Episode 13 - About stunning football upsets from an unknown Moldovan team, KGB's influence in Russian football, sporting stars and their amazing political journeys and a guide to the well heeled set!!

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FACT OF THE MATTER

RATHINDRA BASU and JOY BHATTACHARJYA

29 episodes

3 days ago

Spies in the White House? Alcoholic rat armies? Conan Doyle as a sports reporter? In this series, Rathindra Basu and Joy Bhattacharjya, two senior media professionals and trivia enthusiasts from India, have fun with facts and news from the world of music, books, film, sports, history, science, language etc. Every other week, they will share interesting anecdotes, funny news items and decipher interesting word origins. Fans of trivia can also try contest questions and see Joy and Rathin try to fool each other as well! Reach out to Joy and Rathin at factofthematterindia@gmail.com.

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Episode 13 - About stunning football upsets from an unknown Moldovan team, KGB's influence in Russian football, sporting stars and their amazing political journeys and a guide to the well heeled set!!

FACT OF THE MATTER

39 minutes 59 seconds

4 years ago

In this episode, FACT OF THE MATTER, dives into the fascinating origins of a couple of Russian football clubs (one of whom is making headlines as we speak!!) as Sheriff Tiraspol rubs shoulders with Dynamo Moscow - albeit with some "secret service" involvement!!. In Main Course, listen to Joy as he digs deep into his cricketing archives and connects cricket and politics through carefully crafted snippets about Tiger Pataudi and Tejasvi Yadav!! In Believe It or Not, revel in the exploits of a country's VP who decided to play for his own club team in the CONCACAF Football Champions League with some bizarre consequences and find out Joy's amazing discovery about the world's smallest cow!!!! Plus all the regular sections like Cute Words and Phrases, Bare Naked Lies and audience questions!! Stories and anecdotes whizz around faster than a speeding bullet - so channel your inner 007 and jump onto this thrill-a-minute ride!!

We love to hear from you!! So write to us at factofthematterindia@gmail.com. Rate us and berate us!! Follow us on Twitter - @joybhattacharj and @rathindrabasu. Find us on all leading podcast platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music.

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