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Sehwag is right. Support him
August 19, 2009, 2:03 PM IST
To any observer of how sports in this country is managed, rather mismanaged, cricketer Virender Sehwag’s decision to challenge the honchos of Delhi and District Cricket Association comes as no surprise. The only surprise is…
August 19, 2009, 2:03 PM IST
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Saina beaten but not vanquished
August 16, 2009, 8:11 AM IST
From the outset, Saina Nehwal’s task at the World Championships was akin to scaling a 100-metre glass wall. After all, just a week ago, she was down with chicken pox and in no state to…
August 16, 2009, 8:11 AM IST
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England out, Pak must pay
August 10, 2009, 2:34 AM IST
Now that England have pulled out of the World Badminton Championships citing security fears, there’ll be a lot of debate over whether the terror threat was really that real or if the English over-reacted. Indian…
August 10, 2009, 2:34 AM IST
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An evening with shadows across the playing field
August 8, 2009, 10:07 PM IST
Sea Lounge. Taj Palace. Shashi Tharoor (or indeed Shaharyar Khan) couldn’t have hoped for a more devastating location for the launch of their new book: Shadows across the playing field; 60 years of India-Pakistan cricket….
August 8, 2009, 10:07 PM IST
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‘Shame’ Warne’s advice: Get nasty
August 6, 2009, 2:53 AM IST
As some of my Aussie friends would say, another day and another sad little blog from Tushar. But as things stand today, Australian sportspersons – if you could call them that – keep getting from…
August 6, 2009, 2:53 AM IST
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Joh WADA kiya
August 4, 2009, 3:51 PM IST
Is the BCCI – reportedly motivated by the objection of 9 male and two women Indian cricketers – doing the right thing by forcing a showdown with WADA, the London-based World Anti-Doping Agency which monitors…
August 4, 2009, 3:51 PM IST
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Question to BCCI: Kya hua tera Wada?
August 3, 2009, 8:57 PM IST
Indian cricketers have refused to sign on the dotted line that brings them under World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) regime and makes random testing mandatory for them. The BCCI has backed them. Why? The reason, we…
August 3, 2009, 8:57 PM IST
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Can the board shake off Big Brother?
August 2, 2009, 10:57 AM IST
As far as cricketers care, Big Brother is just that a half-wit in black trousers, white coat and floppy hat: a harmless, little-old fellow who, at the worst, adjudicates against all of them each and…
August 2, 2009, 10:57 AM IST
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Why Figo and Henry shouldn’t be in world team
July 28, 2009, 1:18 PM IST
A prominent football website has selected football’s world team of the decade 2000-2010. And the team is: Gianluigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Claude Makelele, Luis Figo, Zinadine Zidane, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo…
July 28, 2009, 1:18 PM IST
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Of missed buses and champion babies
July 25, 2009, 8:57 PM IST
Over the last few days, the more observant sporty ones among you must have been struck by a very relevant and important question: has the Indian cricket team embarked on a trip to another solar…
July 25, 2009, 8:57 PM IST
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More love for Ricky Ponting
July 23, 2009, 8:28 PM IST
Pride comes before the fall, thus goes the saying. Probably, no one told Ricky Ponting this. But then, life has its ways of teaching you the bitter truths. In the end, you just have to…
July 23, 2009, 8:28 PM IST
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Time to devise plans to save cricket
July 18, 2009, 8:20 PM IST
For all those who are desperately looking for a new dawn in the ‘invisible’ fire lit by the ongoing Ashes, here is a downer: it is nothing but a false sun. True, the first Test…
July 18, 2009, 8:20 PM IST
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Ponting: A short story
July 13, 2009, 5:28 PM IST
This is the story of a boy who never grew up. This is also a story of a player who probably ranks third in the history of modern cricket. And again, this is a story…
July 13, 2009, 5:28 PM IST
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Like the phoenix, Dravid rises again
July 12, 2009, 12:17 AM IST
Rahul Dravid might want to check if he has inherited any genes from the phoenix. Just as he was resigning to life in the final lane called Test cricket, like that mythical bird, he has…
July 12, 2009, 12:17 AM IST
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Deconstructing Buchanan and his book
July 10, 2009, 5:35 PM IST
For a coach who wanted 4, or was it 11, captains for his team, it is no surprise that he couldn’t settle on a single title for his book. John Buchanan’s literary offering on cricket…
July 10, 2009, 5:35 PM IST
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An open letter to John Buchanan
July 9, 2009, 8:09 PM IST
Dear John What have you done? Stirring a hornet’s nest just to sell your book? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Look’s like we’ll have to name you Little John now, in spite of that 6’3 frame. Why…
July 9, 2009, 8:09 PM IST
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We are a useless sporting nation
July 7, 2009, 1:31 PM IST
The more I watch the Europeans, Americans and Chinese perform in sports, the more I get convinced that Indians are not made for sporting activities. We neither have the physical attributes to succeed at the…
July 7, 2009, 1:31 PM IST
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Has Federer entered a higher plane?
July 6, 2009, 9:12 PM IST
If Roger Federer looks back at 2008, he might want to treat himself to a wry smile. Last year, same time same place, he was at his exquisite best, mixing sublime passes with outrageous winners…
July 6, 2009, 9:12 PM IST
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Charles Darwin and Adam Smith would both root for IPL
July 6, 2009, 3:10 PM IST
Though India got knocked out of the World Cup, it can still boast of being the inventor of IPL. In many ways, the IPL is the reverse image of the World Cup. While the World…
July 6, 2009, 3:10 PM IST
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Roddick won too
July 6, 2009, 4:34 AM IST
As if it needed any confirmation, Roger Federer on Sunday firmly established himself as the king of modern tennis. After a gruelling 4-hour, 16-minute match final against Roddick, Fedex is where no other man’s been…
July 6, 2009, 4:34 AM IST
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