Brutally early training sessions are a leitmotif to athletics success stories, especially in the case of…
Year: 2023
“The Quest to be Perfect on an Imperfect day”: Abhinav Bindra
Olympic Day Special Sixteen months before the 2016 Rio Olympics, Abhinav and I were together at…
Ellyse Perry’s 99 Gives Australia the Edge, even as Sophie Ecclestone Shines
The much-anticipated Women’s Ashes series is up and running. Having won the toss, Alyssa Healy, Australia’s…
Colour TV, and 1983 – How Kapil’s Team Changed Indian Sport
For years now, sociologists and journalists have been engaged by the question: What is it that…
Mitchell Starc Could Play at Lord’s, Hints Andrew McDonald
Vaibhav Tripathi Andrew McDonald, Australia’s head coach, has explained Mitchell Starc’s absence in the first Ashes…
Remembering Yashpal Sharma – Warrior Whose 89 Sparked World Cup Glory Run
India’s World Cup triumph in 1983 was in many ways a victory of the foot soldiers.…
All-Conquering Australia, Minus Lanning, Start Ashes Defence with One-Off Test
It’s Ashes time again from Thursday, with a few changes. Instead of Pat Cummins, the focus…
Zaka Ashraf and Minister Play to the Gallery, Don’t do Pakistan any Favours
Zaka Ashraf, the incoming Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, has stirred a hornet’s nest by saying…