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2nd April 2011: First tears of joy
"Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter." French poet and novelist Victor Hugo has glorified the most beautiful means of catharsis. Tears are at the pinnacle of the human outburst of emotions. You
Ravichandran Ashwin: Anatomy of a performer
"He might not stand out like other players in the Indian squad. You might not find his face on billboards across India. But he has been a very important player for India." One couldn't help
19-01-2021: The Finest Hour
19-01-2021, 12:08 PM. It was time to gather some breath. I had barely been able to do that since 5 am. We had barely been able to do that since 5 am. And when I
Time we accept Rishabh Pant for who he is!
It was on a cold December morning in India that history had been created amidst a warm sunny afternoon in Adelaide. An Indian cricket team had just defeated Australia in their own backyard for the
Rohit Sharma, the Test batsman: What do the numbers tell?
The Sydney Cricket Ground may not be filled up to its entire capacity as Australia face India in the third Test of the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but it will not be short on emotions. And
The day cricket said, ‘THANK YOU!’
कद 5’6”, बल्ले का वजन डेढ़ किलो। करोड़ो के लिए उम्मीद, लेकिन फ़ील्ड पर 11 खिलाड़ीयों के लिए सिर्फ़ खौफ। इनके बल्ले से छूटी गेंद कभी नहीं रुकी। रुके तो बस स्कूल, कॉलेज, दफ्तर, सरकारे।
EURO 2020: Denmark The Team
There's nothing quite like human emotions. Nothing quite like the human spirit. We are an imperfect breed that makes mistakes and even worse, doesn't learn from them, most of the time. There's no positive that
xG telling different match stories at EURO 2020: The nature of tournament football
For contemporary sports geeks, data is the parallel of authentic German beer. Not easy to procure, you've got to try it for the buzz around it and once you do, it's too late to deny
The heartbreaking and heartwarming hour
My fingers are still shaking as I type but I've tried to gather my thoughts on what happened in Copenhagen and around the world on 12th June 2021. I have been watching football for about
World Cup winners in the Euros: Deschamps’ champs to Spain’s golden generation
If you are a football fan in any capacity, one of the most enjoyable things about the buildup to the Euros is the anticipation around the World Champions. That is if the World Champions are
How Messi Staying at Barcelona is a Bigger Problem Than Him Leaving
At around 9:00 pm (IST), Tuesday, Aug. 25th, the google search results for the word ‘burofax’ began rising dramatically. From almost zero. Deducing that the word means nothing in the contemporary context would come at
The Philosophical Conflict That Resulted in The Politics at FC Barcelona
The roots of the conflict between Lionel Messi and Josep Bartomeu can be traced back to 1988, when club captain Lionel Messi was less than a year old and club President Josep Maria Bartomeu was