The Duniyah Cricket Blog

Danny Guthrie’s tackle against Hull said it all - volatile, desperate, mindless.  The past few weeks at Newcastle have been nothing short of farcical and the mood was summed up beautifully by a Geordie woman being interviewed by the BBC: “Mike Ashley has ruined my life!“  In Mike Ashley’s emotional statement he concluded “I am [...]

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The setting was the eleventh hour of Transfer Deadline Day.  The rumours flew around with the usual names mentioned.  News filtered in that Manchester United had finally managed to snatch Dimitar Berbatov away from Spurs. The status quo had been preserved. Another season of Big 4 dominance was on the horizon …… and then in [...]

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To those of us outside China, the name, Liu Xiang, may not sound familiar but next Thursday the world’s most populous nation will stop to watch the defining moment of his career.  Every 4 years the Olympics makes and breaks thousands of athletes’ dreams and in Athens in 2004, a Chinese hero was made.  Since [...]

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I have this feeling that the world has been made for the amusement of yours truly and the performances vary depending on the quality of the performers. Some performers make me want to clap my hands while others are worthy of just a ‘tut, tut’ and a weary shake of the head.
Take cricket for example, [...]

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Having witnessed probably the greatest Wimbledon Final ever (Nadal beat Federer in a 5 set epic), I can add it to a list of great finals I am lucky to have witnessed over the years.
Add that to:
1989 FA Cup Final - Liverpool vs Everton (Liverpool won 3-2 after extra time)
I remember Stuart Mccall equalised for [...]

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On July 1, one of the world’s most famous managers, Luiz Felipe Scolari, will be taking over at Chelsea.  His record speaks for itself having won domestic championships in Brazil, the Copa Libertadores (South American Champions League) and of course the World Cup with Brazil in 2002.  So of course when his appointment by Chelsea [...]

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Last week I attended in London a “summit” organised by the Indian magazine Tehelka, the list of speakers and the title of the summit promised much. However much like anything to do with politics in the subcontinent, it disappointed ultimately as tired cliché after cliché was recycled without respite. Now the seminar was not without [...]

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Along with the persistent retirement rumors,
Does any one really think the Undertaker character is dead and he is only a popular guy now?
If we look at the Undertaker’s gimmicks, he is supposed to be feared man. He is the dead man, If any of you watched or even experienced The Undertaker in his early days [...]

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Just a quick post to help those who may not know how to do this. In fact this is very easy - just go to the HTML view when writing a post and then post the embed link from youtube (or any other video service) on the blog you are writing. Do not use the [...]

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