Nico Rosberg wins Belgian Grand Prix

A frenetic 2016 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix saw Mercedes Nico Rosberg take a commanding win from Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, with the second Silver Arrow of Lewis Hamilton a fighting third, having started from the back of the grid.

Force India Nico Hulkenberg again missed out on that elusive maiden podium, finishing fourth ahead of team mate Sergio Perez and the Ferrari Sebastian Vettel, while Fernando Alonso, last on the grid was a superb seventh for McLaren. The Williams of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas were eighth and tenth respectively, split by Kimi Raikkonen who completed the top ten in the second Ferrari.

For Rosberg it looked like a stroll in the Ardennes as he scored his sixth victory of the year, the 20^th of his career. Three cars were damaged; Verstappen lost a chunk of his front wing, Raikkonen sustained a puncture and front wing damage and limped to the pits, and Vettel also had resultant problems with his front wing. The incident compromised all of their races, through events on the sixth lap threw them a lifeline.

It was on the sixth lap that Kevin Magnussen lost the back end of his Renault, which was running in eighth place on team mate Jolyon Palmer tail, as he reached the top of Eau Rouge. Race was restarted 17 minutes later, after teams had had the chance to change to whatever tyres they wanted. World Champion Hamilton now has 232 points to Rosberg 223 and Ricciardo 151.

MotoGP 2016: Grand Prix of Czech Republic

Cal Crutchlow became Great Britain’s first premier class winner since Barry Sheene 35 years ago as the LCR Honda rider clinched his maiden MotoGP triumph at Brno in the Czech Republic. On a wet track, Crutchlow 15^th in the early stages, gambled with hard tyres front and rear and it proved a masterstroke as the 30 year old began to scythe his way through the field.

Rossi, back in 12^th place until he was able to take advantage of his hard rear, finished 7.2 seconds behind Crutchlow at the end as the nine-time world champion moved ahead of team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in the championship standings. Lorenzo, who was back on the rostrum in the previous round in Austria, was one of the few riders who came into pit lane to change bikes.

Title leader Marc Marquez finished on the rostrum in third on the Repsol Honda with another resilient performance to keep any damage to his championship advantage to minimum, with Rossi only closing the deficit by four points. Behind the top three, French rider Loris Baz also stormed through at the end to nick fourth place on the Avintia Ducati ahead of team-mate Hector Barbera.

 Northern Ireland’s Eugene Laverty rode an excellent race to finish sixth on the Aspar Ducati ahead of Danilo Petrucci while Austrian GP winner Andrea Iannone somehow limped over the line in eighth. Marc Marquez is still at first place with 197 points, followed by Valentino Rossi with 144 points, followed by Jorge Lorenzo with 138 points.

MotoGP 2016: Grand Prix of Austria

Andrea Lannone won a stunning Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, scoring his first ever MotoGP victory after seeing off the challenge of teammate Andrea Dovizioso. It was Ducati first MotoGP win since Casey Stoner at Phillip Island in 2010, their 1-2 since 2007 at the same venue.

The top six bikes fought a stunning duel in early stages, with Dovizioso grabbing the lead from teammate Lannone just after one-third instance. Lorenzo headed early-leader Rossi for the duration in third, with Honda’s Marc Marquez and Suzuki Maverick Vinales in touch over the opening stages but falling off the leading pace in the second half.

Lannone passed Dovizioso for the lead with eight laps remaining. In the closing stages, the Ducatis pulled away to make it personal duel between them in the sprint to the finish line. Lannone kept his nerve out front to score a superb maiden victory at the top level, heading Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Rossi, Marquez and Vinales.

Lannone, who will move to Suzuki in 2017, is the first Italian to win for Ducati since Loris Capirossi at Motegi in 2007. It also consigned Dovizioso losing streak, which extends to Donington Park in 2009. Marc Marquez of Honda is still at top with 181 points followed by Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha with 138 points. Valentino Rossi of Yamaha is at third place with 124 points. 

Real Madrid won UEFA Super Cup 2016

The 2016 UEFA Super Cup was the 41^st edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual Football match organized by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European Club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Real Madrid, the winners of the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League and Sevilla, the winners of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League.

It was played at the Lerkendal Stadion in Norway. Real Madrid won the match 3-2 after extra time. In the 21^st minute Marco Asensio scored the opening goal for Real Madrid with a strike from the 25 yards out which flew into the top left corner of the net. Franco got the equalizer in the 41^st minute when he scored with a low left foot shot from just inside the penalty area.

Sevilla were awarded a penalty in the 72^nd minute when Sergio Ramos was adjudged to have fouled Vitolo by flicking back his leg inside the penalty area. Yevhen scored from the resulting penalty with a low shot to his left sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. In the 93^rd minute Sergio Ramos scored with a free header from two yards out after a cross from Lucas.

In the 119^th minute Dani Carvajal got into the penalty box after a long run down the right and scored when he lifted the ball with the outside of his right foot over the goalkeeper. This was the third time Sevilla lost in UEFA Super Cup final. In 2014 they lost by Real Madrid and in 2015 by Barcelona. This was the third time Real Madrid has won UEFA Super Cup. 

Caribbean Premier League 2016

A rematch from first Caribbean Premier League playoff qualifier between the regular season’s top teams quickly turned into an uncontested romp for Jamaica Tallawahs, who rampaged past Guyana Amazon Warriors by nine wickets to claim their second CPL title at Warner Park. For Warriors, it was a flat effort that left them runner-up for the third time in four CPL seasons, twice to Tallawahs.

Warriors were the regular season table toppers and beat Tallawahs in two of their prior three meetings, including four wickets in opening playoff match. In Final, they stumbled badly after being sent in by Chris Gayle at the toss and were bowled out for a franchise record low total of 93 in just 16.1 overs. Warriors never won a game while batting first in 2016, and lost all three games in which they batted first, with two of those losses coming against Tallawahs.

Warriors were under pressure early when Nic Maddinson became the first of three batsmen dismissed first ball, edging Andre Russell behind in first over. A bigger blow came at the start of the third over when Chris Lynn the tournament leading scorer carved Shakib Al Hasan straight to Jonathan Foo at backward point for 7. Kesrick Williams also won a hat-trick in 16^th over.

Russell was named player of the Tournament. Russell struck the fastest century in Caribbean T20 history, off just 42 balls and also broke a three game Tallawahs losing streak lifting them into the Final.

Pro Kabaddi League 2016

Pardeep Narwal produced a terrific performance as Patna Pirates beat Jaipur Pink Panthers 37-29 in the final of season 4 in the Pro Kabaddi League. Patna, who were the champions of Season 3, dominated the game right from the first whistle.

The Patna unit made history as they became the only team to lift the trophy twice in the tournament history of four editions. The win concludes another thrilling season of the Pro Kabaddi. It was the season of many firsts as for the first time women’s team locked horns in the Women’s Pro Kabaddi League.

In Women’s Pro Kabaddi League, Storm Queens create history as they win the inaugural season of Women Kabaddi defeating Fire Birds 24-23. Storm Queens topped the points table with 13 points from 4 matches while Fire Birds ended at third place with 8 points winning just one match.

For third place, Puneri Paltan beat Telugu Titans 40-35 in this year’s Pro Kabaddi League. Patna with strong display from their defenders scored 11 points in the last five minutes to make it to their second successive final. Manjeet became the fourth man to score 400 points in Pro Kabaddi League. He got two back to back tackle points as Pune trailed by 2 points in the 20^th minute. Telugu Titan’s Rahul Chaudhari was the first player to achieve this feat.