Gossip On Sports | Roger Federer hopes to light his masters form

Roger Federer hopes to end a drought of 12 Masters events without a win at this week’s Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

The former world number one has won 14 times at the elite Masters level but not since Cincinnati in August 2007.


Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray will be among Federer’s rivals, while Serena Williams heads the women’s field.

March Madness Action | Gossip On Sports

The Morehead State Eagles were a late addition to March Madness as the opening round winner against the Alabama State Hornets.

Is there March Madness journey about to end?

Morehead State faces the Louisville Cardinals listed as a 21.5-point underdog overall and a 12.5-point underdog.

Morehead State has played Louisville four times since 1997 going 0-4 SU and 1-3 ATS.

There is exciting action all day long in the NCAA Tournament. Teams are being whittled down to the Sweet Sixteen who will move on to next week’s matchups.

Gossip On Sports, West Indies v England

One poor innings in the first test ultimately ended up costing England the series against the West Indies but it has been the timing of the declarations in the following tests which has drawn the most criticism.

Andrew Strauss’ decision to wait until the very last minute before declaring was slammed as “pathetic” and “weak” by former England great Ian Botham, under Strauss’ guidance Beefy felt the team “lost the plot.”

Botham wasn’t the only one to have a go and with the criticism still ringing in his ear Strauss has the task of trying to turn around England’s one day fortunes.

Twenty20 cricket is all about throwing caution to the wind but will Strauss show the strength needed to take victory or will England be blown away by the Windies?

Olonana beats the storm home at Randwick | Gossip On Sports

Olonana beats the storm home at Randwick - Olonana rocketed along the fence to score a thrilling win in the Group Two Challenge Stakes but minutes later the victory was overshadowed by a flash storm that hit Randwick on Saturday.

The bulk of the 11,477-strong crowd were on the public lawn and scurried to find shelter almost as soon as the John O'Shea-trained Olonana went past the winning post in the 1000-metre feature.

"That's six months of planning for her to win this race and I can't tell you how happy I am," O'Shea said.

"We thought about going to Melbourne with her but I picked out the Challenge, it doesn't always come off like this so when it does it's very special."

Olonana's win gave owners Scott and Rachel Perrin a big day after they earlier celebrated the win of a horse they part-own, Largo Lad, in the Group Two Blamey Stakes at Flemington.

"I'm so happy for the Perrins, they've had such a great day and I can't wait to catch up with them and celebrate this win," O'Shea said.

"We'll take her to The Galaxy now."

O'Shea praised Tim Clark for his ride after he saved Olonana up for a dramatic finishing burst along the rails.

"I told Tim not to be scared of running along the rails and he deserves praise for the ride, he gave her a lovely quiet ride," O'Shea said.

Hoystar charged home to finish three-quarters of a length second with Fantene the same margin away third.

Olonana's win gave three-year-old fillies two Challenge Stakes in a row after Hurried Choice triumphed last year.

About 10 minutes after the race, the storm disappeared and the sun was back at Randwick but the track was downgraded from good to dead.

The Group One The Galaxy (1100m) is at Randwick on April 11.

12 Leaders Arrested

12 men from New York have been arrested. It's word that prosecutors took in more than $30 million in profit over the last 5 years.


According to the cliam by prosecutors, the brothers namely Stephen Rozich, 55 and Daniel Rozich, 52 were arrested at their homes and charged with conspiracy as well as promoting gambling. They are the ringleaders on college and pro football.

The brothers and 10 people more who worked for them confront to 11/3 to 4 years in prison.