Sports

  • Photo:

    Indian Heena Sidhu Defeats World Champion at Shooting Championships

     Issue 21

    Heena Sidhu, a 24 year old Indian shooter won a Gold Medal at the 2013 Munich ISSF Rifle Pistol World Cup Final in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event. She ended with a score of 203.8. To win, she defeated the reigning World Champion, Zorana Arunovic of Serbia. Sidhu was the only shooter in the event to have a...

    Read More
  • Photo: Stefan64/Wikimedia Commons

    Clash of the Chess Titans at Chennai

     Issue 21

    With all the media focus on Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement, we have missed the World Chess Championship challenge match going on on Chennai between India’s own five time world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand and the young Norwegian, Magnus Carlsen, World No. 1 according to the rankings. In our cricket crazy nation we always forget that Vishy Anand is no less...

    Read More
  • Photo:

    Qualifying for Brasil 2014

     Issue 20

    The 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers are ending. There will be 32 teams in next year’s World Cup. 21 teams have qualified as of 15th October 2013. These are Brazil, Japan, Australia, Iran, South Korea, Netherlands, Italy, Costa Rica, The United States of America, Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Colombia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, Spain, Chile, Ecuador and Honduras....

    Read More
  • Photo:

    Champion’s League Update

     Issue 19

    It has been an interesting week for soccer and the Champions League in particular. With all the exciting matches that took place, there was no shortage of drama. On Wednesday, the 2nd of October, there were a whole lot of exciting matches. Ajax took an AC Milan in a match where everything was left to the last minute. Literally....

    Read More
  • Photo:

    Leander Paes Shines at the US Open

     Issue 16

    The US Open 2013 ended on the 9th of September. The favourites came through to win in the Men’s and Women’s Single. Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams. Nadal beat Novak Djokovic, in 4 sets, who was probably tired after his long 5 set game against Stanislas Wawrinka. In the Men’s Doubles, Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek won. They made...

    Read More
  • Photo: www.realmadrid.com

    Football’s Most Expensive

     Issue 15

    Gareth Bale’s transfer from Tottenham Hotspurs to Real Madrid is the most expensive transfer ever in the football world. At a 100 million Euros, it has shattered the previous record of 94 million Euros. The Tottenham star player had a superb season last year scoring 21 goals in the Premier League.Considered to be one of the best players in...

    Read More
  • Photo: Nick Webb/ Flickr

    The Lightning Bolt

     Issue 13

    Usain Bolt – the indomitable, the invincible, 100m & 200m world record holder bagged another couple of golds at the Athletic World Championship in Moscow. It was spectacular to see Bolt run as he did in 2009, effortlessly reclaiming the title – so far ahead of any other man – simply a joy to watch, whether you enjoy athletics...

    Read More
  • Photo:

    Premier League KickOff: Your Who’s Gone Where Guide

     Issue 13

    The English Premier League is resuming today – all the football fans – you may go crazy……….now. The table alongside tells who’s gone where this transfer season for the big EPL clubs. The return of Essien to Chelsea after a year at Real Madrid under loan is another signifiacant development, while a few more changes could take place before...

    Read More
  • Photo:

    World Swimming Championships

     Issue 12

    In the FINA world swimming championship in Barcelona – USA stood first bagging 15 gold medals ,followed closely by China with 14 gold medals. The top news maker was 18 year old Missy Franklin of USA who won 6 gold medals ( 100m bckstrk,200m bckstrk,200m frstyle,4x100m frstyle,4x200m frstyle,4x100m medley)-becoming the first woman to win six titles in a World...

    Read More
  • Photo: Image: DNA India

    Young Sindhu Stuns at Badminton Championships

     Issue 12

    If you haven’t yet heard of Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (PV Sindhu), I’m sure you will in times to come. She is a young 19 year old who has amazed the her country and the world by reaching the Semi-Finals of the Badminton World Championships in China. She stunned the crowd, along with defending champion & World No. 2 Yihan...

    Read More