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Sandip G
Sandip G, Delhi-based, writes primarily on cricket and football. He pens a weekly football column, Total Football. In 15 years of sports journalism, he has covered a vast spread of sports, including World Cups in three different sports (cricket, football and hockey).
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All that remains unfulfilled in Kohli’s staggering career is IPL silverware. Thrice has the finals inflicted pain on him (2009, 2011, 2016). The last one kept hurting him for a long time.
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Four decades after they last played together, Lillee and Thomson remain a metaphor for inevitable destruction — as the resonance of Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai’s words in India showed this week
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Unlike Tendulkar, he was not predestined for greatness; unlike Gavaskar, he didn’t soar into cricket’s collective consciousness in his first series; unlike Dravid, he didn’t marvel with technical purity. Rather, he built his career in blocks, step by step, moving closer to the best version of himself he could be.
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Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle United all have their fate in their own hands.
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Punjab Kings’ dazzler Priyansh Arya shone brightly with a 34-ball 70, offering joy for the patient fans that lingered despite the rain and unease of the war in the background.
Fri, May 09, 2025
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As Rohit Sharma retires from Tests, the overriding feeling will be a what-if, and there are some knocks that characterise the highs and lows
Thu, May 08, 2025
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Mon, May 05, 2025
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Mon, May 05, 2025
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Sat, May 03, 2025
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Even without a centre forward or a phalanx of goal-happy forwards, Arsenal mustered to score the fourth-most goals in the league.
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Wed, Apr 30, 2025
Why Liverpool are like CSK of 2023 vintageSubscriber Only
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