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It is party time for every one who is a Sachin Tendulkar fan. Finally, after over a year of waiting and some missed opportunities,  Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th hundred, in the one day international against Bangladesh last week. Having watched almost every match of Sachin’s in the past one year in anticipation of his [...]

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Virat Kohli appears to have all the stars aligned in the right places for him. He is just 23 years old, but already has eight international hundreds in the past year and a half. After his magical century at Hobart (Tasmania, Australia) against Sri Lanka, and the announcement the very next day that he will [...]

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Sachin Tendulkar crossed yet another milestone today, reaching 15000 runs in test cricket. I am still waiting, like many other fans of his, to see him cross the 100th century mark. I still remember the day when Sunil Gavaskar became the first man to cross the 10000 runs mark in test cricket – almost 20 [...]

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There has been a lot of discussion around when Sachin Tendulkar will score his 100th International century. In fact on Facebook, there is a joke circulating among many people if the petrol price will touch 100 Rupees first or if Sachin will score his 100th century first. With West Indies about to be all out [...]

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The British court had announced earlier this week that the three Pakistani cricketers, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were found guilty of the charges of match fixing. Salman Butt was given 30 months, Mohammad Asif 12 months and Mohammad Amir 6 months jail sentence. The bookie involved, Mazhar Majeed was given 32 months [...]

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Just found a news that M.S.Dhoni has been awarded as a honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army along with Abhinav Bindra. It is an interesting pattern that we find where people in sports in India are being conferred honorary positions in Army, Navy and Air Force. I am not sure if you remember Sachin [...]

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England has finally managed to taste victory on the Indian soil in the T20 match held yesterday. India scored just 120 runs, which is considered a very low score in T20s. Kevin Peitersen showed his class once again by scoring a very good 50 and made sure there were no hiccups. Full scorecard from this [...]

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India completed the 5-0 whitewash as hoped by many Indians around the world. This is the second consecutive time that England have lost all the one-day matches in the series in India. This only emphasises the point that Indian cricket team has always been extremely strong on the home grounds. Their performances overseas are still [...]

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Got a chance to catch up on the fourth one day international match between India and England today. India beat England quite convincingly once again. After getting beaten by England in England 5-0, now I guess it is India’s turn to beat England 5-0. England appeared to be the unbeatable team when in England they [...]

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I came to know about the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Chess held at Nalchik this month. I did not realize until today that there is a separate chess championship for women. Why this discrimination? I understand that by nature on an average, men are physically stronger than women. Naturally, it justifies the need for [...]

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