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India’s medalists in the Paris Olympics 2024 (PC:X) S.Kannan in Paris As the curtains come down on the Paris 2024 Olympics tonight, pessimists in India will say winning just six medals is below par. After all, winning 10 medals was a realistic expectation. Truth to tell, the tally is just one below from what was […]

Neeraj Chopra with his Silver medal (PC: X) S.Kannan in Paris Watch Neeraj Chopra inside the javelin arena and away from it, the images are so different. As India’s greatest ever track and field star won a silver medal in the Paris Olympics on Thursday night at the Stade De France, it is clear he […]

India vs Spain, Paris Olympics 2024 Bronze medal match (PC: RevSportz) S.Kannan in Paris The joyous scenes when the Indian hockey team won a big medal were to be seen in Paris — on the hockey turf, the dressing room as well as the streets near the Yves De Manoir Stadium. Given the mass connect, […]

Lakshya Sen Year – 2021 Month – December Tournament – World Tour Finals Opponent – Viktor Axelsen Axelsen, the indomitable shuttler, had won the first game and taken a commanding lead in the second. Just that when Lakshya is one of the participants, it is better not to switch off the TV as you’re guaranteed […]

Vandersay bagged his maiden five-wicket haul. (PC: X.com) It was the same month, August, in 2017, when Akila Dananjaya was all over the Indian batting line-up, bagging a six-wicket haul. It seemed like Sri Lanka would win easily, but India managed to clinch it thanks to a match-winning partnership between MS Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. […]

Rohit scored his second fifty of the series. Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo Rohit Sharma plays a high-risk game in white-ball cricket these days. He has consciously made the change in his approach it has been yielding high returns. Rohit’s batting was a reason why India looked so dominant in last year’s World Cup until they […]

Kohli and Gambhir had a lengthy discussion during the practice session. (PC: X.com) Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo For a long period, Virat Kohli batted at the nets, first taking throwdowns, followed by match simulations. India had an optional practice session at Premadasa Stadium here in Colombo on Wednesday, and the focus was on getting into […]

Sri Lanka make history as they win their Asia Cup Title (Credit: @OfficialSLC) There was a stat that flashed on the screen – Chamari Athapaththu had scored almost 50 per cent of Sri Lanka’s runs in the just-concluded Asia Cup. The Sri Lankan stalwart continued to be her team’s fulcrum  (43-ball 61) as Sri Lanka […]

Charith Asalanka, Sri Lanka skipper and Suryakumar Yadav, India skipper with the trophy (PC: Sri Lanka Cricket/X) Shamik Chakrabarty in Pallekele Wanindu Hasaranga overlooks the Colombo-Kandy highway from a billboard.  That was a three-and-a-half-hour journey’s only brush with cricket and cricketers. Once upon a time, Sri Lanka used to produce stars – from Arjuna Ranatunga, […]

Gautam Gambhir with Jay Shah and Rohit Sharma (PC: Jay Shah and IPL/X) Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the Indian team head coach and will start working from India’s tour of Sri Lanka later this month. BCCI secretary Jay Shah confirmed the appointment via a post on his X (the erstwhile Twitter) handle on […]