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India won at Lord’s with England unable to even last 60 overs on the last day. England returned the favour at Headingley with the match winding up on the fourth day with India losing by an innings and 76 runs. This isn’t just a plague affecting India and England as within the limited cricketing globe, the other practitioners are also increasingly folding up fast with perhaps a day to spare in Test matches.

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New Lord in town: Lionel Messi’s PSG debut at the modest 20,000-seater Stade Auguste Delaune brought in much joy to the French football fans.

Messi makes PSG debut but Juve stutters in the post-Ronaldo era

It has been an exciting first few weeks around Europe’s top five leagues. The tempo set during these stages can prove to be crucial as the season prog

Jehan Daruvala currently occupies the ninth spot in the 2021 F2 Drivers' Championship.

Jehan Daruvala: Chasing an F1 dream

Jehan Daruvala, who is part of the Red Bull Junior Team, is currently competing for British side Carlin in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. He opens up

Right diet: An Indian athlete should know how to really differentiate the good foods, bad foods and foods that one takes for performance.

Food For Thought

Let nutrition be the base of your success

Lack of nutrition awareness, unscientific way of eating, overall attitude towards diet, and cultural food beliefs in general, are at the heart of the

Ryan Fernando

India's Tour of England: KL Rahul breaks records at Lord's

K. L. Rahul became the third Indian batsman to score Test centuries at both the cricket grounds in London – at the Lord’s and at the Oval.

Optimistic: Olympics bronze medal-winning wrestler Bajrang Punia addresses a gathering during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi. “Every athlete wants to win an Olympic medal and I had the same dream. I was aiming for the gold, but I could not achieve it and had to settle for bronze. I feel sad about it and will try to achieve it in Paris,” he says.

Bajrang Punia reflects on his journey to wrestling bronze at Tokyo Olympics

For the ace wrestler, who has not returned empty-handed from an event since 2018, the motivation of donning the India colours is the greatest. That’s

Look at the two images above. They show the difference between dreams being crushed and a champion in the making picking herself up.

Dr Aaron, the American who put a spring in Mirabai Chanu's step

Dr. Aaron Horschig, an American physical therapist, strength and conditioning coach, evaluated Mirabai Chanu, found the issues bothering her and formu

Ipsit Mohapatra

Going places: Sandesh Jhingan has joined Croatian top division side HNK Sibenik.

Europe calling: Sandesh Jhingan sails offshore

The burly defender added that the Croatian national team’s phenomenal growth, which saw it finish runner-up at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, was also a dri

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

Mission accomplished: “We said before the Olympic Games, we have one mission! We wanted to make Belgium dream and smile again after a difficult year. We wanted to make Belgium proud, and Belgian people could identify themselves in our team values. We did it!,” says goalkeeper Vincent Vanasch.

Belgian hockey: It ain’t a sprint, it’s a marathon on a mountain

Belgium’s champion brilliance, and its ability to match the traditional hockey powerhouses stride for stride, have been marvels of the modern age. But

Ayan Acharya

Immensely talented: World Athletics U20 Championships silver medallist long jumper Shaili Singh with her coach Bobby George and his wife, former long jumper Anju, during an interaction with the Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur, in New Delhi.

India at World Athletics U20 C'ships: Youth on the right track

At the recent World Athletics under-20 championships in Nairobi, the young, talented and bold Shaili Singh won the silver with 6.59m with a slightly h

Coach par excellence: O. M. Nambiar was one of the first recipients of the Dronacharya Award.

O.M. Nambiar: One of a kind

As a coach, O. M. Nambiar drew lessons from his own experience as a sprinter with the Indian Air Force and had an eye to spot talent and nurture them

Shaheen Afridi of Pakistan claimed a 10-wicket match haul to help his side beat the Caribbeans by 109 runs in the second Test.

World of Cricket: Shaheen Afridi's heroics to Faf's return

Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled Pakistan to victory in the second Test against the West Indies in Kingston; Faf to play in CPL and IPL after two months of

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Stunner: England’s Jonathan Bairstow pulls off a spectacular one-handed catch to dismiss K. L. Rahul off the bowling of Craig Overton in the second innings of the third Test in Leeds.

Cover Story: The death of the draw

With attack being the primary trait that attracts captains and the word ‘intent’ doing endless rounds, most cricketing nations have seemingly forgotte

K. C. Vijaya Kumar

All’s well: Afghanistan’s newly appointed ODI and Test captain, Hashmatullah Shahidi (seen celebrating with Rashid Khan during a match), is optimistic about the future of cricket under Taliban rule, post his meeting with Anas Haqqani, a top leader in the Islamic Emirates of Taliban. “From the lower to the top leadership of Taliban, they love cricket and are in the favour of this sport and there will be no problem for cricket under the Taliban rule,” Shahidi says.

Cricket in Afghanistan — a source of inspiration and a platform to dream

It has been a meteoric rise for the Afghanistan national team, which has gone on to earn the Test status and featured in World Cups, and its performan

Mohammad Ibrahim Momand

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant straps his fingers ahead of play on day two of the third Test against England in Leeds. “The fourth umpire can be tasked to check the wicketkeeper’s gloves as also the fielder’s taping of his fingers to ensure there is no undue advantage taken by them,” says the author.

On The Write Line

Sunil Gavaskar discusses laws of cricket

The ICC Cricket Committee meets every summer and decides on the playing conditions and if there is any need for changes.

Sunil Gavaskar

Just like the 31-year-old rod Laver in 1969, Novak Djokovic boasts the technique, tactics, athleticism, and experience to consummate the Grand Slam.

Who will win the US Open?

If Novak Djokovic captures the US Open, he’ll snap a three-way tie with fellow legends Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at 20 major titles each. Even mo

Paul Fein

Sjoerd Marijne, who has stepped down as the coach Indian women's team, hoped the women would get opportunities to play more tournaments in their country just like their male counterparts.

Marijne: ‘In future, I hope women’s team gets the same support and status’

Sjoerd Marijne, who ended his journey as Indian women’s team hockey coach after helping the side finish fourth at the Tokyo Olympics, hopes they build

Vijay Lokapally

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