Akshay Sawai

What it takes for tennis umpires to keep their shirt on when adrenaline rushes drive players across the line of court decorum

Earlier this year, India’s former captain found his eyes welling up on television once again. Could it be the 1983 win getting eclipsed by World Cup 2011?

‘Don’t give up the fight,’ commanded Bob Marley. As if on cue, India has a lively bunch of comedians standing up for our right to laughter. They make the perfect accomplices in our hunt for humour

Tired of tired commentary, fans are taking matters into their own hands

Novak Djokovic is throwing a serious challenge to not just his two greatest court adversaries but also tennis historians and writers trying to assess his place in the game’s Hall of Fame

Interestingly, sometimes the champions earn less than the losing team

At No. 70 in the world rankings, he is not exactly a hero. But it took something near heroic to get even here

Saina Nehwal feels the badminton federation will be forced to drop the skirts rule after a couple of months

McLeodganj/Dharamshala has all the signs of a tired tourist haunt: ugly neon signs, ungainly buildings and stories of drugs and whores. But the air is still crisp, the mountains majestic and the cake memorable

The best things about Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the things you don’t see