RevSportz Comment As his managerial star waned, after a succession of underwhelming performances and scandals in…
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Shakib Al Hasan, and how skills have always gone hand-in-hand with controversy
By the time the World Cup caravan moved to Guyana at the end of March 2007,…
How do you win a transfer window?
RevSportz Comment It was Sky’s wall-to-wall coverage of English football, which started with the advent of…
How India’s ‘insufferable arrogance’ has kept Test cricket alive
RevSportz Comment Matthew Engel edited The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 12 times between 1993 and 2007. “India…
Socrates, football and the power of popular icons
Sportspersons acting according to the dictates of their conscience is hardly something new. The last time…
Business as usual on the pitch as Manchester City start their season of reckoning
On the field, it was business as usual. Under Todd Boehly’s ownership, Chelsea’s transfer policy has…
How Antoine Dupont and Leon Marchand inspired home crowds to make Paris an Olympic to remember
Good luck, Los Angeles, you’ll certainly need it. While there may have been more than a…
The Vinesh Phogat saga and making weights – right idea, wrong execution
There is a reason why there are weight classes in combat sports. For the most vivid…
Marquez’s words ring true as Indian football searches for its Okudera
“My feeling is that Indian players are very comfortable. Life is very good for them in…
In four years’ time, cricket will grab headlines even in the Olympic fortnight
For decades now, the Olympic fortnight has been the time when India’s athletes and those from…