Japan’s German brigade bite the hand that feeds them!

Germany Undone by Japan’s Bundesliga Brigade   Hajime Moriyasu, Japan’s under-rated coach, made some excellent substitutions,…

Need to be smart to keep bilateral cricket relevant!

-Boria Majumdar We keep hearing that bilateral cricket contests aren’t relevant anymore. People are losing interest.…

The story of Salem Al-Dawsari: From headbutting referee to scoring the stunner against Argentina

-Debasis Sen Saudi Arabian winger Salem Al Dawsari has always been in the news in his…

Herve Renard, Saudi Arabia’s coach, used the template that had been so successful for him in Africa, to stop Argentina’s incredible sequence of results.

Herve Renard and The Biggest of Upsets   The French coach, with no CV to speak…

AIFF will act strongly against clubs found guilty of match-fixing: Kalyan Chaubey

-Anilava Chatterjee, Qatar: The All-India Football Federation (AIFF) will impose strict sanctions for any clubs found…

Iran lost on the field but won off it!

-Boria Majumdar Sports and politics mix: they always have and always will. Anyone who suggests the…

Is the Cup ‘Coming Home’? A take on England vs Iran.

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Is the Cup coming home? After the 50 and 20-over cricket World Cups? Early…

When stuck in the desert, take a camel instead!!! || First day first show in Qatar.

-Boria Majumdar First day first show in Qatar When you send colleagues to cover an international…

Unlucky 13? Not quite on the opening night!

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Unlucky 13? Yes, if you were Enner Valencia in the third minute of the…

The endless criticism of Qatar is both grating and hypocritical. The west’s sense of moral superiority shouldn’t be allowed to overshadow a great spectacle.

When Qatar and Ecuador kick off at the 60,000-capacity retractable-roof Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, it…