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Rafael Nadal, a mental giant ready to bow out

The final moments of an exciting career for the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal have arrived. The tennis great has announced that the Davis Cup final...

22.11.2024 10

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Indian cricket’s horror story

The Kiwis have begun to fly and fly high too! What else can one say after the spectacular performance of the New Zealand cricket team from the land of...

10.11.2024 10

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Bengaluru Test: Unexpected, but all is not lost!

From the peak of euphoria to the dumps of grief! Well Indian cricket team was hardly expected to experience this violent turn of fortunes. The defeat...

25.10.2024 20

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Kanpur experience infuses new life into Test cricket

Certain things in sports never fades away from memory. Like what happened in Kanpur in the second cricket Test between the visiting Bangladesh team...

13.10.2024 10

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Indian hockey’s good showing raises optimism

Highs and lows in performance are but part of sports at any time. Only, when they come one after the other there is a sea of emotion and as it...

25.09.2024 10

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Praiseworthy performance by Indian paralympic athletes in Paris

Whatever happened in the Paris Olympics nearly a month ago is now history. The emotions that ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat triggered after her...

10.09.2024 9

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India’s Olympics show could have been better

Paris Olympics 2024 is now part of history, done and dusted. The French city had hosted the event after a gap of 100 years and sure enough France can...

30.08.2024 4

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India’s Olympic dreams and disappointments

Paris, the city of light, finally closed the spectacle of a grand Olympics on a memorable note. Afterall the city is hosting the biggest sporting...

15.08.2024 10

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Shooter Manu Bhaker brings joy from Paris

T he biggest stage for sports on earth, the Olympics, is now wide open in Paris. New aspirations and dreams have taken the focus as over 11000...

01.08.2024 10

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A Spanish delight!

A Spanish delight that left the world of sports in awe! This simply put was what this European force in sports, Spain provided to the sporting fans...

20.07.2024 30

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T20 World Cup: A triumph to remember for India

M ission accomplished! That was the message from Bridgetown, Barbados, after the Men in the Blue ensured the country rose to become the T20 world...

02.07.2024 10

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A heady mix of sporting action

T his has been one long season of sporting spectacles that must certainly have been enthralling to the fans and even those uninitiated to the world of...

20.06.2024 7

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USA opens up to the World of Cricket

Cricket is spreading its wings. Someone like the great Vivian Richards, the West Indian legend, had some years ago wished that this should happen...

09.06.2024 10

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Sunil Chhetri’s exit will leave a deep vacuum in Indian football

T he last of the Titans of Indian football, Sunil Chhetri, has finally decided to take a bow. For 19 years, this 39-year-old has toiled for his...

25.05.2024 50

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Finally, Sanju Samson wins acceptance

T hese are hot times in the country. The mercury is sizzling and most parts of the country face an oppressive summer. This is also a hot period for...

12.05.2024 30

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D Gukesh the new whiz kid of Indian chess

It truly has been sweet seventeen for D Gukesh, the new whiz kid of Indian chess. In June last year, when he had just turned seventeen, this Chennai...

28.04.2024 30

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Brilliance of Dhoni, still the talking point!

T he roar turned to a crescendo as the man stepped out. The decibel level in the stadium touched a peak, even raising the potential of harming the...

24.04.2024 20

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Expectations grow, but disappointment too for Indian football

W hen it rains, it pours, is an English idiom, and that perhaps best explains the current difficult times in Indian football. First was the news of...

10.04.2024 20

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How IPL has changed the direction of cricket!

T he annual cricket festival has begun. Indeed, the Indian Premier League has come to that, an entertainment that has surpassed all expectations for...

28.03.2024 8

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Ravichandran Ashwin’s proud moment in Test cricket

I f only things fell in place just the way one wanted to or desired or yearned for, then sports may seem can be so predictable, but that rarely...

17.03.2024 10

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Indian talents aspiring for bigger goals

A sea of change seems to be happening in the Indian sports scene in general. Not only are newer talents emerging with elan, but they are also ready...

29.02.2024 10

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A Test series that is poised for a keen finish 

I n another two days, the India-England Test series resumes. Two of the five Tests have been completed, England won the first, and India grabbed the...

15.02.2024 20

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Success can come late in life, ask tennis star Rohan Bopanna!

H is greying beard is the only giveaway! Else, who would describe Rohan Bopanna as a grand old man of Indian tennis at 43 years old? Certainly not...

30.01.2024 6

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There can never be another Kaiser!

Another big name in the world of football, Franz Beckenbauer, has left us. The German legend who revolutionised the role of a central defender with...

17.01.2024 10

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The plight of women wrestlers and the sport

Every sportsperson would have been looking to the New Year with new hopes and aspirations. Additionally so in 2024, which is the year of the Olympics...

10.01.2024 20

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Year 2023, a mixed bag for Indian sports

O nly days remain for 2023 to slip into history. A time then for a quick look back on how things fared for India in the field of sports. It was a year...

26.12.2023 10

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R. Vaishali, a Grandmaster out to make it big

R . Vaishali is the latest to rise with a Grandmaster title. Chess in India has come a long way since Viswanathan Anand arrived on the scene during...

06.12.2023 6

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