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The price of Success is H ardwork, D etermination and a few S acrifices. Sadly, the tale of Rupandi Munda is obscure .If you have the patience, the strength and the passion to achieve your dreams , all you need to do now, is try and try till you earn it. Rupanti Munda is one such Indian who has certainly set an example for the millions across the world. The story of the 21-year old is an ideal template of what hardwork and determination can help you achieve in spite of facing piles of atrocious times when life look to be unfair and giving up seems to be the only option going forward in life. RUPANDI – the Proud Daughter from Jharkhand Born in a small village named Dhoti in Latehar district of Jharkhand, Rupanti fell in love with the beautiful game of football as early as in the third standard. She would wake up at 4.30 am , complete all her household work and rush to practice at 7.30 am , where she trained harder than anyone for 2 hours, came back hom

It’s Groundhog Day as Arsenal disappointed yet again at the beginning of a new season as did the boss, Arsene Wenger with some questionable decision making. The Gunners extended their ignominious record of losing one of the two opening league games for the 8 th season in a row. After securing a record 7 th F.A Cup with Arsenal as manager, Arsene Wenger signed on for two more years, despite much publicised calls from the Gooner fan-base for his sacking (including flying banners by plane). The Gunners broke the bank for securing Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon for an estimated € 53m, making him the club’s record signing. Arsenal also added to its roster, Bosnian international Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer from Schalke Arsenal embarked on a pre-season tour of Asia and Oceania where they played against Bayern Munich and English Champions Chelsea. Back home the Gunners took part in the Emirates Cup, where other participating teams were Sevilla, Benfica and RB Leipzig. Arse

It has been a good start to life at Manchester United this season. With a decent pre-season in the United States, Mourinho and his Red Devils are definitely eyeing to win the Premier League and  give the confidence back to the ever loyal fans of the greatest club in England. The arrival of Romelu Lukaku, Victor Lindelof and Nemanja Matic has already bolstered the squad in their respective departments. Meanwhile, the return of Zlatan Ibrahimovic looks eminent as picture leaked from Adidas outlets revealed that he will be donning the famous "Number 10" shirt that had been vacated by Wayne Rooney. After losing 2-1 to Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup match at Macedonia, Mourinho was of the view that his club is yet to reach the level of Zidane's Real Madrid. Back to playing the Champions League after winning the Europa League, United fans believe that the squad will develop into a force to reckon with, and dare to challenge the other European giants. Premier L

The official winner’s trophy for FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched on saturday at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. Hundreds of children gathered and took part in the Mission XI Million Festival held on that day to have a glance of the Official Trophy . Participant Navdeep Singh from St. Mark’s School became the first Indian to pose with the prestigious Trophy. On Sunday the trophy was located at the iconic location of India Gate , a popular tourist spot in the capital, allowing fans from all over the city to take a glimpse of the beautiful piece of silverware and take photographs with it. The Winner’s Trophy is all set to tour all six tournament host cities over the next few weeks. The idea behind the same is to give all the Indians an once-in-a-lifetime experience to see the FIFA U-17 World Cup Winner’s Trophy up-close . As Project Director of Local Organising Committee Joy Bhattacharjya said," This is a start of an incredible jou

Unknown to many, Oinam Bembem Devi  is a woman Indian Professional footballer , representing India for the past two decades. She finally gets her hand on the prestigious Arjuna Award announced on 18 th August, thus becoming only the second Indian woman footballer to win the award after former National team captain Shanti Mullick in 1983. Bembem was nominated by the AIFF alongside the stars like Jeje Lalpekhlua and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu for the coveted award, consisting of a cash prize of INR 500,000 , a bronze statue of Arjuna and a scroll . “ This is an Award for Indian women’s football. I hope this award will help remove the mental block and inspire all girls in the society to take up the sport ” , she quoted. “ It gives me immense satisfaction to see my name in the same list as the greatest Indian sportsperson across all fields. My sacrifice over the past two decades has not gone waste. I need to thank all teammates, my coaches, AIFF and the entire football fr

Chelsea FC manager  Antonio Conte celebrated his 48th birthday on 31st July'2017. He won the all important Premier League in his first venture with the club. He helped the team dominate EPL 2016-17 with utmost ease. The very first season, and already a crowd favourite. 5 facts probably you didnt know about the Italian manager : #5 Conte made his while he was in Juventus with over 320 appearances during which he won 5 Serie A titles, a Champions League medal apart from various other cups. Though, he started his playing career at Lecce . #4 However, his managerial hanker ended in disappointed as his first job as a manager of Serie B side Arezzo ended in ignominy as he was sacked just three months later after continuous poor results. #3 Conte went back to school to get ready for Chelsea . His took his first steps towards learning English just before the start of the last season. #2 In 2012 , Conte was suspended for 10 months for his