New blog

Hi everyone!

I have started a new blog at http://tharinasportsblog.wordpress.com/ completely dedicated to sport.

Go have a look!

Alonso's back!!!

My favourite Formula 1 driver, Fernando Alonso, and his team, Renault, are back! And that in his home race in Barcelona, Spain.

Alonso today almost got pole position after a hard season so far. Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari just beat him to pole, so he starts in 2nd place.

I'm totally ecstatic, and it ought to be a great race tomorrow.

Here are the full qualifying results, as well as some great Alonso pics from today's qualifying session.

1 Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari
2 Fernando Alonso - Renault
3 Felipe Massa - Ferrari
4 Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber
5 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes
6 Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren-Mercedes
7 Mark Webber - Red Bull
8 Jarno Trulli - Toyota
9 Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
10 Nelsinho Piquet - Renault
11 Rubens Barrichello - Honda
12 Kazuki Nakajima - Williams-Toyota
13 Jenson Button - Honda
14 Timo Glock - Toyota
15 Nico Rosberg - Williams-Toyota
16 Sebastien Bourdais - STR-Ferrari
17 David Coulthard - Red Bull-Renault
18 Sebastian Vettel - STR-Ferrari
19 Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India-Ferrari
20 Adrian Sutil - Force India-Ferrari
21 Anthony Davidson - Super Aguri-Honda
22 Takuma Sato - Super Aguri-Honda

Massa takes 2nd Bahrain victory

Felipe Massa from Brazil won the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix for the second year in a row today in his Ferrari.

His teammate, Kimi Räikkönen, took second, giving Ferrari a solid 1-2 finish.

Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) drove into the back of Fernando Alonso's Renault, causing him to finish outside of the points in 13th place.




























The complete results were as follows:

1 Felipe Massa - Ferrari
2 Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari
3 Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber
4 Nick Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
5 Heikki Kovalainen - McLaren-Mercedes
6 Jarno Trulli - Toyota
7 Mark Webber - Red Bull-Renault
8 Nico Rosberg - Williams-Toyota
9 Timo Glock - Toyota
10 Fernando Alonso - Renault
11 Rubens Barrichello - Honda
12 Giancarlo Fisichella - Force India-Ferrari
13 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren-Mercedes
14 Kazuki Nakajima - Williams-Toyota
15 Sébastien Bourdais - Toro Rosso-Ferrari
16 Anthony Davidson - Super Aguri-Honda
17 Takuma Sato - Super Aguri-Honda
18 David Coulthard - Red Bull-Renault
19 Adrian Sutil - Force India-Ferrari
Ret Nelson Piquet Jr. - Renault
Ret Jenson Button - Honda
Ret Sebastian Vettel - Toro Rosso-Ferrari

The next Formula 1 race takes place in Barcelona, Spain in 3 weeks time.

Kubica takes first ever pole

Robert Kubica from Poland took his first ever pole position in Formula 1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix today.

This was also BMW's maiden pole position.




















Above: Robert Kubica just after taking pole.




















Above: 2 times world champion (and my favourite driver), Fernando Alonso, congratulates Kubica.

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) will start alongside Kubica in 2nd place, and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) behind him in 3rd.

The race starts at 13:30 South African time tomorrow. Don't miss it!

Liverpool and Arsenal draw again

For the second time in the space of 3 days Liverpool drew 1-1 with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Peter Crouch scored for Liverpool in the first half, but Nicklas Bendtner equalised for Arsenal in the second half.


















Above: Peter Crouch celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the match.

No other goals were scored. The 2 teams meet again at Anfield on Tuesday night for the 2nd leg of their quarter final clash, with Liverpool at an advantage with an away goal.

Blog now in english

Hey guys!

Sorry for being so quiet the last few months.
I'm only going to write in english from now on, as more people will be able to read my blog, and not only the Afrikaans people.

Have a great weekend further!

Tharina

Fernando Alonso is terug by Renault!

Fernando Alonso is gister uiteindelik bevestig as Renault F1 se nommer een bestuurder in 2008.



































Nelson Piquet jr. is bevestig as sy spanmaat.



















Die nuwe Renault sal in Januarie 2008 onthul word.

Beste boek in 'n lang tyd...

Ek is mos 'n skrywer, so ek lees natuurlik baie boeke. My broer behoort aan 'n boekklub, en toe vertel hy my van 'n boek wat hulle gelees het. Dit klink toe vir my baie interesant, en ek leen toe die boek by hom.

Die boek gaan oor die agtien-jarige Ram Mohammad Thomas. Hy is gearresteer nadat hy twaalf vrae reg beantwoord het op 'n TV vasvra program en een biljoen roepeë gewen het. Die produksieleiers is seker dat hy sy pad na oorwinning oop gekul het.

Ram vertel twaalf seldsame gebeure uit sy straatkind-lewe wat vir hom die twaalf antwoorde gegee het wat hom die speletjie laat wen het. In sy hartroerende verhaal lê al die komedie, tragedie, vreugde en aandoenlikheid van moderne Indië.

Ek raai enige iemand wat hierdie artikel op my blog raakloop aan om die boek te lees. Anders mis jy baie.

Hier is 'n paar foto's van die boek:















Julle kan ook meer lees oor die skrywer, Vikas Swarup, op die volgende webtuistes:

http://www.vikasswarup.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikas_Swarup


Dit is Swarup se heel eerste boek (dit wil gedoen wees).
Hy is huidiglik besig om sy tweede boek, Six Suspects, te skryf.
Ek kan nie wag nie!

Swarup is 'n Indiese diplomaat. Huidiglik woon hy hier in Pretoria, Suid-Afrika.

As jy die boek in die hande kry, geniet dit! En laat weet my gerus of jy dit net so baie geniet het soos ek.

Andrea Corr - World AIDS Day Add

1st December 2007

Disturbia trailer

Hier is die voorprent vir die nuwe fliek, Disturbia. Lyk nogal scary. Die hoofrol word gespeel deur Shia LaBeouf, wat ook onlangs in die treffer-fliek, Transformers, gespeel het.