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IPL 2024: If teams had election symbols

India, April 12 -- Cricket and politics are two of India's biggest preoccupations. With the IPL on and polls around the corner, a novel scenario can be pondered - what if IPL teams had election symbol... Read More


Jannik Sinner and the international language of tennis

India, April 5 -- 'Italians Do It Better'. In the dear departed 1980s, that was the line on a black t-shirt which pop icon and provocateur Madonna once wore. These days a men's tennis player can carr... Read More


IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya's Luis Figo moment

India, March 25 -- Many years ago Luis Figo committed the cardinal sin of leaving Barcelona for rival gang Real Madrid. When Figo next played at Camp Nou, Barca's storied cauldron, fans threw a pig's ... Read More


IPL 2024: Batting and bowling variations popularised by T20

India, March 23 -- Even the fiercest critics of the Indian Premier League (IPL) would admit one thing. The tournament and the T20 format breed ingenuity. Unorthodox shots and deliveries in cricket ar... Read More


World Cup 2026: New Jersey and the tracksuit and mob connection

India, March 9 -- Football's governing body Fifa announced some days ago that the 2026 World Cup final will be held at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. New Jersey is synonymous with the mob (the It... Read More


In Indian tennis, the one handed backhand is not so rare

India, Feb. 23 -- Dirges are being sung for the single-handed tennis backhand. For the first time since the ATP rankings started in 1973, no rebel with a one-hander will figure in the updated men's to... Read More


Super Bowl, Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce and sporting power couples

India, Feb. 10 -- This time what happens in Las Vegas demands popcorn, and is certainly not staying in Las Vegas. Sin City hosts the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 11 (February 12, 5 am, IST). Conten... Read More