IPL 2021 Auction: How The Teams Fared
The latest edition of IPL is just around the corner. Here’s how all the teams have fared in the 2021 IPL auction.
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Month: February 2021
Killing the Beautiful Game: Hooliganism in the Indonesian Football League
It was September 23rd, West Java’s provincial capital, Bandung. A 23-year-old fan travelled from Jakarta to watch his favourite team, Persija Jakarta, play their fierce rivals Persib Bandung. He met up with one of his local friends and they were on their way to the stadium. Unfortunately, he never made it to the stadium.
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How Chess Kept a Man Sane in Jail
Chess is one of the world’s most popular games and is played by millions of people at home, in clubs, in world championships, etc. It belongs to a category of games called “abstract strategy games’ where there are no randomizers like dice, no simultaneous movement, no hidden information and no luck factor.
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India’s Greatest Test Series Triumph: Heroes Down Under
It was the 5th day of the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Gabba. Gabba to the Australians is what Anfield was to Liverpool – much more than a fortress, a ground they hadn’t tasted defeat at since 1988, when they lost to the fearsome West Indies team.
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Top 5 Uncapped Indian Players To Watch Out For In The 2021 IPL Auction
The mini-auction for this season will be organized in Chennai on February 18. This is that decisive event wherein a few players’ destiny will take a turn for good. There are many overseas players who have chosen to make themselves available for the same.
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Where Do Your Footballs Come From: A Story Made In Pakistan
Ever thought where those Adidas and Nike footballs you use come from? If you said Europe, USA or Thailand, then you’d be wrong. They come from a small town in the hinterlands of Pakistan. The town of Sialkot.
Initially conceived as an abode for cottage industries, the city has become a world-class manufacturing hub, aided by its burgeoning clusters of production.
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IPL Match Fixing Saga – The Scandal Unfolds
This short duration T20 format is explosive and full of controversy and drama that has the fans hooked on to their television sets. However, the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal in 2013 left the audience in splits about its authenticity of the league.
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Why Do So Many Asian Athletes Go Bankrupt?
Once an athlete starts to play sports seriously, he or she will presumably spend a considerable amount of time at it. In the midst of games and practice, more time than what the athlete expects usually will be spent aiming to be a better player. Due to this, there remains a good chance that the player will have little time left for any other secondary thing.
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England’s Tour of India 2020-21: Previewing The Series
Cricket finally makes its return on Indian soil as an Indian side brimming with confidence after their Gabba heroics will be taking on the visiting Englishmen, who are making their first tour to India for a Test series since 2016-17.
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