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Seema’s limitless inner strength comes to the fore

A little over two years ago, Dr. Seema Yadav went on her first serious road run with a group of friends she had met in the local gym in Faridabad. Now, despite…

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Meenal Kotak finds solace on the road

The cheerful Chartered Accountant returned from Germany, armed with an MBA from the Mannheim Business School and wonderful memories of batch-mates from several nations, beer festivals, fast food, back-packing trips…

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Neeraj nails it

Bhubaneswar: His nerves are made of steel, he responds brilliantly to pressure as if he is ignorant of what it can do to the best and, what’s more, he is all…

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The conquest adds to challenge of other sport

We thought we understood the role of and the power that cricket wields in this wonderful land of ours back in 2007 when Mumbai came to a grinding halt as…

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Can we have more of that, please?

Can we have more of that, please? What a great Test match we have been fortunate to watch unfold before our eyes. It is not just because India scripted an…

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India needs more than Bindra’s gold: A change of attitude

The strains of the National Anthem from an Olympic arena; the sight of the Tricolour being flanked by two other flags and a calm, composed Abhinav Bindra on the podium,…

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Wake up guys, this is not hit and giggle cricket

DURBAN – All right. It’s time to stick my neck out and fellow traditionalists to start breathing easy. T20 is not about to corrupt cricket technique. If anything, it has…

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Durban falls silent as carnival rolls out of town

DURBAN – The ICC World Twenty20 caravan has been away from town over the weekend but will return soon with a Super Eights game between New Zealand and England on…

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Posted in Cricket ICC World Twenty20 2007

Lure of the unknown beckons adventurers

Durban – The lure of the unknown always makes for a fascinating story. Man’s instinctive attraction to the unknown finds new expression in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament. None of the…

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