Cricket captains, known and unknown
Former Hyderabad off-spinner V Ramnarayan shares some deep insights into the art of captaincy, sharing his experience of playing with…
Year: 2020
ADDPs mess up orders
G Rajaraman It is worrisome that a recent National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) order has clear signs that the panel…
Ministry has to sort out mess soon
If National Sports Federations, reeling under the sudden loss of Government recognition en masse, expected the Ministry of Youth Affairs…
Ministry must ensure athletes’ safe return to training before advocating competition
Athletes’ overall health, not just securing them from the outbreak of COVID-19, must always be kept in mind when planning…
SGFI gets away with only a gentle rap on its knuckles
A lot of eyebrows have been raised after it became known that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports would…
IPL needs Open Minds Behind Closed Doors
Can you visualise the Indian Premier League being played behind closed doors, as some have suggested, and the thought seems…
Bid to unseat Batra as FIH & IOA Chief meets swift end
An ill-advised international expedition has ground to a halt on Friday, with International Hockey Federation (FIH) Integrity Unit and International…
Coaching: An Athlete’s Perspective
Olympian and 1998 Asian Games bronze medallist Rachita Panda-Mistry and 2004 South Asian Games gold medallist Sandeep Sarkaria paint an…
Gomathi gets four-year ban
A little over a year after she caught the imagination of fans of sport in India with a gold-medal winning…
Cricket Conversations – The Great Indian Assembly Line
Hemant Kenkre and G Rajaraman strike up a conversation that looks at how the ‘assembly line’ of Indian cricket has…