Triumphant indeed!

Indian cricket team achieved a remarkable victory over the

Kiwis at Kanpur and the newspaper headlines toasted this victory with some really smart headlines. The one that attracted our attention was: Ashwin star of India's triumphant march in Tests.  

Triumphant is our word of the week. It fits in our Double-play list of words. Not only does it mean victorious or successful or having achieved victory - triumphant also denotes rejoicing over success. 

Marquee players make a killing!

Transfer of players in soccer leagues are making front page news with Paul Pogba's transfer from Juventus to MU pegged at 89 million pounds. This is much ahead the much publicized transfer of Gareth Bale in 2013 as the marquee player for Real Madrid. Each sport club or franchise has a few marquee players on whom rests the popularity and fortunes of the club. Back home even Indian Soccer League allows import of a few marquee players for every franchise as it happens in cricket's IPL. 

Marquee is our word of the week. And it is our Double-Clue word as well for it has two distinct meanings. Marquee in the illustration here means a 'celebrated or pre-eminent' player. Marquee also means a large tent for entertainment or exhibition or even a large canopy at the entrance.