What ails Indian sports A nation of over one billion people and only one individual Gold medal in the Olympics till date! Alas‚ once the best in the field of men’s hockey but not even able to qualify for the Olympics. Similarly‚ once an Asian champion in football but now struggling to stand on its feet. All these elucidate the deplorable state of sports in our country. Even small nations like Zimbabwe‚ Latvia are much ahead of us in the medal tally. So what is it that is depriving the nation of
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Cricket Tongue Mother tongue by Amy Tan begins by explaining herself as a writer. How she feel in love with the English language‚ how it has had in impact with all her emotions‚ the way she thinks‚ and the way she sees things. Not to long ago she recently discovered of the variations of English’s that she uses. When she talked to a large group of people she spoke to them in a language that her mother was not familiar with. With the group she would talk to them with complex English but with her
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Introduction The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a Twenty20 cricket championship league in India. It was initiated by Lalit Modi and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)‚ after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.[1] The league is headquartered in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚[2][3] and is currently supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla‚[4] who serves as the league’s Chairman and Commissioner. It is contested by eight teams as of 2013‚ consisting of players
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A Straight Bat Parents often have ideal ways they want their children to be; sometimes they don’t give them any freedom to choose. “A Straight Bat”‚ written by Roger Holt‚ is a short story about George who wants his son to become a great cricket player just like him even though his son‚ Timothy‚ doesn’t want to and wants to play the violin. This reading will be related to the dominant reading where readers sympathise with the son and see the father as an overbearing and oppressive man. This reading
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the Twenty-20 Cricket’s popularity to dizzying heights. The IPL fever has gripped the minds of the people in its full intensity. When the Twenty-20 cricket was on‚ IPL and its probable winner was one _ of the hottest topics of discussion everywhere. Many people are of the view that it is one of the best things that ever happens to the game of cricket. In fact IPL has become so popular worldwide that Australian Captain Ricky Pointing had to issue an appeal to his countrymen to focus more on their
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Cricket From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the sport. For the insect‚ see Cricket (insect). For other uses‚ see Cricket (disambiguation). "Cricketer" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Cricketer (disambiguation). [pic] |Cricket | |[pic] | |A bowler bowling to a batsman. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two | |sets of three
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theme as Beyond a Boundary is the film‚ “Lagaan.” Lagaan’s overall theme also revolves around the game of cricket. In the film‚ a small village set in the Victorian period of British rule and colonization‚ and they are burdened with a drought and high taxes to pay. The villagers find themselves with an opportunity to relieve themselves of this tax if they play the unfamiliar game of cricket against British
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly‚ I would like to thank our school principal Mr. O. Alleyne for giving us permission to host the cricket tournament for the S. B. A. Secondly‚ I would like to thank all the students of the school who gave their time to come and participate in the tournament. I would also like to thank all the group members for their cooperation and for making the tournament to be a success. Finally‚ I would like to thank all those persons who helped me throughout the tournament. INTRODUCTION
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General Knowledge World games Game No. of Players Game No. of Player Chess 2 Baseball 9 Gymnastic 8 Rugby Football 15 Basket Ball 5 Polo 4 Water Polo 7 Football 11 Kho-Kho 9 Cricket - 11 Kabbaddi 7 Volleyball 6 Hockey 11 Tennis 1 or 2 Table tennis 1or 2 General Knowledge of World Important Events and Sports Records • Davis cup is for tennis. • Thomas cup badminton is for men only. • Uber cup is for badminton. • Each team in volleyball consists of 6
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Comprehension Practice Tests. There are two units focusing on each of the four parts of Paper 1‚ each of which deals with different aspects of the corresponding part as follows. PART 1 UNIT 1: Matching headings with the paragraphs of a text UNIT 6: Matching summary sentences with the paragraphs of a text PART 2 UNIT 2: Answering multiple choice questions focusing on specific information or details UNIT 7: Answering multiple choice questions focusing on global understanding‚ reading between the
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