About five hours to the coin toss.A billion hearts, steady yet trembling,root for the women in blue—to call the coin right, to carry the day home.An ocean away, deep in the southern land,another nation hums its own belief—the women in green, seeking to rewrite a namelong shadowed by that word chokers.This, after all, is a…
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Split Lanes
A lazy Saturday afternoon flipping through the print pages of Wall Street Journal. I chanced upon the article “Faster, Higher, Stronger—and Full of Drugs. The Billionaire Quest to Hack Sports. Is Competitive Doping The Future of Athletics?” It touched upon a subject both fascinating and unsettling. A subject once hid behind closed doors of speculation—now…
Ten Years, One Journey
Tenth year. It feels strange even writing that out. On August 19, 2016, I tapped “publish” for the very first time without the faintest clue of what I was setting in motion. I wasn’t aiming for an audience or chasing any grand plan. It was simply a quiet corner I built for myself—a place to…
The Oval Turnaround
Where Grit Outshined Glory By the time the sun set on the final day at The Oval, London, something quite extraordinary had unfolded—something that reminded us why we, some of us in the western hemisphere, still wake up at odd hours, bite our nails through five days, and believe in the unpredictable theater of Test…
The Final
“The volume of tournaments may mean that the cycle of winning and losing can become routine and the emotions felt after each campaign could be dulled, but South Africa and World Cups, until the day South Africa win a World Cup, will always have a special allure. The story continues.” – Firdose Moonda, ESPNcricinfo correspondent…
T20 World Cup Diaries
India vs Pakistan | Oct 23, 2022 | Melbourne I always dreamt of holding the bat and winning games for India. That was my inspiration to take up cricket. Virat Kohli Mr. Virat Kohli, take a bow. One such dream indeed came true today. By winning the most important game at the world’s biggest stage,…
Adios, Maestro
When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis. Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you. Roger Federer Oh..London it was, yet again! I reckon this loss at the Laver Cup was rather bittersweet. It…
Force3
But in my opinion, all things in nature occur mathematically. Rene Descartes Every year, the weekend after Labor Dayas The Sun sets behindthe soaring Manhattan skyline,a champion is celebrated.A name is…etched on the coveted trophy,endeared to fans’ hearts,and inked into record books. This year was no different.A sea of aficionadossporting colorful 21 in ’21 tees,driven…
Paine & Whine to Pain & Win
I’ll talk all day Mate… Wait until you get to the Gabba, pal. Tim Paine (Captain, Australia Cricket Team) “…I don’t wanna talkAbout things we’ve gone throughThough it’s hurting meNow it’s history…The winner takes it allThe loser has to fallIt’s simple and it’s plainWhy should I complain?…” – ABBA (1980) Doesn’t a piece of ABBA…
36 – A new nadir!
You don’t win or lose the games because of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field Rahul Dravid Dravid’s words of wisdom could not have held more merit before than on Dec 19, 2020. A bright Australian summer day at the Adelaide Oval. Third day of play…
Say cheese!
If the Touchbar in MacBook was ground-breaking, the triple-cam in new iPhone is nerve-wrecking, and earth-shattering… Oh Apple! You were the pioneer, of suave build, and minimalistic design… With the previous one, the Roman numeral came, and Home button went; …
US Open Diaries
“Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.” – Roger Federer The Citadel Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York – a magnificent octagon structure towering in stature and Tennis history. It is truly an embodiment of that place in Roger’s quote….