How Lata Mangeshkar Sang for India’s World Cup Heroes

At the time when India won the Prudential World Cup in 1983, Indian cricket was not…

Balancing factor in bunch of movers and shakers

It was an inter-district match at Saurashtra’s Bhavnagar in 2006. Rajkot had lost the match. It…

Cheteshwar Pujara – Always Damned by the Dravid Comparisons

Cheteshwar Pujara is still only 35. With sports science, nutrition, and recovery methods so much more…

Looking back at the Champions Trophy win. Under MS Dhoni

India’s last ICC title. It was 9.30pm in Edgbaston and the presentation had just ended after…

Neeraj Chopra and a 100-Year-Old Dream

For years on end, Indian athletes have come to the Olympic stadium early, and left within…

PV Sindhu: The Story of India’s Wonder Woman in Rio

Brutally early training sessions are a leitmotif to athletics success stories, especially in the case of…

“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…

Stockholm 1912 and Berlin 1916 – India’s False Starts at the Olympic Games

When did India’s engagement with the Olympic movement start? And to what date can we trace…

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…

“The Asian Cup is Where We Judge Our Progress”: Sunil Chhetri

The interview was fixed for 11:45am, soon after Sunil Chhetri was supposed to finish a team…