Agassi’s startling confession

Andre Agassi’s autobiography “Open” has created quite a stir in the sporting world with revelations of illegal drug abuse by the tennis great. Agassi’s career took a nose dive in 2007, with his career rating plummeting to number 141. He staged the biggest within-a-year comeback to the top 10 rankings following that. That same
year, he admits to using crystal meth, a performance enhancing drug banned by the WTA. Get the book to know how he got away with it, and more about the personal life of the real Andre Agassi.

The swimming suit controversy

It all started with Michael Phelps was beaten this year for the first time in an individual race since 2005 Paul Biedermann of Germany. Controversy arose over Biedermann’s use of Arena X-Glide, a full polyurethane swimming suit. The Arena X-Glide has surpassed the trusted Speedo LZR Racer in exceptional buoyancy. In fact, swimmers wearing the Arena X-Glide broke over 15 records in a time span of 3 days! It has become clear that the suit gives an unfair advantage to swimmers. The governing body FINA has decided to ban these suits. Phelps, it is to be noted, stuck to his Speedo.

AUSTRALIA- THE END OF TWO DECADE DOMINANCE

Australia is the most respected and threatening nation in the field of cricket. They won the world cup in the year 1987. With great players like mark Taylor, Allan border they stabilized their team with consistent performance in the 90’s. However it was after the emergence of the Waugh brothers , the Australia started dominating. Under the captaincy of Steve Waugh the Australia emerged as a strong team. With potential players like Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist, Lehman, martin the team was well balanced to turn any match towards their favor. After the switch over of captaincy to Ricky ponting the team even got better with youngsters in team. However, now with major players retiring from the side, the team loses its balance and the intensity. The youngsters are failing to make an impact as their senior players did. The team has left ponting, Clarke and Hussey to stand as an example for the youngsters to win matches. With loss in Indian test series and a home loss to South Africa has raised question towards the potential of the Australians. Their dominance and discipline in the field is missing. This shows lack of talent and chemistry in the team. Now the number one spot is open to any talented team. The strong contenders are India and South Africa.

The importance of proper gear

Ask Michael Phelps the importance of quality sporting gear. He lost his unbroken streak of straight wins this year to some guy wearing a superior swimming suit – ONLY because of the swimming suit. Of course, it stirred quite a controversy leading to banning the suit, but the significance of using proper equipment in sports became much more evident. In non-contact sports like these, the use of a well engineered pair of shoes or a suit can
make all the difference. Before buying your sporting gear, do some research on the Internet and find out which brand is the best for you.

Oil and headsets for air planes

The term aviation has been derived from the Latin verb – ‘avis’ meaning ‘bird’ or ‘to fly’. From the day, man has conquered the sky with his potential abilities; the air plane business is one of the most sought after business in its kind. There are many players in this particular sector and the competition is getting denser day by day. One of the key players in this aviation business is the aeroshell and they are known for their quality products and high customer satisfaction. These products are designed based on the aim to increase the customer base. They are manufacturing the avionics headsets with a special technology called, Passive Noise Reduction or PNR. They are offering several products like the avcomm 200 etc. Comfort is the main objective for their production business. It is necessary to hear the instructions and warning messages crisp clear while you are in air. It can be achieved by using high perception oriented audio devices. These products are offered under the category of avcomm aviation. Quality is their prime motto and they are striving hard to reach 100% customer satisfaction. They are also offering the air craft lights, landing gears and other aviation related instruments.