World Cups in cricket and rugby, a brand new version of a century-old tennis tournament, and Liverpool’s timely tryst with triumph—it promises to be a breakneck year for the sports fanatic

Shuttle and Awe

K Srikanth becomes the world’s top male badminton player

From the Kohli cult to the fantastic four of tennis, Messi’s fight for his legacy to an epic clash between Hamilton and Vettel, it’s a great year to be a sports fan

PV Sindhu has single-handedly forced badminton into the national conversation

Champion’s Trophy

The glory of PV Sindhu in Rio highlights the story of a super coach living his dreams through his students

How a little-known shuttler from India defeated the greatest badminton player of all time

She was first noticed in 2009 when she won a bronze in the sub-junior Asian Championships in Colombo

A player excluded from the Indian team has sued P Gopichand. Is the national badminton coach an unfair autocrat or just someone who excels at his job?