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Olympics: Militaryman Sai Ashok wins appreciation for excellent work in Olympics
Away from all the glitter of gold and silver medals there was an officer of the Indian army who served at the Paris Olympics and gained appreciation for his excellent work. That man is Lieutenant...
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Olympics: Tales of tragedy and triumph; what mistakes India made?
From the Indian standpoint, the Paris Olympic Games was the most cathartic one seen in this century. Never before have so many Indian athletes come so close to winning medals and yet missed the mark...
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Gama Pahelwan, the legendary wrestler, was also India’s freedom fighter
The strength and skill displayed by Vinesh Phogat in the wrestling competitions of the Paris Olympics recently brought back memories of India’s famous wrestlers of the past who used to defeat their...
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HCA is in hot water again, urgent action required
“The more things change the more they remain the same.” This expression was coined in 1849 by French writer Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr to illustrate that despite superficial changes that we see on...
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Sachin’s Test record may be broken; threat of Joe Root looms over cricket...
“Records are meant to be broken” is a well known phrase that is often heard in all sports. And so they are, because every time a record is broken it indicates that progress is being made. It shows...
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Flag football: Denial of visa by Finland to Indian team disappoints players...
A shocking incident that is being seen as a setback to India’s stature in international sports has arisen after the Indian team that was to take part in the Flag Football World Championships was...
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Shatranj kay Khiladi: Young ‘Kings & Queens’ of India have taken world by storm
It is said that the game of chess originated in India in ancient times and then spread to Persia and from there to the rest of the world. Therefore it is fitting that India’s young Grandmasters have...
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Maidaan, film on Hyderabad’s legendary football coach Rahim, bags prestigious...
The film Maidaan which depicts the struggles and achievements of Hyderabad’s legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim, has won the Best Asian Film award in the Septimius Film Awards of 2024. The...
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Mixed responses by former footballers over plans to build OGH at Goshamahal...
The recent announcement of the Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that the government is planning to construct a new complex of the Osmania General Hospital on the grounds of the Goshamahal...
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Telangana Cricket Association wants action against HCA
Officials belonging to the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) lashed out at the mismanagement within the Hyderabad Cricket Association and called for strict action to be taken against the latter....
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Legendary Clive Lloyd is 80: He pulverised Hyderabad batting 50 years ago
The legendary captain of the West Indies, Sir Clive Lloyd, is a very senior citizen now. He celebrated his 80th birthday on August 31st. Not only was he a charismatic leader of a great team he was...
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Cricket: Young tigers of Bangladesh maul Pakistan to chalk up a historic...
Bangladesh’s cricketers created history when they defeated Pakistan 2-0 in the recently concluded Test series. It was the first time that Bangladesh had made a clean sweep of a series against...
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Inspiring stories of courage of Indian players emerging from Paralympic Games
Tales of great heroism and courage are emerging from the ongoing Paralympics Games 2024 in Paris. One such story is that of Sunder Singh Gurjar who bagged a bronze medal in the javelin throw...
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India’s pace attack must be maintained at high level by grooming new talents
India has an outstanding crop of fast bowlers. But the cutting-edge attack may lose its sharpness shortly. That is because three of our top-level bowlers namely Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and...
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Pakistan is a team with eleven captains, says ex-player Danish Kaneria
Pakistan is going through one of the worst phases in its cricket history. In the past this land had produced some of the best cricketers of the world. Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Fazal Mahmood, Hanif...
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Bangladesh series will provide golden chance for India’s young players to...
Team India will be in action again from Sep 19th in Chennai. The Bangladesh cricket team is scheduled to tour India to play two Test matches and three T20 Internationals. The contests will provide a...
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Octogenarian Rani Hamid fights chess battles like a young warrior
Rani Hamid of Bangladesh is a legend in the sport of chess in her country. At the age of 80, most people experience the ebb of their physical and mental faculties. The energy and skills of youth fade...
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Cricket against crime: Mexican prisons use the game as a therapy to reform...
There was a time when cricket was known to be a game that stood for principles of honesty and fair play. A crooked deed used to be described by Englishmen as “not quite cricket” and the perpetrator of...
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Arthur Conan Doyle: The sporting life of Sherlock Holmes’ creator
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous creator of Sherlock Holmes, wrote 56 short stories and four novels about his intrepid detective. But in the midst of his prolific writing career, he also found time...
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Ashwin is proving to be India’s trump card in his role of spin bowling all...
A cricket fan once remarked that Ravichandran Ashwin has as many blades in his game as a Swiss army knife has in its hilt. That is an apt way to describe the cricketer who is being hailed nowadays as...
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Ashwin is proving to be India’s trump card in his role of spin bowling all...
A cricket fan once remarked that Ravichandran Ashwin has as many blades in his game as a Swiss army knife has in its hilt. That is an apt way to describe the cricketer who is being hailed nowadays as...
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History of the birth of chess in India and its world wide proliferation
It is difficult to describe India’s extraordinary twin triumphs in the Chess Olympiad in mere words. Our young men and women have come out on top in a tournament in which 190 countries and almost 2000...
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Hansie Cronje’s Struggle with Money Addiction: Is It Time to Forgive Him?
Had Hansie Cronje been alive now, he would have celebrated his 55th birthday on Sep 25. Perhaps he would have been a well known cricket commentator and a television personality. He would have been...
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Dwayne Bravo: Ultimate T20 strategist joins Kolkata Knight Riders
The flamboyant Dwayne Bravo may never be included in the same bracket as the legends of West Indies cricket such as Gary Sobers, Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd but the livewire all rounder from Trinidad...
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Coach Sanath Jayasuriya revives Sri Lankan cricket with help of new talent
With a bunch of exciting new players in its line up, it looks like Sri Lankan cricket is on the road to resurgence. Within the last few months, Sri Lanka has won an ODI series against India after 27...
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Ignoring Sarfaraz Khan’s potential may harm India’s cause
At times the BCCI’s selection policies can be baffling. The latest case that is causing bewilderment is the exclusion of Sarfaraz Khan from being a regular member of the Indian Test team. At the age...
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Lisa Sthalekar’s fairytale journey from Indian orphanage to top Australian...
Former Australian woman cricketer Lisa Sthalekar who is nowadays providing us with her invaluable analysis of the ongoing matches in the ICC women’s T20 World Cup, was a well known player during the...
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Philip Noel-Baker: Only man to win Olympic medal and Nobel prize
When we think of Nobel prize winners we visualise people with exceptional brains whose dedicated work in their respective fields finally fetches them the world’s most prestigious prize. When we think...
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Dipa Karmakar, the gymnast who defied death, retires after an outstanding career
In the sport of gymnastics the Produnova Vault is known as the Vault of Death. While executing this extremely difficult maneuver, the risk of crashing down and suffering serious injury, even death, is...
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Young Shreyas’s chess skills saved his family from deportation
There are plenty of examples where a player’s sports skills enabled him or her to earn a good living and lifted their family out of poverty. But an unusual case has now emerged in which a young boy’s...
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Who are the men behind Nitish Reddy’s phenomenal rise in Indian cricket ?
The city of Visakhapatnam is known as the Jewel of the East Coast because of its picturesque surroundings and natural beauty. But people in distant corners of India now associate the city with the...
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New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel could be the danger man for India
New Zealand’s cricket team, or the Black Caps / Kiwis as they are called, have arrived in India for a three match Test series which is to begin from Oct 16 in Bengaluru. It is but natural that...
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Cycling star Maxwell Trevor pushes for stronger sports infrastructure,...
Why is it that India always performs badly at the Olympic Games? At every Olympics, our severe shortcomings in Olympic sports are laid bare before the entire world. Ahead of every Games, we are led to...
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Hyderabad Cricket: HCA replaces coach, support staff; gains nullified
The strange decision of the Hyderabad Cricket Association to replace a successful combination of support staff including the team coach with a group from outside the State has created ripples of...
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Ali remains the Greatest: He secured release of American prisoners in custody...
Despite his reputation as the world’s greatest boxer and a ferocious fighter, outside the boxing ring, Muhammad Ali was a man of peace and often worked for a harmonious resolution of conflicts. His...
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Cricket: India’s series loss to New Zealand has raised grim questions
An undefeated run of 12 years ended in disgrace when India lost the second Test match and the series to the visiting New Zealand team. With big battles coming up against Australia for the...
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A cyclone from Hyderabad named Abdul Malik is building up
Hyderabad: In the course of its cricketing history, Hyderabad has produced several noteworthy spin bowlers. They have played for India with distinction and helped the country to chalk up memorable...
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Cricket: V V S Laxman turns 50; his heroic best was 281 against Australia at...
During his illustrious cricket career, he was known for his elegant stroke play as a middle-order batsman. The team against which he loved to compete was Australia and with the much talked about...
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Indian cricket is doomed unless drastic changes are made, says Bobby Rao...
India’s shocking 3-0 defeat against New Zealand has left fans and experts bewildered and angry. Many are calling for immediate changes, and the BCCI has been caught off guard by the developments...
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How Genghis Khan’s warriors invented the world’s most brutal sport, Buzkashi
Many modern day sports have their roots in ancient history. Kings and commanders needed to keep their soldiers in battle fit condition at all times and so competitions in archery, javelin throwing,...
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