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Hardik Pandya, ravaged by numerous injuries and bouts of selfdoubts, dug deep into his reserves to again reinvent himself and lead the newly found Gujarat Titans to the 2022 IPL title.

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Quick feet: An athlete working on his plyometrics with lateral box jumps. Working on plyometrics help in jumping and change of direction.

Helping athletes increase explosive power

The goal of explosive exercise training is to build enough power to ultimately move heavy weights very quickly. It helps in improving reaction time wh

Ramji Srinivasan

Ramji Srinivasan

Big three: Novak Djokovic of Siberia, Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain. When the players are young and fans are younger, certain things, such as tracking their win-loss records, matter. When you are older than the players, there is an elegiac quality to their meetings.

Let’s make the most of our heroes

Even as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were preparing for their French Open battle, Swiss great Roger Federer was indulging in a popular middle-age s

Suresh Menon

Climbing up the ladder: Currently, in live rankings, Arjun Erigaisi (right) is 49th, while D. Gukesh is 54th.

Away from spotlight, Gukesh and Arjun make the right moves

When the followers of Indian chess were eagerly awaiting Nihal Sarin (17 years) and R. Praggnanandhaa (16) to break new grounds, Arjun Erigaisi (18) b

Rich haul: Tennis player Prithvi Sekhar poses with the Indian flag and the three medals he won during the 24th Deaflympics, at the the Festa da Uva Main Pavilion in Caxias do Sul., Brazil.

Deaflympics medallist Prithvi Sekhar - Smashing past all challenges

Prithvi Sekhar won three medals including a silver and two bronze in tennis at the 24th Deaflympics. He had won a bronze medal in the 2017 edition, bu

Making a point: The ICC CEO, Geoff Allardice, was recently in India to watch the Indian Premier League along with the chairman of the organisation, Greg Barclay. “Across the three formats, the frequency of competitions is high and we try to make sure that we have competitive teams,” he says.

ICC CEO: Focus on developing the game across formats, growing women's cricket

The ICC CEO, Geoff Allardice, spoke about the plan to grow the game, tournaments in the pipeline and more...

Confident: “When I was starting out throwing with a wooden javelin, I used to think how special it would be to make an 80m throw. When I actually did it, I felt ‘what’s the big deal.’ I feel there is so much more I can do,” he says.

Neeraj Chopra and who else: Four exciting prospects in javelin throw from India

For a long time the 80m mark has been the benchmark for a world-class javelin thrower. Prior to 2021, Olympians Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Yadav were a

Jonathan Selvaraj

Play fair: England’s Joe Root and Ben Foakes celebrate after guiding their team to victory in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s. As many as 17 wickets fell on the opening day of the Test. Why is here such a hue and cry only when wickets tumble in Tests played in India, wonders the author.

On The Write Line

Sunil Gavaskar: Ignore biased views of biased people against India

Former players from overseas, who are hardly in the bottom rung of those who played international cricket, get their biased comments splashed all over

Sunil Gavaskar

Discussing India’s prospects: Srinath Narayanan, Viswanathan Anand, Abhijit Kunte spent a day with the Indian players at Mamallapuram, Chennai, the venue for the 44th Chess Olympiad. Anand analysed many of his games and shared what he thought at various stages of the select games.

‘We have a good chance in the Olympiad’

Indian team mentor Viswanathan Anand, men’s Team ‘A’ coach N. Srinath and women’s Team ‘A’ coach Abhijit Kunte discuss various topics including the In

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Rajat Patidar scores quickest IPL century by an uncapped player

The RCB player scored a hundred in 49 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. Rajat Patidar is the 15th batter to register an IPL century in less than 50

Real Madrid's Marcelo lifts the trophy after winning the Champions League final against Liverpool at the Stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris. Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0.

UEFA Champions League

Real Madrid’s UCL love affair

Liverpool, the favourite for the title, dominated the game with 24 shots to Real Madrid’s four but came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 result in the 20

Aashin Prasad

Mumbai: Hardik Pandya of Gujarat Titans plays a shot during an IPL match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The resurgence of Hardik Pandya

It was a tough battle against his own self-doubt and an injury-ravaged body, but a determined Hardik Pandya did all the hard work to rise again like a

Validation: Supernovas players celebrate with winning the trophy during the final of the Women’s T20 Challenge against Velocity held at the MCA International Stadium in Pune.

WIPL, a path forward for women’s cricket

While the week-long Women’s T20 Challenge may have helped showcase the best of women’s cricket, a full-fledged Women’s IPL tournament will help uneart

Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan

Lavanya Lakshmi Narayanan

Successful conquest: Gujarat Titans players with the IPL trophy after winning the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

IPL 2022: How Gujarat Titans tamed the rest for title

It was not easy to battle past the odds, stun champion sides like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings and eventually clinch the title. But in its f

Champions reunite: Indian members from Rajasthan Royals' batch of 2008 — (Top row) Munaf Patel, Siddharth Trivedi, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Salunkhe, (bottom row) Swapnil Asnodkar and Parag More watched the game from the box with team owner Manoj Badale and motivated the team during the IPL 2022 final in Ahmedabad.

IPL Diary: A power-packed final on and off the field

After hosting the tournament in the United Arab Emirates for two years, the IPL was held from start to finish in India this time around and the BCCI e

Bidding war: The question is will the next battle of IPL which will be played off the field — the auction for media rights — also throw similar surprises? A lot rides on these auctions, touted to be worth nearly Rs. 50,000 crore, for the 10-odd players, who have picked up the bid documents

IPL media rights auction: What to expect

With the curtains coming down on the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League, all eyes are on the multi-crore media rights auction on June 12.

Pool party: Race winner Sergio Perez of Mexico and Oracle Red Bull Racing celebrates with his team by jumping into the pool after the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco.

Formula One: Slick Perez takes win, Ferrari gets it wrong

Starting on pole, Charles Leclerc dropped to fourth through no fault of his own as Ferrari floundered on strategy at the Monaco GP. All Red Bull’s Per

Humble as ever: Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after clinching his 14th title at Roland Garros. “I, for sure, never believed I would be here at 36 being competitive again, playing in the most important court of my career one more time in the final,” he told the crowd, afterwards.

Rafa racks up record 14th at Roland Garros

When superstar Pete Sampras captured his 14th major title in 2002, tennis cognoscenti thought that record would be hard, perhaps even impossible, to b

Paul Fein

Courtois lifts the Champions League trophy after beating Liverpool oin the final.

UEFA Champions League

From 'invisible' to 'unbelievable': Courtois' journey to Champions League crown with Real Madrid

Real Madrid's Courtois made nine saves against Liverpool - the most by any keeper in a Champions League final.

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