WHO IS THE BEST FOOTBALLER?-CASILLAS SPEAKS

The captain and goalkeeper of the Spanish national football team Iker Casillas considers Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to be the two best players in the world at present. Casillas, who himself is widely regarded as the best goalie in the world, cleverly avoided

having to distinguish between the Argentine and the Portuguese though he did acknowledge that if he had to, it would be Ronaldo, only because he "knows him more."In an interview with Mexican television station, Univision, Casillas said: "We are talking about the two best players in the world now and this always leads to a great debate. Some think Messi, others think Ronado is better. I cannot choose any."Yet the Real Madrid star did eventually allude to who he rated more highly."If I had to choose one, it would be Cristiano, because I know him more for we play together at club level," he continued.Casillas went on to say he believed having two great players in the world is better than having one."We are talking about the two best players in the world right now, and I think that if there were only one, it wouldn't be as good for football," concluded the 31-year-old.

OLYMPIC WOMEN'S TENNIS : SERENA CHAMPION

Serena Williams has won the gold medal in the women's tennis final beating Maria Sharapova, the Russian blonde, by straight sets 6-0,6-1. It was a hammering for Maria. It took Serena just 63 minutes to overcome the Russian glamor-girl. Sharapova could not put up any resistance, she played like a novice. She managed to win only one game in the whole match.Serena's win has added another gold to America's medal tally. They are having a tight fight with China for the top place in medals. So now Serena is the Olympic women's tennis queen. People are now keenly waiting to watch the men's singles final to be played by Roger Federer, the current world number one, top seed and the winner of the highest number of grand slams in history(17) and Andy Murray, the local boy. Federer is undoubtedly the favorite and his defeat would be an upset. The home fans will definitely be supporting the local boy Murray but I think Federer, who has recently won the Wimbledon, will win the gold. In spite of having won 17 grand slams, Federer is yet to win the Olympic title. and most probably this is and would be his best as well as the last chance to achieve it. So, lets see who wins.

SACHIN WANTS TO CARRY ON TILL 45

Sachin Tendulkar has recently said that he has no intention to retire from cricket soon. This living cricket-legend has spent most of his life with cricket. He indicates that he would continue playing cricket till 45 if possible. He is 39 now.When asked about what he would do after retiring from cricket the little master says it is very difficult to say now what he would do after 5/6 years. The person who is engrossed with new models of cars was present at a program where a new model of BMW car of 3 series was released for the public last Friday. Answering different questions from the newsmen at the program this all-time best world batsman has said that whenever he thinks  of quitting cricket, he tries to divert his attention to "other matters". He adds that he wishes to spend every moment of his life with cricket. Regarding "other matters" he says that besides cricket , he is deeply interested in CARS. He loves to dream of cars. This inclination towards cars has originated in his mind from the time when he was only 6 years old. He likes to come to know about new-brand cars and also to drive them. That is why he is often invited as a guest to various programs. For such a program he was invited to England to release the new model BMW 3 series cars. This legend has also mentioned that the experience of driving this type of car on race-track was very thrilling indeed. The first car in Sachin's life was Maruti 800. Then it was changed to Maruti 1000. Sachin had bought a second hand BMW 320 model car at the age of 21 out of love for cars. In this sequence he now possesses a new model Ferari car for his entire family. But there were no hints from Sachin on whether he would like to work in sports management, motor sports or cricket administration after bidding farewell to cricket as a player.

THE BOXING KING AT THE OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY

52 years ago, legendary boxer Mohammad Ali had clinched the gold medal in the Olympics in Rome. After 52 years, Mohammad Ali came at the London Olympic opening ceremony. But not as the gold medalist, but as one of the noted persons who carried the flag. While hoisting the flag he was dressed in white suit-tie and wore a black sunglass. 30 years ago Ali was forced to quit boxing as he caught the incurable Perkinson's disease. Although he forsook boxing, he did not stay away from sports. In various times the legend turned up at various international sports tournaments and played different roles.