By Rituraj Borkakoty
Mo Farah paused and looked at his wife (several times) as though the iconic long distance runner needed a moment to collect his thoughts when I greeted him with questions at a venue filled with people waiting to get a glimpse of the athlete.
By Anamika Chatterjee
When history looks at the events that unfolded at this year’s women’s finals of the US Open, it will judge Serena Williams on several counts. The question we must ask ourselves, however, is, whose history would it be, anyway? The history of the sport or the history of women’s movement? Because if it is the former, there’s little to contest that Williams was wrong. The latter demands that we understand the experience of being Serena Williams — a tennis icon, a trailblazer, a woman and a woman of colour. Continue reading How Serena Williams is both right and wrong?
By James Jose
The upcoming season of the UAE top flight and other domestic football competitions will feel a bit strange with the absence of its lead cast.
Continue reading Al Ain and I will miss Amoory on UAE’s football turf
By Sunil K. Vaidya
Did Anushka carry drinks for Virat Kohli during a Test match in England? Did she so much as attempt to pad up and join her cricketer husband on the 22-yards between the stumps? Did she banish Indian vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane to third man so she could stand in slip cordon with Kohli? Obviously, that’s an emphatic no. Then what’s all this ruckus about a photograph that was tweeted this past fortnight? Continue reading Are trolls nastier when cricket and Bollywood meet?
By Alvin R. Cabral
When LeBron James left his basketball team Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010, he was immediately vilified; he couldn’t win a title with them, so he decided to hook up with two all-stars on the Miami Heat. It didn’t help that Cleveland was his hometown. It was enough for fans to curse him and burn his jerseys. Continue reading What do you know about staying loyal to one team?
By Sunil K. Vaidya
Has France’s triumph in Russia signalled the beginning of an end to the football of flair and skill? I hope not, but it pained me to see a team of talented forwards depend on a reactive game plan.
Continue reading The football of the old days was magic, and I miss those games
By Suresh Pattali
In our growing up years, we village urchins darted around like demented dogs after school hours. We chased the wind and waves. We played football on the beach and hit sixes into the sea. We galloped after the cattle that ran amok in the neighbourhood. We hunted for parakeets in tapioca groves. Continue reading Hima Das and the importance of being free to run wild
