In the year 2005, with the sole purpose of internal enrichment of its employees, Google started the program, Google talks, thru this program, brings actors, actresses, authors, filmmakers, actresses, musicians, chefs, women, politicians, scientists, innovators and speakers of all kinds, to Google talks centering on their recent works. This program has gained popularity in very short time and it evolved to become a public facing program, reaching millions of viewers, with varieties of interests on YouTube Channel. The talks are hosted by Googlers in Google offices across the world.In this program, a disclaimer is also posted, that the views or ... Read More

A muscle cramp is a strong, painful contraction or tightening of a muscle that occurs suddenly and mostly in the legs (hamstring and calf muscles). These spasms may last from a from a few seconds to several minutes. Any person of any age can get these muscle cramps, but the occurrences are high for athletes, sportspersons, and runners.This may be due to an exhausting physical activity which results in loss of sodium content and electrolytes from the body, which results in electrical misfiring. One more explanation of why these cramps occur in athletes and sports persons is, muscles tend to ... Read More

Sadly, it is true that competitive parents are ruining Youth Sports and ultimately ruining their child's life. The aching desire of the parents to see their kids win is spoiling the spirit of sport.Parents get excited, feel stress and they want their kid to win at any cost. In fact, it is adults who identify themselves with their kids and want to own their success. They forget that the main purpose of their role in their child's sport is to encourage the child's participation and teach them an invaluable lesson in life that you have to take success and failure ... Read More

Harsha Bhogle is known as the best commentator of Cricket. He is a journalist and one of those very few commentators who've never played cricket at that level but has got the talent of the elite commentary box.He started commentating at a very young age of 19 with All India Radio while living in Hyderabad. Later, in 1991-92, he became the first Indian commentator which was invited by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation during India's cricket series before Cricket World Cup, 1992. Since then he worked for ABC Radio Grandstand, then worked for the BBC for eight years as part of ... Read More

While India has produced some extraordinary league of cricketers in the last few years, many of them got the appreciation for peaks of the name, fame, and glamour. But out of many, few of them were left unnoticed despite some excellent performances. Let's know a few of them then and now in the modern era:Mohammad KaifSreesanthIrfan PathanGautam GambhirRahul DravidIn present days, despite a few well-known cricketers, some are wonderful players who possess the same credit for an overall great team but unfortunately do not get the same name and fame. These are:Ambati RayuduManoj TiwaryRangana HerathRobin UthappaNathan LyonAmit MishraDinesh KarthikRead More

India-West Indies Test Series is starting from today and so is the debate over green-tops. Undoubtedly, India is a very strong side and have the ability to beat any ferocious opponent on the ground, especially when they play on their home grounds, in India, and in favorable conditions. Similarly, we all know how these home tigers suffer when they land out of the subcontinent. They crash every record of the poor game and impetrate to win a single match out of a series of five.This is what we witnessed in England recently. Not only this time but every time we ... Read More

When we hear the fastest ball, the fierce faces of all fast bowlers and their tough looks start striking our mind. It includes Wasim Akram, Courtney Walsh, Chaminda Vaas, Umar Gul, etc. But the question still remains unanswered that who among the fast bowler fraternity has done this miracle.Well, the answer is Shoaib Akhtar who is recognized as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket by delivering an officially recorded top speed of 163.3 km/h in a pool match against England during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Unfortunately, Akhtar did not get any wicket on the ball.Fastest Recorded Deliveries ... Read More

Recently, India beat Bangladesh by three wickets in the final of Asia Cup and clinched the Asia Cup title once again. However, do you know when this tournament first occurred? Let's dig out the history.Actually, when the Asia Cricket Council was formed in 1983, the council came up with this idea, which was conceptualized in 1984 and the first Asia Cup occurred in Sharjah where Asia Cricket Council has its headquarter and remained there till 1995.Initially, Asia Cup was only an ODI tournament and used to happen in every two years, but now it takes place in both ODI and ... Read More

Outdoor games for kids are as important as their studies and other daily activities. An adequate amount of physical activity keeps a child physically and mentally strong. The health benefits of outdoor activities are numerous. It improves blood flow to the brain, sensory development, develops muscular strength, reduces obesity and stimulates blood cells.Health BenefitsChildren who are physically active stay fit and hold better resistance power than other kids who stay indoors for most of the time. Outdoor play increases blood supply to the brain that stimulates neurotransmitters resulting in increased attention span and learning. The physical activities make them tired ... Read More

Absolutely! It was only Lalit Modi who introduced this highly adorable short format of cricket, which is now widely known as IPL, and it eventually also proved to be his downfall. But it has a very interesting story behind it. So, let’s go the flashback.Believe it or not but Lalit Modi had a prodigious ambition of converting the game of cricket into money - minting affair involving businessmen, sponsors, etc. under the hood of BCCI right since when made his foray into cricket administration in the 90s. And the moment came for which he dreamt of day and night.Remember the ... Read More