Rohit Sharma’s India deserves a better venue than Kanpur’s Green Park
Some time back Kanpur’s Green Park, India’s pre-independence Test cricket centre, had got a much nee...
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Who’s Shohei Ohtani? Baseball sensation, Kohli-Bumrah rolled into to, Samurai with Hello Kitty cuteness
Months before a 60-year-old woman with Indian roots might become the US president, a 30-year-old Jap...
Why doesn’t India respect Ravindra Jadeja – the GOAT all-rounder?
Why is Ravindra Jadeja, despite his incredible body of work, India’s most underrated cricketer ever?...
Future loading… but please wait: Can Jaiswal, Gill & co. help India move past Rohit-Virat era?
In March this year, India’s very young Test team out-Bazballed England. In the fifth and final Test ...
Why Italy doesn’t go nuts over Jannik Sinner
When compared to his country’s underwhelming tennis legacy, Jannik Sinner is a clear over-achiever. ...
Jay Shah’s era of calm consensus and cricket’s missing nay-sayers
Cricket’s era of unanimity is well and truly upon us. Jay Shah’s unchallenged elevation as ICC chief...
Why did Olympian Archana Kamath choose academics over TT? Because she could
Late last year The Indian Express sports team undertook the back-breaking exercise of compiling back...
Ma Long, So long: How silly memes of a shooting dad and breakdancing novice, overshadowed TT legend’s Olympics farewell
At Paris 2024, he played a bit part in China winning the table tennis team gold. For the uninitiated...
Affable Neeraj, Angry Neeraj, Pragmatic Neeraj, Avenger Neeraj make a Champion Neeraj
Not finding the rhythm to defend his Tokyo Games javelin gold at the storied Stade de France colosse...
Vinesh Phogat, like Simone Biles, proves her baiters wrong; beats unbeatable Yui Susaki
Simone Biles and Vinesh Phogat don’t play the same sport; nor are they Olympians of equal stature. T...
Why China-Sweden TT rivalry isn’t bitter? Thank Jan-Ove Waldner
The other night in Paris, a 22-year-old rookie knocked out the World No.1. Just another upset in the...
Paris 2024: Why those who called Biles a ‘whiny quitter,’ Vinesh a ‘khota sikka’ are nervous
Simone Biles and Vinesh Phogat don’t play the same sport; nor are they Olympians of equal stature. T...
Hardik’s demotion: Vice-captaincy a fancy designation with no perks, power or immunity
Perceptions in Indian cricket change in a matter of weeks. And at times it can have nothing to do wi...
Quick comment: After loss to Alcaraz, end of Djokovic era near – GOAT missing arch rivals Federer, Nadal
These are the kind of matches that play tricks with the minds of players approaching their 40s. One-...
Wimbledon have a heart, love Novak Djokovic and cheer Carlos Alcaraz too
It’s Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic on the final Sunday of the Wimbledon once again. Last time Djo...
Why Novak Djokovic wished Gooooodnight to fans? Is it because of Wimbledon’s Roger Federer fixation?
In an extraordinary reaction, Novak Djokovic called out a section of the Wimbledon crowd at the end ...
Big Boys Do Cry: Rohit, Kohli, Dravid and a World Cup of dream
Before the hurricane hit Barbados on Sunday, a flood of tears had swept its famous cricket ground. I...
India vs South Africa: Champion or choker? World will judge them tonight – but that’s not fair
TEAM INDIA hasn’t won an ICC World Cup since 2011. South Africa’s record is worse – they are yet to ...
David Johnson’s death and cricket’s depressingly inglorious uncertainties
A few years back, unable to bear the sudden silence of his post-retirement life at his home at Meeru...
Pakistan cricket’s nafrat ki dukaan and the economics of Outrage industry
He was once the unverified Virat Kohli of Pakistan cricket. Now Ahmed Shehzad, 32, is an angsty, bit...
World T20: How the fearless Rishabh Pant nosed ahead of Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal
Last year in October during the 50-overs World Cup in India, former England captain and cricket corr...
World T20: India no favourites, don’t believe the hype; trust Rohit, he has a plan
That all-too-familiar chant has started ringing – the World T20 Cup is once again coming home, back ...
Why the star-obsessed Indian cricket needs commoner coach Gautam Gambhir?
Back in 2012, Kolkata Knight Riders, like this season, was in Chennai for their first IPL final. On ...
On IPL’s big day, two-minute silence for an English amateur, salute to cricket’s unpaid loyalists
Last week The Times, London, carried a heartrending obit of Jonathan Mills, a 55-year-old club crick...
Why Pat Cummins’s SRH reminds of Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals? Maybe it’s the Patitude
Pat Cummins isn’t the kind of Aussie that India has grown up watching and grudgingly appreciated. He...
Virat Kohli vs Commentators: Bring out the popcorn, tune in to yet another player-pundit battle at World T20
In this week’s less-talked about IPL news, Virat Kohli questioned the credentials of those calling t...
The Magnus Carlsen playbook can help Gukesh deal with India’s intrusive fan frenzy
There was this moment at the early morning grand reception at the Chennai airport when D Gukesh acte...
Virat Kohli, India and cricket are being muscled out of T20 by new-age big-hitters
There was a time when Virat Kohli was the proud owner of that rare all-format batting template. Test...
Pakistan cricket’s cauldron of intrigue stirs again… Must be a World Cup round the corner
Maybe, it is the din of the IPL that drowned the pandemonium next door. Of late, a lot has happened ...
Is Mayank Yadav the real deal? Science, spirit and speed-sculptors seem to think so
When Pakistan stumbles upon 150 kph fast bowlers, its instinct is to fast-track them into the nation...