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Namit Kumar
Namit Kumar is a Senior Sports Correspondent with The Indian Express based in New Delhi. He writes on a wide range of disciplines, including tennis, football, cricket, and motorsports, attempting to analyse the finer details. He hates writing in the third person.
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Indian Open golf: Defending champion Nakajima blazes through front nine to take joint lead with Chacarra; Indians fall away
March 28, 2025 21:33 IST
India No.1 Shubhankar Sharma kept himself afloat with a total score of five-over 149, still failing to make an impression at his home tournament.
Fri, Mar 28, 2025
India Open Golf: Ajeetesh Sandhu is three-under-69, Shubhankar Sharma languishing at tied 80th
March 27, 2025 21:00 IST
India Open Golf: Despite conditions staying relatively favourable, with little wind and blazing sun at the DLF Golf and Country Club, only 29 players would end the day with an under-par score.
Thu, Mar 27, 2025
Indian Open golf: Familiarity with course no guarantee for success for home contingent
March 26, 2025 20:45 IST
After being described as 'designed by Satan', the DLF layout was less testing last year, but is expected to return to its original self against the strongest field ever.
Wed, Mar 26, 2025
Rafa Nadal x Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi: How prodigal talent is charting own path outside India’s tennis quagmireSubscriber Only
March 16, 2025 22:43 IST
In Mallorca, 15-year-old Indian tennis prodigy works at Nadal’s academy, far from the apathy of Indian tennis administration.
Tue, Mar 18, 2025
Jannik Sinner doping ban: Why three-month suspension is best-case scenario for World No. 1Subscriber Only
February 16, 2025 12:28 IST
While the ban may seem hefty, it has worked as favourably as possible for Jannik Sinner, under the scanner for doping violations. Here's why.
Sun, Feb 16, 2025
Davis Cup: India capitalise on ‘healthy, drama-free environment’ to assert superiority over Togo, lead tie 2-0
February 01, 2025 19:29 IST
India are one win away from going back to World Group 1, the phase they were knocked back down from by Sweden in an away tie last year
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
Government push, court case, medallists from MP and Haryana: Kerala’s ancient martial art form on show at National Games
January 30, 2025 22:12 IST
Winners from all over the country shows kalaripayattu's increasing popularity, despite being consigned to just a demo sport at the Uttarakhand multi-discipline sports event.
Fri, Jan 31, 2025
‘Always shot my best when scared’: Shooter Rudrankksh Patil ready for National Games
January 29, 2025 23:37 IST
The 10m air rifle champion says the Games feels like a mini-Olympics
Thu, Jan 30, 2025
12th board can wait, prodigies Unnati Hooda, Anmol Kharb aim to put Haryana on badminton map first
January 28, 2025 21:54 IST
From wrestling to track and field, Haryana athletes have dominated but badminton is a sport that isn't big in the state. Teenagers Unnati Hooda and Anmol Kharb hope to change that.
Wed, Jan 29, 2025
Rs 1000 crore expenditure, 10,000 athletes for 2025 National Games
January 27, 2025 20:28 IST
Event being held across Uttarakhand, with over 10,000 athletes expected to compete in 35 disciplines over 16 days.
Tue, Jan 28, 2025
How Jannik Sinner defended his Australian Open crown and showed he is the best player in the world
January 26, 2025 21:42 IST
Calm under duress, ruthless and relentless, he demonstrated the wits, game and mental fortitude to blow Zverev.
Mon, Jan 27, 2025
Madison Keys unlocks her potential to win her first Grand Slam title at Australia Open
January 25, 2025 20:31 IST
The 19th seeded American defeated Sabalenka 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to win her maiden Grand Slam title in her second final after eight years. No player has ever had as long a gap between their first and second Major final.
Sun, Jan 26, 2025
Novak Djokovic’s aborted semifinal points to the sheer toll of lasting 7 best-of-5-sets matches to win a Slam, at 37
January 24, 2025 12:57 IST
The GOAT might have taken down Carlos Alcaraz, but the challenge in front of him, like the 7-6 (5) retirement against Zverev in semis, will be whether his 37-year-old body can continue to win the biggest tournaments in the world
Sat, Jan 25, 2025
Australian Open: Madison Keys hangs tough and unloads to beat Iga Swiatek and reach first Major final in a decade
January 23, 2025 21:43 IST
After World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka held up her end of the bargain on Friday, overcoming a tough start to eventually subdue 11th seed, and close friend, Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2 in the first semifinal, Keys stunned second seed Iga Swiatek in an enthralling classic that went the distance.
Fri, Jan 24, 2025
Australian Open 2025: Iga Swiatek brings clay-like dominance Down Under
January 22, 2025 21:04 IST
If they stay on course Sabalenka and Swiatek, the two best players in the world, might face off in a blockbuster final
Wed, Jan 22, 2025
Novak Djokovic serves a lesson to Carlos Alcaraz with masterful disruptive tactics in Australian Open
January 21, 2025 20:31 IST
Australian Open: If the match started with Novak Djokovic looking like his advanced age, it ended with the Spaniard looking like his young age. Carlos Alcaraz arrived as the favourite, he leaves with a lesson.
Wed, Jan 22, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz’s new service motion and a flatter and quicker forehand will challenge Novak Djokovic
January 20, 2025 19:22 IST
Carlos Alcaraz's 23 breaks of serve are the second-best in the men's draw at the Australian Open
Tue, Jan 21, 2025
Australian Open 2025: Novak Djokovic needs to raise his game in blockbuster quarterfinal against Carlos Alcaraz
January 19, 2025 22:19 IST
Ten-time champ has picked up fight with fans, cited past grouses and refused to talk to broadcasters, but after a barren 2024, needs to find some old magic against the Spaniard.
Mon, Jan 20, 2025
Australian Open: The lost generation – from kings in waiting to princes out of favour
January 18, 2025 20:15 IST
Australian Open 2025: In the recent years, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and even Alexander Zverev have not been lived up to their billing.
Sun, Jan 19, 2025
Australian Open 2025, Day 1: Aryna Sabalenka begins title defence with dominant win, Kei Nishikori shows sparks of remaining life in thriller
January 12, 2025 21:12 IST
Australian Open 2025: Double defending champion Sabalenka starts with a routine win while former top-five player Nishikori mounts spirited comeback.
Mon, Jan 13, 2025
Australian Open 2025: Iga Swiatek seeking normalcy post doping ban as Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff have raced ahead on hard courts
January 11, 2025 22:05 IST
Australian Open: With Osaka guided by Serena Williams' former coach Patrick Mouratoglou, and Goran Ivanisevic in Elena Rybakina's corner, the first Slam of 2025 season is simmering with contenders
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Time to put past behind, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are men’s tennis’s new protagonists
January 10, 2025 17:16 IST
Australian Open 2025: The previous generation, outside of the still-active, still-enthralling Novak Djokovic, now belong to the priceless vault of internet compilations.
Sat, Jan 11, 2025
Pakistan set to miss Kho Kho World Cup in New Delhi
January 07, 2025 18:09 IST
Less than a week before the event was scheduled to begin with the marquee India-Pakistan clash at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, it was confirmed that the Pakistan team was yet to receive their visas on Tuesday.
Wed, Jan 08, 2025
Ageing Novak Djokovic faces moment of reckoning at favourite Grand Slam
January 05, 2025 20:54 IST
Finishing second-best to Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner, Serb has also lost to lesser players recently and needs to step up at Australian Open with Andy Murray in his corner.
Mon, Jan 06, 2025
What makes Jalandhar, the biggest nursery and coaching centre of Indian hockey
January 02, 2025 12:06 IST
The city, and its villages like Sansarpur & Mithapur have produced scores of Olympians, a result of colonial legacy, sports goods industry and academies
Thu, Jan 02, 2025Journalism of Courage
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