Bumrah gets 10, Siraj 3 in IPL 2024 first quarter report card

Virat Kohli’s strike-rate in the ongoing IPL 2024 continues to divide opinion. Anything about Kohli accounts…

Big difference in the standard of I-League and ISL clubs: Andrey Chernyshov

Andrey Chernyshov, the Russian coach of Mohammed Sporting, was instrumental in the club winning the I-League…

Syed Abdul Rahim – the Man Indian Football Could Least Afford to Lose

In his poignant essay on the life and times of Colin Milburn, whose career ended after…

Smart Replay System has sped up IPL 2024

Viewed passionately from beyond the boundary, the 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has…

Could Sanju Samson be T20 World Cup X-Factor?

Sanju Samson has been one of the most talented players around. And yet, he himself would…

Gukesh joint-second after dramatic loss under time pressure at Candidates chess

Viswanathan Anand on official live commentary described it as a ‘tragedy’. It was a blunder from…

Bumrah gives India’s T20 team teeth it otherwise lacks

Royal Challengers Bangalore scored 196 in their 20 overs, and Mumbai Indians needed just 15.3 overs…

Advantage LSG against struggling DC

Lucknow Super Giants will take on Delhi Capitals in an IPL 2024 match at Lucknow’s Ekana…

Maidaan creates nostalgia, evokes sadness of wasted opportunity

The late, great PK Banerjee had narrated the story to this correspondent. After returning from the…

Maidaan extends SA Rahim’s journey in football fans’ collective consciousness

When Chadarghat High School Principal Shawcross told the diminutive lad that he had no future in…