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Soccer In India And Indian Super League
- by Balaji Subramanian
- 8 years ago
- 8242
In the year 2014 we are going to witness the first Indian Super League (ISL) for the game of football. But will it turn out be as successful as the Indian Premier League (IPL) remained to be seen? Football is still a very popular sport in India, but somehow it never really has managed to capture the public’s love which cricket has
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The Brimming Brazilian Account Of Mixed Feelings
- by Aishwarya Singh
- 8 years ago
- 14561
If someone is to be given the imposing task of summing up the key highlights of the FIFA 2014, hosted by Brazil, then it would be an arduous exercise for him or her to give it in an epigrammatic manner. From the 7-1 symbolic manslaughter of the Brazilian football team in the hands of their German opponents in the semi-finals to the early exits of the predicted to be probable trophy-lifters viz. England, Spain, Italy & Portugal; from the accession of a new world-class striker in the form of a Colombian, James Rodriguez, to the loss of the closest chance to etch his name in the football history as a “great”, by Lionel Messi; inexorably this world cup did have its own few surprises to throw at us. It has been a world cup of riots as well as that of massively scaled celebrations
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SEVEN MINUTES THAT CHANGED BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL
- by Balaji Subramanian
- 8 years ago
- 15238
What happened in Brazil on 8th of July 2014 at Belo Horizonte was no less a tragedy of biblical proportion because Brazilian football did die that day when the “German blitzkrieg completely obliterated and overrun the host” (no Pun Intended) in the first half. The 7 - 1 loss was a shockwave which was felt all over the world and what repercussions the players and administrators are going to face is a foregone conclusion.
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PASSION OR PSYCHOPATHY:THE BIGGEST FIFA WORLD CUP CONTROVERSIES
“On the 13th day of the FIFA World Cup 2014, the Cannibal resurrected to taste some lasagne.” This surely isn’t some verse out of a football gospel but constitution of the fact that sometimes all that happens on a football pitch doesn’t just stay there.
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Only Fair Is The Color In IPL
- by Balaji Subramanian
- 8 years ago
- 13256
Is IPL true cricket? From the looks of it yes, but it is also one hell of an entertainment. Cricket Balls flying to all corners of the stadium, batsman playing trick shots and fielders taking breath taking catches. But in this all bru ha ha we have our cheerleaders.
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