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WHY NOT BHARAT RATNA FOR DHYAN CHAND, ASKS FORMER HOCKEY CAPTAIN GOVINDA

January 11, 2021

Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand was a “great man, great human being and a great player” and it is a surprise that he has not yet been conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, says former India hockey captain B.P. Govinda. “The Bharat Ratna is conferred in recognition of...

PAOLO ROSSI: FOOTBALL GREAT’S LIFE IS A TALE OF WONDER AND REDEMPTION

December 12, 2020

NEW DELHI: Football great Paolo Rossi, who died of lung cancer aged 64 on December 9, won the Italian Serie A twice and the European Cup once in his illustrious career, but the tournament that he is most widely associated with, for good reason, is the 1982 World Cup. He...

PELE VS MARADONA: A RIVALRY THAT FOUND PEACE IN BITTERNESS

November 28, 2020

On October 1, 1977, Brazilian football superstar Pele was handed the microphone to address the crowd ahead of a friendly between New York Cosmos, the team he had played with for over two years, and his beloved Santos, where his career started and reached dizzying peaks. Among the sold out...

Maradona & Messi: Two symbolic extremes of a football superstar

November 27, 2020

A glance at the statistics and some hard facts would show that as far as their individual careers are concerned, Lionel Messi has eclipsed his legendary former Argentina coach Diego Maradona, who passed away on Wednesday.At the international level, 33-year-old Messi has 87 goals in 165 appearances, making him Argentina’s all-time highest goal scorer....

IPL 2020: BIGGEST FAILURES OF THE SEASON

November 5, 2020

The league stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 13 was an attritional one with players struggling to regain form once they hit a rough patch. This has often resulted in teams, seemingly cruising at one stage, stumbling their way across the line. There are players who got off the...

Not thinking about Olympic qualification, says Nehwal

October 10, 2020

Saina Nehwal is currently concerned with maintaining fitness for competitions and tournaments next year and not thinking about the long road ahead of her to ensure a fourth appearance at the Olympic Games. The 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist is currently ranked 22nd in the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) Race...