77 Years of Drought Comes to an End

The 2013 Wimbledon Championship was the 127 edition of the Wimbledon Championships. The Championship was started in 24 June and the finals were played on 7 July. The tournament saw some big surprises and shocks at the initial stages itself. Defending champion Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round by Sergiy Stakhovsky. Rafael Nadal also saw an early exit in the first round. With the early exit of a few top seeds one would have given...

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A Brief Summary On ICC Champions Trophy 2013

This year the Champions Trophy was no different from the other editions of this game. It was full of Drama, Suspense, close encounters and had everything what makes a tournament successful, apart from that it was FULL on ENTERTAINMENT. There were some speculation that this was going to be the last edition of CHAMPION’S TROPHY, but later on it turned out to be FALSE, the ICC council members had a meeting post the event and decided to continue...

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A LOOK BACK TO CONFEDERATIONS CUP

   CONFEDERATIONS CUP The ninth FIFA Confederations Cup was held in brazil from 15 to 30 june in 2013. This was the seventh edition of the competition since 1997. The winning team got a prize money of 4.1 million $ where as the runners up were awarded with 3.6 million $. Brazil set themselves as the hot favourites for the 2014 world cup as they beat Spain by 3-0. Two first-half goals, first within 2 minutes from Fred...

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The History Of Hockey- How A Stick Game Made It's Mark On World Sports

The roots of hockey are buried deep in antiquity in the early civilizations. Historical records show that a crude form of hockey was played in Egypt 4,000 years ago and in Ethiopia around 1,000 BC before the Ancient Games of Olympia. Various museums offer evidence that a form of the game was played by Romans and Greeks, and by the Aztec Indians in South America several centuries before Columbus landed in the New World. While some played it...

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