The Sportsweek That Was!

In our busy schedule, we might miss out on these cool events that we would not like to. So we, at Sportscafe, have decided to bring you the best of them week after week through ‘The Sportsweek That Was’. 

So here’s the first edition of 'The Sportsweek That Was' from 15 February to 21 February.

Best Indian Moment of the Week : South Asian Games

188 Gold, 90 Silver and 3 bronze medals is what the Indians won at the 2016 edition of South Asian Games which saw them finish at the top of the medal tally with 308 medals, almost doubling their count of 175 medals in the previous edition of the games in 2010. With all the political commotion going on in India at the moment, atleast 10 Indians channeled their aggression in a productive mission which saw 10 Indian boxers make it a perfect-10 in the boxing category as they swept 10 Gold medals.

Video Courtesy - Organising Committee XII South Asian Games Youtube Channel 

Controversial Moment of the Week

In some serious news, former Olympic medalist Park Joo-bong swirled a controversy this week as he came out and stated that none of the Indian women's singles players are ‘skillful’. He went on to say that World Number 2 Saina Nehwal doesn't have the skill but she relies a lot on power and speed. He also said that although PV Sindhu possessed exceptional skill, she relies mostly on power.

Funny Moment of the Week

The Indian Under-19 Cricket team failed to cross the final hurdle at the U-19 World Cup as they came short against West Indies in the final of the tournament. Much has been analyzed about the loss of the Indian team, but we feel that we finally may have unraveled the mystery as to why West Indies managed to win - having Pope John Paul does give you a ‘holy’ advantage.

Bizarre Moment of the Week 

Football

Lionel Messi was in the news again in the world of International Football, but this time is was not for a goal he scored but for one he did not. With Barcelona leading 3-1 against Celta Vigo, Messi assisted Luis Suarez for the Uruguayan’s third goal of the night and the assist was all over social media the next day since it was no ordinary assist. Messi decided to square the ball to Suarez for a tap-in instead of taking the penalty. A small dab at the ball, rolling it into the path of an on-rushing Luis Suarez became the most talked-about thing in Football on a Monday morning.

Many fingers were raised about the audacity of Messi and Barca to do this when the opponents are reeling on the ropes already, but something tells us that neither Messi nor Luis Suarez care much since it was all as per the standard rule book.

Video Courtesy - MATCH DAY 2 YouTube channel

WOW MOMENT OF THE WEEK! 

Cricket

Brendan McCullum A.K.A Bazz went complete ‘Hulk’ on the Australian bowlers as he decimated the Aussies all over the field as he created history in his final Test match by scoring the Fastest Test Century ever in just 54 balls. The crowd loved it, the New Zealand team loved it, Bazz certainly loved it, and probably so did every neutral who watched the Kiwi skipper bat as fearlessly as a batsman could. He hit the ball in places where you couldn’t set the field and eventually made sure that the Aussies had to place two Fly Slips, one deep behind the 3rd slip and one behind the keeper.

Video Courtesy . SKY Sport NZ

An absolute blinder of an innings, true to the aura of Brendan McCullum and totally in line with the brand of entertaining cricket that he has played all throughout his career.