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S.r. SuryanarayanMathrubhumi English |
It was a Sunday that will be long remembered by sports fans in the country for two reasons. One for the brave run of badminton star Lakshya Sen in the...
Absolutely stunned. That was what happened to the 90,000 plus crowd at the Narendra Modi stadium after watching India collapse to South Africa in a...
The T20 World Cup has already got underway and expectedly the initial twists and turns were there in the contests held so far in keeping with the...
“It’s tough when your body finally gives up, but that is the life of a sportsperson,” said the badminton ace Saina Nehwal, as quoted in the Gulf...
A new year and with it comes fresh aspirations, greater efforts from the sports persons and perhaps enhanced progress as we look ahead to the sports...
At the doorsteps of 2026! What better time than now to look back at the old year fading away and the impact it had on Indian sports. Yes, there were...
The recent show of the Indians in the men’s FIH Junior world hockey world cup with a bronze medal to show after a gap of nine years, is enough...
It was Saina Nehwal who, with her performance in the 2012 London Olympics, won the country’s first-ever medal (a bronze) in the history of the...
Indian football is in a crisis. That may be an understatement considering that the sport has been in a dormant state for some time and hardly inspired...
A billion dreams flowered, and the packed D Y stadium in Navi Mumbai was drenched in tears of joy as the women in blue finally capped the journey of...
One step forward, two steps backwards. That has been the way Indian football moved in recent times. Not that the sport is in any good shape but the...
The last act in the just concluded Asia Cup cricket is still to be carried out! That may appear a strange and surprising statement but that sadly is a...
Too much expectation can be the enemy of all pleasures! Decades ago when I was in college a professor had this to say in a specific context but that...
As sports delights go, this has to be a weekend that provided the richest fare in recent times. First came the great news for Indian fans with the...
‘Incredible’ is the only word that can describe the way chess in India has progressed, particularly in recent times. For a long time, it was a...
Welcome Khalid Jamil, the new Head Coach of the national football team. It is doubtful if any head coach of any sporting discipline in India could...
Incredible India! That may sound like some link from a Government Tourism promotional effort! But this phrase captures the moment of the Manchester...
Finally, Jannik Sinner made it! The Italian who showed the world how a big match can slip off from a championship point, not once but three times,...
The Headingley Test is now history. It is doubtful if any Test match in recent times had such a dramatic twist as this involving a young Indian side...
It was a week that set the world of sports agog with the kind of high-degree delights that were offered. First, the two top guns of new generation...
It was a long wait but perhaps worth the while. Royal Challengers Bangalore finally made it to the winners’ list winning IPL 2025 and ending a...
Excellence, thy name is Neeraj Chopra! Indeed,if there is one Indian athlete who believes that the pursuit of excellence does never end with one...
The Indian Premier League has been growing and continues to be the most exciting bit of cricketing experience that diehard fans had been yearning for....
The Indian Premier League is progressing in full steam. Each day brings with it fresh dreams, new highs and what not, even as the never-ending line of...
After a period of high and sustained excellence, has Indian badminton begun to wither—perhaps taken a downswing? The question seems pertinent given...