This is what Mexican Women’s coach Leonardo Cuellar had to say about Christine Sinclair after Canada beat Mexico 3-1 on Friday:
“I think Canada is a very good side overall, except for Sinclair — she is another world. She was the difference. For me, what she means to her team and the things that she does — her composure, her guidance, the way she smells the play, her savvy . . . no question that’s one of the best players in the world.”
Despite the Canadian Women falling 4-0 to the United States in Vancouver this weekend, the world will see more of Sinclair at this summer’s Olympics.
In the longest Grand Slam final match in history, world #1 Novak Djokovic beat world #2 Rafael Nadal in a 5th set that finished around 130a in Australia, almost six hours after the match had begun.
Nadal brought everything he had, and got closer to beating Djoko than he had in all of 2011. You’ll see some amazing shots and rallies from both in this video from australianopen.com.
The rest of the tennis world might be asking itself today: if Nadal can play that well and NOT beat Djokovic, what hope does anyone else have right now?
Christine Sinclair again came up with a great game when it was most needed.
Canada’s world-class striker scored twice and set up another goal as the Canadian women beat Mexico to qualify for this summer’s Olympics.
23,000 fans watched the game at Vancouver’s BC Place stadium…seems that the women’s game is finally arriving as a spectator sport. The brilliant play during last summer’s Women’s World Cup must have helped.
A great rinkside seat for Patrick Chan’s winning weekend skate at the Canadian Championships. Check out the quad he pulls off at the 1 min mark. Seems like after a couple of years of disappointing results at the big competitions, Chan is now hitting his stride as the best male figure skater in the world.
More super skating vids from Hasan Abdessamad here.
