Internazionale vs Man United, Champions League – Review

In a night of many chances for the defending champions, Internazionale striker Adriano’s almost comical miss might give Jose Mourinho and co. some unhappy times in a fortnight at Manchester.
Ronaldo took as many as 4 free-kicks from his zone, and had 3 on target, all of which were saved by Julio Cesar. The Brazilian goalkeeper [...]

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New Zealand vs India Series Preview

As the Indians arrive in Wellington after a long 27-hour flight, thoughts of making this trip worthwhile won’t be too farfetched.
New Zealand, of late, have been quite similar to India in their cricketing methods and team-selections et al. Even they have a young, dynamic captain, who by the way is much more experienced than Dhoni, [...]

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Drying up

The mornin’ newspaper does throw in the odd surprise. While leaving for my college, I had a dekko at the newspaper and saw the picture of a desert and the next pic was of a pond. Below them, I saw the caption : “This is Badkhal lake in 2009, and that was Badkhal lake in [...]

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Too early?

Was it too early to sack a coach of the calibre and credentials of Luiz Felipe Scolari for Chelsea? Yes, it was. Just a few bad games and whoooosh! the axe falls on him.
It is really very harsh on him, as the players have agreed. He would have anyway taken time to build a well-oiled [...]

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The plight of Indian movie rating

If you are an Indian and are regular with bollywood movies, don’t tell me that you weren’t shocked when you heard the movie ‘Dev D’ has bagged a perfect ‘5 star’ rating from a critic as reknowned as Nikhat Kazmi.
This, O Readers!, is not the first eyebrow-raising rating that he has given. Some movie named [...]

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