Sports

Barcelona: 1; Ignorance: 0

Anil Budur Lulla

A Spanish football club is running a school in Andhra Pradesh to educate children and spot sporting talent

True Colors

Akshay Sawai

How do cricketers who fly frequently deal with passenger flatulence, why aren’t the Kolkata Knight Riders ever ashamed of themselves, what do stars do in South Africa when they are not playing, why are Indian cheerleaders not so hot

The New Cricket Manual

Aakash Chopra

One-day cricket brought in newer strokes, deliveries and fielding strategies. T20 has rewritten the game’s manual again. What would WG Grace have made of it?

…and a Bit of Cricket

Akshay Sawai

As the carnival unfolded in a foreign field, the crowds were sober by Indian standards, actresses in luxury boxes tried to look jubilant, food sellers made money, and batting technique made a triumphant return

Mercury Rising

Akshay Sawai

Things heat up in South Africa as the news of a player revolt afflicts Kolkata Knight Riders, good old hands continue to infuse classical cricket into T20, and Indian fans go crazy

Old Foe Returns

Akshay Sawai

The relationship between Indians and the short-pitched delivery has not improved

Dhoni: Darling to Effigy

Dileep Premachandran

Dhoni is now in that familiar place where an Indian cricket captain, inevitably, arrives. That place where his back will slowly transform into a dartboard

For the Biggest Home Run Ever

Ryan Whirty

Baseball has touched base with India through the efforts of a talent show in America. But will it catch on?

Papas Don’t Play

Arun Janardhan

The impending fatherhood of Federer and the general fate of champions after they become fathers

The Willow of Wright

Venkata Vemuri

The story of Salix Alba Caerulea, the preferred variety of willow in cricket bats used by top batsmen, begins in an Essex plantation of a family firm that’s now run by its fourth generation