Glamorous Girls of Tennis

There are two kinds of people who watch women's tennis. One who is really passionate about tennis and the other for glamour. But it is actually glamour which pulls more crowds. Here is the list of some of the most Glamorous Girls of Tennis.

Anna Kournikova

Russia's Anna Kournikova has never ever won a grand slam title in her entire career; but still this beauty queen is famous as any of her champion counter parts. She took the tennis world by storm with her sex-appeal. Her name was one of the most common search strings in Google as millions of fans kept looking for her images in internet.

Maria sharapova

Unlike her compatriot Anna Kournikova, Sharapova has game. Standing tall at 6 ft 4", this Russian gal is a trend-setter when it comes to the game and outfits. She even has a best-selling perfume named after her.

Steffi Graf

Genius, grace, game - German beauty Steffi Graf had it all! Arguably she was the true queen of tennis. She never got carried away by any sort distraction. The game remained her top priority always; still the German blonde was hailed for her amazing figure, too.

Gabriela Sabatini

There is always something unique about Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini. It may either be her brunette hair or her ever appealing smile. It was in the finals of the 1990 US Open, when she beat the then world # 1 Steffi Graf and took tennis world by storm.

Chris Evert

Chris Evert - the diva of ’70s, tennis’s original glam girl well known for her hair cut, won 18 Grand Slam titles altogether. Her hair style was soo popular that made millions of women around the world copy it.

Monica Seles

She won her first grand slam title at 16, making her the youngest ever to win the title. During her career she was often posed a tough challenge to Steffi Graf. She won 8 Grand Slams until her career ended abruptly.

Martina Hingis

This Czechoslovakian won several Grand Slams in her career. But injuries cut short her career. Hingis had great charm and a captivating smile!

Daniela Hantuchova

This slim gal with her innocent looks caught the world’s fancy. Even though she has never won a Grand Slam title, she has a huge fan base following her on and off the tennis court.

Maria Kirilenko

Another Russian beauty, Maria Kirilenko has turned into photographer's favorite. She was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

Sania Mirza

This Hyderabadi gal from the sub-continent has a slew of fans all around the world. She married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik recently.

Amitabh Bachan to host KBC 4

The latest buzz is Bollywood is that fourth season of the most popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati will go on air by end of this year. Guess what, it’s not going to be broadcasted in Star Plus. Instead it is Sony which has won the race to telecast it.

Rumors were that either Aamir Khan or Anil Kapoor will host the show. But well wishers of audience and Amitabh Bachan insisted that he should be brought back. With this Big B returns to the small screen for the third time.

In 2001, Big B hit the small screen for the first time in Star Plus channel with Kaun Banega Crorepati, a game show with the prize money of Rs. 1 crore. The game show was a grand success. KBC occupied the 9 pm slot in almost every television set in the nation. TRP of the show hit an all time high, movie halls declared a slump in earnings because of the 9 pm show.

In 2005, the second season of KBC saw him yet again with the prize money doubled to Rs. 2 crores. But because of Bachan’s illness, the season ended abruptly. In 2007, The badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan stepped into the shoes of Amitabh Bachan to the host. But KBC 3 didn't do well with the audience. TRPs saw a huge difference between the two seasons hosted by Big B and the 3rd season hosted by King Khan.

Norway - Green Countries of the World

The Land of the Midnight Sun, Norway, stands fifth in the list of Green Countries with 81.1 points in the stoballnoy scale (used to evaluate the emission of Co2). Norway is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe, but the third wealthiest country in the world in terms of monetary value. It is well known for its rich oil and natural gas deposits, hydroelectric power, minerals and forests. It is the fifth largest exporter of oil and third largest exporter of gas.

The Co2 emission from oil refineries pollutes the atmosphere heavily and so the government is making purchase of equipment and technologies which will reduce Co2 emission. It is planning to reduce emission of carbon dioxide by 40%. Though the steps taken by the Norwegian government is not purely scientific, but economic, it is planning to become a country with virtually no industrial emissions of Co2 by 2030.

Top 5 Green Countries of the world

The average temperature of the Earth is increasing day by day. Ice bergs in North and South Pole of the earth are melting at a fast pace. Most of the countries around the world have now taken this as a major issue and started taking steps to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But there are few countries which are way ahead in this campaign. Let us see some of these Green Countries. Scientists at Yale University ranked these countries based on the stoballnoy (Russian Word) scale which is used to evaluate the emission of Co2.

5. Norway

4. Sweden

3. Costa Rica

2. Switzerland

1. Iceland

Brazil Knocked out by Netherlands

Five-time world champions Brazil has been knocked out of the FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa. The Quarter final match at Port Elizabeth witnessed the best teams namely Brazil often referred as 'A Seleção' and Netherlands known as 'The Oranje' in reference to their orange jersey.

Yellow cards clouded both the teams. Brazil's star players Kaka, Felipe Melo, Juan, Luis Fabiano entered the ground carrying yellow cards. The Dutch team saw as many as 8 players carrying yellow cards.

Brazil had a sensational opening with ROBINHO converting the pass from FELIPE MELO to a goal on the very 10th minute of the match. The Dutch team trailing by 1-0 started promisingly the second half. The Oranje was lucky to get a same side goal from FELIPE MELO on the 53rd minute.

That made it 1-1. This was the second time the Dutch team have benifited from an own goal (the previous one being against Denmark where Daniel Agger scored an OG). Finally Wesley SNEIJDER scored the oranje's first goal on the 68th minute and won the man of the match award.

On the 73rd minute, FELIPE MELO was given a red card and sent off the field. And that saw the end of Brazil's dream of a sixth world crown dismantled at the quarter-final stage. The Netherlands are on their way to Semi-final match at Cape Town.

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