Vijay Narayanan on April 30th, 2008

Thinking about yesterday’s game, it is tough not to make a particular comparison. I have already alluded to how Park Ji-Sung, the Korean midfielder was a lion on the pitch against Barcelona. The following video, a compilation of some of Park’s contributions last night, reiterates that view. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on April 29th, 2008

In 1999, when Manchester United were playing the second leg of their semi-final tie versus Juventus away at the Stadio Delle Alpi, it required their captain Roy Keane to produce arguably the best performance ever by a player wearing United’s colours to propel them into the final at the Nou Camp. Keane has moved on. [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on April 29th, 2008

The Super Kings beat the Deccan Chargers to extend their run to 4 games! Rock on, Chennai! Lefties & T20 Selva has an interesting observation about whether left-handed batsmen have an advantage in Twenty20 cricket. One possible explanation, if this hypothesis were found true, is that most bowlers are naturally suited to bowl to right [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on April 27th, 2008

One of the nicest things about the Indian Premier League is that the Chennai team lead the pack now. Still the only unbeaten team in the league, the Kings of Chennai rock! Incidentally, I thought the Mumbai Indians would do better than lose four in a row.

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Vijay Narayanan on April 26th, 2008

Been tagged after a long time. I didn’t think folks did this stuff any more. Anyways, here’s my dull list of eight things. Eight things I’m passionate about: Random bits of information Work Soccer Music Religion New technology Computer games Arguing

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