It’s Olympic year, and the party this time converges in Rio, Brazil, for the most picturesque and carnival-type setting the Games could ask for. We take our pick of athletes from Australia and India, who have given us great moments in the past to remember them by, and who hold hopes for a medal in...Read More
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If you’re a cricket fan, you probably know that the World Cup is on, and it’s unreasonably long and meaningless. We go in search of meaning at the World Cup, and try to find sense in a nonsensical format. If you do not know that there is a cricket world cup on at the moment,...Read More
‘The death of Phillip Hughes in November last year – and the wave of grief that followed it – reminds us that not even sport is free from the occasional thunderclap of reality.’ On November 27, 2014, a twenty-five-year-old batsman turned out for South Australia against New South Wales. He stroked his way to 63...Read More
Two decades back, Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi made history by becoming the youngest luminary at the age of 47, to be conferred the Bharat Ratna i.e. Highest Civilian award of India. But this record has been broken now by our very own little master, Sachin Tendulkar who turned 40 this year. Also, Sachin is...Read More