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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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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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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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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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 ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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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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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Men’s recurve team reach final; Priyansh, Vennam in compound semis
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller