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On the Eve of the 2015 FIFA World Cup
On the 6th of June, the most important competition in Women’s Football will be beginning. The 7th FIFA Women’s World Cup will be taking place in Canada between the 6th of June and the 5th of July. It will be the third time the event will be held in North America. There will be a Group Stage and then...
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Indian Sporting Leagues: Game Changers
By Aaryan Sharma Cricket in India, as the most popularly watched sport is slowly but surely gaining competition as other sports have sprung up and grabbed on the opportunity to make themselves more recognized professionally in India. The Pro Kabaddi League – No one expected a game that has its roots and foothold in the rural parts of India...
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Formula E: Electric Racing
Formula E is a new single-seater racing championship and also one of the most unique. It is the first ever racing series where all the cars in the race are fully electric and therefore eco- friendly. It is not only a revolutionary event in motor racing but also in the entire automotive industry. Formula E differs from Formula 1...
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Born To Run
Issue 25The World Athletics Championships in Moscow took place in August. Although the hosts, Russia, won the most Golds and the US won the most medals, the highlight of the championships were 2 Jamaican athletes, Usain Bolt (needs no introduction) and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – Both of them took part in 3 events, 100m, 200m and 4x100m, and both won 3...
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A Record Breaking Year for Tennis
Issue 25Andy Murray created a magical moment in Wimbledon history after winning this year’s match against Djokovic and becoming the first British to win the tournament after a breath taking 77 years! In the French Open -Rafeal Nadal became the only player to win the Roland Garros for a record 8 times . Nadal has reached the finals 8 times...
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Chess: All Hail The King
Issue 25Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen was crowned the new World Champion on the 22nd of November after beating Viswanathan Anand ,the five time champion, 6.5 to 3.5 at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai. He has the highest world ranking as of December 2013 with a rating of 2872 which is the highest FIDE rating any player has ever...
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IPL: Foul Play!
Issue 25The excitement of the IPL tournament was drowned this year by the shocking exposure of a 40,000 crore match fixing racket involving players ,team owners and bookies from across India. Amongst many others –Sreesanth of Rajasthan Royals was suspended after details about how “on-field” and ‘off-field’ techniques were allegedly used by him and others to fix the game.
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India to Host 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Issue 24FIFA announced last week that India shall be hosting the U-17 Soccer World Cup in 2017. This is a great honour for a country whose World Cup experience is virtually nil. A total of 6 countries had submitted bids to host the tournament to FIFA. These were Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, The Republic of Ireland, South Africa and India. On 5th...
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A New King on The Throne
Issue 22n Friday, the World Chess Championship match we reported about last week came to an end – and what an end it was. We have a new World Champion, and more than that, a new king of chess – the invincible, unassailable Vishwanathan Anand has finally been displaced from his throne by a 22yr old prodigy. Norwegian wiz-kid Magnus...
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You Never Shaw Him Coming
Issue 22He is the captain of the Mumbai U-16 cricket team –and at just 14-15 years of age , with his knock of 546 runs in the prestigious interschool Harris Shield Match, he is now the national record holder of the highest runs ever scored in any form of cricket in the country and the third highest recorded runs scored...
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