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PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara: When the irresistible Indian met the indomitable Japanese
What started as a contest of skills morphed into a collision of wills and ended as an all-time epic.
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Money and futility: Everyone knows Test cricket is dying but few will step forward to save it
The ICC mooted the idea of a World Test Championship in 2008. Nine years later, we’re still discussing how to save the oldest format of the game.
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Just let them play: Mithali Raj and Co deserve better than BCCI’s tried-and-tested tropes
Women’s cricket is as compelling, sometimes even more so, than the men’s version. Then why are we still listening to cliches?
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Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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Revealed: The minutes of BCCI's SGM show how N Srinivasan derailed the reform process
The Tamil Nadu administrator manipulated the meeting, ensuring that the BCCI continued to stonewall the reforms.
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All-round skill without the abuse: The Women’s World Cup is the last refuge for the cricket tragic
Here is cricket as it is meant to be played – and watched.
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Anil Kumble’s forced exit makes Virat Kohli and Co look like entitled brats
What are the differences so irreconcilable that prompted Kohli to resist the concerted mediation efforts of Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman?
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Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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If the French Open is the ‘Murder Wall’ of tennis, Rafael Nadal is its irresistible force
The inevitability of Nadal’s continued excellence on his beloved clay has no precedent.
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Why Virat Kohli makes us admire him a little more – and miss Sachin Tendulkar a little less
He is the antithesis to the platitude-spouting Indian sportsman we are so used to.
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Bharat Mata ki jai: Following Amitabh Bachchan's advice on patriotic cricket commentary
Reimagining what the commentators should have said in the last over of the India-Bangladesh T20 game.
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The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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What Anupam Kher doesn't understand about Modi's simplistic chaiwallah origin story
That election jumla is long past its sell-by date.
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Why it's wrong to fight for press freedom by calling for a boycott (even if it is Arnab)
The real test of your ideals is when they come slap up against your feelings.
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Arthur J Pais: The irascible, impossible journalist who was every editor’s dream
The senior journalist died in New Jersey on January 8.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Hyderabad deliver death-bowling masterclass to defeat Rajasthan in last-ball thriller
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals