It was a perfect start to the forth season of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport for A1 Team Malaysia in Zandvoort, Netherlands.

Fairuz Fauzy and the Malaysian A1GP dominated the Sprint race and won second place in the Feature race, coping with torrential rain, in the new A1GP Powered by Ferrari car, to take the first spoils and claim an excellent maiden win of the season for Malaysia.

Launched in March 2004, the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport is more than just another racing phenomenon; it’s an entirely new concept. Pitting driver against driver and country against country for the first time in history, A1GP brings together 23 nations to compete as equals, without financial or technological advantage. Different from Formula 1 cars, all A1GP cars came with same specifications and configurations.

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I felt sending 33 athletes to Beijing Olympic is a waste. Since we spent lots of money on these athletes, everyone is hoping for them to bring at least one gold medal.

For your information, we never won any gold medal in Olympic Games (Don’t laugh!). We just ended up with one silver medal – it’s from world’s number 2 badminton player – Lee Chong Wei.

We hope Michael Phelps is a Malaysian. So next time, we just need to send him alone and bring back 8 gold medals – he is amazing.

A party atmosphere is a feature of the Olympic Games. Each edition has an Opening Ceremony during which the sports stadium is filled with music, singing, dancing and fireworks.

The opening ceremony is an invitation to discover the culture of the country hosting the Games. Although most of the ceremony is creative and imaginative, there are some very strict rituals that have to be followed.

Most of this protocol had been established by the time the 1920 Games in Antwerp (Belgium). It has been added to over the years as the Games have evolved.

Here’s the protocol:

1. The entry of the athletes into the stadium with their delegations (in alphabetical order, except for Greece which goes first, and the host country which brings up the rear);
2. The declaration of the opening of the Games by the Head of State of the host country;
3. The address by the Games Organizing Committee President;
4. The speech by the IOC President;
5. The entry of the Olympic flag into the stadium;
6. The Olympic anthem;
7. The symbolic release of doves (a symbol of peace);
8. The oath sworn by an athlete and an official from the host country (respect for the rules);
9. The entrance of the flame and lighting of the cauldron (reference to the ancient Games).

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The Olympic Games have become one of the biggest sporting events of our time. Athletes from the entire world take part. Their achievements are watched from both near and far by hundreds of millions of spectators. The five rings on the Olympic flag represent the international nature of the Games.

What makes the Olympic Games different from other sports events? The Games are held every four years. They are the largest sporting celebration in terms of the number of sports on the program, the number of athletes present and the number of people from different nations gathered together at the same time in the same place.

Who are the all-time Olympic Games medal counts? United States, Germany, Soviet Union, Great Britain and France lead the list. For information: Click Here.

My country, Malaysia stands at number 105. Never in an Olympic history won any gold medal. Hmm…….

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Today is a very special day.

For Chinese the number 8 is considered lucky just like the number 7 in the West. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the 2008 Beijing Olympics starts on August 8, 2008 or 08-08-08 at 8.08pm (GMT +8).

The number “8″ is the favorite number for Chinese as it is pronounced as “Fai” - means rich in Chinese. Who don’t want to be rich?

You will observe that the Chinese will prefer to live on the 8th floor, or use the phone number with a lot of number 8, or having car registration number that have the number 8 etc. Since the number 8 is so much in demand, one will have to pay extra to have the number 8.

On today (08-08-08), it is predicted to be a record number of weddings, even surpassing the number of weddings on 07-07-07 (July 7, 2007). According to Chinese Astrology, the date 08-08-08 is in the year of the Rat (2008), the month of the Monkey (August), and the day of the Dragon. It just so happens that the Rat, Monkey and Dragon are in the same affinity group or trine. That means the three Chinese Zodiac animal signs are perfectly compatible with each other. It’s ideal!

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