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Hashim Amla and David Miller return to the pavilion after South Africa had posted 266 for two in the first One-Day International against Pakistan in Port Elizabeth in January. Amla’s hundred consumed too many deliveries and Pakistan won with only five balls to spare.

Leaving runs on the field

Not scoring enough runs and losing narrowly is bad. So is having too many wickets in hand and falling just short of the target.

S. Ananth Narayanan

The phosphagen system supplies energy for brief, high-power events like sprints, jumps, vaults, batting and fielding in cricket, powerlifting and weightlifting.

Simple guidance for strength and conditioning

Each one of us is different like a thumb impression. So specialised individual schedules are a must for peak performance.

Ramji Srinivasan

Ramji Srinivasan

Viswanathan Anand and Dibyendu Barua taught Indian chess to think big!

Anand and Barua: The one and two play tango!

Many purists believe that Viswanathan Anand proved a more successful version of Dibyendu Barua while Barua ended up as a not-so-successful Anand.

Though I could not play cricket due to a broken finger, I love cricket, writes the author.

For The Love of Sport

I intended to challenge taboo around equestrian

There was a taboo around equestrian, where people who were involved with it were considered inept.

Thabitha in action in the girls’ 100m hurdles in the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong.

Thabitha: Fearless for her age

Having won two gold medals — girls’ 100m hurdles and long jump — at the Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong recently, Thabitha has now se

S. Prasanna Venkatesan

The younger members of the Vidarbha side have always looked up to the seniors such as Umesh Yadav (left) and Wasim Jaffer for advice.

Rajneesh Gurbani: I’ve learnt a lot from Vidarbha’s stars

I have had a good time in Vidarbha, says the wiry medium pacer.

Rajneesh Gurbani

Zooming from No. 178 at the start of the year to No. 24, Bianca Andreescu became the first wild card to win Indian Wells.

Youth is served and other takeaways from Indian Wells

From Bianca Andreescu’s breakthrough to Dominic Thiem regaining the plot, Canadian youngsters coming to the fore and more...

Paul Fein

Mohit Sharma gets some valuable advice from Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Mohit Sharma: Parents, my most treasured possession

Mohit Sharma says he will always remember the first time he was abused by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Santadeep Dey

“Nothing can ever be taken for granted and if I make the mistake of taking it easy, thinking I have the experience, it will be disastrous,” says Johnson.

Jinson Johnson: A big medal is always a huge motivation

“To be honest, my biggest achievement in terms of participation was at the Rio Olympics. But in terms of performance, it definitely was the Asian Game

If I feel the ball needs to be lofted, I would go for it, but I will definitely look at the scoreboard, says Smriti Mandhana.

Smriti Mandhana: The calm, ever-smiling captain

Smriti Mandhana, the ICC Cricketer of the Year, speaks about the changes she’s made to her game and captaining the Indian women’s team.

Former Spanish football star Xavi Hernández during a football game with Indian children, in Mumbai on March 18. Hernández is the first global ambassador for the Generation Amazing programme of Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy — the organisation responsible for delivering the infrastructure required for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Xavi Hernandez: One of Spain’s finest grooming Arab thoroughbreds

Xavi Hernandez has been in Qatar since 2015, the year he ended his 17-year-long association with Barcelona. He signed a lucrative deal with Al Sadd in

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

Juventus certainly had a great team, but a player of gargantuan stature was missing from its personnel.

Cristiano Ronaldo: A giant in Turin

Juventus and Ronaldo will likely win many trophies together, perhaps even break the Old Lady’s drought in the Champions League — but he is unlikely to

With Cristiano Ronaldo an inspiring force, the ball is rolling really well for Juventus.

Real mad to get rid of him!

Does Real Madrid miss Cristiano Ronaldo’s presence? At this point, that question is just rhetorical. The right question would be to ask what his absen

Anirudh Velamuri

Anirudh Velamuri

When Manchester City won the 2017-18 Premier League title in record-breaking fashion — most points (100), most goals scored (106) and most wins (32) — fans and pundits were quick to proclaim Pep Guardiola’s side as the best seen in the League’s history.

The 95-100 point bracket is the new Premier League equilibrium

Regardless of the winner, there are more than enough reasons to believe that 2018-19 will add to the recent list of glowing examples of the Premier Le

File photo shows Rahul Dravid during a press conference at the Bangalore United Cricket Club in Bengaluru, in December 2018. Dravid recalled how Keke Tarapore’s invitation to join the BUCC changed his life. The former India captain is now the president of the club which is celebrating its centenary.

An evening to remember

Nostalgia was the theme of the BUCC evening. Test players apart, there were those who had made a name for themselves as schoolboys, and played some fi

Suresh Menon

Chris Gayle is the first batsman in the IPL to hit that 300 sixes. No other batsman has managed to cross 200!

Gayle hits 300 in the IPL!

Two batsman enter the 5,000-run club in the IPL, and how Gayle got to 300 sixes. Plus, your queries answered.

Ravichandran Ashwin, the Kings XI Punjab skipper, justifies his stand after running out Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals for backing up too far and leaving the non-striker’s crease before the ball was delivered.

On The Write Line

IPL 2019: Two meaty imbroglios!

A couple of deliveries in two different matches caused the biggest controversies in the first week of this year’s IPL.

Sunil Gavaskar

Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix.

View from the paddock

Hamilton wins race, Leclerc hearts in Bahrain

Leclerc dominated the entire Bahrain race weekend, but lost the win as well as second place when the 21-year-old’s Ferrrari developed engine trouble 1

Karun Chandhok

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