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India finished third in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. There were a lot of surprise performers and many new sports where we got medals.This blog is about the overall analysis of India's performance. I would also answer the claim as to whether sports in India is actually on a rise. With 66 medals India finished third at the overall points table. There has been a slight improvement in India's performance than the last commonwealth games. In Glasgow, India won 64 medals.This is the third highest medals ever won by India. Delhi Commonwealth Games (101 medals) and Manchester Commonwealth Games (69 medals) being first and second respectively. The sport which has surprised everyone is weightlifting. It is not that we have not done well in weightlifting in the past. Karnam Maheshwari previously has brought laurels for India, clinching a bronze at the Olympics.But the magnitude of the number of medals was huge and has never happened before. Weightlifting team w...

Why has Federer managed to win 8 Wimbledon titles but only one French Open?How has it been that Rafael Nadal has been beaten only thrice in clay court but still lesser grand slams than Federer?Surely the surfaces in tennis play a key role in the performance of players.This blog will answer this question. Roger Federer the most successful all-time tennis player has recently hinted that he would be backing out from the French Open for the second consecutive time.This surely poses a question as to what is there in clay court that he is backing out.What is there in grass court that he is almost unbeatable.There are primarily three different types of surfaces in tennis hard court, clay court and grass court.Out of these hard courts are most common and nearly 70% of tennis tournaments are played on hard courts.Out of the four grand slams Australian Open and U.S Open are played on hard courts while French Open and Wimbledon are played on clay and grass courts respectively.Let's look...

Cricket is the most watched sport in the country.Thousands watch every game in the stadium while millions watch it on TV.Considering the cable charges that we pay for watching TV, we almost watch every game for free.But the recent developments in the auction of satellite rights of IPL and India matches poses a serious challenge for the broadcasters to make profits.This blog is about the future of cricket match viewership.Will it still remain free in future? Star India acquired the television rights for broadcasting IPL at a whopping 16,347.5 Crore for five years.Other than this star has also acquired the BCCI rights for 6138 Crore for a span of five years.Let me break it down for better understanding.First, let us consider IPL. 16,347 Crore ---->3300 Crore -----> 60 Crore------>1.5 Crore ------> 25 Lakhs (5 years)                (per year)           (per match)        (p...

One of the most awaited events of the year has started.There are a lot of expectations from the Indian contingent.In this blog, I would analyse the past week and go through as to what can we expect in the closing week. Week one was good for India.Until Sunday 12PM, India managed to win 6 gold medals and is positioned at number four.Weightlifting contingent has given an exceptional performance, winning five gold medals.The gold medals have been bagged by Punam Yadav in the women's 69 kg category Venkat Rahul Ragala in the men's 85 kg category Satish Kumar Sivalingam in the men’s 77kg category Sanjita Chanu in the women’s 53kg category Mirabai Chanu  in the women's 48 kg category while the sixth gold medal 10m women's air pistol where Manu Bhaker won gold. This performance by the weightlifters is commendable and unprecedented.Not to forget is the outstanding performance of the teenager, Deepak Lather who won a bronze medal in the 69 Kg category a...