The day after. It has always been the most difficult one for the football fans – but no World Cup has left us as hungover as this Monday after the titanic struggle between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Doha – which is now rightfully being called the greatest ever final. If the […]
The battlelines for the quarter finals in Qatar 2022 are now drawn, and there are no prizes for guessing that the story of Morocco will stand out after four days of Round-of-16 action. The Atlas Lions, as the North African country are known as, stand out as gatecrashers among the aristocrats of the game like […]
The group stage exit of Germany from two consecutive World Cups has certainly dealt a bodyblow to the reputation of the football aristocrats. While Brazil may be the winner of highest number of titles with five, Germany’s consistency in the football showpiece had always been a subject of much envy. Just ponder this: not only […]
What are the odds against two 73-year-olds, one witty and articulate, other somewhat taciturn but with a wry sense of humour – holding a packed audience in thrall at an era when T20 cricket and franchise leagues rule the landscape of the game? A short one, if you can manage to put Sunil Gavaskar and […]
Two mother of all upsets have suddenly set the Qatar 2022 alive even before it’s a week-old – relegating the controversy about the hosts, the Iranian players’ refusal to sing the national anthem and the most amazing exhibition of tiki taka football by Spain in the background. It’s been more than 24 hours that the […]
#I am Arab and I support Qatar The hashtag seems to be going viral by the minute as the moment of reckoning for the tiny Gulf state has arrived. It’s been for more than a decade, since Qatar bagged the Fifa World Cup in a major coup in December 2010, that they had to cop […]
The 10-wicket hammering at the hands of England in the T20 World Cup semi-finals must be driving the Indian TV pundits and their legion of fans up against the wall in search for solutions which could have saved the day for them. A better start at the powerplay than being 38 for one? Chahal for […]
Who writes the script for Imran Khan? This is the question I was asking myself when the deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan and the World Cup-winning captain survived an assassination attempt on him at Wazirabad on Thursday. The attempt on Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) undisputed supremo has led to widespread shock and condemnation throughout the country, while […]
Is women’s cricket in India finally moving towards gender equality? The positive vibes at the news of BCCI announcing equal pay for women’s national teams across all formats earlier this week makes us believe that it’s a step in the right direction – but there are still miles to go. The richest cricket board in […]
The ambience had the making of a silent coup as a grim looking Sourav Ganguly walked out after the BCCI AGM went according to the script in a plush Mumbai hotel on Tuesday. A far cry – from the hype and hoopla which marked his acsent to the hot seat exactly three years back to […]
