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Chak de! India: Hockey’s great Holi gift
February 28, 2010, 11:51 PM IST
I belong to a generation for which the real India-Pakistan sporting rivalry was about hockey, not cricket. I was told by my father about the great victory in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, when we beat…
February 28, 2010, 11:51 PM IST
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Time to rekindle an old romance
February 28, 2010, 3:31 PM IST
As the cab swung into the arterial road leading into India Gate, like always, a sense of pride and awe filled one up. But, this time, the feeling lasted barely a fleeting second. Up ahead,…
February 28, 2010, 3:31 PM IST
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Taming the Tiger within
February 28, 2010, 2:17 PM IST
In the light of Tigergate and now Terrygate — the embarrassing disclosures of golf icon Tiger Woods and soccer star John Terry’s sexcapades — sports folk have got to put their thinking caps on about…
February 28, 2010, 2:17 PM IST
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Felicitate John Terry, someone
February 27, 2010, 8:54 PM IST
I am not a very keen football fan – just one who occasionally sits down for a match. And promptly goes off to sleep if there are more than 20 goalless minutes at a stretch….
February 27, 2010, 8:54 PM IST
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Will India play in 2014 World Cup? No way, never
February 23, 2010, 8:17 PM IST
Rio de Janeiro: “When will India qualify for the world cup,” asked Bruno. “Never, I guess,” I said. “No, they can qualify some day,” said Bruno. “Maybe, but certainly not for 2014, which will be…
February 23, 2010, 8:17 PM IST
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Why being world’s best cricket team feels so good
February 18, 2010, 4:52 PM IST
We will remember the moment as long as we live. Late in the day, in the fading light, as we had all given up on hopes of victory, Harbhajan Singh struck. As Morkel played the…
February 18, 2010, 4:52 PM IST
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This Indian team cannot beat class teams
February 9, 2010, 5:56 PM IST
The South African cricket team has put the world’s official No. 1 test team in its place this evening by inflicting on them a humiliating defeat by an inning and 6 runs. I sincerely hope our…
February 9, 2010, 5:56 PM IST
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Why India deserved to lose the first Test
February 9, 2010, 4:49 PM IST
There are many kinds of defeat. The one we received at the hands of South Africa in Nagpur on Tuesday was both comprehensive and humiliating. When were we last so badly outplayed at home? You…
February 9, 2010, 4:49 PM IST
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Afridi has a ball… almost
February 1, 2010, 7:08 PM IST
Shahid Afridi has got to be the most entertaining player in world cricket, and it doesn’t always have to do with his cricketing talent.His recent antics included confusing the cricket ball with the forbidden fruit…
February 1, 2010, 7:08 PM IST
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Dark clouds hover over Indian sport
January 30, 2010, 11:56 PM IST
Every dark cloud, they say, has a silver lining; when it comes to Indian sport, however, the silver lining is nothing but a mirage. It is a trick played on our eye and will vanish…
January 30, 2010, 11:56 PM IST
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Love for the game alone pulls Pak players to IPL, not money
January 28, 2010, 10:55 AM IST
The reported decision by the Deccan Chargers to get Pakistan’s Abdul Razzaq as replacement for an injured player in the third installment of the Indian Premier League would be widely hailed. Commentators, who were distraught…
January 28, 2010, 10:55 AM IST
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After Bangladesh, can we beat South Africa?
January 27, 2010, 8:42 PM IST
India has just scored an emphatic 2-0 victory over Bangladesh. Barring the opening day of the two-Test series that witnessed a middle-order collapse, India were pretty much on top for most of the series. …
January 27, 2010, 8:42 PM IST
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Case of missing Pakistani players
January 24, 2010, 2:51 AM IST
The Pakistan episode of the IPL is turning out to be like a gripping murder mystery. The body is there for all to see; there are enough suspects, motives and witnesses too. But somehow we…
January 24, 2010, 2:51 AM IST
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IPL franchisees are right in ignoring Pak players
January 21, 2010, 2:03 PM IST
The media has been relentless in panning the IPL franchisees for ignoring Pakistan players for the third instalment of Indian Premier League. Commentators and intellectual columnists have uniformly cried foul over this shameful omission. My take…
January 21, 2010, 2:03 PM IST
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No Pakistani in IPL is a matter of shame
January 20, 2010, 4:53 PM IST
It defies logic that nobody wanted to buy the 11 Pakistani players in the IPL 3 auction on Tuesday. What’s the reason? Let us go through what has been proffered by the men and women involved with IPL.
January 20, 2010, 4:53 PM IST
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Time to free Indian sport from self-serving masters
January 17, 2010, 1:19 AM IST
It is not often that a bolt from the blue brings a smile on your face; it, however, evoked a delighted roar on Friday when the national rifle association was dismantled and its honourable president…
January 17, 2010, 1:19 AM IST
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Manish Pandey is a red hot batting talent
January 14, 2010, 5:49 PM IST
Last May when Manish Pandey became the first Indian player to score a century in an IPL game, he was immediately hailed as a new batting star. I hadn’t seen that game and was sceptical…
January 14, 2010, 5:49 PM IST
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Hockey players need money, dignity and immunity from bungling babus
January 13, 2010, 7:56 PM IST
The Indian national hockey players have decided to resume practice for the World Cup Hockey tournament beginning in Delhi on March 13, 2010, after the team sponsors, Sahara, decided to release Rs1 crore to be…
January 13, 2010, 7:56 PM IST
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Turf fight leaves hockey HI & dry
January 10, 2010, 1:21 AM IST
When Indian hockey slipped into a new body more than a year ago, one thought it would be saying HI to a new system, to a new way of thinking too; sadly, it looks like…
January 10, 2010, 1:21 AM IST
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Déjà vu for Pak coach Intikhab
January 6, 2010, 9:52 PM IST
History repeats itself in strange ways. Ask Pakistan’s cricket coach Intikhab Alam. Exactly 37 years ago when he was Pakistan’s captain, his team had lost in a similar fashion from a winning position.
January 6, 2010, 9:52 PM IST
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