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Rumble Down Under - India tour Australia
- Aug 20, 2008
- India Wins Wrestling Bronze in Beijing Olympics
For once, the whole of India is looking up and following the other sports India is faring well in.
- Aug 14, 2008
- Sporting Bindra, Unsporting IndiaEveryone wants a piece of Bindra. Nobody cares about the sport in which he competes.
- Sporting Bindra, Unsporting India
- Aug 12, 2008
- In a Land of a BillionThe ultimate "winner" is one who knows his skill is matched with strategy
- In a Land of a Billion
- Aug 11, 2008
- Abhinav Bindra Wins Gold Medal At The Olympics
SAI needs to take good care of its medal winners, be it at Olympics or at Commonwealth or the Asiad, monetarily and by recognition to
- Aug 10, 2008
- Beijing Olympics - Indians and Desis Missing in ActionWith the Beijing Olympics well under way, we are yet again bombarded with the usual myth-making machines in overdrive.
- Beijing Olympics - Indians and Desis Missing in Action
- Jul 26, 2008
- The New Roger FedererRoger Federer is certainly on downhill, but we fans have new hero to cheer about
- The New Roger Federer
- Jul 8, 2008
- Wimbledon 2008 - Warrior Rafa Dethrones King Roger
An epic final which was like a blockbuster movie. And in the end, a deserving winner. That is what the Wimbledon 2008 final proved to
- Jul 7, 2008
- Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon Win - Birth of a New ChampionWatching Nadal lift the cup with Federer's dejected face in the background, one wished this was one cup that could be split.
- Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon Win - Birth of a New Champion
- Jul 2, 2008
- Elliot-Sidebottom and Sporting CharacterIn the recent Elliot-Sidebottom episode during the England-New Zealand ODI series, the bowler Ryan Sidebottom crashed into the batsman Grant Elliot
- Elliot-Sidebottom and Sporting Character
- Jun 18, 2008
- Switch-Hits and Misguided Motives
Cricinfo reports today that the MCC has approved Kevin Pietersen's so-called "switch-hit" reverse slog for six which drew so much attention this week
- Jun 4, 2008
- Taking Stock of The IPL EffectThe success of the IPL can be gauged by how much the IPL had become a part of our daily life!
- Taking Stock of The IPL Effect
- Jun 1, 2008
- Rajasthan Royals Win IPL Twenty20 Championship Off Final BallThe victory was an exciting moment. The teams were visibly tensed, and it was an emotional scene.
- Rajasthan Royals Win IPL Twenty20 Championship Off Final Ball
- May 30, 2008
- Observations on the IPL - The Non-playing Area
My off field experiences while attending the last 2 matches of the Deccan Chargers at the IPL
- May 27, 2008
- Barkha Dutt & The IPL CheerleadersDear Barkha, Your article was totally in bad taste.
- Barkha Dutt & The IPL Cheerleaders
- May 20, 2008
- Photo Essay: Sunfeast World 10K RunTo be a part of the Sunfeast World 10K run, this is an international annual event, and was organized in India for the first time.
- Photo Essay: Sunfeast World 10K Run
- May 13, 2008
- IPL, Cricket and Corporate Efficiency
Charu Sharma was fired by owner Vijay Mallya as the CEO of the ridiculously named Bangalore Royal Challengers franchise in the Indian Premier League.
- May 2, 2008
- SlapGate, Suspensions, Referees, and CodeOf course, all these charges of parochialism are absurd, but that is what this seems to have descended into.
- Delhi Daredevils Break Chennai Super KingsThe points table has a bit of an upset after this game, and the remaining games before the knock-out stage should be interesting.
- SlapGate, Suspensions, Referees, and Code
- May 1, 2008
- Rajasthan Royals Humble Kolkata Knight Riders
Where is the fire, guys? What happened to all that aggression?
- Apr 28, 2008
- Indian Hockey Federation Suspended by Indian Olympic Association - Games We PlayNo nation in the world plays as many sports disciplines as we do with official blessings.
- IPL's First Victim: Harbhajan Singh Banned For 11 MatchesThe bowler was found to have acted without provocation and did not intend to appeal the decision.
- Thoughts on IPL
I'd watch Real Madrid play Manchester United at Old Trafford rather than Mumbai Indians play Chennai Super Kings.
- Indian Hockey Federation Suspended by Indian Olympic Association - Games We Play
- Apr 26, 2008
- IPL Cricket - Neither Quite Nor Quiet If the whole idea of IPL was entertainment, it seems to be dishing out added spice and controversy to make it an even bigger hit.
- IPL Twenty20: Mumbai Indians Lose Sorely To Punjab Kings XIThe poorly named Mumbai Indians have had a string of bad luck, or perhaps bad captaincy, in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 series.
- IPL Cricket - Neither Quite Nor Quiet
- Apr 20, 2008
- IPL Twenty20 - Bangalore Royal Challengers Stun Mumbai Indians
Each game has its own tenseness, and there really seems to be no such thing as 'too much cricket'. - IPL T20 - Kolkata Knight Riders Defeat Deccan ChargersIt might have brought back memories of power failures in years gone by in the Calcutta of old, but was apparently a floodlight failure.
- Apr 19, 2008
- IPL Launches with Kolkata Knight Riders Victory in BangaloreIn an opening ceremony more suited for Miss World than cricket, much glitter, light and sound were deployed to create the illusion.
- IPL Launches with Kolkata Knight Riders Victory in Bangalore
- Apr 10, 2008
- Protests and Sport
International sport has always been fertile ground for political protest and dissent.
- Apr 7, 2008
- Shoaib Akhtar: Cricket's Enfant Terrible In the last several years his off field antics have earned him more headlines than his on field performance.
- Shoaib Akhtar: Cricket's Enfant Terrible
- Apr 3, 2008
- On Cricket CommentatorsCricketer-Commentators have proliferated in recent years, especially since the advent of Cable TV.
- On Cricket Commentators
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