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The dribbler is dead. Long live the dribbler!
July 11, 2010, 10:58 PM IST
As the FIFA World Cup comes to an end, I am still searching for that dark knight — that Abhimanyu-like warrior who moves swiftly down the flanks cutting into the enemy camp alone and attempts…
July 11, 2010, 10:58 PM IST
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Paul and People of India
July 11, 2010, 3:31 PM IST
The hype created around Paul, the Octopus, noted for some and notorious for others, for forecasting the outcome of FIFA World Cup matches, brings me in a tizzy for reasons more than one. It not…
July 11, 2010, 3:31 PM IST
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Spain vs Spain or Dutch vs Dutch
July 11, 2010, 5:48 AM IST
As the moment of deliverance arrives, the big question is not if Holland will really be crowned champions, as Mani the Parrot has predicted; at least half the world is grappling with a far more…
July 11, 2010, 5:48 AM IST
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Flying Dutchmen one step away
July 11, 2010, 2:04 AM IST
Drowned in the din of the vuvuzela, you’d think that the footballer has no voice. He screams silently, he whoops inaudibly. On Saturday evening then – a month after deafening silence in stadiums – in…
July 11, 2010, 2:04 AM IST
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Spain or Holland?
July 10, 2010, 8:26 PM IST
As the moment of deliverance arrives, the big question is not if Holland will really be crowned champions, as Mani the Parrot has predicted; at least half the world is currently grappling with a far…
July 10, 2010, 8:26 PM IST
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Bus Conductors vs Tram Drivers
July 10, 2010, 6:04 PM IST
On the day before the final, a few views and some moves Like a month has gone by and the final is upon us. Spain vs The Netherlands is like the 1985 World Championship of…
July 10, 2010, 6:04 PM IST
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Most desirable lady speaks out
July 10, 2010, 5:12 PM IST
These are not my thoughts but of the most sumptous lady in South Africa attending the World Cup. Read on: “They say Sakshi Singh Rawat and MS Dhoni are blushing most these days. I beg…
July 10, 2010, 5:12 PM IST
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All eyes on Sergio Busquets
July 9, 2010, 11:22 PM IST
Hard men in football are meant to be felt, not seen or heard. While others corner the glory, their’s is the thankless job of having to go unnoticed in a game. The more you see…
July 9, 2010, 11:22 PM IST
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Belief in bullshit: Prophetic Paul sowed negative germs in German psyche
July 9, 2010, 5:55 PM IST
Before Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, ‘Ides of March’ was a standard way of referring to March 15. As predicted by a soothsayer, Caesar was stabbed at the foot of a statue of…
July 9, 2010, 5:55 PM IST
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Baba Paul ki jai
July 8, 2010, 6:54 PM IST
Like Spain and the Netherlands need to quickly find out on how best to appease Baba Paul, the octopus, before Sunday’s final. Only Baba seems to be getting it right with his predictions. Fortunately, octopuses…
July 8, 2010, 6:54 PM IST
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A chink in the emperor’s armour
July 6, 2010, 10:41 AM IST
So, Roger Federer is human after all. We had our doubts all these years, even when Rafael Nadal made him cry at the Wimbledon two years ago. That gruelling five-set defeat was met with disbelief.
July 6, 2010, 10:41 AM IST
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Brazil are air apparent
July 6, 2010, 10:33 AM IST
The self-confessed football pundits may look at the following data as meaningless. But that doesn’t make Brazilians strong in the air. The Samba defeat in the Fifa World Cup quarterfinal against Holland once again exposed…
July 6, 2010, 10:33 AM IST
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Doosra is like another man in a woman’s life: Bedi
July 5, 2010, 8:22 PM IST
Bishen Singh Bedi, the wizard of the Golden Quartet, harping on the subject of chucking was befitting the occasion: the second Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture at that home of cricket, the Cricket Club of India,…
July 5, 2010, 8:22 PM IST
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Now, who will be the more lucky ones?
July 5, 2010, 7:34 PM IST
Like suddenly everyone is praising the youth factor in Germany’s progress to the semifinals. Had the Germans been knocked out earlier, the blame would have fallen on the same youth factor. Like it only goes…
July 5, 2010, 7:34 PM IST
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Of Brazil, Ghana and two heartbreaks in one night
July 3, 2010, 3:44 PM IST
It never really needed any kind of confirmation, but then this is it. Late Friday night we saw why football is the greatest game in the world, and, also why it always will be. No…
July 3, 2010, 3:44 PM IST
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Bylines, bonanza and blackout
July 3, 2010, 1:32 PM IST
There was no chance for me to celebrate International Sports Journalists Day on July 2 as there was work, work and work. And the usual tight-rope walking, balancing act you call it. Why because of…
July 3, 2010, 1:32 PM IST
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Some Gyan: Zanzibar to Ghana Bar
July 2, 2010, 7:54 PM IST
Sometime in early June of 2007, i was sitting with a group of African journalists at the ‘Ghana Bar’ in the Adam’s Morgan area of Washington DC.
July 2, 2010, 7:54 PM IST
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Oh GOF, please, please, please let Paraguay win the title
July 1, 2010, 5:22 PM IST
Like let’s all put our hands together and pray to the God of Football that Paraguay become World Champions. Only super model Larissa Riquelme streaking, as promised, with national colours can be more beautiful than…
July 1, 2010, 5:22 PM IST
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When millionaires play football, the poor get kicked around
July 1, 2010, 12:30 AM IST
I would be lying if I say I am not enjoying the football world cup in South Africa. There have been many spectacular moves and fantastic goals in this global festival. Like millions of others,…
July 1, 2010, 12:30 AM IST
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Silent predator who kills with guile
July 1, 2010, 12:07 AM IST
Cape Town: It was two years to the day that Spain won the European championship, their first title in 44 years. Vincent Del Bosque was answering one of the regulation questions asked at post-match press…
July 1, 2010, 12:07 AM IST
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