http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4 Just another EnglishClub.com ESL Blogs weblog Wed, 07 May 2008 04:48:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en        Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, the first time the prolific backcourt ace has received the honour after 12 seasons in the league. Bryant averaged 28.3 points, 5.4 assists and 6.3 rebounds a game this season for the Lakers, whose ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/05/07/lakers-guard-bryant-finally-wins-mvp-award/       Former world champion Alan Jones believes the Australian Grand Prix will disappear from the Formula One calendar after 2010. Jones says the race is unlikely to continue at Melbourne's Albert Park and has no chance of a future in Sydney. Australian Grand Prix Corporation officials are trying to persuade F1 boss ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/05/06/australian-f1-gp-doomed-alan-jones/ The Olympic torch arrived in Vietnam on Monday night under tight security. Scores of Chinese and Vietnamese with national flags and Beijing 2008 Olympics flags greeted the torch at Ho Chi Minh City airport as it came from communist ally North Korea. The torch ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/29/torch-arrives-in-vietnam-to-warm-welcome/          China will take on the United States in the opening round of the Beijing Olympic basketball tournament after the Saturday's draw. China will face the USA's team made up by NBA stars on August 10 in Group B, which also includes world champions Spain, African title-holders Angola and two ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/29/usa-first-up-for-china-at-olympics/         The British police arrest 30 pro-Tibet protesters in order to keep them away from the Beijing Olympics flame overnight, making sure that the torch went a high security tour of London.     The pro-Tibet demonstrators held up banners and had their faces painted in the colours of the Tibetan flag, shouting of ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/07/british-police-arrest-30-in-torch-protests/     The 23-year-old Briton, Lewis Hamilton from McLaren crashed out of Bahrain Grand Prix free practice while Ferrari's Felipe Massa set the pace. He lost control of the car on the exit to turn seven in the middle sector of the slippery desert circuit. However, Hamilton still set the fourth best time ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/05/hamilton-crashes-out-of-bahrain-practice/       David Sneath who has worked  at a Fort Motor Co. parts warehouse for 34 years. However, when he discovered he had won a $136 million Mega Millions jackpot, he decided not to walk out for work any more. He yelled at his boss and said "I 'm out of here" after he picked ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/05/jackpot-winner-to-boss-im-out-of-here/         The American tennis player Andy Roddick, who was the sixth seed in Miami tennis Masters, toppled world number one Roger Federer in three sets on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the ATP Masters Series. Roddick downed the top-seeded Swiss Federer 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-3, leaving him still in search ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/04/roddick-topples-federer-to-reach-miami-tennis-masters-semi-finals/       China launched the Olympic torch relay on Monday. President Hu Jintao officially set the flame off on its globe-trotting trip at a nationally televised ceremony from Tiananmen Square, after the Olympic torch arrived from Greece earlier Monday. Then there will be a 130-day relay, which will cross 19 countries before it ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/04/01/china-launches-olympic-torch-relay/    Dirk Nowitzki (my favourite!!!) from Dallas Mavericks suffered the injury during Sunday’s 88-81 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, the Mavericks announced on Monday that Nowitzki will be sidelined indefinitely with a high left ankle sprain and a mildly sprained left knee. Dirk said it was fairly new to ... http://eslblogs.englishclub.com/carrie4/2008/03/25/dirk-out-indefinitely-with-ankle-knee-sprains/