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In his maiden Formula 1 Grand Prix race, Lewis Hamilton finished 3rd, in his 2nd GP race, he finishes 2nd so I wonder what the odds are on him winning his next race in Bahrain. Just like his golfing counterpart, Tiger Woods, Lewis Hamilton started his racing career quite early. He has been racing cars in various forms for most of his young life (he's 22) - is it any wonder that he's bloody good!! Tiger Woods learnt to play golf by the age of 2 so there's a naturalness to his game. By not winning at Augusta, he maintained his record of never having won a major that he's not leading after the 3rd round.

I told you TTFFUTM were due a fallow period, they have now lost their last 2 games so lets see if they can make it a hat trick against Roma on Tuesday. Chelski are certainly doing their bit to reignite the race for the Premiership. I would love it, love it, love it if Chelski were to snatch the title from TTFFUTM on 9th May when the two teams meet.

My predictions for the cricket World Cup have been woefully wide of the mark thus far so all I will say is that I expect Bangladesh to reach the semis.

Well Iran has certainly given Britain a lesson in how to conduct a propaganda campaign. The Iranians staged managed the photo/film shoots so effectively that I was convinced the captured sailors were well treated. The sailors have been at pains to point out that they were in fact mistreated by conducting interviews with the UK media on their release, with the blessing of the MoD, but Iran is still releasing contradictory footage of shiny, happy sailors playing chess, table tennis. Of course this does not explain how the Iranians were able to surround the British vessel and capture the sailors without the latter receiving any warning that Iranian ships were bearing down on them. BTW, all talk of Iran's nuclear programme has been pushed into the background for the time being, a respite that Iran will no doubt welcome.

Mugabe's has managed to subjugate the Zimbabwean populace by keeping them in a state of semi-starvation. He must reason that people are less likely to agitate for change if they are perennially hungry. His state sanctioned economic policies have transformed Zimbabwe from Southern Africa's economic breadbasket to Southern Africa's basket case, now reliant on food aid, whose distribution is politicised. 1 in 4 Zimbabweans have left Zimbabwe and a number of her well educated professionals are now slumming it in South Africa, the UK and the US, in order to be able to remit money back home. For ordinary Zimbabweans, the cost of staple foods is now prohibitively expensive so they are lucky if they can afford more than one meal a day. As usual, British institutions are doing their bit to prop up Mugabe's regime. A well known high street bank continues to extend credit facilities to Mugabe's government. So called smart sanctions are anything but, as Mugabe, as a head of state, is allowed to travel to attend United Nations meetings. Needless to say, when he does leave Zimbabwe, he does not travel alone.

Have a good week.