Infostrada Databox: February 2006  

Melbourne

> The XVIII Commonwealth Games will be held in Melbourne from 15-26 March 2006.
> Every January, the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year, takes place in Melbourne.
> In March, the Australian Formula One Grand Prix is held at Albert Park, Melbourne.
> The AFL Grand Final (Aussie Rules) takes place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in September every year.
> The biggest horse race in Australia, the Melbourne Cup, is held in November every year.

Tim Henman

> British tennis player Tim Henman has been a professional Tennis player since 1993 and reached his highest rank of four in 2002.
> He has won 11 ATP Singles titles in his career, the biggest of which was the Paris Masters Series in 2003.
> Henman has played in six Grand Slam semi-finals but lost in all six.
> The only Grand Slam in which he has failed to make the last four is the Australian Open.
> The British star has amassed over $11m in prize money in his career.

Hamburg Freezers

> The Hamburg Freezers have been a German Ice Hockey league club since June of 2002.
> Their franchise had previously been based in Munich and was called the München Barons.
> The Freezers’ first league match took place on 12 November 2002 with a 5-4 win against Kölner Haie.
> The team made the play-offs in that first season, in which they were eliminated by the Berlin Eisbären.
> In 2004/2005, their third season, the Freezers drew an average home attendance of 12,000 fans.

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