The Sporting Life: Here’s to a year of… It is one of the most wonderful things in sport to witness the resurrection of a player or a team. The Premier…
A great new wave: Rudraneil Sengupta on fresh… By the time you read this (as letters in the pre-internet age often began), the World Cup’s group stage will have…
Rudraneil Sengupta on the absurdity of the… Nothing can justify bending the law in sport. The futile Mankading debate only proves that there is no exception to…
Franchise cricket leagues are no cop-out, says… When fast-bowler Trent Boult announced that he was opting out of New Zealand’s central contract earlier this month,…
It’s love-all for India at CWG, says Rudraneil… Mirabai Chanu was a star the moment she won India a silver medal on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics. With…
Pause for effect: The Sporting Life by Rudraneil… Sometimes, all it takes is a break for elite athletes to bounce back better, as post-pandemic records have shown us…
A mid-year victory lap: The Sporting Life by… Indian stars are shining in cricket and in track-and-field. But the legends to beat this year will be the women’s…
It’s a thrill to be watching as football legends… Over the last couple of years, as the two giants of football Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo began to slow down,…
Punching back at the patriarchy: The Sporting… I wonder how many of our women fighting athletes have heard the sentence: “Why this sport? It will spoil your…
A return of the Lord of the Ring? Rudraneil… Tyson Fury has retired. Or so he said on April 24, after he knocked out compatriot Dillian Whyte to retain his…