Serena Williams wins Wimbledon

This time the Williams family battle, so often conducted on the lawns of the All England Club, went the way of Serena as she removed the ladies' singles championship from the custody of her older sister Venus. In straight sets, too, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 in 87 minutes.

Serena had been saying from the start of these Championships that it was her turn to win Wimbledon. And since the Williamses have turned this event into a private affair, the only one she really needed to defeat was Venus.

The job was accomplished in typical powerful style, with Venus so worn down that her own game collapsed spectacularly from 2-2 in the second set. This was Serena’s third Wimbledon title and 11th Grand Slam and was ample amends for her loss to her big sister 12 months ago. It was well deserved as Venus admitted, saying: "Serena had the answer for everything and played the best tennis today, so congratulations."

Serena expressed disbelief that she was finally holding once more the trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, which might have been named for her sister, who has won it five times, and paid full tribute: "Venus is the greatest on this surface." At which they both went off for a rest before playing the doubles final.

Today, the Fourth of July, America's Independence Day, Venus was far from the best. Her progress to the final had been more impressive, contained fewer games and less stress, but there was not enough in the tank today once the match hit its stride.

With four great Wimbledon champions, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Maria Bueno and Virginia Wade, watching from the Royal Box, this contest between the current oligarchs of the women's game was conducted for much of the first set at a comparatively sedate pace and in front of a muted audience as both finalists held serve comfortably, with the occasional explosion coming from a Serena ace.

Not until the eighth game did the excitement build, when Serena went two break points down. Here was the opportunity for Venus to impose her authority. But the first break point escaped her when she got a bad bounce and the second got away, too, when, faced with a gaping court, she overhit her forehand. Having been reprieved, Serena pressed the power switch and came up with successive aces. She was off the hook and was never subsequently in the slightest danger.

A tiebreak to decide the first set was an inevitability, with an indication of the tension coming as both women issued their first challenge on the Hawk-Eye line-calling system. By then Serena was already ahead in the tiebreak by three points to one and tried to make it 4-1 by claiming a Venus shot had been out. No, said the system, it was on the line.

By the time Venus got in her own challenge, which was upheld, she was set point down and although Hawk-Eye delayed the inevitable, it was for only one more point as Serena left sister stranded with a perfect backhand lob after 52 minutes.

The second set proceeded uneventfully to 3-2 in Serena's favour before Venus and her first service action parted company. One of her second serves trundled over the net at 66mph, which is food and drink to Serena. Venus then double faulted on break point to give her a 4-2 lead, and the destination of the title was set as Serena moved to a 5-2 lead with a love game.

The final Venus service game was another catalogue of errors as she faced, and fought off, three match points before capitulating on the fourth with a backhand into the netting.

Roger Federer win Wimbledon 2009

Federer’s victory – a gruelling 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 success – secured his sixth title at the All England Club and took him once more to the top of the world rankings ahead of the injured Rafa Nadal, who beat him at the same stage last year.

“I’m still processing the whole thing because a lot has happened in the last few weeks,” the Swiss told the BBC.

“It was such a historic day in tennis and me being the main character in this... I have so many pictures going through my mind.

“It’s hard to switch off. I want to see the match point again, I want to read something about what the fans saw, how the media saw it.

“I had about two hours sleep, but it doesn’t matter. I slept enough to last three weeks and I still feel great.”

Federer held back in celebrating the historic achievement out of respect for the glorious efforts of Roddick, who has now lost three times in Wimbledon finals to the 27-year-old, and in part due to tiredness after playing out the longest final set in grand slam final history.

“It was a combination of being maybe a little bit sad for Andy after seeing Rafa was sad for me at Wimbledon last year,” said Federer.

“I felt like it was such a gruelling match, everybody was tired and felt for Andy so I didn’t want to make a drama about it but I knew the importance and that it was one of the greatest moments in my tennis career.

“Of course I always feel people should be happy for the guy who won and not for the guy who lost.

“I just kept it together after being so close to victory for so long, it was just a big explosion, and then after that it was all over and it sunk in and took me a while.”

Federer was pushed to the limit by Roddick, who squanderer four set points in the second set tie-break when the American was already up by a set.

“I didn’t think I was going to win that break being down 6-2 but then at the same time I could have been up a break in the first set when I missed that forehand by very little,” said Federer.

“In a four hour match you’re always going to go through good times and bad times and those were the bad times but you have to be able to turn those around.”

The Williams sisters conquered Wimbledon again

The Williams sisters conquered Wimbledon again after they won a battle of power against guile to retain their doubles crown. Venus and Serena triumphed 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 against the Australian pairing of Sam Stosur and Rennae Stubbs in a late, enthralling match on Centre Court.

They had to survive a first set scare as Stosur and Stubbs raced into a 4-2 set lead. Stosur, who was beaten 6-2, 6-2 with previous partner Lisa Raymond by Venus and Serena in last year’s final, was in particularly inspired form early on, helping to break the Serena serve at 2-1.

The Williams sister unsurprisingly looked a little tired following Serena’s earlier victory over Venus in the singles final. But they soon came back, their renowned power game helping them to break the Stubbs serve and level at 4-4. Stosur and Stubbs continued to produce some high quality tennis to take the set to the tiebreak. But they were overpowered with Serena and Venus winning it 7-4 on their second set point.

The Australians did well to remain in contention early in the second set as they wowed a near capacity Centre Court crowd with some exciting tennis and battling spirit, which was later acknowledged by their opponents. "They're a really good team, so they definitely pushed us to play our best tennis on the most important points," admitted Venus.

Despite many long rallies the Williams sisters eventually broke Stosur and Stubbs’ resistance in the seventh game of the set. Stubbs once again lost her serve thanks to a fine volley by Serena at break point.

Serena celebrated as if the game was up. And there was, indeed, no way back for the Australians despite Stosur holding serve in the next game. Serena closed out the match at 5-4 to ensure another Williams clean sweep of the ladies’ trophies.

Serena admitted she was just as happy to add the doubles title to her earlier singles win. "It feels great to win the doubles," she said. "You can go home with two titles. There's nothing like winning a title with your sister. It's really a good feeling."

Lewis Hamilton wins Hungary GP

Lewis Hamilton brought McLaren their first victory of the season after a surprise result in Hungary on Sunday afternoon, his dominant success also marking Martin Whitmarsh’s first as team principal and the first for a KERS-equipped car. Kimi Raikkonen was second for Ferrari, containing a challenge from Mark Webber’s Red Bull.

Hamilton’s hopes of snatching P1 at the start were thwarted as lightweight Fernando Alonso blasted off the line from pole and quickly opened a lead in his Renault, and Mark Webber slotted his Red Bull back inside the McLaren in Turn One to regain second.

Hamilton stayed close to Webber, however, and slipped ahead around the outside of Turn Two on the fourth lap. After the first round of pits stops he really got the hammer down to build a seven-second lead over similarly fast-starting Raikkonen, the pair benefiting from their KERS systems.

The Finn was put under investigation for first corner brushes with Hamilton and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, but was cleared by the race stewards and secured a strong second place ahead of Webber. Raikkonen overtook Webber in their first stops on the 19th lap after what the Australian described as a moment of confusion as his car was refuelled. Red Bull were later reprimanded for releasing the Australian unsafely, which almost led to a collision with the Ferrari.

It was a bad day for the other title contenders. Vettel went from second to seventh by the end of the first lap, lost time in traffic, and then slid a lap down after an unscheduled stop for a new nose proved the prelude to retirement with a suspected suspension problem.

Jenson Button was unable to make real use of a long-run opening stint strategy in his Brawn but seventh place earned him two crucial points. He now leads with 70 from Webber on 51.5, Vettel on 47 and Rubens Barrichello on 44. Brawn continue to lead the constructors’ championship on 114, with Red Bull closer still on 98.5s.

There was a strong fourth place finish for Nico Rosberg and Williams, ahead of Heikki Kovalainen whose points brought further joy to McLaren. Timo Glock was sixth for Toyota after a very long opening stint, then came Button and a long gap before Toyota’s Jarno Trulli took the final point after holding off strong challenges from Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima and Barrichello to the flag.

Alonso’s opening dash came to nought after he lost the right front wheel following his early pit stop on Lap 12 and then had to retire because of associated damage. Besides Vettel, the other non-finisher was Force India's Adrian Sutil, the victim of a first-lap brush.

The BMW Saubers of Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kucica were 11th and 12th, sandwiching Nelson Piquet’s Renault, while Giancarlo Fisichella brought his Force India home a lapped 14th. Far from proving ‘dangerous’, as some had suggested, rookie Jaime Alguersuari did a great job to match lap times with Toro Rosso team mate Sebastian Buemi, and to lead him home after the Swiss twice spun. The Spaniard never put a wheel wrong.

Hillary Clinton very satisfied with India trip

With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to India having broadened the frame of US-India relations, Washington says it now looks forward to deepening cooperation in areas they have agreed to work together.

"I think Secretary Clinton reflected in a number of occasions that we were very satisfied with the trip to India and the launching of a strategic dialogue and an expansion of the range of issues that we will address in future meetings," State Department spokesman Philip J Crowley told reporters on Thursday.

"Now that you've broadened the frame and significantly increased the number of issues that the two countries will address together, now comes the hard work of preparing for these meetings and deepening the cooperation and seeing what progress can be made in all of the working groups that she outlined with her Indian counterpart."

Asked if the Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna was coming to the US, Crowley said: "Obviously, the strategic dialogue will be carried on primarily at the ministerial level, but as was noted the other day during the trip, the prime minister (Manmohan Singh) will be coming for a state visit" in November.

In reply to another question, he said US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke is not going to stop in India after his current visit to the two countries as previously announced. "There was a mismatch in terms of scheduling. So he will do that on a future trip to the region."

Review:Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Two years ago, director Michael Bay rocked movie theaters worldwide with his smash-hit Transformers. And now, he has returned to bring us a movie that somehow tops the first. The question is, did he succeed?
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen picks up two years later. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) still has his car/Autobot Bumblebee (voiced by Mark Ryan) and his girl friend Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox), but one thing is about to change --- he is heading off to college, trying to start a new life and shed the events of two years prior. However, things do, of course, not go as planned.
Megatron (voiced by Hugo Weaving) and the Deceptacons want revenge, as well as their mysterious leader The Fallen (voiced by Tony Todd). Sam starts seeing symbols and momentarily going crazy within his first few days of college. The deceptively good-looking girl who has been hitting on him at college, Alice (Isabel Lucas), turns into a robot; and robots that they thought were no longer a threat begin attacking humans again. Sam goes on a mission to once again save Earth, and this time, save himself in the process.
Although it’s an action flick, Transformers 2 is more than robots battling each other. The plot is consistent and comprehensible, with even more of the humor and charm that made the original so lovable.
As far as acting goes, LaBoeuf does a very good job reprising his role as Sam. The role won't win an Oscar, but for an action movie LaBoeuf does a more-than-decent job of making his character and his struggles believable.
The only person that did not do full justice to the movie was, unsurprisingly, Megan Fox. At times, she is completely believable and seems to have it in her to be a good actress, but her looks and male-appeal overpower her acting. It is almost worse in the second movie, now that her fame has risen greatly and more and more men are going crazy over her. This fact makes her focus on maintaining that sex-symbol status, which hinders her from being able to play her part fully. I think she overdid it to the point where it took away from the quality of the movie.
The special effects in Transfomers 2 is a great representation of the wonders of technology’s progress. Every little thing, down to the twitch of a robot’s face or the scattering of a million tiny metal balls, was absolutely flawless. The robots transformed so effortlessly that it is hard to remember that it is just a movie, the robots are not real and that half of what you see was brought to life by computers.
And the final touch, not to be forgotten, is the wonderful score by Steve Jablonsky. The music in Transformers 2 matches it beautifully and helps move the pace along at a continuous flow. It ties the story together well and amplifies the mood of the scene.
So, did Transformers 2 surpass it’s predecessor? Yes. While there were blunders and misdirections here and there, it is superior to the original, which is a rare thing and extremely difficult to do. Overall, the acting was better now that the actors have settled down in their respective roles, the special effects were better with two more years of practice and technology at it’s service and the plot was more thought out and better delivered.

Review: Harry Potter And The Half Blood-Prince

Nine long years since the first Harry Potter movie hit the screens across the world but the enthusiasm refuses to die down. This time around Harry Potter has kept his fans waiting for almost two years the longest break fans have had to endure for a new movie adventure about the teen wizard. Director David Yates has made sure that the wait for the fans has been worthwhile. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint who have lived these roles almost half their lives do not disappoint this summer.

In Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) are best pals. Harry's biggest challenge in the school is a secret assignment by Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle with Lord Voldemort (who surprisingly doesn't appear in the entire movie). Dumbledore needs Harry to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort's defences critical information known only to Hogwarts' former Potions Professor, Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent).

With that in mind, Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague Professor Slughorn into returning to his previous post with promises of more money and the chance to teach Harry. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as adolescent hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry's long friendship with Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) is growing into something deeper, but standing in the way is Ginny's boyfriend and her big brother Ron. But Ron's has his won romantic entanglements with Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) lavishing her affections on him. This leaves leaving Hermione simmering with jealousy yet determined not to show her feelings. And then a box of love potion-laced chocolates ends up in the wrong hands and changes everything. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof with far more important matters on his mind. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one.

Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.The movie acts as a great platform for the Radcliffe, Watson and Grint to display their maturing acting skills and they do not disappoint the audience. Whether their acting careers flourish after "Harry Potter" or not, they will leave behind one of the most successful series of films man has ever seen. Michael Gambon Jim Broadben and Bonnie Wright play their roles well in the movie. The movie drags a bit toward the end but screenwriter Steve Kloves generally keeps the plot rolling. He also adds a new scenes such as the opening attack on London's Millennium Bridge. At 153 minutes the movie seems a shade longer perhaps a 10 minute editing would have made it look better. Harry Potter has always set high standards when it has come visual-effects and Half Blood Price in no exception in this regard.

David Yates who took over the job of helming with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix directs Half Blood Prince in his deepening confidence and comfort. He has lived up to the high standards set by Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell in the first four movies. Yates remarkable controls the action sequences well and gives his stars much needed breathing space between the action sequences. In Half-Blood Prince Yates stays true to the JK Rowling's although he infuses a certain amount of freshness and energy that makes it seem like a new stuff rather than the screen adoption of a novel. Yates will also helm the the two-part adaptation of the seventh and final book Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows but with Half Blood Prince he has set a grand finale.


It is a must watch for all the Harry Potter fans and even for those who have missed the previous five editions.

What is the most popular website?

2007-06-12: Since the Internet is not run by a single company or government, there is no perfect way to identify the most popular website. However, there are companies out there that work hard to "measure the web" and figure out which sites are receiving the most traffic. One of the best-known companies of this kind is Alexa.

alexa.com provides free access to their list of the top 500 websites. As of June 12th, 2007, Alexa ranked www.yahoo.com as the #1 most popular website in the world.

Alexa can also provide you with information about the popularity of your own site or any other site that you search for.

That much, they offer for free. Alexa also offers professional products, such as a database of the top 10,000 websites, for a hefty but not necessarily unreasonable price.

How can I identify the owner of a website

2004-08-26: First, of course, check on the site itself! Often webmasters provide an "about us" or "contact" page that leads to more information about the owners. If this simple method fails, read on for more suggestions.

If the website has its own domain name, such as "example.com" (for www.example.com), you can make a start on tracking down that information by performing a "whois search" for the domain name of the site. There are many websites available that provide free whois searches; the preceding link is just one of them. A whois search will tell you who registered the site, and who the technical contact persons are. You can then attempt to contact those individuals. If they are not responsive, which is not uncommon due to the large quantity of spam emails received by addresses in the whois database, you should also look at the "domain servers" or "DNS servers" listed at the end of the whois information. These are the computers responsible for giving out the IP address of the website; they should belong to the hosting company, or to the parent company of the hosting company. This will usually give you the name of the hosting company, and you can then visit their site and make contact with them.

If the website is hosted for free by a free hosting provider such as Geocities, you may need to obtain that company's cooperation to identify the owner. Hosting companies are not necessarily obligated to give out this information to members of the public.

Mark Webber Wins German GP

An excellent result for the Red Bull Racing team yesterday as Mark Webber claimed his first win, despite receiving a drive-through penalty,he was followed by his team-mate Sebastian Vettel in second.

Rubens Barrichello in the Brawn GP F1, led the cars into the first corner ahead of Webber and Heikki Kovalainen in the McLaren, Felipe Massa in the Ferrari, Jenson Button in the second Brawn GP and Vettel.

Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren made a fantastic get away as the lights changed and looked as if he would take the lead going into the first corner. However, contact was made between Hamilton and Webber, with the McLaren car picking-up a right-rear puncture. After his slow return to the pits for a new tyre, Hamilton was a lap behind and down in eighteenth place.

On the run into turn one of the first lap, Barrichello ran alongside Webber as both drivers battled for the lead, Webber moved to the right and made contact with the Ferrari. This was later deemed to be a dangerous move and Webber was served with a drive-through penalty for what appeared to be a simple racing incident.

Jarno Trulli in the Toyota, was the first man to pit on lap 3 while Kovalainen was trying to hold onto his third position by the challenging Brawn GP of Button.

By lap 4, Webber was bearing down on Barrichello as the traffic built-up behind the McLaren of Kovalainen. Vettel meanwhile, began to put the pressure on the fifth placed man Massa as Giancarlo Fisichella in the Force India passed Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber to take twelfth place on lap 9.

By lap 11, Barrichello was leading Webber by a second with third place man Kovalainen, fourteen seconds behind and continuing to hold-up Button, Massa and Vettel.

On lap 13, Fisichella moved-up to eleventh after passing Fernando Alonso in the Renault and Button took his first short pit stop on the following lap.

Webber came into the pits to serve his penalty drive-through on lap 15 as Barrichello took on fuel and new tyres and rejoined ahead of Vettel.

Kovalainen pitted on lap 16 while in third place and two laps later Button gained a place by passing the Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi.

On lap 19, Button passed Heidfeld as Sebastien Bourdais run off track before going into the pits with a problem in the second Toro Rosso while in eighteenth place.

Webber pitted from the lead on lap 20 and returned to the track in eighth place ahead of Button as Massa led the race followed by Barrichello. Vettel came into the pits for his stop on the following lap while in fourth followed by Trulli and Buemi.

Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber, released the cars of Webber and Button as he pitted on lap 23, followed by race leader Massa on lap 25, leaving Barrichello at the front of the pack.

Adrian Sutil in the second Force India was right behind the leading Barrichello as Heidfeld and Piquet both entered the pits.

Webber was now running in fifth place, only 5 seconds behind Barrichello as Sutil pitted from second place. However, as he rejoined the circuit, he ran wide and contact was made with the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, leaving Sutil with a damaged front wing that would mean another pit stop.

Barrichello was still leading Webber on lap 31 by three seconds, as it was announced that the stewards were looking at the incident between Raikkonen and Sutil, however, no action was taken.

Button pitted on lap 32 while in third place and rejoined ahead of Kovalainen, and race leader Barrichello pitted on the following lap, handing the reins to Webber. Barrichello rejoined in fifth ahead of Raikkonen and Button, Raikkonen then appeared to have a problem with his Ferrari and Button took full advantage of the situation to get past the Finn who had been running in sixth. Raikkonen retired the Ferrari on lap 35.

Webber was now leading Vettel by over 20 seconds, but Massa was challenging the Red Bull driver for the position, leaving Webber to stretch the gap up front.

Heidfeld passed his team-mate on lap 42 for ninth position and on the following lap Webber entered the pit for his second and final stop and rejoined just behind Vettel, who was still due to come in.

Webber took his place in the lead as Vettel pitted on lap 45 along with Kubica. Massa was the next in on the following lap after battling with Vettel for second place, while Button challenged Barrichello for third.

Barrichello took his final pit stop on lap 51 from second place followed by Button on lap 52. Button rejoined just ahead of his team-mate but behind Massa and Nico Rosberg in the Williams who were running in third and fourth respectively.

Webber took his first Formula One victory ahead of the second Red Bull of Vettel in second and Felipe Massa in the Ferrari in third.

Nico Rosberg took a surprising fourth for the Williams team followed by the two Brawn GP drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.

Here are the results;

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
1.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1h36:43.310
2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault      (B)  +     9.252
3.  Massa         Ferrari               (B)  +    15.906
4.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota       (B)  +    21.099
5.  Button        Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    23.609
6.  Barrichello   Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  +    24.468
7.  Alonso        Renault               (B)  +    24.888
8.  Kovalainen    McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +    58.692
9.  Glock         Toyota                (B)  +  1:01.457
10.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:01.925
11.  Fisichella    Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:02.327
12.  Nakajima      Williams-Toyota       (B)  +  1:02.876
13.  Piquet        Renault               (B)  +  1:08.328
14.  Kubica        BMW Sauber            (B)  +  1:09.555
15.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  (B)  +  1:11.941
16.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  +  1:30.225
17.  Trulli        Toyota                (B)  +  1:30.970
18.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  +     1 lap

Fastest lap: Alonso, 1:33.365

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Raikkonen     Ferrari               (B)    35
Bourdais      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)    19

Brazil Win Confederations Cup over USA

For 74 minutes of the FIFA Confederations Cup final, it looked like a massive upset was taking place.

But that's when Brazil turned the clock to midnight on the American run to the trophy. Luis Fabiano dug the Samba Boys out of a 2-0 deficit before captain Lucio scored in the 84th minute to give the Brazilians a thrilling 3-2 victory and their third Confederations Cup title in South Africa.

"We were able to correct our positioning and that allowed us to pressure our opponent a little more in the second half," Brazil coach Dunga said. "The U.S. was able to score after we made mistakes on the back."

Goals by Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan 27 minutes into the game gave the Americans a 2-0 lead and flustered the Selecao for much of the first half, but Fabiano scored less than a minute after the restart and again in the 74th minute before Lucio brought Brazil all the way back late in the match.

"We gave up the first goal so early in second half," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. "We really put ourselves in a tough spot."

With Brazil's tails up late, midfielder Elano swung a corner kick into the box that Lucio headed strongly into the back of the net past U.S. keeper Tim Howard for the game winner.

"We made some changes and things improved," Dunga said. "We gained more control and more speed."

With the win, the Brazilians are now the most successful side in Confederations Cup history.

But it wasn't easy. The Americans, competing in their first senior international final, looked poised to pull off another massive upset after gaining the two-goal lead. Howard led the way, looking like he was in a trance while stopping everything the Selecao threw his way.

Brazil takes over

The Americans could only hang on for so long though, as Brazil levelled all of its offensive firepower their way, outshooting the U.S. 25-8 and holding a 59-41 edge in possession percentage.

Fabiano took the Golden Boot award, as his two goals in the final gave him the overall scoring lead. Brazilian playmaker Kaka won the Golden Ball, given to the tournament most valuable player.

Now the Samba Boys will try to buck the trend that has seen no Confederations Cup champion lift the World Cup trophy the next year.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, presented the Confederations Cup trophy to Brazil captain Lucio and the rest of the squad.

Earlier in the day, Spain defeated host side South Africa 3-2 in extra time to grab third place in the tournament.

Samba beat interrupted

Brazil began leaning on the Americans early, but out of nowhere, it was the U.S. that found the early breakthrough.

Defender Jonathan Spector sent a long ball toward Dempsey in the Brazilian penalty area, and the Fulham striker got the faintest of touches on it with his right foot.

That was enough to send the ball past keeper Julio Cesar to give the Americans a shocking 1-0 lead 10 minutes into the match.

Howard stopped Robinho and Felipe Melo in close a couple of minutes later to preserve the lead as Brazil took the lion's share of possession.

The Selecao almost looked panicked even though the game was still in the early stages, as they hurled players forward in hopes of a quick equalizer.

Instead, the already shaky-looking defence conceded again on the counter, and the Americans were suddenly two up on the five-time World Cup champions.

In the 27th minute, the Americans found themselves with a two-on-two break after clearing a Brazilian corner kick, and Charlie Davies sent a beautiful ball over to Donovan on the right side.

The all-time leading goal scorer for the American national team then cut to the middle and slid a left-footer by Cesar for a 2-0 U.S. lead.

"We're at the point where we don't want respect, we want to win," Donovan said after the match. "There's no guarantee we ever get back to a final game like this, so it's disappointing."

Howard continued to frustrate a Brazilian side that looked more than a little flustered late in the half.

Fabiano to the rescue

But Fabiano came to life in the second half.

The Sevilla striker took a pass at the top of the box 40 seconds after the start and made a brilliant turn toward goal before firing a left-footed shot through defender Jay DeMerit's legs and past Howard to bring Brazil within one of tying the game.

Then a little controversy was thrown into the mix. In the 60th minute, Brazil's Kaka punched a header toward goal that Howard batted onto the underside of the crossbar.

Kaka and his teammates furiously lobbied for a goal, as they thought the ball crossed the line before the U.S. keeper punched it clear, and it looked like Brazil had a strong case after replays were shown. But the score remained 2-1 heading into the final third of the game.

Brazil finally tied the game in the 74th minute, and it came from Fabiano again as he continued to be the most dangerous player moving forward for the Samba Boys.

The move started with Kaka as he blew by Spector on the left side and sent a low cross into the box. Robinho hit the bar with his effort, but Fabiano followed it up with a header, and this time there was no mistaking — the ball was in the net.

After the goal, Brazil circled the wagons as the Americans tried desperately to defend, but the U.S. couldn't hang on as Lucio scored with six minutes left to seal the comeback.

Michael Jackson's autopsy (Postmortem)Result

Michael Jackson autopsy is complete, this is according to the Los Angelse Coroner's office. However, more tests have been ordered and will take approximately four to six (4-6) weeks, but authorities have found no evidence of external trauma or foul play.

This autopsy report would clear out everything about the real cause of death of King of Pop. There has been speculation that drugs may have played a role MJ's death, that he was given a "heavy dose of morphine" before his death. Other reports said that he received Demerol shortly before his death.

But the only thing to clear out all rumors and speculations about his death is the autopsy result.

Fox News reports that the body of Michael Jackson is being kept in its own crypt at a Los Angeles morgue under lock so that no pictures of the body will be leaked, a source told FOX News. Such a move rarely, if ever, happens.

The L.A. County Police who protect the morgue were told the pop music icon's family was coming Friday night, and the coroner had asked them to try and hold to that commitment.

The source told FOX News investigators conducting the autopsy were also surprised at how healthy Jackson was.

While he wasn't necessarily normal, he appeared to be stronger than they expected. Investigators were surprised to see significant scarring on his face, this being the first time they had seen Jackson without make-up.

He had bruises on his chest consistent with someone trying to revive him, but there were no obvious signs of a heart attack, which leads investigators to believe some sort of drug or drug combination caused either the heart to stop beating or the lungs to stop breathing.

Michael Jackson's autopsy

Craig Harvey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner, said Friday there were no signs of foul play in the autopsy and further tests would be needed to determine Jackson's cause of death.

Jackson died Thursday afternoon at the age of 50 after being rushed from the Los Angeles area mansion where he was staying to UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.

No funeral plans have been made public.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)