tennis league ctllows of 2014lee chong weis drug ban badminton fans were taken by surprise when malaysias world no 1 lee chong wei was provisionally suspended last month after the shuttler tested positive for the illegal antiinflammatory drug dexamethasone at the world championships in august the panel set up by the badminton world federation bwf will conduct an enquiry in early 2015 and the silver medallist of the 2008 and 2012 olympics is confident he will clear his namelee chong wei of malaysia in action against chen long of china during the lining bwf world badminton championships in copenhagen denmark getty imagesfavourites russia freeze in sochi russia have always been the favourites to win gold in ice hockey and there was tremendous pressure on the team to deliver as hosts for the sochi winter olympics however the russians had an unimpressive preliminary round which saw them play norway in a doordie qualifier only to come up trumps later they won four games in five days thereon till their dreams of claiming gold were crushed by finland who defeated them 31 in the quarterfinalf1 safety under spotlight formula one endured its most dreaded moment this october when marussia driver jules bianchi suffered severe head injuries and went into coma for more than a month bianchis car skidded off a wet suzuka track during the japanese grand prix and rammed into a tractor that was recovering adrian sutils sauber bianchis injury brought the issue of safety under spotlight once again in f1 20 years after brazilian legend ayrton sennas death at imola in 1994vettel fails to get going while mercedes teammates lewis hamilton and nico rosberg went from strength to strength this year winner of four consecutive formula one titles with red bull sebastian vettel flopped in 2014 vettel remained winless for the entire season despite pocketing the last nine races of 2013 an underperforming renault engine and issues of reliability in the team seemed possible reasons behind the german drivers dismal showausterity at incheon asiad for long cities hosting megasporting events have struggled to justify the enormous expenses they incur so incheon which hosted the asian games this year conducted the games with a modest budget however the hosts took thriftiness to such lengths that most people concerned with the games were left complaining about a host of issuesnewsmakersjames rodriguez rodriguezs stunning goal for colombia against uruguay at the world cup in brazil made him an overnight sensation and this strike went a long way in helping him finish the year as googles most searched sportsman the striker is now showcasing his skills for real madrid in spainmichael schumacher formula one legend michael schumacher hit his head on a rock while skiing in the french alps on december 29 last year so severe was the impact that it sent him into a medically induced coma schumi is making slow recovery and the last bit of information that came about his recovery was through his friend and former racing driver