Tennis star and champion Maria Sharapova and LA Lakers star, Sasha Vujacic have been engaged. This news has been officially published on web, that both the sports stars have been engaged. It is really a very happy moment in the life Sasha, as he proposed her with ring.

The couple have been intimate with each other since almost year now, as they were first seen walking hand in hand in the year 2009. Sasha Vujacic is a Slovenian decent basket ball player and Maria plays for Russia. Both of them are successful in very sports, as Maria has won the grand slam almost three times in her career.

Sasha too is a well known player in the Lakers, and it seems they suit each other. There is no precise date of when the duo would be getting married, but it seems they would be doing it some time very soon. Sasha had made the proposal to Maria at his home in Miami Beach.

The 3rd One Day International of India vs Australia will take place at the Nehru Stadium in Goa. The arrangements for the final game between the two cricketing nations has been done on top priority, which includes high level security. The Match is scheduled to be played on the 24th October at the Nehru Stadium Fatorda, Goa.

India is looking forward to clinch the series by winning this match, which will also be a big blow to the Australians. The South Goa Police Superintendent Allen D’souza, has told the media, that the security arrangement for the players inside and outside the stadium is botched up to the highest level.

One of the main reasons the security has been beefed up, is the authorities are avoiding any such instance of gate crashing or any other sort of violence, which could take place during the match. Coming back to the game, this is really an important match which would also decide the fate of the series. Since the tour for Australia has begun in India, they have only faced defeat against the Indians, and have been unable to open their winning account in this series. But for now the players will be concentrating to give their level best for the Sunday’s game.

Rutgers University player, Eric LeGrand was paralyzed neck below last week, and after 72 hours have gone by there are still no updates about his health. He has been admitted at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J, where they performed a neck surgery on Eric to help him get through with his paralysis.

According to the doctors, if a person has sustained a spinal cord or neck injury, and he does not show any signs or movements in his body within 72 hours of the injury, then such a person has a very slim chance of recovery. After hearing such conditions which are kept forward by the doctors, it really worries his close friends and relatives.

Coach Schiano, is very stern in his words and believes that one day Eric will walk with them. In honor and support to Eric, the team has stuck a sticker on their helmets, which reads ‘Believe’. Doctor had stated that, they would be giving Eric a window of 24-72 hours to show some positive signs in his body, but till now no updates have been received from the hospital.

At the India vs Australia 2nd One Day in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, Virat Kohli scored a strong century against Australia, which steered India to an impressive win. Australia had scored 290 odd runs on the score board and thanks to White’s death over carnage against India, the team made a total almost nearing 300. The total looked pretty tough and hard to score and especially with India batting second and the dew factor kept in mind, it was indeed a bit difficult.

When India took the field to commence the chase, they were wobbling at 35/2, as India lost Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan their two openers in quick successions. Australia looked very confident from here, and even the Indian spectator was feeling India had lost it from here on. But it was Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli who took the stand and saved India from a shameful defeat.

Kohli scored a 118 in just 121 balls and Yuvraj Singh was a bit unlucky as he managed to score only a half century with a 58. After Yuvraj was packed out by McKay, Suresh Raina came on the pitch and changed the whole scenario, he scored an impressive 71 in 47 balls. At the end of the match Saurabh Tiwari and Raina finished the game in style with five wickets and an over to spare.

Latest news in the India vs Australia 2nd One Day at Visakhapatnam, Australia looks to be very firm against India, as India chose to field first. India plucked two of Australia opening batsmen in quick successions, but after the exit of Hussey, it seems that Australia has managed to hang on and fought against the Indian bowling attack.

Michale Clarke has scored a century against India, which has brought the hopes of scoring a strong target very real. Accompanying Clarke, Cameron White too is playing a very impressive innings, as he scored his half century. Nehra has bowled very economically and had taken the wicket of S Marsh in the fourth over, without letting him open his run account.

Australia needs to give India a chase-able target, as to which India will be trying it’s level best to avoid them to do so. Into the last overs, Australia is trying to smack the ball into every corner of the ground, in a jilt to score every valuable run possible. Australia have scored 258/3 with less than two overs to spare.

It’s the India vs Australia 2nd One Day International at Visakhapatnam, and it is seen that Indian youngsters would be getting a chance to prove their mettle against the Australian’s. This is a very important series for the Indians and especially the youngsters in the team, as they will be having an opportunity of their life time to perform against a very strong team.

The reason so many youngsters would be debuting in this series, is because some key players from the Indian team would not be playing against the Australians. India master blaster Sachin Tendulkar also will be absent from the team against Australia, at Visakhapatnam and yes India would be missing him a lot.

The 2nd One Day is a very crucial game from the Indians and they hope that the rain god has some mercy over them. Weather forecasts were showing signs of some showers on Thursday, we hope it remains there and does not appear on Wednesday. Ravindra Jadeja from India and Mitchell Starc from Australia would be displaying their capabilities as new comers in Wednesday’s match.

The following could be India and Australia’s line for the One Day at Visakhapatnam:
Team India: 1 M Vijay, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Virat Kohli/Rohit Sharma, 6 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Munaf Patel.

Team Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Michael Clarke (capt), 4 Shaun Marsh/Callum Ferguson, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Cameron White, 7 Steve Smith, 8 James Hopes, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Clint McKay, 11 Doug Bollinger/Mitchell Starc.

Former NFL player, Junior Seau has been released from the hospital, after he was involved in an accident. Junior had driven his vehicle off the cliff in California, and then crash landed on a beach below. His car, an SUV was completely damaged, and he was at once admitted in the hospital for treatment.

It has been reported that Junior had been accused of, physically assaulting his 25 year old girlfriend, for which he had been arrested by the police on Sunday. His was later released on bail but had faced charges of physical assault on the young woman. After Junior had met with an accident he was admitted at the Scripps La Jolla Hospital.

The medics at the hospital have confirmed that Seau has checked out from his treatment at the hospital. He was admitted for minor cuts and bruises that he sustained during the crash. On the other hand the police are investigating the cause of the accident, and they haven’t found any sort of medical evidence that shows Seau was driving under influence. He was given a blood test, and the results are due to be disclosed in six weeks.

Eric LeGrand the player from Rutgers University has been paralyzed neck down, and the hospital officials of the Hackensack University Medical Center will be having formal discussions over his spinal cord injury. During the discussions they will be talking about LeGrand’s injury and his treatment. The hospital authorities wont be directly discussing the matter, but there would be neurosurgeons and trauma doctors who would be speaking about the techniques for his treatment.

LeGrand was injured in a head on collision with Malcolm Brown of the opposite team, during a defensive tackle against him at the game. The collision was intense that Eric was lying motionless on the field for several minutes, as the field medics tried to treat him. When he lay there, both the teams became very worried about him and wished that he was fine.

The doctors at the Hackensack University Medical Center have said that Eric has been paralyzed completely from below his neck. The news of his paralysis has shocked everyone, especially his family and friends. His coach too felt very sad for him and he was in tears when he spoke about his injury to the press.

At the hospital, the surgeons have brought up two techniques to treat Eric’s ailment, the first way is that Eric would be given a dosage of Methylprednisolone, by which it will bring down the swelling in the region of the injury, and then there would be conducting a surgery to decompress the damaged spinal cord. His family and closed ones are just hoping that Eric would be able to walk again.

Eric LeGrand of Rutgers has been injured severely and it is reported that he has been paralyzed. The incident occurred during a game against Army, when the young player collided Malcolm Brown with less than five minutes left on the score board, on Saturday.The impact was so hard that Eric lay motionless on the field for several minutes as the medics were trying to treat him. When finally he did not respond to the treatment they took him to the Hackensack University Medical Center.

Its reported that Eric has been paralyzed below his neck as he suffered a very serious spine injury. Late Saturday night, Eric underwent emergency surgery on his spine. The doctors have said that he has been kept in the intensive care unit and will stay there for some more time in the future. For everyone in the team, this incident was a shock, and they just hoped he would be well soon.

His coach, Greg Schiano was in tears during the press conference and said that, the players in the dressing room wish that Eric would be walking with them very soon. At the hospital Eric could recognize everybody, but has shown no positive signs in his paralyzed body.

The India vs Australia 1st One Day International will be played in Kochi on the 17th of October, and it is said that Michael Clarke of Australia is under strong pressure ahead of this ODI. This upcoming match will be very important for him and for Ricky Pointing too, as it will clearly decide the future of the Captaincy for the Australian Cricket Team.

After a loathful performance in the Bangalore test, Australia has its eyes on the one day internationals, and it surely wont like to slip this one. But we cant let Australia have all the credit for giving a better performance at ODI, India on the other hand is very confident of itself.

Much said about Dhoni and his ODI team is less, and India has shown really great feats in ODI’s too. Australia needs to be very careful against India, as one, India is playing on its own turf and second they are in rigid form. For now we shall just wait and watch, what happens on the 17th October.

The following could most probably be the team of India and Australia at the Kochi One Day International

Team India: – 1 M Vijay, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Suresh Raina, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Virat Kohli/Rohit Sharma, 6 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Munaf Patel.

Team Australia: – 1 David Warner, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Michael Clarke (capt), 4 Shaun Marsh/Callum Ferguson, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Cameron White, 7 Steve Smith, 8 James Hopes, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Clint McKay, 11 Doug Bollinger/Mitchell Starc.