Aspirations. The Indian Olympic Association had to reach ahead of itself, asking for the Asian Games of 2014 and the Olympic Games of 2016. Great work Suresh Kalmadi & Co but what about our performance on the field?

Bindaas is how you describe the Wall these days. Rahul Dravid wears a smile even when you talk of the Greg (Chappell) effect

Chappell, you have to love or hate. Even if the Indian cricket coach says strategising is the same as experimenting

Dada, who lay low, returned to a winning team year-end

Estranged couple Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. Now off, now on, now off again at Doha

Fathers were talking the walk, be it Bhupathi’s father who made those sharp comments about Paes’ “attitude” or Sania Mirza’s father defending his ward over her skirt

Gender was in question, after runner Santhi Soundarajan won the silver at Doha. The hormones debate continues

Heavyweight, that’s hockey’s KPS Gill who everybody agrees should go but nobody is willing to sack

Ironical India, while the economy booms, sporting is still fighting for priority

Justification, the Indian sports administration excels in. Including the appointment of an English coach, Bob Houghton, for the national soccer squad, though funds remain dry. Logic hard to beat

Kayoed. Lifters of India were banned for drug abuse and when the ban was lifted, the federation did not have the money to pay a huge $ 50,000 fine. Lifters in limbo, yet

Lost, good money after bad. Money lost on an account from the PILCOM era is the issue between former CAB chief Jagmohan Dalmiya and Sharad Pawar

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