Sports

THE LOOMING LOSS

Lhendup G Bhutia

From favourites just two years ago, India’s chances of defending the World Cup now seem remote

THE BUCKS NEVER STOP

Omkar Khandekar

The booming market economy sustained by the World Cup

THE FEVER PITCH

Chetan Narula

A despatch from Australia and New Zealand, the hosts, and the Indian flavour in the World Cup

SPIN IS NOT KING

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How the Indian pitch killed the spinner

The Horns of a Cultural Dilemma

V Shoba

With the uncertainty surrounding jallikattu, a bull-baiting sport associated with harvest rituals that was banned by the Supreme Court last year, sentiments run high in rural Tamil Nadu

A Vision of Victory

Lhendup G Bhutia

How India won the Blind World Cup in cricket

The Billionaire Basketball Revolutionary

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Vivek Ranadive, a Mumbai-born software tycoon, has bought an NBA team and now promises to be a game changer

THE GOPICHAND FACTORY

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How one badminton academy in Hyderabad is producing the who’s who of Indian badminton—players like PV Sindhu, who just won the Macau Open, and Kidambi Srikanth who defeated a five-time world champion

India’s Red Card Glory

Lhendup G Bhutia

Komaleeswaran Sankar officiated as an assistant referee in three matches at the 2002 World Cup. He shares the thrill of being the first Indian ever to participate in a World Cup