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Pug marks on the pitch

India, Aug. 24 -- Just before the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships in Delhi, Nikhat Zareen and I were walking along the tree-lined campus lanes of the training centre for boxers, at the Nationa... Read More


If Kohli can love 'strays', so can you: The Sporting Life by Rudraneil Sengupta

India, Aug. 23 -- A few days before the 2023 Women's World Boxing Championships in Delhi, Nikhat Zareen and I were walking along the tree-lined campus lanes of the training centre for boxers, at the N... Read More


We feed 80 street dogs in Delhi every day-Here's what we've learned about love, loss and companionship

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Almost 20 years ago, a dog walked into our life-me and my wife's-and changed everything. She was emaciated, almost at the point of death, and we saw her walking slowly, painfully... Read More


Goal diggers: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on the upcoming EPL season

India, Aug. 8 -- Liverpool sauntered to the 2024-25 English Premier League title in total defiance of the usual caveats for a club in the circumstances they were in. A legendary manager, Jurgen Klopp... Read More


May the course be with you

India, July 27 -- The death of Fauja Singh, killed by a speeding SUV while crossing a road near his village in Punjab, is incomprehensible in its tragedy. It is also emblematic of a deeply entrenched ... Read More


May the course be with you: Rudraneil Sengupta's tribute to marathoner Fauja Singh

India, July 25 -- The death of Fauja Singh, killed by a speeding SUV while crossing a road near his village in Punjab, is incomprehensible in its tragedy. It is also emblematic of a deeply entrenched ... Read More


How did Indian wrestling go from the best in the world to murder and sexual harassment allegations in ten years?

New Delhi, July 20 -- My enduring memory of Sushil Kumar, the wrestler who won two Olympic medals and became one of India's greatest sporting icons, comes from a time before his spectacular downfall a... Read More


A thing of beauty: Rudraneil Sengupta on Shubman Gill at Edgbaston

India, July 10 -- In his first few weeks as India's Test captain, Shubman Gill has wrought wonders. Leading India to a win at Edgbaston for the first time since 1967? Done. Scoring a century on his ... Read More


India's hockey team hits a roadblock

New Delhi, July 4 -- On 9 June in Amsterdam, when India took on the Netherlands in their second match of the European leg of the FIH Pro League, there was little indication of what was to come. India ... Read More


Pant's on fire: Rudraneil Sengupta on India's fearless Test batter

India, June 28 -- Who is India's most successful Test batter today? If not for his exuberant twin centuries in India's first Test against England this week, Rishabh Pant might not have been the most ... Read More