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Category: Sports

  • When the Blues Go Marching In!

    When the Blues Go Marching In!

    March 15, 2018

    Football matches are electrifying experiences. Massive stadiums, packed with thousands of fans – huge swaths of people in team colors, singing; screaming chants in unison. If you have ever been in one, you know what it feels like to be a part of a single, massive organism — each missed goal leaving you all groaning and each successful one
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  • 5 Sporting Events From Across the World You Shouldn’t Miss

    5 Sporting Events From Across the World You Shouldn’t Miss

    March 6, 2018

    “If you can make one heap of all your winnings/And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss/And lose, and start again at your beginnings… you’ll be a Man, my son!” -Rudyard Kipling, ‘If’, 1910   Sports is one of those few outlets that has consistently helped people of all ages and genders imbibe the quality of fortitude Kipling described above.
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  • 5 Local Sports Teams You Should Follow

    5 Local Sports Teams You Should Follow

    February 26, 2018

    Far From the Batting Crowd If you draw up the Indian demographic into a chart, you will find two clearly defined sections. The greater of the two are cricket lovers — young and old, men and women — for whom Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Dhoni, and Kohli aren’t mere athletes, but the avatars of the gods. On the other, drastically smaller, almost
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  • On the ropes

    On the ropes

    October 18, 2017

    Freedom, adventure, and a whole lot of fun – USA Originals by Jockey celebrates the rich culture of America like no other. Slacklining stems from the very same vein. Originating in grand old Yosemite National Park, USA, slacklining has gone on to capture the imagination of countless ‘slackers’ around the globe. The slacklining community in
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  • The Greatest Marathons for the Adventurous

    The Greatest Marathons for the Adventurous

    August 28, 2017

    Planning to tackle the 26.2 mile feat of endurance? Why not make it adventurous too! It’s always much more exciting to run a race through stunning scenery, or terrains in a far-flung location than the ho-hum streets of your own city. From scaling the steps of historic monuments to running along side lions and elephants, there is a trove
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  • Be Strong To Be Useful: The Rise and Rise of Parkour

    Be Strong To Be Useful: The Rise and Rise of Parkour

    August 28, 2017

    The year was 1902. 28,000 people perished in a deadly volcanic eruption in the Caribbean island of St Pierre. George Herbert, a French naval officer, was in-charge of evacuating 700 indigenous and European nationals. This is when he noticed something. While indigenous folk moved through the hostile environment with ease, the Europeans stumbled
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  • Need A Lift?

    Need A Lift?

    July 21, 2017

    Sagrika PadhaSagrika is a copywriter and freelance blogger from Bangalore. She spends part of her days wondering how to combine her two loves, books and bicycles. The rest of her time she spends playing with her dog and tending to her terrace garden. Find her on Instagram
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  • 10 Things We Can Learn From Sport

    10 Things We Can Learn From Sport

    December 30, 2015

    “Ive missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. Ive lost almost 300 games. 26 times, Ive been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. Ive failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan Sport means different things to different people.To some, it is simply a source of casual
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