Sochi 2014 Highlights - Day Six

12th of February, 2014 - DAY 6

At the Women's Downhill, Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland are tied and both won gold medals after sharing the same winning 1:41.57 time.

At the Pairs Free Skating, two Russian pairs got themselves a one-two combo as 1st place Russian pairs Maxim Trankov and Tatiana Volosozhar scored 236.86 points overall from the judges while 2nd place Russian pairs Fedor Klimov and Ksenia Stolbova scored an overall 218.68 points from the judges.

Team Germany is the winning country of the Doubles Run Luge, ousting the likes of Austria and Latvia with the time of 1:38.933. Also, Eric Frenzel won the Individual Gundersen NH 10km Cross Country, scoring another gold medal for the Germans.

USA's Kaitlyn Farrington won the Ladies' Halfpipe Finals and Dutch's Speed Skater, Stefan Groothuis, won the Men's 1000m.

Details: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/daily-schedule-day-6

Let's Do The News! (February 12, 2014)

Things we learned today...

- Billy Ray Cyrus, the dad of Miley, releases what is thought to be the hip-hop sequel to "Achy Breaky Heart"

- Screen legend Shirley Temple Black died at the age of 85.

- Idina Menzel, the voice of Elsa from Disney's Frozen, will perform the movie's song LET IT GO at next month's Academy Awards.

- Willie Revillame called people who helped Tado...LIARS?!

- Honda will showcase the CIVIC TYPE R CONCEPT at next month's Geneva Motor Show, previewing Honda's signature hot hatch built for the European market. Don't expect the Type R name to come back to Japan, though. As stated, the final Type R model sold in Japan was the Civic Type R Euro FN2 and after all the stocks are gone, Type R is gone for good and not coming back to Japan ever again.

2014 Honda Civic Type R Concept teaser sketch

- The S-Class Coupe from Mercedes-Benz is the replacement to the CL-Class just as what the E-Class Coupe did to the CLK five years ago.

2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe

- Audi revealed the hot version of the A1 supermini, the S1, in three-door and five-door Sportback guise. This new micro hot hatch from Audi is kinda more like a tamer version of the limited-run Audi A1 clubsport quattro but for this, it's powered by a 2.0L turbo engine generating 228HP of power and 272lb-ft of torque, mated to a six-speed gearbox.

2015 Audi S1 Sportback

- The dark days of Australian motor industry continues as Toyota Australia announced that they will stop making cars in 2017.

- THAT'S NOT GONE WELL. Honda Motor Co., Ltd announced a third recall for their hybrid models mated with the 7-speed DCT gearbox because of some...computer glitches. This affects to hybrid models of the new Honda Fit and its crossover equivalent, the Vezel.

- Character actor Roy Alvarez dies at the age of 63 due to cardiac arrest. Aside from being an actor, Alvarez is a director and scriptwriter on films, TV shows, and theater plays.

Sochi 2014 Highlights - Day Five

11th of February, 2014 - DAY 5

Five days have passed since the Sochi 2014 games began and things are heating up in the frozen battleground of Sochi, Russia. 

Belarusian athlete Darya Domracheva cleared the Women's 10km Pursuit with a winning 29:30.7 time and a gold medal for the first time for Belarus in this year's Olympics.

The Cross Country games sees a huge margin set by the Norwegians as Maiken Caspersen Falla won the Ladies' Sprint Free Finals while in the Men's Sprint Free Finals, Ola Vigen Hattestad is declared the victor. 

The Canadians did very well on the final round of the Ladies' Ski Slopestyle Final courtesy of winning Canadian Dara Howell and 3rd placer Kim LaMarre.

In the Women's Singles Luge, the Germans scored a one-two punch as Natalie Geisenberger placed 1st and Tatiana Huefner placed 2nd. Not only that, another German scored gold but this time at the Ladies' Normal Hill Individual Finals. Carina Vogt is the winner.

In the Men's Halfpipe Finals, Swiss athlete Iouri Podladtchikov is the winner while in the Ladies' 500m Race, South Korean athlete Sang Hwa Lee is the victor.

Details: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/daily-schedule-day-5

Top Gear S21E02

Top Gear S21E02

Two of the much awaited sportscars, the Alfa Romeo 4C and the McLaren P1, were the highlights of the second episode of Top Gear Season 21.

First up, Richard Hammond returns to Italy to take a spin on the Alfa Romeo 4C lightweight sportscars until Jeremy Clarkson issues him a challenge in an amphibious quadbike on a cross-country race in Lago Como, Italy. At the end, it's a proof that the Alfa 4C is better than an amphibous quadbike...just. After the battle, The Stig set off and the 4C posted a 1:24.8 lap time round the TG track.

Then, James May returns to the Middle East to investigate military vehicles.

Tom Hiddleston, the actor feared and respected for being Thor's evil brother, Loki, is the STAR IN A REASONABLY PRICED CAR and he posted a 1:49.9 lap time round the Top Gear Track in a wet condition.

After that, the episode concludes with Jeremy Clarkson arriving on Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, to take on the ultimate hybrid-engine wielding hypercar, the McLaren P1.

Next week on Top Gear; the Ukraine Small Car Road Trip, the Zenvo, and James Blunt.

Sochi 2014 Highlights - Day Four

10th of February, 2014 - DAY 4

German skier Maria Hoefl-Riesch is declared the victor of the Women's Super Combined Slalom after posted a 2:34.62 time and winning the gold medal for her fellow German athletes while two of the French athletes for the Men's 12.5km Pursuit did a good show on the spectators. Martin Fourcade placed 1st place with a 33:48.6 time while his fellow French Jean Guillaume Beatrix placed 3rd with a time of 34:12.8.

On this day, Canada scores big time as Alex Bilodeau won the Men's Moguls after three consecutive rounds and Charles Hamelin cleared the Men's 1500m Finals after posting his 2:14.985 time and won the gold medal.

At the second round of the Men's 500m Speed Skating, the Dutch done a 1-2-3 punch combo at the finish line as Michel Mulder placed 1st, Jan Smeekens placed 2nd, and Ronald Mulder placed 3rd.

Details: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/daily-schedule-day-4

Sochi 2014 Olympics runs until February 23, 2014 and as the slogan suggest: HOT. COOL. YOURS.

Six Nations 2014 - Round 2

The second round of the RBS Six Nations 2014 is a disaster for our hero rugby team, the Wales' WRU, as they got overwhelmed by Ireland at the score of 26 to 3, in favor of the Irish, and if that wasn't enough, the try from Ireland's Chris Henry and Paddy Jackson is worth more than enough to topple our Welsh heroes at the Aviva Stadium.

Highlights:

 

Full report here.

Well, that was a disappointing loss for our Welsh rugby heroes but when they face FFR in Round 3, things are going to be different from now on.

Also in Round 2 of the RBS Six Nations 2014, the England Rugby never let Scotland to score not even one point and because of such overwhelming progress, England wins at the score of 20-0. Tough luck for Scotland.

Highlights:



Full report here.

And lastly, France's FFR won the round against Italy's FIR at the score of 30-10.

Highlights:



Full report here.

So, Ireland and France are in the lead at the standings with two wins each while England and Wales had one win each and the teams with no wins each were Italy and Scotland. Tune in for Round 3 of the RBS Six Nations 2014 soon!

And one more thing before I go: GO WALES!!!

Sochi 2014 Highlights - Day Three

9th of February, 2014 - DAY 3

Matthias Mayer from Austria won the Men's Downhill while Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina posted a 21:06.8 time and won the gold medal at the Women's 7.5km Sprint Biathlon. In the Men's Skiathlon 15km Classic + 15km Free, Switzerland's Dario Cologna posted a 1:08:15.4 time and took home the gold medal.

At the Team Ice Dance Free Dance, the Russians did a very good job on that portion of the Winter Olympics and they took home the Gold Medal. That's a score for Team Russia. 

On the Men's Singles Run 4 (the Luge portion of the games), a German named Felix Loch ousted the competition with an amazing 3:27.526 time, winning a gold medal for his German winter athletes while the final round of the Men's Normal Hill Ski Jumping for Individuals, Poland's Kamil Stoch scored an impressive 278 points from the judges and scored him a gold medal.

Jamie Anderson from Team USA won the gold medal for her win at the Ladies' Slopestyle Finals while at the Ladies' 3000m Speed Skating, a Dutch named Irene Wust blown the competition away with her 4:00.34 time.

Details: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/daily-schedule-day-3