Hamilton Triumphs at Spa

2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton gave a life to his race for the formula one world championships with the win at Spa, Belgium.

It was a day of another Red Bull start at Spa on Sunday. Red Bull's Mark Webber took the pole position on Saturday’s qualifying session. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was 2nd and Renault's Robert Kubica was 3rd. But when the race started Webber faced some problems with clutch and was pushed down to seventh. Hamilton made use of this and lead the race. Jenson Button who started at 5th went past Kubica and once it was looking like a McLaren 1-2 finish. But the 2009 F1 champion was knocked out of the race by Sebastian Vettel crashed into him while trying to overtake.

Hamilton too ran wide on lap 36 but recovered quickly to keep the lead and edged pass Mark Webber who finished second. This victory is Hamilton's 14th career win and the Briton now has 182 points 3 ahead of Webber. Robert Kubica of Renault was third and Felipe Massa of Ferrari was forth. Spa always proved a good track for Force India as Adrian Sutil finished fifth. His teammate Valentino Liuzzi finished tenth and gathered the least point. Barrichello who started the record 300th GP crashed Fernando Alonso on Lap 2 and was forced to retire.

2010 Formula 1 Driver's Championship Standings:
Lewis Hamilton - 182 points
Mark Webber - 179 points
Sebastian Vettel - 151 points
Jenson Button - 147 points

Jimena Navarrete Miss Universe 2010

The much awaited beauty pageant of the year Miss Universe 2010 was held on August 23, 2010. The biggest event which was hosted by Natalie Morales and Bret Michaels at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas (U.S.) saw beauty queens from almost all countries of the world.

In the 59th edition of the pageant, Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe 2010. The 22-year-old model girl was crowned by the outgoing title hoder Miss Universe 2009, Stefanía Fernández of Venezuela. Miss Jamaica, Yendi Phillipps and Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell was named as 1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up respectively. Ukraine's Anna Poslavska and Philippines's Venus Raj ended up 3rd & 4th Runner-up.

Australia's Jesinta Campbell was crowned the Miss Congeniality. Interestingly Fonthip Watcharatrakul from Thailand won both the Miss Photogenic and Best National Costume.

Didier Drogba Scores Hat-Trick

Didier Drogba’s hat-trick gave the perfect start for his team Chelsea winning the opening day match in Premier League against newly promoted West Brom by a huge margin of 6-0.

Reigning Premier League Champions Chelsea, which ended the last season with a 8-0 thrashing win over Wigan, have now won all the opening day match for the last nine Premier League seasons.

This victory margin is the biggest on the opening day match in the history of the Premier League. This has instantly pushed Chelsea to the top of the points table.

Earlier Florent Malouda scored Chelsea’s first goal of this season in the sixth minute. West Brom made a humbling return with Roman Bednar who had the ball in the net in the 18th minute with a 20-yard strike. But his effort was ruled offside. Drogba netted the first of his hat trick goal with a free kick just before half time. Chelsea was leading by 2-0 during half time.

Drogba's second goal in the 55th minute and Frank Lampard’s goal in the 63rd minute made it 4-0. Drogba completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute. Malouda ended the match with a last minute goal before full time.

The newly promoted West Brom too played some decent passing and caught the eye with some attractive football in the second half.

Lauren Froderman wins 'So You Think You Can Dance'

'So You Think You Can Dance' is an American dance competition. Aired on Fox in the United States since July 20, 2005, this reality show has similar shades of American Idol. The seventh season started on March 10, 2010. The winner will be decided based on the viewer’s votes across the nation. The grand finale was held on Thursday and millions of viewers voted for choosing their next big star.

Based on the number of votes, 18-year-old high school graduate from Phoenix, Lauren Froderman won the title 'America's Favorite Dancer'. She was also gifted with $250,000 grand prize. Froderman had a tough challenge from 18-year-old runner-up Kent Boyd of Wapakoneta, Ohio, and 19-year-old Robert Roldan of Thousand Oaks, California who finished third.

The bubbly jazz dancer was well known for her ability to pick up hip-hop, ballroom and Bollywood routines effortlessly throughout the 7th season. She also tackled a wardrobe malfunction during the 4rd week of the competition.

The grand finale also featured performances from Quest Crew dance troop and 7-year-old tap dancer Luke Spring. But the highlight was a duet from freestyle dancer Stephen 'tWitch' Boss (season 4 finalists) and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, former 'American Idol' judge.

The 7th season was plagued with injuries that forced a number of dancers to quit the competition. There were also several changes in the format including narrowing the finalist from 20 to 11 dancers, adding last season contestants as partners and cool choreographer Mia Michaels replaced ballroom maestro Mary Murphy on the judging panel.

Green Countries of the world - Iceland

Iceland stands tall in the list of Green Countries of the world. Yes! With 93.5 points in the stoballnoy scale, Iceland is virtually the most unpolluted environment on earth. Europe's second largest island, Iceland is gifted with abundant natural geothermal power which eliminates the need to burn something to get warm.

The oldest known geyser in the world,'The Great Geyser' is in Haukadalur valley, Iceland. Not only the Icelandic Government, but also the residents themselves of this small country are using "green" technology in all possible ways. Iceland which was once largely depended on coal (nearly 70%) has now reduced its dependency to a mere 18%.

The country is planning to get rid of its dependence on coal and oil by 2050. With widespread availability of natural geothermal power, many rivers and waterfalls for hydroelectricity, residents in Iceland neither pay a huge sum for hot water nor to heat the home.