The official Archery Australia Rankings recently awarded State and National Level rankings to Australia-based ace archer, Farhad F. Elavia – in the second position at the State Level and the eleventh position at the National Level. Currently the only competitive Parsi shooter in Australia doing our community proud, Farhad Elavia represents the state of New […]
Sifting through 500 hours of archival footage – most of it not seen before – Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, has constructed a lively and obsessive documentary about the world’s best-known footballer of the 80s. The film begins when SSC Napoli, a little-known football club in Italy, welcomes their newest recruit, 23-year-old Maradona on 5 July, […]
Think wrestling, and the late Dara Singh comes willy-nilly to mind. Aamir Khan was born in the year India’s most famous wrestler made the eponymous Rustom-e-Hind (1965), a title he was bestowed with 11 years earlier. No wonder then that the punctilious and given-to-precise-details actor was fated to make, and star in, a film on […]
It’s difficult to imagine Robert De Niro in any sport film other than boxing. In his fourth film on the sport (Raging Bull, Night and the City, Grudge Match), De Niro plays the altruistic and patriarchal Ray Arcel who nurtured and propelled Roberto Duran (Edgar Ramirez) to the pinnacle of boxing glory in the light-middleweight […]
Congratulations to eight year old Hoshmand Elavia for coming second in the JK Tyre Indikarting National Series powered by Tata Motors. The championship was held from April to July 2016 across various destinations. Hoshmand was the only candidate from Mumbai in the Pro-Cadet category (7 to 12 years). He did his training under Rayomand Banajee […]
CRICKET Pakistan Clinch Victory At Lord’s The first Test match between England and Pakistan turned into an exciting encounter. Pakistan won the toss and made the right decision to bat first. They notched up 339 runs with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq’s top ton. In reply, the Englishmen were all out for 272 runs in 79.1 overs. Yasir […]
CRICKET Barbados Tridents Win Caribbean Premier League After the IPL, it is now the CPL that has taken the cricketing world by storm. St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots won the toss and elected to field first. Opponents, Barbados Tridents scored 180/6 in 20 overs, thanks to De Villiers who scored 82 runs in 54 deliveries. […]
CRICKET England Thrashes The Lankans To Win The ODI Series The Englishmen produced top class cricket throughout the entire series. This time around too, it was no different when these two teams met at Cardiff for the fifth ODI. The Lankan lions won the toss and opted to bowl first. Roy, Vince and Root played […]
At last Salman Khan has got what he must have always hankered for – a valid reason to go shirtless Akash Oberoi (Amit Sadh) is a sports biz-kid who owns an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Premier League. His co-partners are after his blood as the previous two seasons have gone financially awry. On the advice […]
In the mid-80s when Tata Housing Development Company envisaged Cama Park, one wonders whether they constructed the circular interior road of 400m (the identical distance for track events), by design or inadvertently. This track, particularly the gradient in a few places, has motivated the youth of Cama Park colony, Andheri and benefited them at excelling […]
CRICKET INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE Bangalore Reach The Finals Of IPL In A Royal Way RCB are on fire in this season’s IPL. Put into bat, Gujarat notched up 158 runs in their 20 overs with Dwayne Smith top scoring with a 41 ball 73. In reply, RCB faltered early on as none of their batsmen […]