“Abhi nahin… abhi toh thoda aur batting karna hai…” A strident voice cut through the hush of a fading afternoon at the Beckenham County Ground, where India’s Under-19 team had just endured a long, draining session ahead of its Youth Test...
With 100 metres to go at the Rotterdam Marathon on a Sunday morning, Sawan Barwal could see the digital clock atop the finishing gate. The display flashed 2:09:50. In that moment, Sawan later recalled, he felt a harder push might have taken...
“Didi, mujhe bhi archery karni hai (Sister, I too want to do archery),” the girl said. “Theek hai. Aa jao (Okay, come),” replied Sheetal Devi, the Asian Games gold medallist. It was a simple exchange between two teenage girls over a video call in...
It is unrealistic to place a cricket stadium in a place called Barsapara and expect rain not to have a say in proceedings. It literally translates to ‘rain neighbourhood.’ The name proved prophetic, as all three IPL 2026 games allotted to...
