Which team can win FIFA 2014 World Cup ?

1. Spain :
    The former world champion and Euro Champion has good chance to win 2014 FIFA World Cup in brazil. They have lot of young and experienced players in the squad.

Players to watch : Casillas, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Torress

2. Brazil :
      Brazil is an all time favourite team for world cup.This time, the home fans supports also big boost to get the victory easily. Brazil is the best team in the world cup competion. Recently they beat spain in Confederation cup final and lifted the trophy.

Players to Watch : Neymar, Oscar, Marcelo, Thiago Silva

3. Germany :
     Germany is the best football team in the recent years. They have been played very good matches in the world cup playoffs matches.This time, germany also more chances to get the trophy. Germany team squad has look very strong with experienced and young players.

Players to Watch : Muller, Gotze, Lahm, Neur

Ballon d'or award for Cristiano : Maradona

The Argentina Legend Maradona said, this year ballon d'or award should go to Cristiano Ronaldo because he has been played good for Real Madrid and Portugal in this season. Further he added,this year other two players were Messi and Ribery, who were shortlisted for Ballon d'or award. They also good shape for ballon d or, but they got more injury problems in this year compare to cristiano.Cristiano Ronaldo who was the hero of world cup qualifier matches against Sweden. He has scored all four goals against Sweden. 

Cristiano Set New Record

Cristiano Ronaldo Scored a goal against Copenhagen on Tuesday evening. He has broken the record for most goals scored in Champions League Group Stage.He scored nine goals from six matches.Cristiano Ronaldo was one goal away for the record before Copenhagen match started, but it was doubted whether he would play or not due to his injury problem.But Real Madrid boss started with Cristiano and he scored a goal and breaks the record. However, he missed his penalty chance at 90th minutes. Finally Real Madrid won the match 2-0 against Copenhagen and also they placed top of the table and secured their place in next stage.

Best Goalkeeper in 2013

 Goal Keepers are playing important role in a football team. If they do any mistakes in the ground, the whole team will get affected. Here I have listed some of the goal keeper name list those who have been performed well for their country and also their club in this season 2013.

1. Manuel Neur (Germany/Bayern Munich)
2. Iker Casillas(Spain/Real Madrid)
3. Petr Čech(Chelsea/Czech Republic)
4. Gianluigi Buffon(Italy/Juventus)
5. Joe Hart(England/Manchester City)
6. David de Gea(Spain/Manchester United)
7. Victor Valdes(Spain/Barcelona)

No place for Virat Kohli in ICC ODI Player Award

Virat Kohli, who has been standing first place in ICC ODI ranking. The ICC released the name list for ODI team, Test team and Individual performance for this year.  There was no place for virat kohli in the ODI players list. Without Virat Kohli, I couldn't imagine the ODI team list. He has been played well for India in short format cricket since his debut in 2008.This year he has scored more than 1200 runs so far and also this was the third time to score more than 1000 runs in ODI. Already he has reached this milestone in the year 2011 and 2012.He becomes the fastest 5000 runs getter in ODI format. He has equalized the Vivian Richards records, who had scored 5000 runs in 114 innings.   Virat Kohli batting average is nearly 53 and also his strike rate is nearly 93 in ODI format.He won the ICC ODI player of the year in 2012. 

ICC ODI Team of the Year (In Batting Order)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Shikhar Dhawan (India), Hashim Amla (South Africa), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa), MS Dhoni (India, captain and wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan), Mitchell Starc (Australia), James Anderson (England), Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). 12th Man: Mitchel McClenaghan (New Zealand)

Dhoni won LG People Choice ICC award

MS Dhoni has won the LG people choice ICC award for this year 2013. He was the third player to got the award.The award, which was introduced in the year 2010. Sachin Tendulkar has won the award in 2010 and Kumar Sangakakara has won the award last couple of years 2011 and 2013 consecutively.Other nominees for this award in this year were Michael Clarke from Australia, Alaistar Cook from England, Virat Kohli from India and AB De Villiers from South Africa.

India Is going to break the record in ODI

The Indian ODI team is going to break the record as soon as in upcoming ODI series against South Africa. They score the first run in the first ODI against South Africa. India team becomes the highest ODI run getters in the ODI format. Indian team is currently levelled on 1,82,881 runs from 841 matches with Australia, who has the same amount of runs scored in ODI formats from 825 matches.  However,Australia, have been better winning percentage, having won 505 matches of their 825 as opposed to India’s 423.The 3rd placed team is Pakistan with 1,71,982 from 807 matches, followed by Sri Lanka on 1,46,365 and the West Indies on 1,45,260.