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Real Fight of T20 Beginning Today in West Indies!

I am really crazy about the cricket, and especially when I watch Test Matches. A few years back, the concept of twenty20 came and it rocked really. Since the Indian Premier League started, I became a fan of the twenty20 cricket as the match ends within the three hours and provides some real ups and down and butterflies in the stomach. Although the team which I supports in IPL did not get any chance to win the tournament, but it’s a different issue. So friends, another big tournament is...

IPL and money!

It’s only in its second season yet, but the term IPL and money have almost become synonymous. It’s no  doubt that the 20-20 cricket format has been evolved for wholesome entertainment-with all the music, cheerleaders and sixes, and anything which entertains has huge money attached to it; especially when its cricket. Needless to say IPL has made all the parties attached to it-the players, team owners, BCCI and sponsors; all happy. Well a little bit about the Indian premier...

Indian Hockey, returning back to the glorious past!

With a cricket crazy nation like ours, where from kids to grandmas are hooked to the square cuts and clean bowled, seldom do we pay much attention to our official national game-hockey. How many times have you ever heard your friends praising our hockey players, and let alone praising, do you even know the player’s names when you know what is the favorite bathroom song of your favorite cricketer? Well I am not trying to make you feel guilty here but just talking about how your days are...

The Best Example of Globalization!

These days money has become the most powerful factor through out the world. I was really shocked to see that one small game Cricket is going to establish a new example, a new trend which includes the combination of sport ship along with the power of money and glamor. This is for sure the best example of globalization. I was surprised to see the immense popularity which Indian Premier League, the organization of the T20 cricket matches, by the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI), got...

Two Days Four Good News for India!

If you're new here, and interested in the latest news and insights on news from India and world, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting I News India. The Saturday evening and the Sunday morning brought some good news to India, which brought smile to many faces of the nation. These news are related to sports world, though these are proving the increasing power of India. Here are those: India is shining in Hockey: India started the campaign in Punjab Gold Cup...

Sports and Concerts Tickets!

If you're new here, and interested in the latest news and insights on news from India and world, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting I News India. When ever any international cricket match happen in any city of India, it always become hectic to buy tickets to watch the match. Even if there is any sort of concert in any place we never get the chance to get the tickets easily. I always want to see any test match between India and Pakistan by my naked eye, but due to...

New variety of web addresses on web!

An array of new exciting web addresses for the web will be used soon giving a new look to the internet. The common domain names - .com and .edu will be the old stuff as the new flavor of a variety of web addresses like .love, .sky, .sports etc is waiting for you. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) approved measures that will allow top-level domain names to be written in scripts such as Arabic or Cyrillic. var AdBrite_Title_Color = '0000FF'; var...

Stay alert Umpires, you got competition!

With the recent rise in the row over misjudged matches falling in the less deserving side, the ICC introduced a new rule wherein the players could seek for a second opinion by the third umpire if they are not satisfied of the on field umpire. In the coming test series between India and Sri Lanka which is starting on the 23rd of July, the BCCI announced early this week that this ICC’s new experimental rule would be applied The new rule allows the batsman or the fielding captain, to make...

Anand holds Morelia-Linares title!

World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand once again proved his intelligence at the Morelia-Linares tournament by defeating former world champion Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the 14th and final round in Linares. Anand scored 8.5 points after settling for a facile draw with Veselin Topalov who has 7.5 while putting an end to category-21 tournament. Anand finished a half point clear of Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 7.5) who drew with Teimour Radkjabov (Azerbaijan, 7) in his last game. Alexei...