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Laying A Rich Manure, Hoping For Buds And Blossoms!
The true legacy of the Under-17 World Cup in India will be felt only if there is a long-term strategy for maintaining and finding proper use for the upgraded infrastructure. Football and budding footballers need more grounds to play and the World Cup and its Mission XI MILLION PROJECT have planted seeds of a football revolution. The role of nurturing it after the biennial event will be a tough, but absolutely vital task
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October 14, 2017
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'A Sporting Milestone For India'
The hosting of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup gives India the chance to rub shoulders with the best in this age-group tournament. The growing sense of anticipation surrounding the event has also attracted the Indian corporates. Bank of Baroda, in December, 2016, became the first national sponsor of the tournament.
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October 14, 2017
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Contemporary Versus History: A Spin Debate
After a detailed analysis, V. RAMNARAYAN concludes that it is too early yet to acknowledge the superiority of our current crop of spin bowlers over their predecessors.
6 min |
October 21, 2017
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What The Numbers Say
Here’s a STATISTICAL ANALYSIS of five prominent contemporary Indian spinners.
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October 21, 2017
Sportstar
How Does This Top Spin?
Though the name of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme does suggest Olympics and medals there, the accent of late seems to have been on the Asian Games and, to a lesser extent, the Commonwealth Games. It sounds odd to have a SCHEME TARGETING an Olympic medal and yet not having enough athletes chosen for the global event while packing it with Asian Games probables.
7 min |
October 28, 2017
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Guardiola's System Paying Off In City
Chelsea came unstuck as Crystal Palace finally found the SCORING TOUCH, while Manchester City continue to impress.
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October 28, 2017
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Let Pandya Be Pandya!
Hardik Pandya is not, and never will be the next Kapil Dev. There are some players who come around once in a generation, and others once in a lifetime. Kapil Dev is the latter, a man who changed Indian cricket forever. There will never be another Kapil Dev, but, that is nothing to be sad about. Rather, there is a genuine opportunity for Pandya to EXPAND HIS GAME in such a manner that future generations will ask who the next Pandya is, writes ANAND VASU.
6 min |
November 4, 2017
Sportstar
Time To Kick Our Football Long And Hard!
Now with the lights dimmed at the Salt Lake Stadium and the CONFETTI CLEARED post the nightly revelries of October 28, the arduous voyage to reshape India’s football destiny begins.
5 min |
November 11, 2017
Sportstar
Impressive Indeed!
During the course of the last month in India, the FIFA U-17 World Cup showcased a number of teenagers, who SHOWED THE POTENTIAL to go on to greater things. Here is a look at a few of them. By N. SUDARSHAN.
4 min |
November 11, 2017
Sportstar
Business As Usual
Manchester City notched their eighth successive Premier League win to maintain their five-point cushion at the top of the table as Manchester United stayed in touch with a HARD-FOUGHT WIN against Tottenham Hotspur.
3 min |
November 11, 2017
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A Travel Through Naxal Territory
“We reached Raipur a little late, and by the time we left for Balangir, it was almost sunset. Most of the players looked scared as our bus travelled through the NAXAL-HIT AREA,” Pankaj Singh recalls.
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November 11, 2017
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A Take On Overtakes!
Max Verstappen was penalised for an OVERTAKING MANOEUVRE, but some others got away scot-free. Why?
4 min |
November 11, 2017
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The Claymore Mine!
Rafael Nadal’s 10 French Open crowns, the La Décima, as Nadal calls it in Spanish, is three more than runner-up Chris Evert and four more than Bjorn Borg at Roland Garros. It also BREAKS THE OPEN ERA RECORD at any major he had shared with Navratilova who won nine Wimbledons.
10+ min |
June 24, 2017
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Rain? Not Again!
No competition should depend on the weather. However, the current Champions Trophy has invariably been AFFECTED BY BAD WEATHER, and so some teams have benefited from it while others have suffered because of it.
3 min |
June 24, 2017
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Natural Game Should Not Be Tampered With
“I have been coaching for a long, long time now. I did not have any ambitions and did not look for awards. Cricket coaching is a challenge to me. I will CONTINUE TO COACH for as long as I can," says Ramakant Achrekar.
10 min |
June 24, 2017
Sportstar
Time To Move On?
The football transfer market has been abuzz with some exciting but HIGHLY SPECULATIVE moves of late. Here’s a pick of the most interesting, but yet-to-be confirmed moves, involving some of the biggest names in the footballing world.
3 min |
June 24, 2017
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Sevens - The Passion Of Malappuram
Sevens football KEEPS THE BEAUTIFUL GAME ALIVE IN KERALA. It also helps players of varying skills make a living.
9 min |
June 24, 2017
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Ushering In A New Era
Ultimate Table Tennis’ mission to be a ‘world class league that inspires the youth, entertains and ENGAGES FANS, drives development at grassroots level and delivers value to all the stakeholders’ is certainly achievable.
4 min |
June 24, 2017
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A Tale Of The Tail!
It’s a dead-heat between Adam Gilchrist and Kapil Dev as to who was the best lower order batsman ever. And I haven’t chosen these two names as a cop-out solution. They were SIMPLY TOO GOOD, actualising their potential and setting a threshold by which future generations of players too would be judged.
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January 7, 2017
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Goal No. 600 For Messi
Lionel Messi’s strike from a free­kick helped Barcelona to a 1­0 win over second­placed Atletico Madrid.
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March 24, 2018
Sportstar
A Dash Of Tiger In Virat
A few years back, I had said that Virat Kohli will bring a more dashing edge to the captaincy like Tiger Pataudi did in the 1960s. At that time it was not known that he was dating a film star like Tiger did, but it was simply the way he carried himself on the field.
3 min |
March 24, 2018
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‘Keep It Simple'
The year was 2013. Karnataka was playing Delhi in a Ranji Trophy game at the Feroze Shah Kotla and I had just started my career.
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March 24, 2018
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One Had A Blister, The Other Was Simply Blistering!
Roger Federer uses every weapon in his vast arsenal to EXPLOIT EVERY WEAKNESS of his younger opponents. “It is cruel sometimes,” the 35-year-old Swiss noted in his Centre Court interview after punishing Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in a disappointing Wimbledon final. Federer was referring to the foot blister that hampered the 28-year-old Croat.
6 min |
July 29, 2017
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Willing Her Way Past A Williams!
Garbine Muguruza made history as the first player to beat both Serena and Venus Williams, her girlhood role models, in Grand Slam finals. With just four overall titles, two of which are majors, the AMBITIOUS SPANIARD REMAINS mystifying inconsistent. Will her boom-and-bust cycles return, or will she reign in the post-Serena era? And, whatever happens, don’t count the venerable Venus Williams out, too.
6 min |
July 29, 2017
Sportstar
A Struggle At SW19
A bunch of four Indian kids —Zeel Desai, Mahak Jain, Mihika Yadav and Siddhant Banthia — SHOWED THAT SUCCESS is hard to come by, even in doubles, at SW19.
3 min |
July 29, 2017
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Adding Another Hue To The Rainbow?
Apart from reinforcing his DEIFIED STATUS by comparing him to Lord Krishna in the Hindu mythology, it is hard to note what new fact or perspective Devendra Prabhudesai has come up with, in Hero, his biography of Sachin Tendulkar.
4 min |
July 29, 2017
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My Satisfaction Stems From How Much I Can Torment The Batsmen
“Unfortunately or fortunately most team captains have been batsmen and when it comes to leading the side and taking a decision everything is based on what he feels and thinks is easy or difficult for him. That’s always been a BANE FOR A BOWLER,” says Ravichandran Ashwin in a free-wheeling chat with G. VISWANATH.
10+ min |
August 5, 2017
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Indian Women's Spirited Show And The Unsporting Aussies
Despite the loss in the final, the performance of the Indian women’s team has made everybody SIT UP and take notice. In almost every match there has been some player or the other who has put her hand up and taken the team home.
3 min |
August 5, 2017
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The Transfer Market Absurdity
I’m working hard on my vocabulary for this one,but I’m stuck with absurd,outlandish, ridiculous and bizarre. The European football transfer market is all this and more. And it’s come to a point where I don’t know what to make out of it any more!
3 min |
August 5, 2017
Sportstar
Pakistan: From Outsider To Champion
Pakistan put behind the caning it received against India in Edgbaston. And on June 18, it left The Oval with the ICC Champions Trophy after posting a stunning victory over India, a result even the most ardent of Pakistan supporters would not have predicted at the start of the tournament. It was a triumph of talent, persistence and belief.
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