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Ponting will pass Sachin

Ponting will pass Sachin: Chappell

Ricky Ponting’s maiden hundred on Indian soil has led Greg Chappell to predict that the Aussie skipper will eventually pass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of maximum Test centuries.
Ponting’s 123 on the opening day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Thursday took him to sixth on the list of all-time run scorers with 10,222 in 120 Tests, surpassing India’s Sunil Gavaskar. Still 1731 behind Brian Lara’s world mark of 11,953 from 131 matches, Ponting’s real contest will ultimately be with 35-year old Indian batting maestro.
Tendulkar went into this Test 77 runs away from Lara’s record, but Chappell is adamant that 33-year-old Ponting will play long enough to pass Tendulkar.
“His record’s going to stand the test of time. He’s now got runs everywhere in style,” Chappell, who is now Australia’s batting coach, was quoted as saying.

Olympic Logos

Historical : Olympic Logos

The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event. The original Olympic Games (Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες; were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathenian Stadium for Olympic Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens."

The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. The IOC has become the heart of the "Olympic Movement," a conglomeration of sporting federations that are involved in the organization of the Games. As the Olympic Movement has grown so have the profile and complexity of the Games. Participation in the Games has increased to the point that nearly every nation on earth is represented. With the proliferation of satellite communications, the internet, and the continuing trend towards globalization, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters. This growth has created numerous challenges, including political boycotts, the use of performance enhancing medications, bribery of officials, and terrorism.(From Wikipedia)



























Tiger Woods Captures 108th U.S. Open

Tiger Woods Captures 108th U.S. Open in Legendary Fashion

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We have seen this before—Tiger standing on 18 holding a trophy—but the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines may have just been his best performance yet.

It was not supposed to end like that.

He winced in pain with every shot during the week, he had four three-putts and four double bogeys, and it seemed he could not find his game.

It took a birdie on Sunday to force an 18-hole playoff with Rocco Mediate, but at 45, he was and unlikely challenger. However, he pushed Tiger to 91 holes.

With a knee that he later explained, "hurt more than he thought", Tiger captured his 14th career major and maybe the most amazing of them all.

"This is probably the greatest tournament I've ever had," Woods said.

Mediate had his chances on the verge of one of golf's greatest upsets—he missed a 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win, and he put his tee shot in the bunker at No. 7.

"Obviously, I would have loved to win," Mediate said. "I don't know what else to say. They wanted a show, they got one."

Rocco won over the crowd at Torrey Pines with his gutsy play and sound bites.

He overcame a three shot deficit to take the lead with three holes to play, "I never quit. I never quit," Mediate said. "I've been beaten down a few times and came back, and I got what I wanted. I got a chance to beat the best player in the world. And, I came up just a touch short."

Tiger Woods showed why he is the best player in the world, even when wounded, we are fortunate to watch such a great athlete play at the top of his game, and bring us moments like a 30 on the back nine Friday, two eagles and a chip-in birdie on Saturday to take the lead, and a 12-foot birdie with the final stroke of regulation to force the playoff.

This was Wood's 65th career victory, passing Ben Hogan for third all-time. He raised his playoff record to 15-2 and made it 14-of-14 in majors when he had at least a share of the lead going into the final round.

He is now only FOUR majors away from Jack.

When asked about his status for the British Open in July, Woods said, "I'm going to shut it down for a while."

At 34, Woods continues to amaze us. He has rewritten all golf records, and showed us on Monday at Torrey Pines Woods with a bummed knee why he is never out.

Drift City


Cheatmode:
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Submitted by: RM

Push the following buttons together anytime during the game,except
during server select screens.

Note:
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If you use the Boost Code in the Battle-Zone it's apparent to everyone
that your cheating due to a huge blue halo around your car.

Code Result
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Control+Shift+V - Make cars disappear, player or NPC.
Control+Shift+U - Makes extras disappear, such as speedometer,
mini-map, quick-times on the top right, chat, exp
bar, names on people's cars.
Control+Shift+F - Shows FPS and other in-game texture info.
Control+Shift+P - Displays a lots of script info.
Control+Shift+N - Also displays FPS, and lag, when your racing and odd
checkpoints on the minimap.
Control+Shift+O (as in orange) - Makes all the buildings disappear, mountains, terrain,
trees, everything that you can hit.
Control+Shift+T - Makes the roads disappear.
Control+Shift+R - Resets the screen to the top left corner.
Control+Shift+0 (Zero) - Halloween night sky, with the crazy moons and auroras
Control+Shift+0 (Numpad Zero) - Opens Korean Google
Control+Shift+(F1 to F10) - Shows different cinematic camera angles.
Control+Shift+E - Turns on hazard warning lights.
Control+Shift+- (Minus) - Adds to your boost bar.

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