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For Ishant Sharma, who played his 100th Test match recently, life on the cricket field has been a grand success story of determination and discipline. His love for Tests has helped India grow in stature.

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Harbhajan Singh, Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman, the heroes of India’s epic win against Australia at the Eden Gardens in March 2001.

There was drama at the end of each day

The Press Box was faced with the challenge of encapsulating so much in so little time.

Vijay Lokapally

Under guidance of a sports heart doctor, go for a heart fitness check-up that includes a treadmill stress test, an echocardiogram test and a 2D Doppler test.

Food For Thought

How to maintain a healthy heart?

What can you do? Be physically active and fit. Above all, begin to question the way you have always eaten.

Ryan Fernando

The connection between boxing and writing

Both professionals are, ultimately, fighting themselves. Both deal in fear — more obviously in the boxer’s case, but equally in the case of the writer

Suresh Menon

Mumbai’s Prithvi Shaw emerged as the tournament’s leading run-scorer with a whopping tally of 827 runs at an astounding average of 206.75.

Prithvi Shaw's comeback route via Vijay Hazare Trophy

Despite Mumbai’s glorious turnaround and a young Uttar Pradesh unit’s equally remarkable run to the final, the 2021 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra emphasised on participating in competitions for a good show in Tokyo Olympics.

Sparkling performances and doping gloom at Indian Grand Prix

The next few months in Indian athletics promise to be very interesting ones... there could be many surprises too.

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton stops in the gravel leading to a red flag on day two of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit on March 13. “The rear doesn’t feel particularly great with the new regulation change and we’re trying to find the sweet spot,” he said.

Formula One: Red-hot Red Bull sets the pace

After winning the drivers and constructors double for seven years running, does Mercedes finally have a fight on its hands given the pace and consiste

Members of the Indian team and support staff after the side wrapped up the series against England 3-1 to qualify for the World Test Championship final, where it will face New Zealand.

India’s journey to World Test Championship final: A new chapter for the team

It has been an extraordinary act of defiance from an Indian side that’s refreshingly kindred in spirit and fundamentally different in belief.

Ayan Acharya

On the day his cricketing journey on and off the field completed 50 years, the author was presented with the new baggy cap that the current Indian team is wearing.

On The Write Line

Sunil Gavaskar: 50 years with Indian cricket, a journey to remember

To be able to still stay involved with the game that has made me what I am today and has given me everything is a blessing indeed, and for me, Indian

Sunil Gavaskar

“The best thing was getting to enjoy the rhythm of the game and playing two strong teams. They both have different styles and gave us a good, tough challenge so we learnt quite a lot on the tour,” said goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh.

Europe tour a shot in the arm for Indian men's hockey team

The team had a four-game Europe tour in late February, and its match against Germany on February 28 was the first time the players faced off against a

Former Sri Lanka all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya at a training session ahead of the Road Safety World Series in Raipur.

Arjuna is to Sri Lanka what Imran was to Pakistan, says Jayasuriya

“...we knew that someone like Arjuna – who was a father figure – was there to look after us,” says Sanath Jayasuriya reminiscing about Sri Lanka’s 199

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring against City off a penalty in the second minute.

Manchester United clips City’s run but not its lead

Pep Guardiola’s men restored their 14-point advantage in the English Premier League over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Red Devils with back-to-back big wins

Sergio Lobera, head coach of Mumbai City FC, stuck to what he knows best — free-flowing attacking football studded with long balls from the creative duo of Ahmed Jahouh and Hugo Boumous.

Bouquets and brickbats: The hits and flops of ISL 2021

ISL 2021: It’s time for the season-ender awards from the recently concluded ISL campaign. Over the 115 matches, there were some hits and misses on th

Shyam Vasudevan,Aashin Prasad

India skipper Virat Kohli walks back to the pavillion after being dismissed for a duck in the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad.

Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill's ducks against England - a strange record!

Four Indian players registered ducks in the fourth Test against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad - Kohli, Gill, Ishant and Siraj.

CRICKET: AUSTRALIA VS INDIA, 2ND TEST AT EDEN GARDENS KOLKATA: HARBHAJAN SINGH CELEBRATES AS MARK WAUGH LEAVES CAUGHT BEHIND BY WICKET KEEPER NAYAN MONGIA. HARBHAJAN SINGH TOOK HAT-TRICK IN THE MATCH. PHOTO BY V V KRISHNAN

Harbhajan Singh: Hat-trick was the icing on the cake

“How can I forget that match which made my career?” asks Harbhajan Singh, who, as a 21-year-old, claimed seven for 123 and six for 73 against Australi

Vijay Lokapally

A partnership to remember: V. V. S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid added 376 runs for the fifth wicket to script a stunning Indian turnaround at Eden Gardens.

The epic turnaround of 2001: Laxman relives ‘unreal’ Kolkata heroics

V. V. S. Laxman reflects on his Herculean effort against Australia and his partnership with Rahul Dravid, on the 20th anniversary of that famous Test

Vijay Lokapally

Venkataraghavan recalls India's Port of Spain win 50 years on

“We backed ourselves. The self-belief was our greatest quality,” recalls S Venkataraghavan, who took five for 95 in the second innings of the Port of

Vijay Lokapally

Salim Durani: Was so overjoyed when I bowled Garry Sobers

Salim Durani failed to live up to expectations on the 1971 tour of the West Indies and was dropped for the last two matches of the five-Test series. B

India's Dilip Sardesai cover drives West Indian bowler Arthur Barrett (bottom of picture).

Dilip Sardesai: Stamping his legacy in the joyful islands of sun and sand

“With the sea, palm trees and beaches, it reminded me of my childhood days in Goa. I always felt at home!” Dilip Sardesai, who first made a mark in th

Rajdeep Sardesai

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