I am old-fashioned and love to watch cricket that is played in white clothes and with the red cricket ball but, having said that, I am not so hung up that I have not enjoyed its evolution – some would say the opposite – in the form of the one-day international and, more recently,...
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“I hate you, I hate you.” The slow motion replay rubbed it in. Problem was, the replay was not on tape that could be erased but in his mind. It was almost as if he was cursed to go through an out-of-body experience each time he thought of the bout that changed his life....
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Three-time Asian champion Taufik Hidayat, the first man to win the Olympic and World Championship titles in successive years in 2004 and 2005, says he is excited at returning to India for the Badminton Asia Championship beginning at the spanking new Siri Fort Badminton Stadium in Delhi on April 12.
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India fast bowler Zaheer Khan speaks about the challenge of bowling to an explosive pair of opening batsmen, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir. The left-arm pacemen from Mumbai has faced that task when squaring up against the Delhi batsmen.
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Last week, I was privileged to speak with India’s only badminton player was won the  men’s crown in the Asian Championship. Dinesh Khanna won the inaugural edition of the event in 1965 and went on to get the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games at Kingston in Jamaica the following year. He assesses India’s...
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The legend of Dhyan Chand lives on in the hearts of Indian sports fans, even though many generations of Indians have not had the privilege of watching the wizard unveil his magic on the hockey pitch. Many years later, Balbir Singh Sr. was revered across the nation for being part of teams that won...
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