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When India’s Captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirement from Test Cricket captaincy, there was a pool of questions reflecting a series of skepticism.  Why did Dhoni quit? This was the question every TV news channel was asking to the cricket experts. Although this skepticism proved useless in time, as Dhoni had clearly mentioned in a statement released by BCCI saying that,” He ( MSD) was finding it increasingly difficult to continue in all formats of the game and that he wanted to focus on limited-overs cricket, with the World Cup coming up in mid-February”. MS Dhoni’s resignation made way for Virat Kohli, to be India’s new Test cricket baton holder. In other words, Virat Kohli was now officially India’s test captain. As India will take on Bangladesh from 10 June onwards and will play the only test match in Khan Saheb Osman Ali Staduim (Fatullah city), it’s time for scrutinising Virat’s captaincy skills again.  Virat Kohli, India’s flamboyant right ha...

By DISHA MASHELKAR It’s been a happy and glorious 29 th birthday for Rafael Nadal wh o is popular as the “King of Clay” for his spectacular performance on clay court. Born on 3rd June 1986, 6 feet 1 inch tall ‘Rafa’ is also known for his style statements (his stylish capri pants and matching bandara on his forehead) which has captured the eyeballs of world over Tennis fans. His peculiar style of biting the trophy he has won covered the Sports pages of the newspapers time and again. Nadal’s coach, his uncle Toni Nadal trained him for the sport of Tennis when he was just 3 years old. Nadal carries an equal passion for Tennis as well as for Football. Probably the passion for Football descends down in his blood from his another Uncle Miguel Angel Nadal, who is a retired professional footballer. Uncle Miguel had represented his Spanish National Team and had played also for popular club FC Barcelona. Rafael Nadal is ambidextrous although he is a left-handed player on cou...

By Disha Mashelkar Sports’ has always mesmerized the thrill and adventure of living life! A sportsperson’s life is full of mighty passion and the enthralling moments of victory and loss faced in the game. A sports ’star who has gone through the jinx of financial burden to play the sport knows, how tough it is for him/her to rile up like a lotus!   The images used are just for representation Recently, The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) of the Sports Ministry announced the inclusion of 39 athletes into it. Under this scheme the athletes will receive financial assistance for their preparations for the 2016 Rio Olympics. According to the Press Information Bureau –‘ Earlier, the Ministry had named 45 athletes in the Scheme. The Ministry has already given funds of about 1.35 Crore to 10 athletes so far under the Scheme. It has also organised mental training camp of archers under the TOP Scheme’. The images used are just for representation At one hand...

Season of Cricket continues to rule the heart and soul of every Indian Fan. Just like how European countries are crazy for Football and Tennis, Indians are super aficionado of Cricket. I need not narrate the long history of Cricket which begins with the entry of British in India and the spread of Cricket which drew first the Parsi community of Mumbai towards it followed by launch of the Ranji Trophy being played (1935) and so on! Currently the season of Cricket is back in our neighborhood nation of Pakistan! That’s big and great news for all the Pakistani Cricket fans who are similarly die-hard people waiting badly to watch their favourite batsmen play Cricket! After a cricket drought of six long years, the rain of cricket is going to breed some fresh new grass on the Pakistani soil. This time it is the team Zimbabwe who has shown the courage to play versus Pakistan. Zimbabwe will play the first T-20 today (22 MAY) at the famous Gaddafi stadium in Lahore! Ph...

In India crime against women is not a new thing. It has been witnessed right from the historical past in the form of events from Mahabharata to Ramayana.  This has sadly, time and again showed that the patriarchy rules on women irrespective of what she feels.  Kidnapping, Murder, Domestic violence, Gang-rape, rape, Abduction, Marital-rape, Sexual assault and the list of crime goes on and on! After being winked at by the security gunner of a Samajwadi Party, Sadhvi Pandey a 23 year old woman jumped on the Mercedes, tore the party flag on the car’s bonnet and smashed the windshield. How can one forget the famous comments of Samjwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yaadav on being opposed to capital punishment for rape, “Boys will be boys…they commit mistakes”.    Recently as reported in the Hindustan Times report, the Supreme Court of India refused a woman’s plea to declare marital rape a criminal offence, citing that the plea was for ‘personal cause and not a publ...

By -DISHA MASHELKAR Forty two years of pain and suffering has finally ended for Aruna Shanbaug. The journey to Lord’s house has begun for her, who was mercilessly strangled by a dog’s chain and suffered sexual assault by a ward boy in the hospital. She was in coma and was helplessly left in the vegetative state for last so many years. The incident took place on 27 November 1973. It was the continuous effort of love and care which the nurses of KEM Hospital took for their colleague Aruna Shanbaug that kept her alive in this unbearable painful state. Looking at her state of pain, Pinky Virani a journalist and Aruna’s friend had filed for a plea to stop forceful feeding her in the Supreme Court. In other words, it was a plea for ‘Euthanasia’. But in 2011, the Supreme Court of India had rejected this plea filed by Pinky Virani and Aruna Shanbaug was left in this vegetative state and then became a responsibility of the nurses of KEM hospital who never gave up on her treatme...

Ashish Nehra may have been a forgotten hero, but nobody can forget his six wickets haul for 23 runs in a crucial WORLD CUP match against England at South Africa! The way he had celebrated by spreading his arms and running haywire was captured by every photographer and published in the next days newspaper. He had managed this flair performance even after having a swollen ankle just on the eve of the match. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS registered a 20 run victory over ROYAL CHALLENGER BANGALORE last night at the home ground of Bangalore. The thundering comeback of Suresh Raina and the scintillating four wickets picked up by Ashish Nehra (4/10) contributed to the thumping win of CSK under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. The comeback of Ashish Nehra by being a part of CSK is simoly blissful. To watch Nehra, bowl the good line and length is a delight for every NEHRA fan! Injuries can be a nightmare to every fast bowler. Indian bowlers who have faced such nightmares ( Nehra, Zaheer Khan, L. Balaj...