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Confessions of a Polo Player

“Army teams play rough, and in matches against civilian teams, umpires are pressured to rule in their favour”

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2 Apr 2012
The Big Lie of Sport

The notion that sport makes gentlemen out of men and promotes fair play is spin doctoring. A Victorian novelist called Thomas Hughes started it with Tom Brown’s Schooldays.

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3 Feb 2012 | BY Mihir Bose
Your dignity is above all else

Aparna Popat, the Olympian and nine-time National badminton champ, makes a warts-and-all assessment of an Indian sportswoman’s life.

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30 Jul 2010 | BY Aparna Popat
The Defeat of Style

Flamboyance had a bad fortnight. It is an omen.

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8 Jul 2010 | BY Manu Joseph
The Female Fan’s Struggle

Why is it so hard for men to believe that women can have an interest in sports?

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25 Jun 2010 | BY Haima Deshpande
Fifteen Questions for BCCI

Rahul Mehra, who successfully took the BCCI to court demanding transparency in its operations, seeks answers concerning the IPL.

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28 Apr 2010
Last Wicket

If the IPL mess is not contained quickly, the entire world cricket economy could be staring at disaster.

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22 Apr 2010 | BY TR Vivek
Sports Un-illustrious

Osama bin Laden was a good volleyball player and enjoyed football. Nasser al-Bahri, one of the Al-Qaida leader’s former bodyguards, has revealed this in his memoir, In The Shadow of Bin Laden.

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21 Apr 2010 | BY Akshay Sawai
Against ‘the Rape of Indian Sports’

The man responsible for making the BCCI transparent is now going after all major sporting bodies in India.

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25 Mar 2010 | BY Akshay Sawai
Dribbling out of the Mess

There is no guarantee India will reach the World Cup semis, but suddenly hockey is alive again.

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5 Mar 2010 | BY Akshay Sawai
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