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Beauteous losers no more

I started watching football around 2004. Supporting Arsenal was never a decision I consciously made, it was something I inherited. A legacy passed down quietly through generations.My grandfather, while serving in the Indian army, was once asked to play for Arsenal. He declined to go but loved the club with all his heart. My elder brother loved it. So I loved Arsenal too. For an 11-year-old kid,…

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The backseat of his bicycle

There’s a seven-year gap between my brother and me. Big enough for him to seem like a grown-up when I was still trying to spell. Big enough for him to be my world long before I was old enough to realise what that meant.He was always my safe place. Scolded by mom? Run to him. Yelled at by dad? Find him.Even if he was the very person who turned our bedroom into a wrestling ring, choke slamming me…

The backseat of his bicycle

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Iconic sports commentary: Evoking emotions through words

Some people possess an extraordinary gift for words. They are able to convey the blood, sweat and tears of years of work, victories and disasters into a couple of profound lines. Sports, in particular, often brings out the best of this eloquence.  Be it Peter Drury’s poetic commentary when Lionel Messi finally clinched the elusive World Cup trophy that had escaped him for so long or Ian Smith’s…

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Criticising is easy, learn to support After body shamming Kate Middleton Shobhaa De is back in action with a new target: Team India at the Olympics.

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Finding perfection in Football A lot has happened in the footballing world this summer. Starting with Real Madrid- Atletico Madrid reaching the Champions league finals, Argentina losing in a big tournament final yet again and now Portugal reaching the finals of the European cup.

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Bollywood Strangling Sports

The Olympics are around the corner and to build up the excitement the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) named Salman Khan aka Bhai the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for this edition of the games. Now bhai is a beloved character and has an endless fan following but is this a joke? Is the decision of someone who has nothing to do with sports being made the ambassador of International level games justified?…

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Kohli’fied Virat Kohli has become synonymous with Indian cricket in the past month. The one man army , it was he who kept  the Indian batting alive in the World Cup.  

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Electric England vs Star-crossed South Africa The stage was set, Wankhede stood in all its glory for one of the two teams to make an impact.  

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21 days of headless J&K Gov

21 days of headless J&K Gov

The indecisiveness between BJP and PDP over the future of the government post Mufti Sayeed’s death has raised a lot of question. Introduction of Tassaduq Hussain Mufti, son of late Chief Minister, to top brass of People Democratic Party (PDP) is raising new set of questions in the already muddled situation. Tassaduq was present in top level meetings of PDP. This has raised speculations amongst…

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The Danish Girl Opening the film is a marriage of two artists, Einar and Gerda in an apartment filled with paints and paintings in the Danish city of Copenhagen in the early years of the twentieth century.

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An underutilised state of the art facility.

An underutilised state of the art facility.

KC Sports Club located at Akhnoor Road Jammu, adjacent to KC Public School had opened its doors to the Public last  April. It is the first of its kinds not only in Jammu and Kashmir but in north India. The facility is spread over 3 floors, covering an area of around 60,000 sqft over 1.5 acres of land.  The ground floor consists of a gym with fitness equipment imported from  USA, along with a rock…

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Game.Set.Match.Fix

The Australian open also known as the ‘Happy slam’  was rocked by  allegations of a widespread match fixing racket.  With BBC and Buzzfeed News publishing a report exposing evidence of widespread speculation of match fixing the atmosphere at the Australian has been anything but cheerful. An average fan may not be aware that Tennis is the most gambled on sport in the world. It allows mid-match…

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The Magician wins again #Messi

This year’s edition of the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala saw Lionel Messi win the award for a record fifth time. Messi beat rivals Neymar Jr. and Cristiano Ronaldo, who walked away with the accolade the previous two years. The Argentine captain received 41.33% of all votes ahead of Portuguese captain Ronaldo who got 27.76% and Brazilian captain Neymar who earned 7.86% of the total votes. Messi won the…

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Lodha panel set to revolutionize, but will BCCI comply? In a country where cricket is a religion it is sad to see that corruption has seeped to its core  making it impure and satanic.

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Zaheer retires ‘hurt’ Inswing, out swing, reverse swing, yorkers and bouncers Zaheer Khan could bowl them all. When Zaheer Khan limped off the field at Lords on the first day of the first Test in 2011, Sanjay Manjrekar called it as 'India's worst nightmare come true.' Although India had a strong batting line up the series resulted in a 4-0 whitewash.

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EU denies refuge to refugees.

EU denies refuge to refugees.

The image of a Syrian toddler washed dead on a Turkish beach was an eye opener for the world of the magnitude of the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. Four years back since it began, the war between Syria, Iraq and Libya has killed innocent people, destroyed cities, violated human rights and forced many to flee from their homes. This conflict has its repercussions in Europe. More than 19…

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