1983 title was only a first step of a beautiful story: Kapil Dev
KAPIL DEV, captain of the Indian team that won the ICC World Cup in 1983, said the landmark achievement was only the first step in cricket’s journey into hearts of…
Getting set for another India-Pakistan cricket game, with a bagful of memories for company
What can bring large parts of two nations, with shared history, divided over time and at loggerheads politically ever since, to a standstill in peace-time? Indeed, an India-Pakistan contest in…
Shivpal Singh answers India’s need for the Diamond Miners
The gritty and resilient Shivpal Singh will sustain India’s link with the IAAF Diamond League this season when he competes with eight of the best contemporary javelin throwers in the…
There’s always something about Yuvraj Singh, powerful & vulnerable
There was something about watching Yuvraj Singh that was mostly powerful and joyous, confident and compelling, passionate and proud. And, paradoxically, at times, fragile and riddled with doubt. Yes, there…
NDTL reports massive spike in dope positives (AAFs) in 2019
There is a massive spike in the positives reported by the National Dope Testing Laboratory in 2019. In the first five months of this year, the laboratory found 189 positives…
Maisnam Meiraba, Malvika Bansod claim top honours in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3: Manipur’s top-seeded Maisnam Meiraba continued to dominate the junior badminton circuit, winning the boys (under-19) singles crown in the Yonex-Sunrise All-India junior ranking badminton tournament at the…
NDTL does not come out smelling of roses: Gomathi case
The National Dope Control Laboratory (NDTL) has not come out smelling of roses, being slack in reporting results of testing on urine samples of Indian athletes heading to compete in…
Rahul and Gayle’s failure in crunch game hurts Kings XI Punjab
In the end, a calm descended in the Kings XI Punjab camp. A calm that takes over when there is an air of resigned acceptance of the turn of events….