Spain won the recently concluded FIFA World Cup and there by exorcised the ghost of perennial under achievers that has been haunting it for a long while. The Spanish Armada ambushed all the opponents on its way after they managed to hit the straps after losing the first game to Switzerland.
There was then laughter, thrill, and tears. There is now the same emotion in all of us. There’s passion… pride… and prejudice, when it comes to a sport. Oh well… I still remember the first time I watched a football match. I don’t recall it though. I knew it was a match where my grandfather and his friends stood all night awake, just to watch it.
I am penning down this article a few hours before the start of the much anticipated final of IPL 3. As one reads through this article, they would get to realise that this article could not have been published at a more inopportune time!!!!.
The hype created during the build up to the India-SA test series was phenomenal. In a way the hype and frenzy could be justified to an extent as the ICC number one test ranking was at stake. The series lived up to the hype and the honours were shared at the end of it. However in both the tests the competitive element was missing as either side dominated in totem in the respective victories.
Sometimes, I really detest the media for the role it plays in shaping public perception. After the 3rd one-day international against Sri Lanka on Dec 21, 2009, the picture above was clicked. The description of the picture on a reputed cricket news website said, “Sachin Tendulkar makes a point to Dinesh Karthik after wrapping up the match…”
Spain won the recently concluded FIFA World Cup and there by exorcised the ghost of perennial under achievers that has been haunting it for a long while. The Spanish Armada ambushed all the opponents on its way after they managed to hit the straps after losing the first game to Switzerland.
There was then laughter, thrill, and tears. There is now the same emotion in all of us. There’s passion… pride… and prejudice, when it comes to a sport. Oh well… I still remember the first time I watched a football match. I don’t recall it though. I knew it was a match where my grandfather and his friends stood all night awake, just to watch it.
I am penning down this article a few hours before the start of the much anticipated final of IPL 3. As one reads through this article, they would get to realise that this article could not have been published at a more inopportune time!!!!.
The hype created during the build up to the India-SA test series was phenomenal. In a way the hype and frenzy could be justified to an extent as the ICC number one test ranking was at stake. The series lived up to the hype and the honours were shared at the end of it. However in both the tests the competitive element was missing as either side dominated in totem in the respective victories.
Sometimes, I really detest the media for the role it plays in shaping public perception. After the 3rd one-day international against Sri Lanka on Dec 21, 2009, the picture above was clicked. The description of the picture on a reputed cricket news website said, “Sachin Tendulkar makes a point to Dinesh Karthik after wrapping up the match…”
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