Multiple Award winning Tennis Star Continues to win award after award and it undoubtable that they are all well deserved, barely hours after polling the most votes to win the AP Female Athlete Of The Year Award another top media establishment L’Equipe of France has named Serena Williams as “Champion Of Champions” 2015 alongside Jamaican Sprint Legend Usain Bolt.
Voting for the Campeones de Campeones, started in 1980 and it is done by all the Journalist working at L’Equipe, the award as now become one of the most popular Sports awards across the globe.
previous winners include Tennis number one Novak Djokovic, Sergey Bubka, Zinedine Zidane, Andre Agassi, Tiger Woods, Michael Schumacher, just to name a few.
The L’Equipe Champion Of Champions had been dominated by men through the years as Florence Griffith-Joyner was the only woman to have won it in 1988, In 2012 the Champion Of Champions was split into male and female categories.
This will be Serena’s Third Champion Of Champions award while Usain Bolt is winning it for the fourth time.
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MOTORSPORT
Michael Schumacher’s 15-year old son Mick, will appear in Formula 4 from April with Dutch team Van Amersfoort. The race format is seen as a stepping stone for young drivers wanting to get to Formula One.
THE seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, Continues His Recovery From A Skiing Accident In 2013.
FORMULA1
McLaren test driver Kevin Magnussen will replace Fernando Alonso at the Australian Grand Prix following his crash during testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The Albert Park Street Circuit in Melbourne grand prix which starts on the 15th of march 2015 will flag off the new Formula1 season and organisers have also mentioned that this will be the venue for at-least another five years.
Defending champion Switzerland WHO ARE WITHOUT THEIR TOP PLAYERS LIKE ROGER FEDERER AND STANISLAS WAWRINKA ARE ON THE VERGE OF CRASHING OUT OF THE DAVIS CUP THEY TRAIL BELGIUM 2-1
BELGIUM 2, SWITZERLAND 1
GREAT BRITAIN 2, UNITED STATES 1
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan have provided a lifeline
BRITAIN’S TOP PLAYER Andy Murray will play American John Isner and then James Ward is scheduled to face Donald Young.
FOOTBALL
ITALY
Member clubs of Serie A in Italy have voted to give Parma a five million euro emergency fund to help the club finish their season.
players of the club have spoken out saying that they will pay for their own transport to and from games if necessary.
This lifeline will see Parma host Atalanta tomorrow and also give them the opportunity to honour the rest of their games this season.
Samuel Eto’o scores for Sampdoria
Samuel Eto’o broke his Sampdoria duck and may well end Gianfranco Zola’s Cagliari career, as the Blucerchiati won 2-0. The Cameroon Striker broke his duck in the 72 second minute and it is hoped that he would carrying on from here.
SPAIN
A 26th minute goal by Aduriz was all it took for Athletico to defeat table toppers Real Madrid as the race for the Liga BBVA hots up in spain.
Real Madrid still top the Liga with 61 points but a victory for Barcelona over Rayo Vallecano will the Catalan giants leapfrog Madrid into first place.
GERMANY
A Muller Brace and a lone goal from Xabi Alonso saw Bayern Munich defeat Hannover96 by 3-1. Hannover’s Hiyotake drew first blood in the 25th minute but Bayern showed what champions are made of by pulling one back almost immediately before confirming superiority with to more goals.
FRANCE
PSG Rolled out the big guns as usual when they faced Lens today, David Luiz Scored a freekick, Ibrahimovic scored a penalty while Matuidi and Pastore also registered their names on the scorers sheet it ended 4-1 with Touzghar scoring a lone goal for Lens.
ENGLAND
It was the Harry Kane Show once again as the Tottenham striker bagged a brace as Tottenham defeated BPL Strugglers QPR. Sandro scored QPR’s only goal in the tie. QPR 1-2 Tottenham.
FA CUP
Aston Villa 2-0 West Brom
Aston Villa have booked a place semi final berth at Wembley with their second victory in one week over West Brom. The major talking point of this match however was the pitch encroachment by fans at the end of the game.
NIGERIA
Nigeria’s Beach Soccer Team Popularly Known As The Supersand Eagles Today Lost Narrowly To Senegal.
The Supersand Eagles Put Up A Spirited Performance But Lost 5-6 To Senegal In The First Semi Final Of The Ongoing Power Horse Invitational Beach Soccer Tournament In Durban, South Africa On Saturday.
Siasia Samson credit fifa.com
The Nigerian Under 23 Team Male Football Team
The U-23 National Team, Dream Team, Has Reached The Final Round Of Qualifiers For The Men’s Football Tournament Of The 11Th All-Africa Games, After A 2-0 Win Over Gabon’s U-23 Side In Abuja On Saturday. The Will Now Face Zambia In Their Bid To Win A Ticket For The Men’s Football Tournament Of The 11Th All-Africa Games.
The 19 Grand Prix’s of the 2014 Formula1 season was unequally shared amongs just 3 drivers. Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton both of team Mercedes went head to head for almost the entire season in an epic battle for the driver’s championship, The rivalry between the two teammates saw them share the podium a couple of times, And yes “This battle” easily guaranted that the team would emerge the winners of the constructors championship.
The amazing display of Redbulls’ Daniel Ricciardo saw him make the podium a couple of times ahead of more experienced drivers and he also capped it off with 3 wins in Canada, Hungary and Belgium.
Experts are now tipping him for greater things this 2015 season and this is definitely bound to put him under some pressure, but if the Ricciardo that turned last season shows up this term then we just might have ourselves one of the most exciting Formula1 seasons in recent times.
Daniil Kvyat Has joined Red Bull from Toro Rosso as a replacement for Sebastian Vettel who has already joined Ferrari after a very successful campaign with Redbull, although his final season was a season to remember.
Fernando Alonso has returned to Maclaren after seven years hoping to use this with to reinvigorate his career in a Maclaren team that has the experienced Jenson Button.
Maclaren as teamed up with Honda once again after over 20 years since they last partnered together thus ending the Macleren-Mercedes relationship.
The Japanese company are no strangers to Formula1 as they at some point even competed as constructors in 2008.
Max Verstappen—the son of former driver Jos Verstappen is in line to become the youngest Formula1 driver when the 2015 season starts. The former formula3 driver joined Torro Rosso alongside Carlo Sainz Jnr.
Caterham F1 and ManorF1 (formerly Marussia) ran into financial difficulties last season and it seems like they might miss the start of the season with the way things are with both teams at the moment.
Below is a full list of F1 teams and their drivers as at today Monday February the 16th 2015.
Also attached to this report is the complete 2015 Formula1 schedule, Winners list for the past 10 editions, the 2014 constructors and drivers championship rankings and other interesting facts and tidbits.
So will Hamilton and Rosberg continue from where they left off in 2014, can Ricciardo breakthrough the Mercedes Barrier? Will a change of teams enhance the fortunes of Alonso and Vettel? Can the return of Honda give Maclaren the deserved Boost? Or will we see the emergences of a new Formula1 King?
All of these questions and more will be answered when the brand new season zooms off in grand style at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia on March the 15th 2015 venue and date of the Australian Grand Prix.
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Schumacher won to titles at Benetton and five titles at Ferari to make him the greatness formula1 driver of all time.
2, Juan Manuel Fangio
Fangio held the record for most wins for fourty eight years (1955-2003) he won the drivers championship fives times with Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari. Fanio last championship victory also makes him the oldest driver ever to win a championship at 46 years and 41 days old.
3, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel
Prost has four titles, same as Sebastian Vettel, ( Prost won three with McLaren and one with Williams).
Vettel on his own part has won all four of his back to back titles with Redbull.
Vettel’s victory in 2010 at 23 years and 133 days old makes him the youngest driver ever to win a Formula1 drivers champion.