Ryan Giggs has worn many hats during his incredibly long tenure at Manchester United. Lightning quick midfielder, mentor, free kick taker, player-manager, wearer of chest hair. But as this model player (most likely) takes to the field for the last time in a United shirt, we’re looking back on his top five moments as a Red Devil. 5. First goal ... Read More »
When I first started watching football, the only league comprehensively covered in my country was the fabled English Premier League – in that era, it wasn’t too difficult to have one look at the Red Devils of Manchester play and fall in love instantaneously with the likes of Ryan Giggs and David Beckham terrorizing opposition full backs on the wings ... Read More »
To, The Sports Minister, New Delhi. Subject: Hockey out, Cricket In. Respected Sir, What is Hockey? Who is Dhyan Chand? I did not know the answer to these questions when I was 9 years old. But I did know who was Sachin Tendulkar and I would dance after every cricket match that India won. I wasn’t alone. There were millions ... Read More »
I was 12 years old at the time. India was facing Pakistan in an irrelevant Group Stage game of the Cricket World Cup (that’s not true, matches with Pakistan are never really irrelevant). Like most Indian kids from the 1990s, I was a cricket fanatic – at least then. Pakistan had batted first and amassed a challenging score of 273 ... Read More »
This weekend, I had the privilege & opportunity to watch the much acclaimed sports drama film based on one of, if not the biggest Formula One rivalry, between celebrated drivers James Hunt & Niki Lauda . My intimacy to Formula One is restricted to championing the talented Finnish driver – Kimi Raikkonen , fondly known as the Iceman. Much of ... Read More »
I’ve been a pro wrestling fan for as long as I remember. My earliest memory of the WWF, as it was known back then, is Paul Bearer threatening to reveal The Undertaker‘s deepest and darkest secret – the fact that Kane, the Undertaker’s brother, was still alive. I remember being completely fascinated – these two larger-than-life characters, battling it out ... Read More »
We’re exactly 7 days away from the start of a fresh season for the top division of English Football; the most popular football league in the world – The Barclays English Premier League. In addition to the usual excitement at the start of a new season amidst football fans, there’s new sense of anticipation, a sentiment inspired by events that ... Read More »
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