COVER STORY
09-07-2022
Queen of Cricket
As Indian women’s cricket grows onwards and upwards, Mithali Raj’s contribution will always remain significant. A tribute to the former India captain who has called time on her career.
Briefing
Magazine
Ranji Trophy quarterfinals: Punjab’s mighty batting crumbles against MP
Spinners took 10 wickets to bowl out Punjab for 203 in the second innings and set up a 10-wicket win for Madhya Pradesh. Shubham Sharma racked up his
Magazine
Ranji Trophy quarterfinals: Captain Karan Sharma helps UP knock out Karnataka
Karnataka failed to capitalise on a 98-run first-innings advantage and suffered a five-wicket loss to Uttar Pradesh in the quarterfinals. UP captain K
Magazine
Ranji Trophy quarterfinals: Mumbai posts biggest win by runs in first-class cricket
Mumbai’s Suved Parkar marked his debut with a mammoth 252 in the first innings while his Ranji roommate Yashasvi Jaiswal recorded his maiden first-cla
Magazine
Ranji Trophy quarterfinals: Record-breaking batters drive Bengal home
Sudip Kumar Gharami struck a maiden first-class hundred as Bengal amassed 773 in the first innings. With Jharkhand folding up for 298 in the first inn
Magazine
Ranji Trophy semifinals: Madhya Pradesh in final after 23 years
Madhya Pradesh defeated Bengal by 174 runs to reach the Ranji Trophy final for the first time since 1998-99. Chandrakant Pandit was the captain then,
Magazine
Ranji Trophy semifinals: Batting quartet orchestrates Mumbai’s success
For the second time this season, Prithvi Shaw, Sarfaraz Khan, Armaan Jaffer and Yashasvi Jaiswal featured together in Mumbai’s starting XI, this time,
Statsman
Statsman: Rishabh Pant second-youngest Indian to captain T20 team
Rishabh Pant, 24, led India for the first time in an international match in the T20I against South Africa in Delhi on June 9, 2022. He is the second-y
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Breaking Good: Breakdance as sport and India's talent pool
Breaking, which was once seen only as an underground dance movement, is now part of the mainstream sports and will be making its Summer Olympics debut
Chess
Narayanan and Nihal Sarin — Treading different paths to success
S. L. Narayanan and Nihal Sarin, two young chess players from Kerala, have quietly firmed up their places in the country’s top-10 list.
Last Word
The gap between individual morality and the nation’s morality
Dollar-rich countries in the Middle East ruled by despots and with dodgy human rights records already own top football clubs in Europe and England. Co
Food For Thought
Train to eat precisely and scientifically
There are two other parameters that frighten me as a sports nutritionist in a player’s life: sickness and injury. They are always lurking in the sidel
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KIIT & KISS: A sports hub with world-class infrastructure
For well over a decade now, KIIT and KISS have quietly created a sports hub, churning out international stars and athletes in the country. They house
Vantage Point
Who will win Wimbledon?
Do any of the leading men’s contenders have the right stuff to dethrone Novak Djokovic? Can Iga Swiatek, a clay-court star whose two Grand Slam titles
On The Write Line
The Stokes-McCullum effect
The England team with another captain and coach had, just a year earlier, declined a similar challenge of getting 270 odd to win on the final day agai
Women's Cricket
Mithali Raj - Celebrating the queen of Indian cricket
As India’s women’s cricket grows onwards and upwards, Mithali Raj’s contribution will always remain significant.
Basketball
NBA Finals: A sweet triumph for the Warriors
The Warriors doubled down on their strategy to retain their star players at a high cost — they pay the highest luxury tax in the league — even after K
F1
F1: Red Bull flying away with the lead
Red Bull’s Verstappen won his sixth race of the season in the Canadian GP after taking pole position in a rain-affected qualifying session. The reigni
Football
AFC Asian Cup 2023: General Stimac and his new band of warriors get the berth
India won all three matches in the group D engagement of the final qualifying stage to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup 2023.
Athletics
Inter-State Athletics Championships: New stars take the spotlight
In the absence of track and field stars like Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and national 3000m steeplechase champion Avinash Sable, javelin thro
IPL News
IPL Media Rights auction: BCCI’s blockbuster sale could open floodgates to higher viewership
IPL Media Rights: The high premium that digital rights commanded at the auction could be a game-changer for the league, franchises’ fortunes and the w
Athletics
Denied CWG spot despite meeting qualification standard, Tejaswin Shankar has no regrets
As things stand, Tejaswin would also have been a medal contender in Birmingham. Only two jumpers who will prospectively be competing at the Commonweal
Cricket
Temba Bavuma, South Africa's symbol of hope
The diminutive, soft-spoken captain is a significant figure in South African sport, but can he leave behind a legacy of greatness?