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…

No More Tragic Heroes – How India Fell Out of Love with Fourth Place

In real life, what best explains the phrase ‘so near, yet so far’? There can be…

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…

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…

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…