Thursday 5 November '09
As the sun warmed the quiet winter air, the bowler running in, opening his shoulders, and sending the ball zipping past the batsman...Sunday 25 October '09
In the summer of 2002, when Mohammad Kaif chased down a record 325 against England in the NatWest final at Lord’s, it seemed there was no turning back. But overlooked in recent years, he wonders why he never got the chance to make a comeback. The Sunday Express catches up with Kaif at his Noida home....Thursday
22 October '09Four years ago, the International Cricket Council — as boring and dogmatic a sports body as you will find — decided to do something radical.Saturday
17 October '09Mike Fennell warned Suresh Kalmadi that removing Mike Hooper from India 'would create severe problems of confidence in the ability of the OC to deliver the 2010 Games.'Friday
16 October '09In signs of further strain in ties between the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the Delhi 2010 organisers, Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi....Thursday
8 October '09This time, it was different. This time, they had to fight for it. Over the last eight years, Australia had blown Pakistan away for 132 at Lord’s...Thursday
1 October '09At Kingsmead in 2007, watching the Indian team prepare for the second Test after a miraculous win at Wanderers, it seemed like an odd time for Dilip Vengsarkar to bring up a young fast bowler from Delhi.Thursday
24 September '09The movement started again about three months ago, at first in a whisper here and a murmur there.Thursday
17 September '09My first memory of live football on TV is Diego Maradona. Not the 1986 World Cup, not Michel Platini’s missed penalty, not Rudi...Tuesday
15 September '09While Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi went into damage-control mode a day after the president of the Commonwealth Games...Thursday
10 September '09In Michelle Tramezzino’s fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, first published in Venice in the 16th century, the heroes...Thursday
3 September '09Watching BCCI officials openly sparring over control of the IPL this week reminded me of the story about the cats...Friday
28 August '09It was one Delhi Test I’m not likely to forget — Sachin Tendulkar’s 35th century, Kumble and Muralitharan’s five-wicket hauls...Thursday
20 August '09Tendulkar’s few rumblings are heeded. What about Sehwag’s rebellion?Thursday
13 August '09With Schumacher calling off his comeback, motor racing has lost the human story it desperately needed....Thursday
6 August '09In Goscinny and Uderzo’s Asterix at the Olympic Games, the puny Gaulish warrior won the golden palm by supplying his competitors...Thursday
30 July '09The BCCI has been at work behind the curtains, making some unexpected innovations....Thursday
23 July '09It was a moment of Zen. Andrew Flintoff was down on the Lord’s pitch on his aching knee, his arms spread like a mythical bird posing for a sculptor...Thursday
16 July '09Ponting’s prickliness is understandable: this series will define his captaincySunday
12 July '09With only a year to go for the Commonwealth Games, Indian Olympic Association chief Suresh Kalmadi has a tough job on his hands.Thursday
9 July '09A swan dress in 2007. A shorts-and-waistcoat tu-xedo in 2008. A cropped, polo-neck jacket in 2009. Maria Sharapova unveils something vibrant every Wimbledon.Thursday
25 June '09It’s a land of azure blue water and off-white sand, of a journey to find India that ended with the discovery...Thursday
18 June '09Once beatified, and now vilified, Dhoni takes India’s extremes in strideThursday
11 June '09When I think of interactions between the media and sportsmen, the first one that always comes to mind is a hilarious cross-fire...Thursday
4 June '09He might not have his rival’s flourish, but Rafael Nadal displays exemplary grace in his setback
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