August, 2015

• 15 August

  Questionable sports – how ‘sporty’ are they truly?

  

  Every once in a while, you come across some kind of sport that pushes the boundaries of your understanding. Yes you do understand how it can be a casual sport to be played by vacationers, but you  are not really convinced how it is a professional sport that is being conducted at an international …
• 15 August

  End of the Rafa-Federer era?

  

  Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal currently ranked 10th in the world has hit rock bottom again. The 14 times grand slam open champion was defeated last by Dustin Brown in the all England club. This was the 4th time that he has been defeated by a player ranked below 100 in …
• 15 August

  Independence Day Special: Are We Really Free?

  

   On Independence Day, we urge you to ask yourself these questions to find out if we are really “free”? Freedom of Choice: Do I have a choice for a better life if I can only choose to vote between two puppets controlled by the same elite force that drives the …
• 14 August

  Can Steven Smith help Australia rise from the Ashes?

  

  Australia needs a new leader, a white knight, a torchbearer of success. Is Steven Smith the One? England regain the Ashes Mark Wood to Nathan Lyon – Lyon considers a leave and instead drags down the ball back onto the stumps and England beat Australia by an innings and 78 …
• 14 August

  Premier League Review – Week 1: 8th & 9th August

  

  Welcome to the Premier League Review by THC Labs. There were lot of surprises in this weeks round of matches. But before we get into all that…… ( take a deep breath) “IT HAS BEGUN!!!!!”. The premier league has kicked off and this year it feels like its bigger than ever because …
• 13 August

  THE BIZZARE SPORTS THAT LITERATURE GAVE US (NOT, THANKFULLY!)

  

  Literature is like a supermarket. You can pick anything that you desire. It can give you heroes to love, heroines to admire, villains to hate, magical worlds that you long to be in, creatures that give you gooseflesh, or some that make your heart gooey enough to pet them…the list …
• 12 August

  Football leagues that must be watched this season.

  

  Now that the leagues in Europe are starting, it is time to look at a few countries that do not belong to the BIG 4 of leagues-England, Spain, Italy and Germany. We will take a look at Turkey as a footballing country and also assess the progress of French and …
• 11 August

  The Art of Motion: 7 reasons why you should do Parkour

  

  Parkour is also known as the art of movement, where the practitioner (traceur) uses the landscape around him as a playground for his body to feel, experiment and explore.  Parkour induces certain aspects that if implemented in our daily lives can help us considerably. This is why the sport has …
• 10 August

  What kind of a FAN are you?

  

  In the days of my youth (cue Led Zeppelin), I was required to work on a project which would form a part of my overall graduation grade. I surprised myself with the amount of work I put into this assignment. Maybe the reason behind that was the fact that the …
• 10 August

  Saluting the Liverpool jersey number 8 and the magician from Italy

  

  I just had to write about them because football as a sport has played a very important role in my life and they were amongst the first few footballers that I looked up to before I started following the beautiful game. The retirement of 2 greats of football who defined the laws …