Sports

Crime and Punishment

Akshay Sawai

What is Team Modi’s next plan of action, now that the Indian cricket board has unanimously ratified all its charges and both civil and criminal proceedings will soon be initiated against him?

“We put in the hours and got the results”

Boria Majumdar

Geoff Marsh will coach Pune’s IPL team. The man who believes that too much of anything—including money—is bad, recalls how a simple work ethic turned the struggling Australian team into a world-class team.

Hat-trick for Saina

Akshay Sawai

With three titles in three weeks, Saina Nehwal is now No 3 among 528 ranked players in a demanding sport played in over 150 countries.

Who Referees Referees?

TR Vivek

Decision bloopers this World Cup have stirred a lively debate on the adoption of technical aids. Because human errors in refereeing are making the difference between victory and defeat quite often.

It Was a Classic

TR Vivek

Germany’s 4-1 defeat of England at the World Cup, despite the refereeing controversy, will be a match long remembered.

Ecstasy and Agony

Boria Majumdar

The author visits pubs at Oxford to catch the euphoria and the heartbreak of the English football-crazy fan.

“It has been a little tough for me”

Ragini Kumar

Out of form and out of favour, Yuvraj Singh has been training furiously to make a comeback into the team. It’s been a rough time, but in an exclusive interview to Open, Yuvraj says he’s glad for the break after all.