Japanese Grand Prix 2015

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix to widen his lead in the Formula One title race. Hamilton capitalized on a strong start and surged ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg at the first corner. He led the rest of the way, crossing the finish line a comfortable 18.9 seconds ahead of Rosberg.

Ferrari Sebastian Vettel was third, 1.8 seconds behind Rosberg, who started from Pole. Australian Daniel Ricciardo drove his Red Bull across the line in 15^th place. With five races left, Hamilton has a 48 point lead over Rosberg in the championship standings. Hamilton, who was forced to retire at last weekend Singapore GP, claimed his eighth win of the season. It was his 41^st career win, tying him with his childhood Hero Ayrton Senna.

Rosberg and Hamilton went through the first two bends side by side. Hamilton appeared to give Rosberg little room at the second turn, forcing the German partially off the track. With Hamilton comfortably ahead throughout the Grand Prix, the focus shifted to the tight battle for second place between Rosberg and Vettel. Vettel Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen was fourth followed by Williams Valtteri Bottas.

The podium positions were exactly the same as last year’s race at Suzuka which was marred by a crash involving Jules Bianchi, who died in July, having never gained consciousness. The Next race is the Russian GP in Sochi on October 11. Last year the race was won by Lewis Hamilton followed by Nico Rosberg and third place pole by Valtteri Bottas.

Singapore Grand Prix 2015

Ferrari Sebastian Vettel leads from the start to finish winning his fourth Singapore Grand Prix, in which Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire due to faulty pedal. Sebastian wins in Singapore for the fourth time to help secure Ferrari first double podium of the season. A major security scare blighted Sebastian comfortable victory when a man ran onto the track.

In an eventful race full of incident, which saw Lewis Hamilton retire for the first time this season with mechanical problems the intruder wandered along the circuit with the cars accelerating 180mph. Moments later the man jumped back over the barrier but organizers here will face serious questions about how security could be breached so easily. Earlier in China this year, the same incident took place.

Vettel led from pole position to take his third victory of the season, one which brings him back into contention for the championship, now 49 points behind Hamilton. The world champion retired midway through allowing fourth place finisher Nico Rosberg to narrow the gap to 41 points. Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen took second and third place while both McLarens failed to finish with gearbox problems.

This superb drive moved Vettel onto 42 victories, one clear of Ayrton Senna in all-time list. Mercedes had not managed to come up with an overnight fix to their tyre troubles, losing ground to the Ferraris and Red Bulls. The next race will held in Japan on 27^th September 2015. Last year, Japan Formula one was won by Lewis Hamilton.

US Open 2015

The 2015 US Open is a Tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 135^th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Singles event defeating Roger Federer by 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, and 6-4. This was Novak Djokovic third Grand Slam this year and second US Open.

Women Singles event is won by Italian Flavia Pennetta by 7-6, 6-2 defeating country-mate R. Vinci. This was Flavia maiden US Open Grand Slam. Just after match she announced her retirement. Serena Williams lost in semi-finals. She was defeated by R. Vinci and finally her winning streak was broken. Men’s doubles event is won by Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeating Jamie Murray and J. Peers by 6-4 and 6-4.

Women’s doubles event is won by Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza defeating C. Dellacqua and Y. Shvedova by 6-3, 6-3. Mixed Doubles event is won by Martina Hingis and Leander Paes. This was Martina Hingis fifth doubles title this year. Hingis- a former world number one singles player who came out of retirement for a second time in 2013 has now won a total of 14 Grand Slam doubles titles in her career, while 28 year old Mirza has five.

Lewis Hamilton Won Italian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton extended his lead in this year driver’s world championship to 53 points on Sunday when he drove to a flawless and consummate victory in Italian Grand Prix at Monza. His nearest title rival, Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg retired with a blown Engine with two laps to go when placed third. He was then placed with Fernando Alonso of McLaren at 17^th position.

Hamilton led from pole position to the chequered Flag, leading all the way and surviving a nervous period during the final laps when he was aware of possible problems. His point’s margin makes him a clear favorite to defend his crown and claim his third world title during the seven remaining races of this season.

The newly blond defending two time world champion came home 25 seconds ahead of Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari with former local hero Felipe Massa finishing third of Williams, repeating his podium of last year. For Ferrari, it was a day to celebrate as Vettel reveled in his first race for the team on their home track. Hamilton win was his second in succession at Monza, his third in all at the famous old circuit, his seventh of the season and 40^th of his career.

Behind Massa, Fin Valtteri Bottas came home fourth in the second Williams ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who stalled on the first row in the second Ferrari and Mexican Sergio Perez of Force India. Nico Hulkenberg came home seventh in the second Force India ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, Marcus Ericsson of Sauber and Russian Daniil Kvyat in the second Red Bull. The next race will held in Singapore on 20^th September 2015. Till then stay tuned!

Karnataka Premier League

Karnataka Premier League (KPL) is an Indian Twenty20 cricket League established by Karnataka State Cricket Association in August 2009. The domestic cricket competition is modeled along the lines of the popular Indian Premier League. The sponsor of KPL is Bangalore based Real Estate Developer, Mantri Developers. They remained sponsor for five years just like DLF was for IPL.

This year the fourth season is taking place. The tournament is scheduled from 3^rd September 2015 to 19^th September 2015. Final of KPL will take place in Mysore. The last tournament was won by Mangalore United. Bangalore Provident (Rural) won the first season of the tournament. Large number of players was auctioned for the tournament. The tournament is a round robin format tournament where each team plays against each other and top four are advanced to the semi-finals.

Some of the players in Indian Cricket Team were part of KPL in 2014. Indian Opener KL Rahul was the top scorer with a century. KK Nair was also the part of KPL. MA Aggarwal, Vinay Kumar, and Manish Pandey have rich experience of playing in KPL. Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun are Bowlers who had played for India. Final will held in Mysore on 19^th September 2015, till than stay tuned.