La Tomatina

                                     

La Tomatina is a festival that is held in Valencia town of Bunol, a town located in the East of Spain near Mediterranean. This festival is all about throwing tomatoes and getting involved in tomato fights for entertainment purposes. Since 1945 It has been held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Bunol. People from corners of the world participate in this ‘World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.

 How it started

In August 1945, on the last Wednesday of the month young people of Bunol town went to the town square to attend the Giants and Big-Head figures parade. They decided to join the parade with a musician. The group's excitement caused a person to fall from the float. The participant flew into a fit of rage and started to hit everything in his path. A market stall of vegetables that fell victim to what soon became a furious crowd. People started to pelt each other with tomatoes until local law enforcement ended the battle.The very next year the young people intentionally repeated the fight on the last Wednesday of August, only this time they brought their own tomatoes from home. They were again dispersed by the police. The food fight became an annual event. In 1950, the town allowed the tomato hurl to take place, but the next year it was stopped again. Many young people were imprisoned but Bunol residents forced authorities to let them go. The festival gained popularity with more and more participants every year. 

 

How it is celebrated

The fight lasts for an hour, after which the whole town square is covered with tomato paste. Fire trucks hose down the streets and participants use hoses that locals provide to remove the tomato paste from their bodies. Some participants go to the pool of “los penones” to wash. After the cleaning, the village cobblestone streets are pristine due to the acidity of the tomato disinfecting and thoroughly cleaning the surfaces.The crowd capacity of La Tomatina is regulated by selling tickets of the event. One can book tickets for the same         through online events booking site.

Bunol

Bunol is a town and municipality in the province of Valencia, Spain and is situated approximately 38 km west of Valencia. There are several ways to get to Valencia from London. If booked reasonably early availability to Valencia is good and flights are quite competitive. Easyjet fly from London Stansted, London Gatwick and Bristol. Ryanair fly from London Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands and Dublin. Clickair fly from Heathrow. Iberia      

VICTORY TO TEAM INDIA AFTER 22 YEARS

Clinching an away series against Sri Lanka after 22 years is a "magnificent milestone".

India beats the hosts by 117 runs at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) ground, Colombo on Tuesday and made a strong comeback by winning back to back tests.In a basement room at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the India captain addressed a last press conference of the Test series. Virat Kohli looked tired after leading the team in a match they almost lost because his bowlers conceded 200-plus runs in the last session on day four.

Virat Kohli as a captain

It was in sharp contrast to Adelaide, where Kohli had led India for the first time. There he had almost tasted victory, crusading alone, on the might of his bat. In Sydney, he found out that this job wasn’t going to be so easy.. “We need to find more discipline in the bowling attack, and build pressure,” was the theme of his press conference.

Seven months later, Kohli sat in a first floor room at the Sinhalese Sports Club and Kohli attributed India’s first series win in 22 years to the bowling unit, with good reason. The bowlers had taken all sixty wickets to beat Sri Lanka 2-1 It is a remarkable achievement, however you look at it.
Kohli talked about seizing moments that mattered, particularly in the last two Tests so that they could overturn the shocking result in Galle. Two passages of play hold great importance here.

Srilanka’s Performance

At the P Sara Oval, on day three morning, the pitc had evened out nicely for the batsmen. Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne got going and added 84 runs without losing a wicket. They weren’t on top because the Indian attack didn’t let them cut loose, yet it was an all-too familiar situation. On their previous tours to South Africa, New Zealand, England and Australia, India had suffered through many such sessions and lost discipline thereafter, never stitching together pressure from both ends.
It was the same at the SSC on day five as India searched for a series win. Mathews, again, and debutant Kusal Perera batted beautifully in the middle session on a pitch that was getting better for batsmen as the match progressed. They added 135 runs at a rate of 3.5 per over but India did not panic. As tea approached, the bowlers dried up the runs and Perera threw away his wicket with an ill-timed reverse sweep.

Bowlers Contribution

In both these circumstances, Ishant Sharma did the trick with the second new ball. He might have gotten himself suspended for unnecessary theatrics, But let it also be said that he bowled with a certain hostility throughout the series.But, in these sub-continental conditions, Ishant was never going to be the most lethal bowler. That is where R Ashwin stepped into the picture. He worked out a rhythm in the first innings at Galle and never let go off it. In every innings, there was at least one particular spell wherein the batsmen were unable to handle him. Every single delivery looked as if a grenade had been lobbed, the ball bursting off the pitch. Such was his potency against left-handers in particular that he dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara eight out of a possible ten times.

U Mumba- Successful Journey of 2015

U Mumba is a Kabaddi team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Anup Kumar and coached by Ravi Shetty. The team is owned by Unilazer Sports promoted by Ronnie Screwvala. U Mumba play their home matches at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai.They won Pro Kabbadi League 2015 by defeating Bengaluru Bulls.

U Mumba 2015

Champions Story

Spearheaded by captain Anup Kumar, last year's finalists U Mumba appear to hold a clear edge over their rivals Bengaluru Bulls going into the title clash of the second Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League here tomorrow. The final, scheduled at 9:00 pm, would be preceded by the 3rd-4th placings game between losing semi finalists Telugu Titans and Patna Pirates.
Mumbai captain Anup Kumar, who picked up four touch points in raids against the Pirates yesterday, was wary of their opponents in the final. "This game wasn't easy at all and the game on Sunday also will not be easy. We want to perform to our best in the final with full power. Bengaluru Bulls are a raider short and they use Manjeet as a third raider. If we get Manjeet early, their defence also will weaken," he observed after guiding his team to a one-sided semi final win over the Pirates.

U-Mumba’s  game plan

At half time U Mumba led 16-8 after a late surge from 7-all. Earlier, in the 3rd-4th placing game, Telugu Titans from Hyderabad downed Patna Pirates 34-26, after leading 16-8 at half time, to finish third and get prize money of Rs 30 lakh. Pirates got Rs 20 lakh. In the final match, U Mumba were held in check by the Bulls’ determined defence for the first 15 minutes of the opening half before they took control in both attack and tackling to take a 16-8 lead. Such was the tackling skills exhibited by the Bulls, ably led by Dharmaraj The scores ran neck-to-neck till 7-all when U Mumba hit a purple patch in both attack and defence, in which Vishal Mane and raid specialist Rishank Devadiga excelled. In the second half, Mumbai led 23-18 when Thakur came up with a super raid to secure five points, by packing off three rivals and making U Mumba all out. Then the Bulls even led 24-23 when Mumba’s captain Anup was trapped but the Mumbai outfit hit back strongly and regained the initiative with some excellent attack and solid defending to emerge deserving winners. Shabeer Bapu led the Mumbai attack with ten points while Anup got six touch points and one for tackling. The surprise packet was Rishank Devadiga who played a good all-round game to get five points along with Mane who stole the show in defence.

Victory of 1 Crore
U Mumba came up with some magical play when the occasion demanded, especially in the closing stages of both sessions, to run out victors and take home the top prize of Rs one crore. The Bulls got Rs 50 lakh. At half time U Mumba led 16-8 after a late surge from 7-all.