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Asian CricketSharjah's Spin Bet: Zimbabwe's Four-Spinner Gamble and Naqvi's Unresolved TestI have kept every Zimbabwe Test scorecard ball-by-ball in my notebook for the...
World CricketA White-Ball Century, A Red-Ball Question: Why Fast-Tracking Konstas on 149 Is a Selection RiskThird ball of the 41st over at the WACA. Sam Whiteman, on 99, called for a...
World CricketThe 53-Place Illusion at No. 94: Why Vaishnavi Sharma's 5/39 Is the Real Story, and Why the Rankings Are Hiding ItI have a rule for Sunday afternoons: if the scorecard is showing me something...
World CricketMcDonald Backs Green's Spin Credentials, but the Numbers Refuse to Stay QuietAustralia coach Andrew McDonald has mounted a firm defence of Cameron Green's...
World CricketKevin Wickham Backs West Indies to Reach 350-400 as Amir Jangoo's Century Anchors Their Innings in SylhetKevin Wickham Backs West Indies to Reach 350-400: Can the Visitors Turn Their...
BadmintonThuy Linh's Ninth National Title: The Succession Crisis Beneath Vietnam's Women's Singles DominanceThe first game was level at 6-6. In that hall in Quảng Trị, on the evening of...
Asian CricketSylhet Test: Mushfiqur Rahim Returns as Bangladesh Face West Indies with a Must-Win DilemmaWhen Roston Chase won the toss and chose to bat at Sylhet, an old truth...
World CricketTNT Sports, Channel 5 and England’s Australia Tour: The Real Scoreboard of Cricket RightsA Saturday morning in London, 8.15am. A spreadsheet is open with two columns....
ChessThe Tegernsee Chess Stage and the 25-Year-Old Scotch Claim: A Data LedgerThe opening rounds of the Bavarian Championship in Tegernsee produced no majo...
WrestlingThe Hundred-Gram File: What the Paris Scale Revealed About Indian Wrestling's Unsettled LedgerOne Hundred Grams 7 August 2026, Paris. The weigh-in room behind the...
BadmintonFrench Open 2026: The Scorebook Behind Sindhu's 21-10, 20-22, 21-16 — and Why 'Outclassed' Is the Wrong WordThe sixteenth point of the deciding game. The board read 15-16, and P. V....
FootballBallon d'Or 2026: The Ballot Closed in September. Lewandowski Spoke in October.The snapshot from the morning of 25 October — Harry Kane favourite at 4/7,...
FootballMitrevski's 90+2 Header Saves Bajul Ijo from Defeat, but VAR Denies Them the Win — Persebaya 1-1 PersijapSurabaya: The scoreboard at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium read 1-1 on the night of...
World CricketThe Overs Christchurch Never Reported: India's 2-0 Lead Was Built in the Powerplay, Not the Final BallIn the press box at Hagley Oval, before the final over, I checked my sheet...
Asian CricketMumbai Indians 2027: The Rohit Sharma captaincy buzz — what is confirmed, what is speculation, and why the Impact Player question is the real cruxMumbai Indians announced their new support staff on a Friday. Kieron Pollard...
Field HockeyAbhishek's Ankle and the Korean Sleep: India's Jalandhar Semi-Final Is Not Just an 8-0 RepeatThe morning air at Jalandhar's Surjit Stadium still carries the echo of Monda...
FootballAllegri Defends Napoli After 4-1 Porto Rout: 'Injuries, Fatigue and a Thin Bench', Calls Lazio Clash 'a Final'NAPLES: After a chastening 4-1 Champions League defeat to Porto, Napoli coach...
World CricketTayyab Arif's Third Century in Islamabad, and the Scorecard's Unresolved LineThe first line of the scorecard read Maaz Sadaqat 0 (6). Six balls, no runs,...
Asian CricketThe Karachi Window: A Coach's Flight from West Indies to Pakistan, and a Handover Left UnspokenFrom the lane that runs alongside the National Stadium nets in Karachi, I onc...
Asian CricketKlusener Called Sooryavanshi India's Next Superstar. India's Real Transition Problem Is the Bowling, Not the BattingIndian cricket's transition does not run on one clock. It runs on three, and...
World CricketA White-Ball Century, A Red-Ball Question: Why Fast-Tracking Konstas on 149 Is a Selection RiskThird ball of the 41st over at the WACA. Sam Whiteman, on 99, called for a...
World CricketThe 53-Place Illusion at No. 94: Why Vaishnavi Sharma's 5/39 Is the Real Story, and Why the Rankings Are Hiding ItI have a rule for Sunday afternoons: if the scorecard is showing me something...
World CricketMcDonald Backs Green's Spin Credentials, but the Numbers Refuse to Stay QuietAustralia coach Andrew McDonald has mounted a firm defence of Cameron Green's...
World CricketKevin Wickham Backs West Indies to Reach 350-400 as Amir Jangoo's Century Anchors Their Innings in SylhetKevin Wickham Backs West Indies to Reach 350-400: Can the Visitors Turn Their...
BadmintonThuy Linh's Ninth National Title: The Succession Crisis Beneath Vietnam's Women's Singles DominanceThe first game was level at 6-6. In that hall in Quảng Trị, on the evening of...
Asian CricketSylhet Test: Mushfiqur Rahim Returns as Bangladesh Face West Indies with a Must-Win DilemmaWhen Roston Chase won the toss and chose to bat at Sylhet, an old truth...
World CricketTNT Sports, Channel 5 and England’s Australia Tour: The Real Scoreboard of Cricket RightsA Saturday morning in London, 8.15am. A spreadsheet is open with two columns....
ChessThe Tegernsee Chess Stage and the 25-Year-Old Scotch Claim: A Data LedgerThe opening rounds of the Bavarian Championship in Tegernsee produced no majo...
WrestlingThe Hundred-Gram File: What the Paris Scale Revealed About Indian Wrestling's Unsettled LedgerOne Hundred Grams 7 August 2026, Paris. The weigh-in room behind the...
BadmintonFrench Open 2026: The Scorebook Behind Sindhu's 21-10, 20-22, 21-16 — and Why 'Outclassed' Is the Wrong WordThe sixteenth point of the deciding game. The board read 15-16, and P. V....
FootballBallon d'Or 2026: The Ballot Closed in September. Lewandowski Spoke in October.The snapshot from the morning of 25 October — Harry Kane favourite at 4/7,...
FootballMitrevski's 90+2 Header Saves Bajul Ijo from Defeat, but VAR Denies Them the Win — Persebaya 1-1 PersijapSurabaya: The scoreboard at Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium read 1-1 on the night of...
World CricketThe Overs Christchurch Never Reported: India's 2-0 Lead Was Built in the Powerplay, Not the Final BallIn the press box at Hagley Oval, before the final over, I checked my sheet...
Asian CricketMumbai Indians 2027: The Rohit Sharma captaincy buzz — what is confirmed, what is speculation, and why the Impact Player question is the real cruxMumbai Indians announced their new support staff on a Friday. Kieron Pollard...
Field HockeyAbhishek's Ankle and the Korean Sleep: India's Jalandhar Semi-Final Is Not Just an 8-0 RepeatThe morning air at Jalandhar's Surjit Stadium still carries the echo of Monda...
FootballAllegri Defends Napoli After 4-1 Porto Rout: 'Injuries, Fatigue and a Thin Bench', Calls Lazio Clash 'a Final'NAPLES: After a chastening 4-1 Champions League defeat to Porto, Napoli coach...
World CricketTayyab Arif's Third Century in Islamabad, and the Scorecard's Unresolved LineThe first line of the scorecard read Maaz Sadaqat 0 (6). Six balls, no runs,...
Asian CricketThe Karachi Window: A Coach's Flight from West Indies to Pakistan, and a Handover Left UnspokenFrom the lane that runs alongside the National Stadium nets in Karachi, I onc...
Asian CricketKlusener Called Sooryavanshi India's Next Superstar. India's Real Transition Problem Is the Bowling, Not the BattingIndian cricket's transition does not run on one clock. It runs on three, and...