From the pages of an Olympic hopeful. 19th July 2012: ‘142 Indians set to represent the nation in London 2012’ read the sports page headline today. The team reportedly also includes 6 doctors, or whom they call ‘physios’ in the
As I write this article, I am getting my room repainted and that means my decade old Lee-Hesh poster (torn at the sides, and a tear in the middle) has been pulled down. This poster has seen it all, the
By the time you will be reading this article, this year’s European Championships would have been decided, but one question that has been repeatedly raised since the time Ukraine and Poland were selected to host the tournament, would still remain
The cricket bat industry is not exactly Kashmir’s rabbit hole; it is a faraway place of miracle workers, unhindered and unmoved by the scars of a bloody conflict. These magicians have been sculpting cricket bats, day in and day out,
It’s a deadly, addictive, I-love-my-hangover cocktail of new capitalism in If-I-were-a-rich-man India. Superpower India floating in a quagmire of sleaze and seductions, like a donkey with wings. Every time they hit a four or sixer in this heady quick-fix-mix of
IPL I: They came, they conquered. IPL II: They got banned… thanks to 26/11. IPL III: 11 of them invited. None sold. Humiliated. IPL IV: Nothing changes. Not a single player selected. But the ‘Swing Wizard’ gets appointed as KKR’s
For long now, the English Premier League has been the most competitive league in Europe with the Manchester clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool vying for the title… It is also viewed as the league where no match against the minnows is a
It is boom time for Indian football. The Liverpool Coaching Academy in India is being launched as the first Steve McMahon Football Academy (SMFA) which will kick off in October at the Genesis Global School in Noida. ‘The Academy will
People of all classes and tribes in Afghanistan, torn between foreign invasion and regional terrorism, still take pride in mentioning the date when two torch bearers of Afghan women’s sports waved the national flag during the 2004 Athens Olympics. Robina
The Caribbean Isles are a dream destination for people all over the world. Yet, surprisingly in 2011, several Indian cricketers and footballers shunned a visit to these exotic islands. It is not that sportsmen are blasé and indifferent to the