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24-02-201820 STORIES

Challenging the men: Judit Polgar has defeated world champions and No.1s, including Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Anatoli Karpov and Garry Kasparov.

Gender issue: Engendering realism

Perhaps all sports are moving towards mixed competition, only the pace differs. Certainly there is a strong case for non-contact sports to be inclusi

Suresh Menon

Preventing injury: Lateral plank tubing lateral raise helps warm the shoulder and upper back compartment.

Common tennis injuries

The most common tennis injuries are overuse injuries, caused by repetitions of a one-sided activity like hitting thousands of serves. They can be tou

Ramji Srinivasan

Ramji Srinivasan

The hotbed of rugby talent: The players of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences University. The institution has produced at least 15 woman players of international repute in the last 10 years.

Advancing past the gain line

The rugby revolution is picking up momentum in the tribal areas of Odisha.

Sathish Kumar, the weightlifting champion, competes in the 77 kg category. His struggle is that his bodyweight goes to 80 kg during competition.

Food For Thought

Equipment that every athlete needs to carry

The quality of food at restaurants is more often bad than good. Athletes should guard against this pitfall. There is so much wrong with the people wh

Ryan Fernando

Sergey Bubka... the star pole-vaulter is now a committed official.

Bubka: ‘We will not accept cheats’

Times are changing and one must be ready and positive towards reforms and changes.

Challenging the men: Judit Polgar has defeated world champions and No.1s, including Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Anatoli Karpov and Garry Kasparov.

Gender issue: Engendering realism

Perhaps all sports are moving towards mixed competition, only the pace differs. Certainly there is a strong case for non-contact sports to be inclusi

Suresh Menon

India skipper Virat Kohli celebrates with team-mates after defeating South Africa in the final Test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.

2-1 looks better than 3-0

We didn’t lack good quality players, but poor selection in the first two Tests cost India the series.

Long tenure: Well, all I can say with a sense of pride is matching their longevity record, says Mithali Raj.

Awesome twosome

They are my idols for the simple reason that motivating yourself for such a long period at the highest level is no joke — Mithali Raj on her favourit

Creative force: Armenia’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan has made an instant impact for the Gunners, creating three goals against Swansea, his first game for club.

Stars arrive with high expectations

Clubs are today breaking transfer records in the winter window, paying top dollars for talents in a bid to set themselves up for the season ahead.

Sunil Chhetri

Strict evaluation: Lazio’s new signing Nani during the club’s medical tests in August last year. Even EPL clubs have such elaborate programmes for new players.

Looking under the bonnet!

Behind every successful Premier League deadline day transfer there is a dedicated medical team helping decide whether a player signs or not.

Girl Power: Sakshi Chaudhary (57kg) advanced to the quarterfinals of the youth world championships with a comprehensive win.

Punching past stereotypes

In 2012, Sakshi was enrolled in the famous Bhiwani Boxing Club, which has produced several top boxers under the guidance of Jagdish Singh. Later, Nitu

A file picture of Saina Nehwal.

‘I am a simple girl’

Saina Nehwal has won more Super Series singles titles than any other Indian woman badminton player. Taking time off her demanding training schedule,

V. V. Subrahmanyam

Pollock was all praise for the Indian bowling attack that managed to take all 60 wickets in the Test series and continued to impress in the ODIs as well.

Analysis: A victory that came too late

Had India played the key moments better, it would have become the first team from the sub-continent to win a Test series in South Africa.

Guiding force: A statute of the great man stands tall at the Nelson Mandela square in the heart of Sandton, the wealthiest square mile of Africa in Johannesburg.

SA Diary: A soothing balm from Team India

Getting mugged of course is a traumatic experience. But a chat with the ever-pleasant Michael Holding and a comfortable Indian victory in the third Te

Steel within: Yuvraj Singh’s story is one of remarkable endurance.

Yuvraj: ‘Age is not a factor, performance is’

“I have been a fighter, taking on tough situations. I like being a pillar of strength to people,” says Yuvraj Singh.

Vijay Lokapally

During the final Test in Johannesburg, Virat Kohli went past M. S. Dhoni's record for the most number of Test runs made by an Indian captain.

Kohli goes past Dhoni

Going on and on: This combination of pictures shows Roger Federer holding his record 20 Grand Slam winner’s trophies.

On The Write Line

The greatest role model

Roger Federer maintains a fitness regime away from the eyes of others. The hard work he puts in is seen by very few and most believe that he is God-g

Sunil Gavaskar

Overcome by the moment is Roger Federer. Tears of joy are, of course, in order when you claim your 20th Grand Slam singles crown!

20 is a score... the score is 20!

After Roger Federer seized three of the last four Grand Slam events he’s played, his halcyon days are, quite astonishingly, back again.

Paul Fein

The ever cheerful Caroline Wozniacki had at last something to cheer about... her first Grand Slam trophy.

Finally, ‘Sunshine’ dispels dark clouds!

A fairytale breakthrough for a princess from the land of Hans Christian Andersen.

Paul Fein

In a cauldron: France’s Gael Monfils cools himself from the heat during his men’s singles second round match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. After the match, Monfils said it felt as if he had survived “a small heat stroke for 40 minutes.”

Turning up the heat!

The Australian Open has captured the imagination of fans worldwide, especially in the lucrative Asian market after being successfully re-branded as t

Tristan Lavalette

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