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Before the start of that all important match the Champion’s fan’s verdict is short, sharp and matter of fact. ‘He is going to lose! He may be the better player, history may be in his favour and on form he should win. But I know he is going to bungle it...
I don't dislike Andy Murray. He may have a face with the same ephemeral quality of Stuart Broad’s, which creates an illogical and irresistible urge in the mind of the viewer to make a violent contact of that face with his (the viewer’s) hand but that...
The one big difference between Cricket and Tennis is not only the equipment used or the rules of the games but the post match interviews. Tennis journos seem to possess an EQ and IQ that is lower than their cricketing counterparts (as if that were possible...
The greatest joy an ageing warrior can feel is when he knows that the next generation is capable enough to carry his legacy forward. Leander Paes, fondly called Lee, would be feeling like that old warrior in Chennai. A man who carried his national team...
From the London summer of 2004 to the NY summer of 2010 the world has gone through a lot of change and turmoil. What remained a constant were the Men winning the Tennis Grand Slam tournaments. Out of the total 26 Grand slams contested during that period...
Obituary writing is serious business but sometimes it can turn unintentionally funny. Especially if the Obit is premature and/or erroneous. 'Dead man walking' gets an entirely different meaning when used in this context. A couple of stories of...
One hears that Sahara Star has a special offer for couples on this Valentine day. St. Valentine’s day in India, like other foreign festivities, is indigenised and assimilated in the Indian mainstream. The typical Indian additions to the celebration of...
Andy Murray’s campaign at the Australian Open coincided a lot with the absolutely brilliant ' Ishqiya ' released at the same time. It started brilliantly, had some excellent performances, was great music to many a people’s ears (in Murray’s case...
Fernando Gonzalez was playing some incredible Tennis at the Rod Laver Arena. Some amazingly accurate forehand winners, some wonderful single handed back hand down the lines and suddenly he was leading 2 sets to 1 against Andy Roddick. It was an intense...
Former tennis star Andre Agassi wore a wig held together with pins in his first Grand Slam final, excerpts from his autobiography have revealed. The hairpiece - in his famous mullet style - had fallen apart the night before the 1990 French Open final...
A brief summary of all the hits and misses over the weekend in the sporting world HITS The top position has to go to Liverpool's gutsy display against Man United and the snapping of it's 4 match losing streak. Going into this match everything...
Just on the back of the horrifyingly stale news that Renault asked Nelson Piquet Jr to deliberately bang his car into the some corner of a surprisingly empty Singapore street, has come another disturbing accusation. Match fixing in the world of the equally...
The start to the week (in Asia we start early) was all about a tiny line overstepped (in mid air that too, mind you.) and a tennis ball threatened to be rammed down the throat of the woman whose very job was to watch that same line carefully and to maintain...
MS Dhoni had a very pertinent and original point of view when he opined that if India did well on the field, the rankings and ratings would take care of themselves. With India poised to take the ICC top ODI ranking, IF they win all the matches at the...
One was reading the other day about how bookmakers are quoting odds on either of Roger Federer's just born twin daughters winning a grand slam tournament (25 to 1) and Wimbledon (100 to 1) by the time they reach their 26th birth day. One just wondered...
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