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Saudi Arabia is pushing to become hub of world sports; it has spent $660 bn in this sector
The world of international football has been thrown into turmoil by big spending clubs of Saudi Arabia buying up the leading stars from Europe. For many years Europe was seen as the…
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Agatha Christie is evergreen Queen of crime stories; Gumnaam was based on her novel
If there is any writer who can match Arthur Conan Doyle in weaving stories of sinister murders, it is Dame Agatha Christie. While Doyle created the legendary fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie…
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Foodie Virat Kohli’s superb fitness requires big sacrifices
It is no secret that India’s ace batsman Virat Kohli is a fitness freak. With a strict regimen of careful diet and regular gym workouts, he has maintained his weight at a…
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Coco Gauff is an exciting new star in women’s tennis
Like a cloudburst Coco Gauff created a deluge that swept away the opposition. Players who were far more experienced than her were washed away by the flood at the US Open Tennis…
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How two tennis legends forgot their rivalry and helped to defeat common enemy
Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were two of the legendary names of women’s tennis. They were rivals destined to be each other’s fiercest adversaries. They hated each other’s guts, skills and stamina.…
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Widespread demolitions ahead of G20 summit leave poor residents in pitiable condition
Ahead of the G20 summit in New Delhi, a large-scale demolition drive put countless poor families on the streets. These people whose homes were destroyed by bulldozers are now living on the pavements with…
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Water Warrior Abid Surti should be followed in saving water
Every Sunday morning in Mumbai an 88-year-old man with a bag filled with plumbing tools sets out to repair the leaking taps and pipes in his neighbourhood. Sometimes he is accompanied by a…
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Heath Streak, former Zimbabwe captain known as a gentle giant, loses life to cancer
Heath Streak who passed away on Sunday was one of those rare all rounders who could turn a match around with his personal brilliance. He belonged to the golden generation of Zimbabwe cricketers who…
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Neeraj Chopra’s invitation to Nadeem and others wins hearts in India and Pakistan
Sportsmanship is about competing hard. It is also about upholding the concepts of decent behavior and gentlemanliness when dealing with rivals. Neeraj Chopra’s latest move of extending an invitation to his Pakistani rival Arshad…
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For years, India’s top wrestling champions lived in fear of Hamida Bano
In the 1940s and 1950s there was a woman wrestler who had become the darling of the media. The sports lovers of India passionately wanted her to succeed and turned up in large…
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Barring Neeraj Chopra, India’s performance at world athletics is dismal
While heaping praise on Neeraj Chopra for bagging a gold medal in the World Athletic championships recently, let us not forget that it was just one single individual who shone with his personal…
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Indra Lal Roy, Flying Ace of India, sacrificed his life for Britain during WWI
On a bright summer morning in July 1918, when the first world war was in full fow, a group of fighter planes belonging to the Royal Air Force of Britain was locked in a…
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From fat to fit; success story of India’s most decorated athlete Neeraj Chopra
He is tall, handsome and successful. Now aged 25, Neeraj Chopra, India’s ace javelin thrower and newly crowned world champion, has emerged as the man with the Midas touch. His latest acquisition…
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GOP nomination: Ramaswamy riding wave of popularity; can he pull off Mission Impossible?
A person of Indian origin, namely Rishi Sunak, now occupies No. 10 Downing Street in London. Will another Indian become a resident of the White House in Washington DC? That possibility cannot…
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Though Buddhist and Mughal heritage of Aurangabad lies in dire neglect it is still worth a visit
The city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra (recently renamed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) was initially the capital of the Asaf Jahi kingdom for nearly 40 years. It was in 1763 that the rulers decided to…
