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Why Sushil Kumar was the best in 2010
January 1, 2011, 11:00 PM IST
I haven’t come across any poll that has voted wrestler Sushil Kumar as India’s Sportsperson of the Year. But he clearly was. By a reasonable distance. When you have to make a choice between different…
January 1, 2011, 11:00 PM IST
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Zaheer: Indian cricket’s King Khan
December 29, 2010, 10:49 PM IST
My name is Khan. Zaheer Khan. He’ll never be rated above Kapil Dev, nor will he ever be considered in the same class as fellow left-hand fast bowler Wasim Akram. Yet, there is something about Zaheer…
December 29, 2010, 10:49 PM IST
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Is Sachin the greatest of all? The debate rages on
December 26, 2010, 1:38 AM IST
So, is Sachin Tendulkar the greatest sportsperson ever? The question, raised by TOI on Friday, has triggered a furious debate in blogosphere: the answers, expectedly, have ranged from emphatic yeses to shocked nos. Yes,…
December 26, 2010, 1:38 AM IST
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Sachin and Saina: The two ratnas of 2010
December 25, 2010, 3:45 PM IST
A thousand Niira Radias, mostly in front of the curtain, seem to be lobbying for a Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar. The call has been going out for the last couple of years.
December 25, 2010, 3:45 PM IST
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Sachin: The Don of centuries
December 20, 2010, 12:28 PM IST
For a nation that worships cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly its greatest deity. If anyone needed proof of that, he should have been in India, watching ANY television channel or tuned in to any of…
December 20, 2010, 12:28 PM IST
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Sachin, the special one
December 20, 2010, 9:42 AM IST
Bat raised, head turned skywards and a quick prayer on the lips. Sachin Tendulkar thanked his late father for the umpteenth time as Mahendra Singh Dhoni waited for his turn to hug the legend and…
December 20, 2010, 9:42 AM IST
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Art of fighting back, Oz style
December 19, 2010, 2:48 AM IST
The Australians swear by a highly predictable, though bizarre, motto during crisis situations: Get Warnie. Just ahead of their third Test, as the rallying call became shrillest, one couldn’t help but smirk amusedly; it’s fun to see the Ozzies squirm, if not panic, on the cricket field once in a while.
December 19, 2010, 2:48 AM IST
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Self-belief paid off for Saina
December 13, 2010, 8:01 PM IST
Saina Nehwal isn’t very different from the girl next door, just that she has a self-belief and determination that your neighbour perhaps lacks. In fact, those are the basic differences between any leading sportsperson and…
December 13, 2010, 8:01 PM IST
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Time for Team Australia to be ‘re-Warne(d)’
December 13, 2010, 12:46 AM IST
When you don’t want to hurt anyone, you may end up getting hurt! Cricket Australia could well have learnt this lesson the hard way. Of course, their defeat in the Adelaide Test was somewhat expected….
December 13, 2010, 12:46 AM IST
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Mission impossible in South Africa? No way!
December 12, 2010, 5:45 AM IST
The Indian team couldn’t have taken off on ‘Mission Impossible’ on a worse note: on the one hand, it has just blasted New Zealand from its presence; on the other, some of the biggest names of the game have already installed it as favourite for the World Cup.
December 12, 2010, 5:45 AM IST
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Not an ideal World Cup preparation
December 6, 2010, 7:09 PM IST
Is this the worst One-Day International team from New Zealand ever to have toured the sub-continent? Perhaps it is. They have lost all the four matches that they played in Bangladesh and all the three…
December 6, 2010, 7:09 PM IST
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The moment of reckoning for Indian cricket
December 5, 2010, 12:45 AM IST
Indian cricket has always been a strange paradox: when its team is on a roll, its board is in a shambles; when its board is rocking, its team all but splutters to a halt.
December 5, 2010, 12:45 AM IST
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CWG, Asiad have set the tone for future
November 28, 2010, 12:16 AM IST
What next? Prize boxer Vijender Singh was asked just after knocking down the 75kg gold on the penultimate day of the Asian Games on Friday. The 2012 Olympics, he replied without a trace of doubt or quiver of hesitation.
November 28, 2010, 12:16 AM IST
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One-point agenda
November 20, 2010, 6:01 PM IST
By Bob Houghton’s own admission, a coach when talking to the media is talking to his own players. Yet the much-respected chief coach of the Indian football team seemed to conveniently forget his audience when…
November 20, 2010, 6:01 PM IST
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Importing cricket laws to other sports
November 14, 2010, 8:22 PM IST
1. Bob Bryan serves 11th ace of the match. But the umpire says the point has to be replayed. 2. Barcelona magician Lionel Messi makes a fool of two defenders and curls the ball in…
November 14, 2010, 8:22 PM IST
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Start of revolution, or end of a dream?
November 14, 2010, 1:03 AM IST
Maybe, it was just a dream, maybe just a chimera; maybe, India is still a long way from becoming even a minor sporting power, let alone a major force in the world order.
November 14, 2010, 1:03 AM IST
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Of cricket gupshup and commitment
November 13, 2010, 7:05 PM IST
Cricket lends itself to gupshup more than any other sport. At the CCI the other day, one got to hear plenty. Holding forth was K Balaji, MD of The Hindu.
November 13, 2010, 7:05 PM IST
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Laxman just keeps going
November 10, 2010, 10:26 AM IST
Even as we marvel at Harbhajan Singh’s maiden Test century, let us not forget that wonderful player from down South, who has been one of India’s batting mainstay for the past decade in this format…
November 10, 2010, 10:26 AM IST
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Indian sportspersons: Colour Confusion
November 4, 2010, 2:40 PM IST
Asian Games start next week in China. That got me thinking about the colours in which our sportspersons represent India. For the longest, it was a wishy, washy, sky blue. A colour that was neither…
November 4, 2010, 2:40 PM IST
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Game plan survives pitch switch
November 1, 2010, 9:01 PM IST
A German football coach is sharing his wisdom on the game with a club in Mumbai. His broad aim, one would assume, is to contribute to Indian football. The man is Horst Wein, 68, a…
November 1, 2010, 9:01 PM IST
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