There are some sports personalities ranging from Lance Armstrong to Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg to Steve Waugh who have defied the adversity and champions of the time to emerge as Champions themselves. These players have made the sporting arena all the more beautiful and competitive. For me Rahul Dravid is one of these players who have adorned the sports with performances and impeccable persona. In this aura when indiscipline and hooliganism are the order of the sporting world Rahul Dravid has restored cricket as a gentleman’s game. Let’s have a look at the journey of this great ambassador for cricket in particular & sports in general. More…

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Recently Indian Cricket celebrated 75 years of competing at the highest level in the longer form of the game. These last seven and a half decades have produced some memorable, though fleeting, moments for Indian cricket More…

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“If I had to choose somebody to bat for my life, I’d choose Steve Waugh”, blurted a famous ex-cricketer.

It is no surprise then that a lot of people have considered Steve Waugh to be better player than Sachin Tendulkar because of the number of matches he has won for his country. Similarly, Tendulkar has been chastised, abused and wholesomely criticized for his inability to do the same. More…

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A couple of weeks ago a beaming Suresh Kalamadi, amidst muchfanfare and chest-beating, gloriously announced the signing of the agreement to host a Formula One race in Delhi in October 2009. Though what seems like a landmark event in the annals of India’s sports history, one needs to be reminded that the agreement in no certain terms guarantees that such an event will surely take place. It is merely a signal to the IOA to begin work to prepare the city for the premier racing event. More…

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Manchester United’s mercurial striker Eric Cantona made a pertinent point not too long back. “It is important that Ferguson’s eventual successor is somebody who knows how the club works, he needs to be very strong mentally and a strong person and Roy Keane is one of those.” More…

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Ashwin Raghu on all of the recognizable elements and more of what made watching the last edition on television such a cringe-inducing experience. More…

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Ninety dollars for every second he spends on the football pitch. That is what David Robert Joseph Beckham will receive from the L.A. Galaxy team, as per recent reports, when he dons the Galaxy Jersey later this year. The English football wizard will play for the American soccer team from July after his existing contract with Real Madrid in Spain ends. More…

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India played its first ever Twenty-20 (20-20? 20-Twenty?) international last week, against South Africa. In addition to the general frenzy in the way the cricket was being played, there was a panting fielding captain wired up and answering questions from commentators between deliveries, and in-game interviews conducted by a breathless Ravi Shastri with players in the dugout by the boundary (yes, there’s a dugout too). More…

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Sport has always had a little place for the supernatural. Kris Srikkanth was famous for his glimpses into the sun as he walked out to bat. For a Chennai boy this was risky business, the sun down south blazes unforgiving on most days. More…

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The process by which the Indian selection committee is formed has been a reason for disgruntlement for many years. Each of the five zones selects a representative and the five member selection panel then selects the Indian cricket team. The captain and the coach do not have a vote though they remain present in the selection meetings and have a say. More…

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