ARE FERRARI BACK ?

The German grand prix is over and now the race for formula 1 world championship hottens up – both the drivers’ championship as well as constructors’ championship. I have grown up in the sport watching the dominance of Ferrari in the Schumacher era and I cannot deny that it was not at all enjoyable for me to watch Ferrari team beaten week after week by McLaren’s and the red bulls. The last time they comfortably won the...

The End of a Journey

Well, the D-day is here. The greatest sporting event in terms of number of people following is coming to a close today. In the month-long journey of the beautiful game and after following many expected and unexpected twists and turns we are reaching the end. In the way many hearts have been broken, many predictions have been reset, many reputations have been shattered while new ones have been made and at the end there are two teams...

Argentina Exits Too

Oh my God! What is happening here? The two venerable Gods of football have gone out of the world cup. After Brazil it was the turn of Argentina to crash out. And what a way to crash out? So completely defeated, nay humiliated, vanquished, eliminated, extinguished- you can go on counting words that will explain their exit. And like bolt of lightning it came where it was least expected. In their league games the two power houses of South...

The New Look Dutch Team

So Brazil are out! In the league stages they were looking so sure of themselves and looked so comfortable that they were being seen as clear favourites to the title. But they were stopped by another team that was very comfortable and very patient. Anyone who saw the Brazilian team in the initial stages could not have but figured out the way they were playing. Just build and build build- retain possession keep on feeding their forwards...

Video Referral in Football

Should there be video referral in football? It is a question that is occupying the cerebral space of every football lover. And the evidence supporting the start of such a practice seems to be so many. Goals disallowed, handballs missed, yellow and red cards wrongly given missing occasions to give them, fouls missed are happening with too much frequency to be palatable. Who can forget the handball of Thierre Henry which plunged an...