Having won the test series and considering the recent dismal ODI record of the Indian team, I have not been watching the current, massive 7-match one-day series with England with much interest. Still, when the team allows the Poms, England for christsake, to creep back to a win from 99 runs to go with only [...]
I am all for economists like Tim Hartford, Steve Levitt, Tyler Cowen and others popularizing a rather forbidding subject through books and blogs. But at certain times and instances, a line needs to drawn. For example Russell Roberts at Cafe Hayek links to a piece by Allen Sanderson, a lecturer in Economics at [...]
As mentioned in the previous post, the Zidane send-off has been the big talking point rather than the actual football played during yesterday’s World Cup final. Naturally, the question on everyone’s mind is what Materazzi did or say to provoke Zidane into such an action, since, in spite of Zidane’s record of similar indiscretions earlier [...]
…with a final match that was an uncomfortable reminder of several negative aspects of the tournament itself - players diving, wrong decisions by the referee, red card etc. The match will forever live in infamy for the incident - with 10 minutes remaining in the second half of extra-time and the score tied, Zinedine Zidane [...]
According to this report, the FIFA technical study group has chosen the following 23 players for the 2006 World Cup ‘all-star’ squad.
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal).
Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina), John Terry (England), Lilian Thuram (France), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal).
Midfielders: Ze Roberto (Brazil), Patrick [...]
Well technically, there are still four - the losers from the semi-finals get to play another game on Saturday for the third position. But that game is as important as the position of the vice-president of the United States (well - maybe not now - but whatever).
Just in case anyone is wondering, I am [...]
Feeling too tensed watching the Germany v Italy semi-final. Trying my hand at some live-blogging (sort-off).
After about 32 minutes - the game seems evenly matched, although I have to admit that Italy has had slightly better chances.
33min40sec: Schneider misses the best chance so far in the game to score - hits over [...]
So much to write about………and the usual lame excuse of so little time. I guess a major topic of discussion should be the knockout stage of the World Cup. Two excellent games on Saturday with a possible contender for the best goal of the tournament, followed by a few insipid games and one high-octane wrestling [...]
Peter Crouch is probably the most (unintentionally) comical player I have seen on a football field for a long time. The manner in which he missed the open goal where he tried to dive and hit a volley rather than trapping and tappin the football in (he had the time, he was wide open and [...]
All 32 teams in the World Cup have now had a chance to play. Two teams have played twice with one team (Poland) all but eliminated. So a good time to jot down some thoughts. Thanks to a small TV in a nearby conference room, set up by kind souls, I have been able to [...]
Can the islands renowned (at least to us Indians) more for cricketing giant Brian Lara than any soccer prowess pull-off what Cameroon did in 1990 or Sengal in 2002 - the first upset of this World Cup ? I am watching the Trinidad and Tobago v/s Sweden game and so far they have held off [...]
Started watching the World Cup games (and don’t ask me which World Cup) from today (missed yesterday’s action due to a conference). After a while, was extremely fed up with ABC/ESPN’s coverage - the ‘play by play’ commentary is too inane, full of unnecessary jargons borrowed from American sports and too dumbed down, perhaps in [...]
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