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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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Topic: Sports

Sugar and spice, and not so nice: An arrogant Virat Kohli is great news for Indian cricket

As a professional cricketer, Virat Kohli’s job is to win games and not popularity contests.

With Djokovic’s recent wins, is it time to anoint him king of tennis over Federer & Nadal?

Novak Djokovic won the Shanghai Masters last week, adding another important title to his victories at Wimbledon, the US Open and the Cincinnati Masters this year.

After Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi only PM to display enthusiasm about sports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi realises that in these deeply polarised times, sports is a great unifier.

PM Modi followed 55 women on social media in a day, including 14 journalists

It’s interesting to see that Narendra Modi had picked Raksha Bandhan to follow these women.

‘Soorma’ tells the comeback story of a hockey player but could be director Shaad Ali’s too

With a biopic on former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh, Ali brings freshness to an expanding sports genre by focussing on the struggle of the body.

Aadhaar-linked betting and gambling is Law Commission’s answer to clean sports

Panel believes linking transactions with Aadhaar and making them cashless could help make betting and gambling transparent.

Indian cricket’s descent from checks and balances to cheques and (bank) balances

The system that was set up to run the game is now ruining it

How costly is the World Cup? That’s complicated

According to our estimate, a total of $14.5 billion in gross domestic product worldwide could be at risk in the first two weeks of the tournament.

Here are 4 of the most politically charged World Cup games ever played

As FIFA kick-starts in Russia, amidst protests over Russia supporting Bashar al-Assad 's regime in Syria, here are some the most politically charged sporting events.

We should celebrate cricket more. It reduces caste divisions, finds study by MIT

A new study finds that collaborative interaction across caste lines, like in cricket leagues, can reduce caste divisions in India.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.