Posters

Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian to win a weightlifting medal since Karnam Malleswari claimed a bronze at the 2000 Sydney Games. (Issue date: August 21, 2021.)

(Issue date: August 7, 2021.)

At 23 years and 277 days, Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen became the youngest ‘grand chelem’ winner in Formula One history – pole, win, fastest lap and led every lap – at the Austrian GP, a week after he won the Styrian GP at the same circuit by nearly 36 seconds – the biggest winning margin in the history of the Red Bull Ring by some distance. (Issue date: July 24, 2021.)

Mastering the Clay: Novak Djokovic came from two-sets-to-love down to defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the 2021 French Open and claim his 19th Grand Slam singles title, putting the Serbian world No. 1 one shy of the record held by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the King of Clay who Djokovic dethroned in the semifinals. (Issue date: July 10, 2021.)

(Issue Date: June 26, 2021)

English Goal Machine: Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane won the Golden Boot in the English Premier League for the third time in his career, scoring his 23rd goal in his 35th league game of the season and pipping Liverpool's Mohamed Salah on the final day. (Issue date: June 12, 2021.)

Bavaria's Best: Bayern Munich secured a record-extending ninth consecutive Bundesliga title without kicking a ball, after RB Leipzig's 3-2 defeat at Borussia Dortmund kept the Bavarians seven points clear with two games left for its rivals. Bayern now has 30 Bundesliga titles since the introduction of the top division in 1963, and 31 German league crowns in total. (Issue date: May 29, 2021.)

Master of all trades: Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja blasted a 28-ball 62 not out, hitting five sixes off Harshal Patel in the last over, and then took three wickets for 13 runs in his four overs, but capped his performance against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Mumbai on April 25 with a direct hit that ran out Dan Christian. (Issue date: May 15, 2021.)

French Phenom: Kylian Mbappe completed a remarkable week as he scored one and set up another to inspire Paris St Germain to a 4-1 win at Racing Strasbourg on April 10, after netting a double in PSG's 3-2 win at Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals earlier in the week. (Issue date: May 1, 2021.)

(Issue date: April 17, 2021.)

Pathbreaker: Mithali Raj, India's Test and ODI captain, became the first woman to score 7,000 runs in the 50-format, amassing seven centuries and 54 fifties at an average of 50.53, just days after becoming just the first Indian and second woman overall to score 10,000 international runs. (Issue date: April 3, 2021.)

Basking in the glory: Naomi Osaka’s 21st consecutive match victory dispelled any lingering notion of parity in the post-Serena Williams era of women's tennis. Her Australian Open 2021 victory was Osaka's fourth Grand Slam singles title in four finals. (Issue Date: March 20, 2021.)

Hitting his stride in Test whites: In a match that R. Ashwin dominated with both bat and ball, Rohit Sharma's 161 took India to a formidable total in the first innings of the second Test against England, paving the way for India's huge 317-run victory. (Issue Date: March 6, 2021.)

Spreading the Roots: England captain Joe Root followed up his 228 in the first Test with another match-winning knock of 186 in the second against Sri Lanka at Galle, becoming the first Englishman since David Gower to score 150 in consecutive Tests. (Issue Date: February 20, 2021.)

Raiders of Gabba: India was seemingly down for the count after being dismissed by Australia for a record-low Test score in Adelaide in the first game. But a unit that, with the exception of a few players, was actually the second or third rung in terms of stature and experience found enough hidden reserves to win the fourth Test in Brisbane and the series 2-1 to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. (Issue date: February 6, 2021.)

(Issue date: January 23, 2021.)

Too Hot To Handle: Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood took five wickets for just eight runs as India was dismissed for 36, the country's lowest-ever total in Test cricket, in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide. (Issue date: January 9, 2021.)

A Phenom: Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time who led Argentina to World Cup glory at Mexico '86, died at his home in Dique Luján in Buenos Aires province on November 25, 2020. He was 60. (Issue date: December 26, 2020.)

Seventh Heaven: With victory at the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix, British racer Lewis Hamilton secured a record-equalling seventh World Drivers' Championship title in Formula One, going level with Michael Schumacher. (Issue date: December 12, 2020.)

Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time who led Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, died on November 25, 2020. He was 60.