November 20, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
1990 FIFA world cup had plenty of drama and excitement and it was played in Italy. This article is all about an unexpected hero, Sergio Goycochea, the Argentina goal keeper who almost single handedly took Argentina into finals, before being bowed out to West Germany in the final. There were lot of expectations on Argentina […]
October 28, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
The one thing that makes Virender Sehwag different from all others is approach he adopts both on and off the cricket field. He also deserves praise for not changing his game or himself over the years even after he became a star. Smart Approaches Daring Statements When Virender Sehwag made his debut in ODI team […]
September 16, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
An interesting and inspiring story not many of us know!!! A girl born on 13th August 1978 at Pune and her biological parents were unable to support her. So, they placed her at doorsteps of an Orphanage home called Shreevatsa, attached to Pune’s Sassoon Hospital. The orphanage home named the baby as Laila. A couple […]
September 15, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
2010 Wimbledon witnessed the longest tennis match ever played in history of tennis. It was first round at Wimbledon at Court 18, between 23rd seeded John Isner of US and unseeded qualifier Nicolas Mahut of France. The match began without any expectation on 22nd June 2010, Tuesday after 6 PM, British Summer Time and match […]
September 9, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
India vs Australia 2001 home series witnessed one of the fascinating twists and turns not only on the field, but also off the field. Virender Sehwag, one of the most destructive batsmen in the world of cricket made his debut for India in ODIs and VVS Laxman was recalling an interesting conversation happened between him, […]
September 8, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
During 2006, the teams which got qualified for FIFA world cups were busy in preparing themselves to play world cup at Germany. On similar note, Italy was also preparing themselves and ahead of world cup the shocking news Calciopoli Scandal broke out where teams like Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina were alleged to be […]
September 7, 2020 by sportsspeech 0
Rahul Dravid who was fondly called as Jammy, GREAT WALL OF INDIA announced his retirement from Cricket and everyone was expected that he would be relaxing for a few weeks at home. Surprisingly the news flashed that GREAT WALL OF INDIA is playing a local match at HAL for a small team in KSCA division […]
September 3, 2020 by sportsspeech 2 Comments.
The spectators at Melbourne got an opportunity to view the longest ever grand slam finals played between World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia and World No.2 Rafael Nadal of Spain on 29th January 2012 which lasted for about 5 hours and 53 minutes and finally Novak Djokovic emerged as winner in a marathon encounter. It […]
September 3, 2020 by sportsspeech 2 Comments.
Women’s final in French open witnessed one of the shortest grand slam finals ever played. It was 4th June 1988, Steffi Graf of Germany took Natalia Zvereva of Soviet Union at Roland Garros in a one sided final where Steffi Graf thrashed Natalia Zvereva 6-0 and 6-0 in straight sets which lasted for mere 34 […]