Murioi is a champion. He has it stamped all over him. He just has to behave like one and the McDowell Indian Derby 2014 is his for the taking.
How will fans like Jordi Cases feel the next time they go to see their heroes play, knowing that the club they support has to resort to such underhand measures to get players and has lied through its teeth to those that matter?
But in what has been hailed by some as the sport’s most sweeping rule change since its inception over six decades ago, the biggest difference lies under the skin as Formula One for the first time embraces hybrid power in a meaningful way.
Exhibiting a calm composed demeanour and a self-assured, not cocky, attitude, Bouchard seems to be a marketer’s dream.
I think it is time to lose the "Superpower vanity" we Indians have and get down to the business of getting our hands dirty doing real work. That is how you will convince the world that we are indeed worthy of that tag. Not by shouting from the rooftops.
Let managers do what they’re expected to do because they know what they’re doing.
Nobody can adapt if they are taken off after one or two Test matches.
Just like a good player doesn't automatically become a good coach, there is no guarantee that sports administration will improve by putting a sportsperson at the helm.
We are making a laughing stock of ourselves all over by preparing lifeless pitches at home which makes ordinary batsmen look very talented.
All that is needed is for Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand and West Indies to come together and start opposing the BCCI.
The performance was all the more special because Aravindh, with an ELO rating of 2335, came up with a performance equivalent to 2728 rating points and defeated four GMs and two IMs on his way to the title.
As Wenger said, those who win at Old Trafford normally go on to win the league. And anyone who does challenge for the title will very likely have to do that.
The situation in our sports is similar to our education system. If govt facilitated creation of good and adequate education infrastructure, then we won't have so many people going abroad for studies.
Carlsen is far too flamboyant only from an Indic psychoanalytic perspective.
Instead of giving lectures on how Carlsen should behave, let me give you a lecture on how we should have reacted to his monumental win.
On Tuesday night, the French did just that — earned back the honour that their country had forsaken in the Rainbow Nation.
Tendulkar’s contemporaries Viswanathan Anand and Leander Paes can certainly wait. But India owed it to her first modern sporting genius and superstar
Thirty two teams take part in Europe’s premier club competition. With two games to go, only three teams are guaranteed a place in the Round of 16.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams are both 32 years old – born just seven weeks apart. But you wouldn’t know that if you looked at their results in 2013 or considered the outlook on them for 2014.
From the very beginning, Sachin coming out to bat has been what cricket is all about.
Arsenal stand at a similar crossroads, and how they perform against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park could well dictate how the Gunners fare against the rest of their opponents they will take on in the next month or so.
For those of us who have known N Srinivasan fairly closely over the years, his re-election unopposed as President of the Indian Cricket Board on Sunday for a third year, only underlined the man’s resolve and self-belief.
What is most disconcerting for a genuine badminton lover is the fact that when Indian badminton is on the rise and the BAI should have utilised this period to consolidate the gains from a successful IBL, they are busy settling petty rivalries and mollycoddling egos.
The men would be better served by focussing on what they want for themselves, rather than comparing notes with the women.
External forces aside, Berahino cannot get this nascent success get to his head, because like so many before him, it will be detrimental to him and it is something he has already experienced before.
Spare a thought for another promising German, Nico Hulkenberg – without a doubt the star of Sunday’s race – who is at risk of falling off the Formula One map altogether.
The Japanese have a philosophy called <em>bushido</em>, which teaches righteousness, loyalty, respect, honour, courage, benevolence and honesty, all of which when put together essentially puts society first.
Clearly, not the stats that will book him a place in the Test team on form alone.
While we can ponder on or wish for what the tennis landscape might look like Down Under in January, let’s recap the fortnight in New York.