With stars like Phil Foden, Man City and Pep Guardiola can make it five-in- a-row

It was supposed to be tense. Nerve-wracking. The trouble was, someone forgot to tell Manchester City,…

Four-peat will put Manchester City in a league of their own

When the English Premier League (EPL) was launched amid much fanfare in the spring of 1992,…

‘They’re the calmest, most peaceful, men on the planet: Justin Langer on the KL Rahul-Sanjiv Goenka chat

According to Justin Langer, the coach of Lucknow Super Giants, his first reaction on seeing the…

How missing out on the ‘Greatest Series’ was the making of Jimmy Anderson

“I’m going to miss walking out for England so much,” said Jimmy Anderson’s statement after he…

IPL’s Moses banished into the wilderness

With TV channels, newspapers and social media debating the fallout of the Sanjiv Goenka-KL Rahul conversation…

Real Madrid use European heritage to pull off another Houdini act

Jose Mourinho’s speech about ‘football heritage’ has been watched by millions. And having spent three tumultuous…

The Sanjiv Goenka KL Rahul Visuals.

There was no running away from the starkness of the images. An India player, a bonafide…

Indian cricket, insecurity and personality cults

Cast your mind back to the last football World Cup, held in Qatar in 2022. For…

Remembering Ayrton Senna, the Rain Man

Every time a young gun flexes his muscles and starts raining down sixes in the Indian…

Agarkar, World T20 winner in his day, and panel play it safe

For the new generation of Indian cricket-watchers, Ajit Agarkar is the rather youthful-looking chairman of selectors.…