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Inspirational stories that make sports lively

Inspirational stories that make sports lively

It is agreed that sports is all about ups and downs, tight competitions, wins and losses but added to all that has to be the boundless excitement that...

13.02.2025 20

Mathrubhumi English

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An Australian Open and the intense drama

An Australian Open and the intense drama

The first big major event of the New Year, the Australian Open had everything for every tennis enthusiast. Top quality tennis for sure and enough...

31.01.2025 20

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The Australian debacle and a poor start for Indian sports in New Year

After the year 2024 ended on a glorious note thanks to the glisten provided by the Chess stars Gukesh Dommaraju and Koneru Humpy with their respective...

15.01.2025 10

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A year which saw Chess at its best

Just hours remain for the New Year to set in even as year 2024 awaits to slip into history. Looking back it must be said 2024 was a year that...

04.01.2025 7

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An absolute chess wizard: Tracing the journey of Gukesh, the youngest world champion ever!

This seemed like a story straight from a fairytale book. A seven-or-eight-year-old boy gets attached to the sport of chess watching some seniors...

18.12.2024 10

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Indian Cricket: A revival in Perth and riches in Jeddah!

Whether it was the partial Indian revival seen in Perth, a few days ago or the mind-boggling money that came out to buy players in the IPL auction...

08.12.2024 8

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Rafael Nadal, a mental giant ready to bow out

The final moments of an exciting career for the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal have arrived. The tennis great has announced that the Davis Cup final...

22.11.2024 6

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Indian cricket’s horror story

The Kiwis have begun to fly and fly high too! What else can one say after the spectacular performance of the New Zealand cricket team from the land...

10.11.2024 5

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Bengaluru Test: Unexpected, but all is not lost!

From the peak of euphoria to the dumps of grief! Well Indian cricket team was hardly expected to experience this violent turn of fortunes. The...

25.10.2024 10

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Kanpur experience infuses new life into Test cricket

Certain things in sports never fades away from memory. Like what happened in Kanpur in the second cricket Test between the visiting Bangladesh team...

13.10.2024 1

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Indian hockey’s good showing raises optimism

Highs and lows in performance are but part of sports at any time. Only, when they come one after the other there is a sea of emotion and as it...

25.09.2024 5

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Praiseworthy performance by Indian paralympic athletes in Paris

Whatever happened in the Paris Olympics nearly a month ago is now history. The emotions that ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat triggered after her...

10.09.2024 5

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India’s Olympics show could have been better

Paris Olympics 2024 is now part of history, done and dusted. The French city had hosted the event after a gap of 100 years and sure enough France...

30.08.2024 2

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India’s Olympic dreams and disappointments

Paris, the city of light, finally closed the spectacle of a grand Olympics on a memorable note. Afterall the city is hosting the biggest sporting...

15.08.2024 7

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Shooter Manu Bhaker brings joy from Paris

T he biggest stage for sports on earth, the Olympics, is now wide open in Paris. New aspirations and dreams have taken the focus as over 11000...

01.08.2024 10

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A Spanish delight!

A Spanish delight that left the world of sports in awe! This simply put was what this European force in sports, Spain provided to the sporting fans...

20.07.2024 20

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