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Kapil Dev has also been invited by Imran Khan for his oath-taking ceremony.

Team-mates and rivals

In the case of the Don Bradman-Bill O’Reilly rivalry, religion is said to have played a role with the Protestant Bradman coming up against the Irish C

Suresh Menon

Set for an encore: Lewis Hamilton was faultless and brilliant, as he went on to claim his fourth World Championship crown in 2017. His team, Mercedes, and fans expect a repeat performance from Hamilton in the new season.

F1 2018: A toss-up between Silver Arrows and Prancing Horse

Can Ferrari topple Mercedes as it nearly did last year? This is the first and foremost question, as the new Formula One season starts in Melbourne on

Karun Chandhok

Being honest: This book is about important moments which actually defined my career, says Ganguly.

Sourav: ‘It is not an autobiography’

It is about ‘the situations in a cricketer’s life at the time of performance’, says Sourav Ganguly.

Budhi Kunderan... the swashbuckling Indian opener of the 1960s.

For The Love of Sport

When Kunderan’s 16 captivated a boy of 7!

Cricket fandom is an intensely personal experience, but it has certainly evolved over the years in India. Initially, as everywhere, it was Test cricke

Analytics, a robust game-changer

“The technology around tennis and all sports keeps changing. Analytics is going to make the athletes better. It will help them train better, prepare

Paul Fein

Paving the way for India’s victory: V. V. S. Laxman congratulates Rahul Dravid on scoring a century at the Adelaide Oval in December 2003. Dravid (233) and Laxman (148) added 303 runs for the fifth wicket to help India recover from 85-4.

Topsy-turvy Tests

Teams scoring 500 runs and yet losing the match! Test cricket if full of such quirks.

S. Ananth Narayanan

SHRIKRISHNA - BILLIARDS & SNOOKER

Shrikrishna, a natural player

“Aggression is a strong point of Shrikrishna. He plays an attacking game, is very intuitive and comes out as a natural player.”

R. Venkatnarayan

Holding lets fly a bouncer at England’s formidable opener Geoffrey Boycott in the Old Trafford Test of 1980. Even top class batsmen will get hit if a bouncer is well directed, says Holding.

No holding back!

If you offered me a job as a coach and tell me that I am going to make a living coaching, I would rather go to a dentist and have a tooth pulled! - Mi

Guts and glory: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi brought in a winning mentality in the Indian team.

On The Write Line

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

Sunil Gavaskar

Top row: (From left) TRX Box Push Ups, TRX Rear Leg Elevated Squat and Explosive Vertimax Jumps.
Bottom row: (From left) Barbell Lunges, Same Leg Single Leg Deadlift and Windmill.

Badminton stars need quick reflexes

A player needs to be supremely fit to withstand the physical strain.

Ramji Srinivasan

Ramji Srinivasan

Gopi Chand: 'The fact that people keep remembering my win in 2001 makes me feel proud'.

Still a top draw!

I don’t want too long a wait to see another Indian win the All-England title. Hope we will soon have a new champion from India there.

Prakash Padukone was received like royalty on his arrival in Bangalore on March 28, 1980 after his stupendous win in the All-England championship. Prakash honestly didn’t expect such a motorcade welcome.

‘It’s all very nostalgic’

After I won the All England title, I was given a State welcome in Bangalore. In those days, such a reception was reserved only for important State gue

Prakash Padukone

Bound for Gold Coast: Olympian Sathish Kumar, who will be competing in the 77 kg category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. His protein intake is above 130 grams per day.

Food For Thought

Of nutrition, planning and winning

Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, here are seven food options as part of pre-competition nutrition guidelines for the athletes of the Indian contingen

Ryan Fernando

Champion stuff: Bengaluru FC celebrates with the Federation Cup in Cuttack in May last year. After struggling in the I-League, BFC came back strongly in the Federation Cup. It battled hard in temperatures over 40 degrees to defeat Mohun Bagan in the final.

The will to win is paramount

Bengaluru FC is always looking to compete for titles in India and Asia, and the fact that it has won a major trophy every year since its inception in

Sunil Chhetri

Jeje Lalpekhlua (a file photo).

Cristiano Ronaldo gets Jeje’s vote!

Jeje Lalpekhlua's favourite movie is The Notebook and his favourite book, The Bible.

Aashin Prasad

New-age refereeing: The VAR machine by the pitch-side helps spot even the subtlest of mistakes overlooked by the on-field referee.

Why worry over the VAR?

The Video Assistant Referee System, the officials say, is to provide ‘minimum intervention and maximum benefit’. However, many star players and manag

VISHNU ABARAJITHAN

Virender Sehwag’s (right) policy was simple, once you simplify things and focus on a particular thing or two, it really helps. I picked that from him and I continue to follow that, says Mayank Agarwal.

Sehwag's mantra: ‘Keep it simple’

‘I was so busy listening to him that the thought of clicking a photograph never crossed my mind. I think I was more interested in his advice,’ says M

Aruna Budda Reddy... doing India proud with a bronze medal at the World gymnastics championships.

A change of sport... and it works wonders for Aruna!

It has not been a fairytale journey for Aruna. There were lots of sacrifices and intense struggles.

V. V. Subrahmanyam

Looking ahead with optimism: Yuki Bhambri, who finished runner-up at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger recently, is close to breaching the top-100 mark.

Yuki Bhambri: ‘We just need to keep pushing’

“We are still 15-20 years behind (other major tennis-playing nations). Not just in terms of years, but we don’t have a structure at all. Unless somet

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

The victorious Indian team after defeating South Africa in the ODI series.

India's emphatic run in ODIs against SA

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