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Us human beings are suckers when it comes to dealing with death and other such deep, dark places. Denial is usually our favourite companion during such times. It helps us live under an illusion of comfort, not allowing the feeling ...

Manchester United will be taking on QPR tomorrow at Old Trafford. Last weekend Untied lost to Norwich which definitely lacked penetration and firepower. Watching the game it looked like United surely missed Rooney. After the pounding I had given some ...

Finally the game I have been personally looking forward to since the start of the season. Manchester United will be taking on Arsenal tomorrow at Old Trafford. The history between the 2 clubs is enough for an explosive Saturday afternoon. ...

  Remember us in your prayers Everyone who has seen Chicharito is familiar with his pre-match rituals. There he is. On his knees, eyes closed and arms raised in prayer.  Well guess what, I think it works for him. How ...

(Note/Update: This post was written on account on traditional footballing rules which take Goal Difference as the first tiebreaker in case of equal points in a group, which is how it is usually done. But today I came to know ...

The “first round” of the league phase of Euro 2012 to decide the new European Champions is over, with all teams having played one group match each. The results have thrown all predictions off-track, with only one team, Germany, having ...

I had mentioned in an earlier post on my blog that Group D of the Euro 2012 is the “Anything-Could-Happen_Group”. And boy, did that come true! Yesterday we saw two matches being played out which drastically reaffirmed that this group ...