Sports
India’s Olympic gold medal and role of administrators and coaches
Aug 31st
Abhinav Bindra has proved that Indians are definitely capable of performing well in Olympics and win gold medals for the country. But we can win many more gold medals provided the selection of sportspersons is done fairly and without favouritism. The main reason for the poor performance is the wrong selection by the inept selectors and administrators of the sports. How can politicians and beurocrats who have no achievement to show in the sports world be trusted to run the sports bodies? Favouritism and prejudice are the part of Indian culture right from the olden times. Remember how Guru Dronacharya favoured More >
Sports & People
Aug 29th
1 Billion Plus Indians not even 2 gold medals in the Beijing olympics. This is a serious statement we give to the world. It also emphasizes the lack of sportive culture among Indians. What we do is always rail against lack of facilities, infrastructure and the knowhow. Poorest nations in this world fared better than India in all the olympics. we only watch telly and imagine that one day India will be among the sporting nations like China, Japan, USA , Russia. How r we gonna accomplish this task? One way to accomplish this is to train, coach at an More >
Beijing Olympics – The Untold Story..!
Aug 22nd
Her voice was melodious. One in a billion. But unfortunately, same couldn’t be said about her looks.
The little, 7-year old Yang Peiyi had a chubby face and an uneven teeth.
But whose fault is it, anyway ? Well, it hardly matters. The little girl had to pay the price.
The Chinese wondered, what the billions of viewers around the world would think, if the petite song bird, Yang Peiyi sang “Ode to the motherland” on the opening day of Beijing Olympics, with a buckteeth ?
They were ashamed. But they wanted her mellifluous voice. They couldn’t find a replacement for such a great voice.
It is here that the legendary Chinese skills of making counterfeits came to their rescue.
But, More >
India’s Olympic Gold in 108 years!
Aug 11th
Sonnet: India’s Olympic Gold in 108 years!
From fourth, he forged ahead to win the gold!
He never knew, he would create history;
His golden finger was precise and bold;
His mind was clear, full of tranquility!
This was Abhinav Bindra at his best,
At Beijing’s Air-Rifle shooting this year
–An example for Indians for gold-quest;
The Chandigarh hero is now too dear!
Bespectacled lad in early twenties;
His thrill in life was indescribable;
His calm, composure won him gold with ease;
His final shot was perfectly able.
India’s hunt for gold-medals is now on;
Bindra heralded new Olympic dawn!
Fondly dedicated to the Indian Olympic hero
Copyright by Dr John Celes 08-11-2008
http://drcelestinemd.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/08/india-s-olympic-gold-in-108-years.htm
More >Beijing Olympics – Picture and Inside Stories !
Aug 7th
BEIJING OLYMPICS
PICTURE STORY!
Olympics Games opens in Beijing in the National Stadium nicknamed as Birds Nest ! The National stadium will host the main track and field competitions for the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. The stadium can seat as many as 91,000 spectators during the Olympics. This stadium costs 423 million US$ for China to build .This is the showpiece of the Olympics and was designed by Swiss Architects.This is an architectural wonder which shows Chinas emergence as superpower.
Inside Story !
Ai Weiwei one of China’s renowned artists collaborated with the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & More >
IPL & a game called Cricket
Aug 5th
With 4 smashing wins in their kitty, the Chennai Super Kings certainly looked unstoppable and clear favorites for the coveted $ 1.5 Million IPL trophy .
But with Hayden, Hussey & Oram gone to their home sides, and with two back to back losses, it has certainly raised a few eyebrows on their path to victory.
One might argue with the fact that all three were key performers and their absence would leave a major dent to an almost perfect side.
It certainly cannot be denied that Chennai Super Kings can never find a replacement in the greats of Hayden More >
SHOULD SACHIN,SAURAV,RAHUL, LEAVE INDIAN TEST TEAM?
Aug 2nd
Today’s hot question is should indian star cricket player leave play cricket for india team .(sachin,saurav,rahul). media call them old man.these player ruin the hope of indian cric. fans.BCCI should give chance to younger players in test team . sachin & anil play only for record? there is no matter of team’s win or loss they play only for self record? this que. for saurav’s fan . where is dada’s fighting attitude? he only show this aginst BCCI, he can’t fight in field with bat against bowler.
what happened to wall?
anil is not better than murli?
sachin play only for record?
http://shareviews.sulekha.com/blog/post/2008/08/should-sachin-saurav-rahul-leave-indian-test-team.htm
More >How to win a lost battle.
Jul 30th
For India to stay afloat in the series, either the 2nd test should be rained off or the tourists should, for starters, try – try not to lose.
It can be argued that with such a negative mindset India will surely lose. Not necessary. In the first test, India tried to win from a losing position.
That in itself was self defeating.
Worse, once it was clear that the game was lost, they cut short the pain. They made the cardinal mistake of taking nothing out of a game. India forgot the very basis for test domination, as even adopted by Australia (recently in the West More >
India and Sri Lanka – Playing for Test Cricket’s survival
Jul 25th
In the last two decades the Indian subcontinent has emerged as the commercial capital of world cricket. It’s a stock market that’s been all bulls and no bears. But of late, the sub-continent has seen a huge dip in stadium attendance and television viewership for Test matches.
In a country which doesn’t have a huge sporting culture, where people hesitate in letting their children take up sports as a profession, the triumph in the 1983 cricket World Cup started a new era. The country had seen a lot of success in hockey but it was the introduction of colour television in More >
A Race against Time…and Unexpected Competition!
Jul 22nd
“Winning isn’t always a victory and losing isn’t defeat.” The first words that come to mind as India wrapped up their first of two do-or-die matches, with barely any breathing space in their success over the West Indies.
The Kinrara Oval must be basking in the limelight. Controversy, contrasting outcomes, concocted theories and corrupted team strategy, all combined to make Malaysia the place to be. For India, it was a match as crucial and vital as any they have played. India kept their hopes and their chances alive, but that was far from convincing and too tragic for More >