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A fascinating history:The old, old inn in Nottingham.

England Tour Diary: Jerusalem and other things

Ye Olde Trip is a fascinating place, carved into the rock at the foot of Nottingham Castle.

Shreedutta Chidananda

A crop of Bok Choy ready to go to the market in China. Bok Choy is a cruciferous vegetable rich in glucosinolates and has anti-inflammatory properties. Chinese and Korean athletes consume a lot of this cabbage-like vegetable.

Food For Thought

Ditch the protein supplement!

Learn to eat organic. Learn how many calories you burn in a day and then design your nutrition around this value.

Ryan Fernando

Rahul Bose.

For The Love of Sport

Gavaskar and Richards were my idols

But once I started playing rugby, I didn't have idols; I had favourite players.

Once upon a time in Indian hockey

Despite Indian hockey today not being anywhere near its glory days, it is the only team sport to feature in the Olympics where our national teams have

“Looking at him (Abhinav Bindra) during a function in Jaipur, I thought to myself that one day, I should also be able to get on the stage,” says ace archer Rajat Chauhan.

In awe of Abhinav Bindra

Although I couldn’t talk to him, I was happy just to see him.

Yash Fadte.

Yash Fadte aiming to break into the senior category

With the hope of moving to the big league, Yash Fadte wants to bank on his fitness to climb the heights.

Floyd Pinto, the coach of the Indian under-20 football team, is in tune with the AIFF’s plans.

Not surprised by COTIF Cup performance: Floyd Pinto

These boys are no longer afraid of taking on international sides. We need to develop the thinking in them that there is no need to fear competition as

Nandakumar Marar

Rupinder Pal Singh.

I love to represent the country in this hockey jersey: Rupinder Pal Singh

The hockey ace says that if he were to die and come back, he wouldn’t want to change a thing.

Aashin Prasad

Virat Kohli will receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award from the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan today.

More records for Kohli

A full set of Wisden Almanacks (from the first edition in 1864) might sell for around £150,000 — or more — since some of the originals of the early editions are not easily available.

The prized possessions

“The collection of cricketana is one of the major symptoms of cricketomania and it may honestly be described as incurable,” wrote John Arlott one of t

Suresh Menon

Neeraj Chopra is India’s brightest hope for a first athletics medal at the Olympics. After the gold at the Asian Games, the 20-year-old missed out on bronze at the Zurich Diamond League final by a mere 3 cm to Olympic champion Thomas Rohler.

The power of youth

India’s successes at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games have proved that the country’s youth are learning quickly and are not affected by the

Kamesh Srinivasan

Swimmers at the start of the 19km race.

Age-old competition in an ageless river

Twenty-four swimmers. Eighty-one kilometres. Twelve hours. A glimpse into the gala that was the 75th running of the longest swimming competition in th

Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore assured every support that the athletes need from the government.

On The Write Line

Meaningful training, medals raining!

The sports ministry is headed by an Olympic silver medallist, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who has no doubt guided and instructed the various federatio

Sunil Gavaskar

World No.1 Rafael Nadal.

What’s keeping the Next Gen from toppling the Geriatrics?

The last seven Grand Slam trophies have been hoisted by Roger Federer, 37, Rafael Nadal, 32, and Novak Djokovic, 31. Meanwhile, no youngster has even

Paul Fein

At the Games, plenty of photos were taken with the mascots.

Asian Games 2018

Hurdles, mistaken identity and a mystery cat!

After watching the great athletes in action, the Asiad organisers and volunteers get a feeling that journos are athletic folks, too. And there’s a bit

Amit Panghal was on level terms with Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov, and when it came to the decider, the Indian appeared mentally stronger.

Asian Games 2018

A bold new world for India's sportspersons

Clearly, India’s sportspersons are getting more confident. This shows in the country’s best-ever medal tally at the Asian Games.

India had defeated Iran by just two points at the 2014 Asian Games. This time, the West Asian side hammered the reigning champion 27-18.

Asian Games 2018

Kabaddi losses a shock, but not wholly unexpected

The Indian men’s kabaddi team’s loss to Iran in the Asian Games semifinals made one point clear: other nations have caught up, endangering the country

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

Rikako Ikee, the toast of Jakarta.

Asian Games 2018

This girl mints gold

Rikako Ikee is now the most successful swimmer at a single Asiad and the most successful female athlete in a single edition of the Games in any sport.

View from the paddock

A botched Ferrari strategy

Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix because Ferrari didn’t play the team tactics game as well as Mercedes all weekend and that started with the

Karun Chandhok

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