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“I have been wearing these ear-rings (with a table tennis racquet and ball) and pendant (of the same design) and a TT bracelet for four months now. And I love wearing a few accessories related to table tennis,” says Manika Batra.

Manika Batra: I had to be selfish for table tennis

“I had stagnated while training at Sandeep sir’s academy. I had to think about my table tennis and take the hard call. I respect my decision and I am

Back home in Delhi, Tejaswin says he has started coming back to the track and doing some basic fitness stuff.

Tejaswin Shankar: Down jump street, above the bar

You have to lose something to win something, feels the high jumper. “But I think it’s a part of life and you should be patient, concentrate on the pro

The victorious Sethu team.

The Sethu revolution

Sethu FC has had a meteoric rise. It opened its doors to women only in 2016 and made the IWL semifinals just two years later, capping that with the ti

Dope testing today has become far more organised and random, and it is not only done during competitions, but in the off season, too.

Food For Thought

Know what’s banned and what’s not

If athletes have not got the message that they are exclusively responsible, they must be from a different planet or they have intentionally cheated an

Ryan Fernando

Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are two extremely gifted batsmen of contemporary cricket.

On The Write Line

A healthy competition between Kohli and Smith

There is no doubt that a big score from one is going to fire up the other. That’s, of course, not good news for bowlers but that’s the way it is.

Sunil Gavaskar

“When the siren for the third raid goes off or when beep goes off, your heart is pounding,” says Ajay Thakur.

Pro Kabaddi feature

Ajay Thakur: A more mature raider

“I didn’t know how to maintain myself, where to raid from, how to score points,” says the Tamil Thalaivas player. “Now I see how the team is placed, w

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

Steve Smith has 25 Test hundreds in 120 innings. Only six Australia batsmen have more Test centuries now.

Steve Smith: Rising from the Ashes

A little over a year ago, Steve Smith’s emotional press conference after the ball-tampering scandal was the defining image of Australian cricket’s dra

Ayan Acharya

Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser, who in 1962 became the first woman to swim the 100 metres in less than a minute, once claimed she could have broken every record in the book if allowed to swim naked.

Of obsessive swimmers

Charles Sprawson’s book 'Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero', written nearly three decades ago is a pioneering effort, combining literat

Suresh Menon

VB did leave an indelible mark on cricket. He will be missed.

Remembering V. B. Chandrasekhar: He gave the game his all

V. B. Chandrasekhar was an influential, forceful personality, always led by his passion for the game.

While Valtteri Bottas (left) is a good match for Lewis Hamilton in qualifying, on race day Hamilton’s relentless pace coupled with his ability to manage the tyres better means that the Brit has won four times as many races this year.

View from the paddock

F1 mid-season review: Lewis Hamilton well on his way to sixth title

While Ferrari grabbed all the headlines in pre-season testing, Mercedes have been the standout team thus far. And Red Bull, instead of the Italian gia

Karun Chandhok

Karolina Pliskova, who leads the WTA Tour in aces (346) and service games won percentage (80.8) as of August 5, thrives on hard courts, especially at the US Open.

US Open 2019: All the contenders among the men and the women

Eighteen different women were crowned champions at the first 18 tournaments, a record streak to begin a WTA season. Equally surprising, the first thre

Paul Fein

South Africa prospered on the strength of Steyn and Amla (below), their consistency and prolific success in all conditions boosting the team’s reputation.

Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn: Two stalwarts depart

When Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn were at their best, South Africa too was figuring among the top three of international cricket.

Vijay Lokapally

Virat Kohli celebrates his ton in the third ODI against the West Indies on August 14.

More landmarks for Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli becomes the first batsman to score 20,000 runs in a decade, the fastest to score 10,000 runs as captain, and the first batsman to hit thre

Romelu Lukaku will feel more wanted at Inter under new boss Antonio Conte, who is a staunch admirer of the big Belgian striker.

Lukaku moves away from Manchester United, finally

Inter Milan completed the Belgian striker’s deal worth £73 million on the final day.

Amal John

“I kept thinking in the aircraft whether there will be anyone other than some club officials to receive me. But when I landed, I was clearly astonished to find a huge crowd waiting to receive me,” said Majid Beshkar, on arriving in Kolkata.

Majid Beshkar: Badsha touches base

A rapturous crowd of around 2,000 East Bengal fans assembled at the Kolkata airport to receive the iconic Iranian forward recently.

Amitabha Das Sharma

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