Sania's fortunes looking up

Thursday, 5 February 2009 11:44 by N Jagannath Das

Sania Mirza had an important statement to say on her return from the Australian Open Championship where she won the mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi. `` I feel like it's a second career,'' the Hyderabad player said. Having being sidelined for the most part of last year because... [More]

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What scares Freddie more?

Friday, 5 December 2008 11:43 by Ramesh Behera

The India-England Test series is on but Andrew Flintoff is hell bent on not returning to India. Anyway, the series has lost its glamour after the Mumbai attacks and what remains is a mere formality. [More]

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When Yuvraj (briefly) reigns

Monday, 17 November 2008 11:05 by Ramesh Behera

The English media went miles ahead of their Indian counterpart in glorifying Yuvraj Singh's pluck in Rajkot. The Guardian, while lambasting Kevin Pietersen and group, went to the extent of saying: "All he seemed to do to create shots possessed of the grace of Garry Sobers, the power of Clive Lloyd and flair of Brian Lara was to wave his bat somewhere in the vicinity of the ball." [More]

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Test-ing time for Ponting

Saturday, 1 November 2008 11:21 by Ramesh Behera

It takes just one night to become disaPonting! After the Mohali Test, this bitter truth came to light. And when time is not in one's favour, even lesser mortals in Australian standards, like Brett Lee, point fingers at him, even though one has two World Cups under his belt. Forget the veracity a... [More]

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Chetan Anand on his way now

Saturday, 25 October 2008 22:01 by N Jagannath Das

It has been a glorious run for 28-year-old Chetan Anand in the European circuit. The national badminton champion, who was beaten in tough three games by fourth seed Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark in the quarter-finals of the Denmark Super Series tournament, has raised hopes of resurrecting his international career. [More]

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Gopi Chand's off-court battle

Thursday, 25 September 2008 22:40 by Jagannath Das

Former All England badminton champion Pullela Gopi Chand got a shock of his life when he came to know that three of the five acres of land allotted to him by the previous Telugu Desam government in 2004 for a badminton academy would be taken away by the present government. According to the stat... [More]

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Can Saina be a world champ?

Tuesday, 2 September 2008 14:22 by Jagannath Das

``She can be a world champion.'' These were the words of former chief national coach Syed Mohammad Arif, a Dronacharya Award winner, a few years ago. [More]

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Sania's ranking plunge

Tuesday, 26 August 2008 22:04 by Jagannath Das

Tennis star Sania Mirza's ranking, down to 70 now, will likely further fall before she can rise, probably next year. [More]

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