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MS Dhoni: The Magician Who Pulls Out Magnanimous Houdini Acts At Will – By Akash Goel

  “He is the best captain I have played under.” – Sachin Tendulkar    “I would go to war with him by my side.” – Gary Kirsten   “When I die, the last thing I want to see is the six that he hit in the 2011 World Cup final.” – Sunil Gavaskar   You […]

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SPORTING CARNIVAL OF SCIT (SEMI-FINAL REVIEW AND FINAL FRONTIER!!)

Euphoria for one and Despair and frustration for the other was the moral of today’s semifinal. Lion-hearted effort from Rachit wasn’t enough to take Div D over the line as Saurav Jain kept his nerve in the final over. It was sort of a boxing match as both the teams were throwing punches at each […]

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Sporting Carnival of SCIT(Review of the Senior Titans)!!

Image Courtesy: Arush Agarwal Cricket Div D After a shaky start Div D was back to their bullying best especially with the ball. Motivated by the inspritational words of their otherwise poker-faced skipper Gaganjot, Div D has hardly put a foot wrong in their last couple of matches. They have certainly found the winning formula, […]

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The ‘B’eautiful Game!!

Last year’s Champions Div B would look to repeat their heroics this year as well. They are reminiscent to Real Madrid’s Galacticos and unlike Real they play as a unit. Their Japanese recruit will again be the focal point of their attack and others will play around him. The statutory warning is that “If you […]

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Battle Royale on Cards at Rolland Garros

Whenever there is talk about French Open, Rafael Nadal has to be at the forefront of it. Normally the talks are quite bullish about him but this year doubts have crept into Nadal’s game with untimely and crushing losses to Wawrinka, Murray and Djokovic. Rafael Nadal currently must be realizing the realities and the certain […]

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CUP THAT COUNTS (PART 2)!!!

Before I start of this article one relevant question to all cricket enthusiasts. Is Ab De Villiers from “Planet Earth”? ICC would certainly need to redefine the cricket manual or there should be a disclaimer put up: “Please don’t try this at home.” West Indies would be sick of falling prey to South Africa and […]

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Government should ‘bet’ on betting

You would be surprised to hear that betting was the architect of the epic Mahabharata. In fact Pandavas lost their whole kingdom in a dice game with the Kauravas (Yudhisthira succumbed to the guile of his uncle Shakuni) which led to the Mahabharata. As the Mudgal Committee report has ruffled many feathers in the BCCI […]

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Sarita Devi, what you did was not in spirit of the game !!!!

–Written by: Swanand Phadke, Edited by: Anurakta Mohanty   It’s been a couple of days since Sarita Devi was wronged by the judges which cost her the Asian Games finals bout. Sarita Devi showed her protest by returning the bronze medal in an outburst of emotion. But what is surprising is that the whole of […]

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Reign of the Champions…!!!

Though the summer was filled with high octane action with many major sport events taking place, the “FIFA world cup” this year will top the charts among them. The 20th edition of world cup was hosted by Brazil for the second time in the history of the tournament and fourth time on the South American […]

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