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W e were divided during the month of IPL but now it’s time to reunite as a nation and erupt with the chants of INDIA……INDIA.. The ICC Champions Trophy is back with top 8 teams in the world ranking. In the tournament where only champions play, India has got one of the toughest challenge in any sport, defend the Championship. Indeed defending title has proven a very hard task in every sports, and as for the champions trophy the only team that managed to do it so far is Australia. So, let’s have a look at India’s chances of defending it with the road full of obstacles. On the league stage, India will be facing the world no.1 ODI team South Africa. Apart from being no.1 in world ranking the side contains world no.1 batsman and bowler as well. The side of big hitters and awesome bowlers is lead by none other than Mr. 360&#176, AB de Villers. Then there is team Sri Lanka, from whom Indians have always faced a hard challenges when it comes to big tournaments. And last but not th...

O ne of the most good things about summer is unlimited sports treats. After a good football season, it’s time for Tennis. It’s clay season finale and time to head Paris to witness some great tennis battles. 126 th edition of Roland Garros is scheduled between 28 May-11June. The draw ceremony took place yesterday in Paris, where both men’s and women’s draws were made by defending champions Novak Djokovic and Garbine Muguruza. Even though some of our all time favourite stars are not playing stay poised for grate action. First let’s take a look at women’s draw. Current world no.1 Kerber’s best performance here is quarterfinal of 2012 and now it’s a chance for her to improve it. Seeded no. 4 this year, Muguruza will be aiming to retain her title. With Sharapova out with ban and Serena Williams on pregnancy break, the possibility of new champion is very high. But it won’t be easy to defend a title or even to win a title as Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Agn...

T he party is never over in world of sports. It was well past midnight in India and we were already celebrating for blues. But Real Madrid and Málaga were still fighting in finals of most important Spanish league, La Liga. They won the match 2-0 and championship as well. As they won the the title 33 rd time, one of the main reasons of their winning streak is non other than ex Real Madrid star and ex French captain, Zinedine Zidane. The performance of club has changed drastically since Zidane joined in as a manager in 2016. The club was in a crisis when Zidane came in but he really turned the tables around to bring them on top. Since he came to Real Madrid’s aid, they have won the FIFA club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Champions League and La Liga 2017. Zidane also holds the longest winning streak for Real Madrid in the history of club with 40 wins. It’s like Zidane playing Midas for the Madrid as they win everything they play. It was also first time in 6 years that Madrid beat ...

T he Sunday night was packed with action for the sports fans, as the finales were lined up in Hyderabad and London. On one side it was finale of 10th edition of IPL between Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergaint, a treat for cricket fans. While football fans were waiting for Premier League Final between Chelsea and Sunderland. But little did we know that, the night will prefer Blue on both venues. 19:30 IST, stage was set for football in London. Even though the first goal of the game was scored by Javier Manquillo of Sunderlan, just 3 minutes into the game, it was paid back by Willian, at 8th minute. Afterwards there was no turning back for Chelsea. They went on scoring spree with goals on 61 st , 77 th , 90 th and even 90+2 nd minutes of the match. Chelsea lifted the trophy for the 5th time in the history of tournament with it final score of 5-1 over Sunderland. This win marked the 30th win in the premier league for Chelsea. The Finale also marked the perfect farewell for ...