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Rewind - T20 World Cup'22

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                                      The 2022 T20 world cup final is to be played on Sunday the 13th of November and this edition is said to be the most exciting of all the tournaments held before. Living true to its nature of this modern day game this entire tournament has provided fans with the much hyped of hopes, anticipation, joy, sorrow and lots of entertainment.  The tournament saw the might of the associate nations and how far the game has evolved with respect to its wide outreach.                     Each day of the tournament bough with it endless calculations, rain interventions, and a big qualifier setup to bring the best teams on display in the world of cricket. This tournament saw a seesaw of fortunes and the entire duration of the tournament seemed like a thriller movie - and all this is exclusive of the ever so i...

Top Salaried Footballers

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                                  With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, soccer is considered the world's most popular sport. The game has loyal fanbase on a national level and at the same time die hard fans on club level. The popularity of the game is to such extent that the video game's launch of FIFA 23 has seen the game being played by around 10.3 million users on various platforms, who have contributed to nearly 1.7 billion games across 200+ nations.                                        The game of soccer is a major investment venture for the wealthy and at the same time is a worthy entertainment for the fans. The player transfers, the manager hiring, the new training ground, merchandise, antics off the field - all these are enough to make top news - apart from the obvi...

Bodybuilders who changed the game !!

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                               Fitness and health have been the priority of humans since times existed. In this modern era where unhealthy binge eating and super comfortable level of life (all thanks to technology and its inventions) fitness and healthy living have also gained prominence. With the world becoming a smaller place people have access to numerous commentary, fitness diet plans, exercise routines online. One small aspect of the fitness lifestyle is the gym and once you have been part of a gym for sometime you cannot but be drawn to the sport of bodybuilding.                               Bodybuilding was different some 100 years ago but in this millennium bodybuilders have just upped their game and now bring to the table what freaks of nature look like. Of course there is anabolic involved but one simply cant ignore the har...

UFC Champions & their training grounds !!

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                          The MMA world is fascinating. Fighters master two three disciplines of combat sports techniques and prepare for months along with the exhaustive weight cut before a competition. The UFC has bought the MMA to new heights with their super match ups, larger than life promotions and well sometimes highly debated pay scale. The UFC is successful in mixing the real world fights and match up in a story telling way of the WWE. Icons like Daniel Cormier, Connor McGregor, Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Charles Olivera are a hit amongst masses.                 The last drawn UFC 280 showcased the new lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and the buzz just got bigger with next fights of Islam versus Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones vs Francis Ngannou doing the rounds. We often wonder about the insane specimen of training these fighters go...