Talking heads: Ex-players don’t know it allLike Harsha Bhogle, the West Indian expert Tony Cozier did not play top-level cricket. And he says that it doesn’t matter.
22 Apr, 2016, 01.57 PM IST
They play, they write: When sportspeople end up in the press boxMany sportspeople end up in the piece of architecture they hate in their playing days — the press box. And some of them construct words wit...
10 Mar, 2016, 02.03 PM IST
Poke Me: With Virender Sehwag's retirement departs India's greatest openerThat was Sehwag, everyman’s hero: the Dharmendra who kept churning out hits, without the superstardom of an Amitabh Bachchan, the thinking ...
22 Oct, 2015, 11.33 PM IST
PM silence 'dreadful': AAP on writers returning Akademi awardsAAP today termed as "dreadful" the Prime Minister's "complete silence" on the return of Sahitya Akademi Awards even as it condemned the att...
12 Oct, 2015, 06.45 PM IST
Aussie cricket’s frothy conundrumDavid Boon, the burly former Aussie opener, famously drained 52 cans of lager on the long flight from Australia to England for the 1989 Ash...
24 Sep, 2015, 04.56 PM IST
Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni contenders for greatest ODI cricketerThe winner - determined by a jury of 50 players, commentators and cricket writers from around the world - will be announced next week.
06 Mar, 2015, 04.31 PM IST
Sachin Tendulkar in line to be voted cricketer of the generationAustralian spin legend Shane Warne and the recently-retired South African great Jacques Kallis are the other two cricketers to feature in t...
13 Mar, 2014, 03.01 PM IST
ICC revamp: Accepting reality is better than a dream idealDoing away with the FTP may look like India, Australia and England playing each other more often, but that was happening anyway.
14 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Poke Me: Corporatise BCCI to fix its audacityThe interim president's post has been disbanded and the courts have found no reason to debar a duly elected president from assuming charge.
10 Oct, 2013, 03.30 PM IST
Shabby showbiz making IPL look more grimy & disreputableIPL was showcased as a combination of sports and entertainment, but five years after it began, the sport is in jeopardy and entertainment i...
09 Jun, 2013, 04.45 AM IST
Rip the veil of silence: It is about time senior cricketers spoke upThe IPL fixing betting mess calls for introducing a strict system of checks and balances on Indian cricket.
30 May, 2013, 11.28 AM IST
- Where would the Tendulkars be without those who follow the game?
Even the great Sachin Tendulkar will have to make way for the future just like Bradman did some 64 years ago.
21 Nov, 2012, 07.05 AM IST
Poke Me: Why Sachin Tendulkar should quit cricket nowAs a new cricket season beckons, its time to look towards the future and ask whether a 39-year old, no matter how great, can be part of the...
20 Sep, 2012, 11.20 AM IST
Can India's cricketers turn into the game's big thinkers?No. Chances of our cricketers talking intelligently and honestly about big issues are bleak, because they are all beholden to the sport's e...
15 Sep, 2011, 01.22 PM IST
- Taslima Nasreen advises Sachin Tendulkar not to pray for Sai Baba
Taslima Nasreen, who is known more for the controversies chasing her than her literary skills, has been retweeting comments poking fun at S...
25 Apr, 2011, 01.21 PM IST
- Fans root for mystery IPL blogger's identity, vote in thousands
Even as the general elections head towards a climax, there's another poll unfolding - in cyberspace.
12 May, 2009, 04.19 PM IST
- Comrades played super selector to get Dada back
This one’s based at AKG Bhavan in the Capital, with comrades as selectors.
30 Jun, 2007, 04.36 AM IST