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Do you know that in tennis beauty is preferred over class at Wimbledon?

The top four seeds traditionally play their semi-finals on Wimbledon Centre Court, but that’s not quite been the case in these championships. That’s because Wimbledon has become the first Grand Slam to admit that they do consider looks over ranking when deciding on who should play on Centre Court. They don’t call it sex appeal but box office appeal.

Unseeded players like Gisela Dulko and Maria Kirilenko got to play on Centre Court. Sorana Cirstea, who’s seeded 27th also played on Centre Court, while top seed Dinara Safina, 2nd seed Serena Willaims and 5th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova were pushed to court number 2.

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So a large scale conspiracy at play on how to get the better looking players on the show courts or just a case of listening to the demands of box office appeal as per Wimbledon Organisers?

A spokesperson from the All England Club said there was nothing wrong in scheduling a Sharapova vs Dulko game on Centre Court considering one was a former champion and the other an upcoming player, though neither were ranked in the top 40 right now. It’s a different matter that most fans on websites and blogs dubbed this as Wimbledon’s Battle of the Babes.

So Wimbledon Organisers have become the bad guys for being politically incorrect, while the players themselves don’t entirely disapprove. Serena Williams said she had no problems being on court number 2 and she knew that sexiness sells.

Serena, the highest earning woman sportsperson of all time with about 24 million dollars in prize money, is considered a fashion icon and she has 10 Grand Slam titles to her name.

While Maria Sharapova, easily one of the most popular women tennis players right now, also has won 3 Grand Slam titles. All going to prove these girls have style and substance.

And the tennis girls have support when it comes to looking good. Yelena Isinbayeva, the Olympic gold medalist in pole vaulting and a self styled sex symbol said: “Every girl in sport has a duty to be womanly and to look good.”

As for the men maybe they don’t need to wear make up but there is no denying the fact that charm, charisma and media savviness all contribute to making any athlete more popular whether they are male or female.
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Indias men in blue plan to lift the cup .With the batsman and bowlers in top form indians sure has the advantage and the new zealand will give their heart out performance to win the match give stiff competition to indians .But on the other hand if india has to lift the cup they have to
play really well in all three departments .With the assumption that the pitch will asssit the swing bowlers india has to be careful handling Nz bowlers .

For no other event on earth could the countdown have commenced one year ahead. The Olympic Games have that record.

The Beijing games have just begun. What does it hold for the countries of the world? So far, America, Russia and East Germany have dominated the Olympics medal tally. Japan and Korea tried to break their monopoly but failed.

But china this time may do that. If that happens this is the first time an Asian country will top the medals tally in the Olympics and that will be historic. In the last two games china has gone up to the top three positions. It has a fantastic record in swimming, diving, basketball, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, archery and athletics.

Don’t be surprised if china sweeps every event.

The greatest sports show on earth has many legends and myths about it. People talk about it and sportsperson are immeasurably excited about it.

Why are Olympic so special? Do you know it - its because You can break world records at world level championships but they don’t matter if they don’t have the Olympic stamp and more importantly it comes only once in 4 years .This is why steffi Graf, who earned millions of dollars as a professional tennis player, went to the games to bag that precious gold medal. This is why now roger federer is in Beijing .This is why basketball legends Michael Jordon, magic Johnson and Larry bird went to Barcelona to get Olympic gold medal when it was opened to professionals for the first time in the history of games. This is why Australian cricketers want 20-20 cricket to be in the Olympic so that they can also win an Olympic medal.

Nowhere else other than Olympic village can you see more than 200 countries and nearly15,000 to 20,000 athletes and officials converge at one point for a sports show .and the beauty is every sports lover is interested in one game or the other and will be watching any one of the events .That’s the specialty of Olympics