its horseracing event. It's founded and patronised by the British Royal family.

Main event is the Royal Ascot Gold Cup which is currently going on. It's a five day event. Ofcourse there is lot of betting that goes on and a dress code which is strictly policed. I heard Yeats has won the Gold Cup and made history.

Then ofcourse there is good old Wimbledon coming up. Glad I will be so close to the action. Maybe, just maybe I will watch couple of matches too. Will be fun to watch Federer or Nadel or Novak or Sania Mirza :)