Bangladesh according to Sehwag is an ordinary test side. Sehwag was speaking at a news conference held ahead of the first test match between India and Bangladesh to be played at Chittagong. The “sometimes” swashbuckling batsman and the Vice Captain of the side was asked whether Bangladesh was capable of beating India.
Australian cricket has always fascinated me. Australia always knows how to field a good team and their teams always had a healthy mix of young and veteran players at every position. For the past forty years Australian captains were not only great leaders and proven winners but also some of the best players of their [...]
Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray has made some controversial statements again. The self-appointed leader of the Hindus (specifically the Marathi’s) said that he will not allow Australia to play in Maharashtra. He wrote “Our boys are being stabbed, burnt and shot at in that country and still our cricketers have no qualms in playing with [...]
I think that all of you know by now who the 3 idiots are (Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Aamir Khan). But do you know who the 4th idiot is? Ladies and gentlemen please stand up and then give a standing ovation to the 4th idiot … yes that is us. Let’s celebrate .. the drinks [...]
In the West when we meet somebody we invariably shake hands and say hello. In addition there will also be a brief exchange of pleasantries (How is it going? Nice to see you, you look good today etc.). I always found it very strange why individuals who meet each other every day have to express [...]
The earliest image of Tendulkar that I have was all those sixes that he hit off of Pakistani spinner Abdul Kader. Indian cricket fans those days were waiting for somebody to come on to the scene and save Indian cricket after the retirement of Sunil Gavaskar.
I read reports that Guns and Roses is going to play in the Palace Grounds in Bangalore on October 10th. Wow. Congratulations Bangalore. I am a hard rock fan and GNR is at the top of my list. I have never
I do not watch a lot of cricket these days. I follow the game closely but I am not as fanatic as I used to be. Even as I watch Indian cricketers come up small in game after game in key tournaments I do not get down on myself as I used to before. I [...]
Yesterday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the 2016 Olympics will be held in the beautiful Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Rio is the first South American city to host the Olympics. Americans in general do not follow the Olympics or news
Did you watch the Champions trophy semi-final between Pakistan and New Zealand? Which team where you rooting for? Even if you did not watch the game which team did you want to win? I have no data to prove my conclusion but I am willing to guess that the
Yesterday was the eagerly anticipated beginning of the football season (The National Football League (NFL)). All the teams in the country played a game except the Pittsburg Steelers (the defending Super Bowl champions) and the Tennessee Titans who played a game against each other on Thursday. For most of the season (the season ends with [...]
Caster Semenya is an 18 year old runner from South Africa. She won the 800 meters at the 12th IAAF World Championships held in Berlin in August. She set a world record of 1 minute and 55.45 seconds. Before the championships Semenya was asked by the federation to take a gender test. The federation allowed [...]
In August 2009, Steven Spielberg and Anil Ambani announced a deal between DreamWorks Studios and Reliance Entertainment. Reliance will provide DreamWorks $875 million for making movies (Disney will distribute the movies all over the world except in India where the distribution rights will be with Reliance). The movies that will be made using this money [...]
Michael Vick was the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. He was also the highest paid quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Two years ago he was arrested and convicted for running an interstate dog fighting ring and also for torturing and killing some of the dogs. He was sentenced to 23 months in [...]
On the surface everything appears calm. Cricket as a game and many of the players on the national team are household names in India and most of the cricketing world. Indians would tell you that economically India is also the engine of world cricket. For the most part this is true. Advertisement and sponsorship money [...]
