Football

Unsung Heroes

On Saturday morning, one of the first messages I read was “Bayern 8 too much”. Then when I looked at Friday night’s game score, that message made lot of sense. Bayern had thumped Barcelona 8-2 and made to UEFA Champions League Semifinal. At quarter final stage of Europe’s premium football Read more…

By Chinmay Barhale, ago
Football

Red half is smiling again

Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s (OGS) tenure as caretaker manager of Manchester United has got to a perfect start. 6 wins in 6 games has provided much needed boost to Manchester United’s campaign. This weekend’s win at Wembley against Spurs was supposed to be the toughest test of this Manchester United side. They Read more…

By Chinmay Barhale, ago
Football

Sacrificed One

It’s been about 48 hours since news of José Mourinho’s firing by Manchester United made the headlines. Looking at the stories that have made news since then, it appears firing was question of “when” and not “if”. If you think firing José would solve club’s problems, then you’re being naïve. Read more…

By Chinmay Barhale, ago
Football

Leadership Vacuum

For last couple of weeks football (aka soccer) news cycle belonged to Manchester City. During the week, city made headlines for all the wrong reasons when Football leaks exposed alleged behaviour by City hierarchy to balance the books. Then on Sunday (11 November) team outclassed Manchester United on pitch in Read more…

By Chinmay Barhale, ago
Football

Foot Drain

We Indians use a popular term called “Brain Drain” to describe a phenomenon about how talented minds left India to migrate to Western Hemisphere and made name for themselves. The reasons for migration is topic of separate post. But general consensus is they migrated due to lack opportunities. There are Read more…

By Chinmay Barhale, ago
Cricket

Baffling BCCI

  Last couple of weeks have been very interesting in Indian cricket. Senior side lost test series 2 – 1 to South Africa, U19 side played some quality cricket to reach final of ICC U19 world cup (final would be played on Feb 3, hopefully this piece would be published Read more…

By Chinmay Barhale, ago