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Commercialized Sports

Vidyadhar Date   Mar 20, 2007   interacts: 3

The days of feeling empowered over defeating former colonial masters are gone. That is a small satisfaction and it cannot compensate for our lowly performance

A Collective Failure to Fail

Syed Shah   Mar 20, 2007   interacts: 2

Each loss brought with it claims ranging from match-fixing and biased umpiring to the lack of divine providence. We never lost all these years. We

The Day We Killed Bob Woolmer

Zarrar Said   Mar 19, 2007   interacts: 194

Bob Woolmer’s demise has to be Pakistan’s largest blemish in cricket. I want to tell the tale straight from the heart of his biggest fan.

Why We’re Shocked

Patrick Masih   Mar 19, 2007   interacts: 15

So now that we’re the first team to be dumped out, ‘logic’ would dictate that we’re among the worst, and that is a bitter pill

World Cup 2007: A Legacy To Be Left Behind

Shiraz A Mahmood   Feb 26, 2007   interacts: 27

Australia, South Africa, England are the main contenders in my opinion, with Pakistan being as unpredictable as ever,and after a year which has seen a

Pakistan: Cricket World Cup

ijaz gul   Feb 12, 2007   interacts: 51

As a one day player, Inzammam appeared past his prime in 2002 Cup. This time, he will be past utility. As the world cup proceeds,

Vanishing temples of Thar and Nagar Parkar

Ameer Hamza   Oct 29, 2006   interacts: 16

Thar desert has a splendid collection of ancient temples, testimony to the presence of colourful Hindu and Jain kingdoms. We don’t know the exact number

Don’t Cry for me Rawalpindi

Zarrar Said   Oct 4, 2006   interacts: 14

They each carry a sports bag and wore crisp new white shirts with the letters “Under 19” engraved on the left side.

All the King’s Men

Nadeem Akram   Aug 24, 2006   interacts: 7

Cricket, it seems, is no longer a gentleman’s game. It is neither played by gentlemen nor managed by people who believed in fair play and

Indian cricket: present and future

rahul anand   Jul 19, 2006   interacts: 0

India has finally achieved the impossible (at least till now) , their first series win on foreign soil after 35 long years.

What Happened to Zidane?

Kamran Malik   Jul 12, 2006   interacts: 16

One can not condone Zidane’s act, but one can’t overlook Materazzi’s behavior either.

The Pakistani Fast Bowling Enigma

F Zamanov   Jun 21, 2006   interacts: 38

When a Pakistani team can go to Australia and get 20 opposing wickets in every test match, only then can we truly say that this

The Secret

farrukh kamrani   Jun 20, 2006   interacts: 0

This plan was the basic frame work which he had decided not to forget as all the other things were needed to be forgotten for

Stealing Air Bags in the Air

Ameer Hamza   May 25, 2006   interacts: 11

I wanted those interesting air bags, after all I had paid my fare to PIA and I deserved something more than water and biryani. So,

Seoul Searching

Rakesh Mani   May 15, 2006   interacts: 4

Having ushered in turbulent economic prosperity without much ado, South Koreans are conscious of the fact that they are held out as an example to

Different Strokes

Ram Ramnarayan   May 5, 2006   interacts: 6

According to Kanimozhi, we Tamils are embarrassed by our folk arts and decided to crush them under the weight of our classical arts, in order

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