No sportsman has ever brought a country to standstill like Sachin Tendulkar. India literally comes to a grinding halt when ‘the little master’ walks out to bat. Across the country he is heralded as a hero. His accomplishments outweigh any of his peers, yet despite this, fame has not changed him. Shy and humble, Tendulkar [...]
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Australians love a deciding match at the end of a season to decide a winner. All football codes have made their grand final the centre piece of their respective competitions. In 1982-83, cricket followed suit and moved from the historical first past the post winner, to the first place side hosting a five day final. [...]
Chelsea pulled off a miraculous and spirited come back as they ensured the Premier League would have a representative in the Champions League quarter finals with a 4-1 extra time win at home to Napoli. Goals from Drogba and Terry looked like putting the Blues through before Inler struck a beauty to give the advantage [...]
So as a surprising, exciting, reassuring and above all exciting summer of International cricket comes to a close in Australia, the millions of cricket fans have discovered so many more reasons to smile. After the debacle that was the 2010/11 Ashes series, this season loomed as a crucial one for Cricket Australia – suffer another [...]
In the middle of 2011, Australia sent their A team of to Zimbabwe for a tour comprising of a mix of one- dayers and first class games. The tour received little mainstream media attention, apart from updates on the web. When the tour was over, I was fortunate enough to share a conversation with one [...]
Arsenal ultimately couldn’t overturn the 4-0 deficit from the first leg as they heroically went out of the Champions League winning 3-0 at home to AC Milan. First half goals from Laurent Koscielny, Tomas Rosicky and a penalty from Robin Van Persie gave Arsenal a real chance at the miraculous comeback, but RVP missed a golden [...]