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R ain has started falling in India and brown lifeless earth is showing the signs of life with green colour. The same transformation can be seen in Tennis world, as courts turned Green from Red. Under the scorching sun of British summer, the most high profile event in tennis is about to start on 3 rd of July. The only grand slam that is played on traditional grass court even today, the oldest tennis tournament, The Championships-THE WIMBLEDON. From presenting Silver flower basket to 1 st ever Ladies winner in 1884 to giving away 28.1 Million GBP of total price money, the tournament has come a long way. But there are things that are unchanged since the inception of tournament in 1877. Tradition, is the word that briefly describes the Wimbledon. From the precisely cut 8mm grass to Strawberries and cream, from full white outfits of players to uniforms to officials, from ball kids to “clapping only for very good point” crowd, from wooden net holders to green and violet merchandi...

L ast few weeks were like dream run for India’s star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth. Badminton is game where playing three consecutive Super Series finals is considered to be legendary, and our young lad now stands with legends. After playing Finals in Singapore, Indonesia and Australia, he became only 5 th man in the world to achieve this. And joined greats in game Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Lee Chong Wei, Chen Long and Lin (Super) Dan. But Srikanth did something even bigger than playing three consecutive finals, he won two of them back to back. These two weeks in Indonesia and Australia can be described as nothing but flawless. The quality of Srikanth ’s game was top class throughout the two weeks. He even proved that beating world no.1 in Indonesia was not work of sheer luck, by beating him again 4 days later en route to final of Australian Open. In the semifinal stunned World No.4 Shi Yuqi as well. But still it was not enough for Indian. He faced the Olympic Gold Winner, Chen Long in th...

T he work in England is not finished with champions trophy, because the venue holds another BIG event, ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. Women around the world are already here and waiting to kick start World’s greatest chase of being World Champions. Men could not win “Champions ka World Cup” . So, It’s time for Women in Blue to take the baton in their hand and bring highest honour to our country. The tournament is starting on 24 th June 2017. India is playing their first match against host England. The biggest challenge for India and every other team (for that matter) will be Team Australia. The most successful side in the tournament with 6 titles and the favourites. India has never won the tile of World Champions since the initiation of tournament in 1976. The best they did is finishing as Runner-Ups in 2005. But, it’s a new start with better team. The team is currently standing 4 th in world ranking. India is ready to give a tough fight. As Mithali Raj says The first ai...

Y esterday was jammed pack with sports and that too with India in action in 3 different sports. Badminton, Hockey and Cricket, Indian men were fighting for wins. As the day progressed Indian men gave all they could to make India proud; and succeeded too. On Sunday, somewhere we won, somewhere we could not. All in all this Sunday was full of mixed emotions. In Indonesia, the young Indian showed a first-class performance to win his first title of the year. Kidambi Srikanth, played some best badminton as he beat Japan’s Kazumasa Sakai 11-21,19-21, to win Indonesian Open. The guy who struggled with injury at the start of the year, showed zero sign of weakness in final. A strong and aggressive shot over the net that Japanese never returned and the gold was struck. Spreading his arms over his head and with his brightest smile across his face, the champion accepted well deserved win. With this win Srikanth became the first Indian to win Men’s Singles title in Indonesian Super Series. ...

W hole sports world erupted with the joy, large banners of number 10 and BRAVO RAFA were fluttering in the crowds, as Rafael Nadal Hoisted the very familiar trophy over his head for 10 th time in last 13 years. Winning same Grand Slam for 10 th time is something no one has ever achieved in an Open era. Tears rolled down his eyes when Spanish National anthem was being played for the 10 th time in Court Philippe Chatrier for him. The journey from winning the title for the first time to winning it tenth time, flashed in those tears. But what is so special about winning a tournament 10 times? Why are not just tennis players but other sports persons are praising Rafa so much? Pic Courtesy: Roland Garros, Clicked by: Corinne Dubreuil So the answer to this question is really easy. Winning the a single Grand Slam 10 times is nothing but unreal. Taking tally of wins in double digits means you played that tournament at least 10 times, for at least 10 years.There are grate pla...

E very Grand Slam event holds surprises and the winners of grand slams become immortal in the history books forever. The 126 th edition of French open was no exception to that fact. In the every event history was chased in one way or the other. Let’s have a look how it went in Paris. Let’s start from the event of mixed doubles. Where India broke it’s duck in this year’s French Open. While all Indians fall short, Rohan Bopanna with his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski went to win the final. With this win Bopanna added one more grand slam in India’s grand slam tally and became the 4 th Indian to win a grand slam. This win also put a full stop to his 14 years drought of Grand slams. In other doubles event, Men’s doubles, the pair of Harrison-Venus wrote their name on Trophy. While in women’s doubles the top seeded pair of Safarova and Mattek- Sands emerged as winners. Mixed Doubles winners Heading towards the last days of tournament, we witnessed the final o...

O ne of the most mouth watering treats in ICC events that we wait for, is the match between India and Pakistan. Of course we all know the match is a temptation that no one can control but watch, truly the #SabseBadaMoh . India is starting their title defence with match against Pakistan. From the history, we can say match is going to be exciting. The rivalry between the nations is clearly reflected in each game they play. And for every Indian losing to Pakistan (in cricket) is like a personal failure. We, as fans, don’t even think about winning the actual championship before this match, such is the spirit of the match. Indeed, the match is not played for the rewards or prizes but played for honour. From the facts that we know, India have played Pakistan thrice in Champions trophy, winning only once. Actually this is the only ICC event where Pakistan has positive head to head. And now we have a chance to equal the records. With this lethal team, India has ability to...