India, July 7 -- Yesterday, Neymar left crying. Today, Cristiano Ronaldo followed him into the same darkness. Two nights, two icons, two exits that felt bigger than the scoreboard. One was the fallen... Read More
India, July 7 -- Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup story ended without the trophy he chased longer than almost anyone else in football history. Portugal's 1-0 defeat to Spain in the Round of 16 of the 202... Read More
India, July 6 -- Jude Bellingham does not merely play big matches. He seems to recognise them before everyone else, measure their emotional temperature, and then step into the hottest part of the nigh... Read More
India, July 6 -- Brazil will wake up to the usual noise. Another World Cup exit. Another post-mortem. Another round of arguments about identity, pressure, Neymar, Vinicius Jr, the missing No. 9, the f... Read More
India, July 5 -- For Indian cricket, teenage debuts have always carried a strange electricity. They are not just team-sheet decisions. They are acts of faith. A dressing room opens its door, a nationa... Read More
India, July 5 -- India's decision to replace Sanju Samson with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi did not land as a routine team change. It landed with the weight of a familiar question. Why always Sanju? Why does ... Read More
India, July 5 -- The 2026 World Cup has already given Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe two very different kinds of knockout nights. Messi's Argentina survived Cape Verde, but only just. Mbappe's France ... Read More
India, July 5 -- Ravi Bishnoi's horror night in Manchester should not be treated as just another bad spell from a bowler who will bounce back next game. That would be too simple, too kind and too conv... Read More
India, July 4 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's first international innings lasted only 10 balls, but it was enough to show why India have taken the punt on him - and also why the ride is unlikely to be smoot... Read More
India, July 4 -- The expanded FIFA World Cup has finally reached the stage where the noise becomes sharper, the margins thinner, and the names bigger. After a dramatic Round of 32 trimmed the tourname... Read More