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Liverpool's Champions' League Exodus: The Aftermath and the Road Ahead

From this juncture, one of two things can happen. Liverpool can either go down in the dumps and lose morale, their manager and their key players, wandering aimlessly for a couple of seasons ...

Written by raam shanker about 2 days ago 134 reads 1 comments
The FIFA World Cup: An Exploitation of Human Emotion ?

Every four years we’re treated to a sporting reality show in which 32 football teams, each representing a country compete for the “ultimate prize” in football—The World Cup...

Written by raam shanker about 7 days ago 107 reads 24 comments
Manchester Derby: Owen Powers United Home But the Season Starts Tomorrow

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Written by raam shanker about 2 months ago 307 reads 0 comments
Will Manchester United Rewrite History And Make It Four In A Row?

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Written by raam shanker about 2 months ago 282 reads 2 comments
Formula One is Not a Sport But Entertainment: What Do You Think?

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Written by raam shanker about 3 months ago 153 reads 16 comments
Memories Of A Day On Which A 3 Decade Old Score Was Settled

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Written by raam shanker about 3 months ago 44 reads 0 comments
EPL Matchday One: 10 Games, 10 Winners

As the referee blows the final whistle at White Hart Lane signalling a 2-1 win for Spurs over Liverpool, I realise that this is the first time in five seasons when the opening day has not seen a drawn game...

Written by raam shanker about 3 months ago 53 reads 0 comments
This Should Have Been the Final: UEFA Champions League

Over the last few years The UEFA Champions League has grown in stature as a highly competitive and unpredictable tournament...

Written by raam shanker about 7 months ago 735 reads 5 comments
Manchester United and the Payback Season

I am talking here of a few landmark clashes that have redefined some old rivalries, sparked a few new rivalries, and make tomorrow a day to remember for the Stretford End faithfuls...So, presenting "Manchester United and the Payback Season"...

Written by raam shanker about 7 months ago 351 reads 1 comments
Man-of-the-Match Macheda's Magic Misplaces Merseysiders

After Liverpool's exploits on Saturday at Craven Cottage, it was always going to be a tough ask for United to get back on top. This was not easy with Chelsea snapping at their heels...

Written by raam shanker about 7 months ago 62 reads 0 comments
Malaysian GP and a Few Thoughts That Followed

The Malaysian GP ended up like an abandoned cricket match. Conditions leading to close of race were wet and dark. Wet, because of the rain, dark because of the time at which the race was held...

Written by raam shanker about 7 months ago 48 reads 1 comments
Mighty Brawn: Nimble Brain

The much expected Formula One season kicked off to a phenomenal start this weekend in Melbourne. Now a little trip down memory lane to my childhood when my parents once told me, “Mighty brawn is no match for nimble brain”...

Written by raam shanker about 8 months ago 43 reads 2 comments
Bernie and Max, Are You Listening?

We’re on the threshold of the 2009 season. We’ve all seen the new cars, which are the result of a new set of rule changes...

Written by raam shanker about 8 months ago 70 reads 4 comments
Crowd Behaviour: Inspiring and Intimidating

My latest rant comes in the wake of England fans booing Ashley Cole at Wembley on Saturday. I am forced to write about crowd behaviours that I have come across in the past. Personally, I don't give a toss when England play...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 693 reads 2 comments
The Agony And Ecstasy Of A Football Crazy Nation

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Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 242 reads 5 comments
Indian Football: 58 Years and a Nation Struggles to Rise

They need motivation...but where does it come from? It comes if we, the fans, loyally follow our national team's progress through wins and losses, through ups and downs...just the way we follow cricket...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 445 reads 20 comments
Good Things Come To Those Who Wait...So Sorry Mate.

I am not a beer drinker. However, I do appreciate the punchlines that define the major beer brands. The Guinness punchline "Good Things Come To Those Who Wait" has more than a touch of philosophy embedded in it...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 178 reads 4 comments
Good Things Come To Those Who Wait...But Sorry Mate.

I am not a beer drinker. However, I do appreciate the punchlines that define the major beer brands. The Guinness punchline "Good Things Come To Those Who Wait" has more than a touch of philosophy embedded in it...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 108 reads 0 comments
A Night of Missed Opportunities

A night of missed opportunities. I cannot think of a better way to sum up United's opening match of their title defence at home to Villarreal, the same team that took home a solitary point back in 2005 and went on to the semifinals...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 266 reads 2 comments
Germany-Austria Euro 2008 Match a 90-Minute Waste of Your Life

As usual, I start with a little insight into how my day was and what I did. Makes me more involved in what I am writing. I go out of work early after a difficult day. Anyways, that's my worry for tomorrow...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 588 reads 1 comments
Turkey-Czech Republic: Scripted by Hitchcock, Played to Perfection!

By far this is the most intriguing and edge-of-the-seat game of the European Championships until now. This game had the possibility of history being created, because if the game were drawn, we'd head to a shootout to decide the winner...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 313 reads 0 comments
Poles and Germans—What a Weekend !

Just over twenty four hours after Lewis Hamilton snatched a spectacular pole from Robert Kubica, the Pole took full advantage of Hamilton's shunt into Raikkonen by not only gathering the first ...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 491 reads 1 comments
Vivid, Vague Memories Of A Time Gone By

FC Porto winning the UEFA Champions League in May 2004 was thought to be the perfect prelude to football's biggest international event in the continent, surpassed only by the magnitude of the FIFA World Cup...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 416 reads 2 comments
Vivid, Vague Memories Of A Time Gone By

FC Porto winning the UEFA Champions League in May 2004 was thought to be the perfect prelude to football's biggest international event in the continent, surpassed only by the magnitude of the FIFA World Cup...

Written by raam shanker about about 1 year ago 441 reads 0 comments

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raam shanker Article Archive

Liverpool's Champions' League Exodus: The Aftermath and the Road Ahead

The FIFA World Cup: An Exploitation of Human Emotion ?

Manchester Derby: Owen Powers United Home But the Season Starts Tomorrow

Will Manchester United Rewrite History And Make It Four In A Row?

Formula One is Not a Sport But Entertainment: What Do You Think?

Memories Of A Day On Which A 3 Decade Old Score Was Settled

EPL Matchday One: 10 Games, 10 Winners

This Should Have Been the Final: UEFA Champions League

Manchester United and the Payback Season

Man-of-the-Match Macheda's Magic Misplaces Merseysiders

Malaysian GP and a Few Thoughts That Followed

Mighty Brawn: Nimble Brain

Bernie and Max, Are You Listening?

Crowd Behaviour: Inspiring and Intimidating

The Agony And Ecstasy Of A Football Crazy Nation

Indian Football: 58 Years and a Nation Struggles to Rise

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait...So Sorry Mate.

Good Things Come To Those Who Wait...But Sorry Mate.

A Night of Missed Opportunities

Germany-Austria Euro 2008 Match a 90-Minute Waste of Your Life

Turkey-Czech Republic: Scripted by Hitchcock, Played to Perfection!

Poles and Germans—What a Weekend !

Vivid, Vague Memories Of A Time Gone By

Vivid, Vague Memories Of A Time Gone By

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