Suhit K Sen

Suhit K Sen

Suhit K Sen

Gilt transfer

The Saudis have pulled off the biggest sportswashing coup possible, redefining the European football landscape

Updated On: 01 Sep 2023 | 10:11 PM IST

A red card at last

It is an opportunity to get the Indian football administration cleaned up

Updated On: 19 Aug 2022 | 10:55 PM IST

Split season

Fans are also being consumed by the impact the interruption will have on the contenders to domestic and European titles

Updated On: 05 Aug 2022 | 10:59 PM IST

The richest and the rest

At various levels the competition is fierce and it is not too difficult to imagine any one team transition to the tier above it with luck and commitment from all involved

Updated On: 27 May 2022 | 11:50 PM IST

Roman holiday over

With the advent of Mr Romanovich and his largesse, Chelsea quickly climbed to the top, replacing Arsenal as the main rival for Alex Ferguson's rampant Manchester United

Updated On: 01 Apr 2022 | 11:23 PM IST

Tough choices

The problem in India is that the BCCI has a tendency to encourage the idea that the superstars have the final say in some matters

Updated On: 05 Nov 2021 | 10:51 PM IST

Who's to blame?

Most matches tend to end in a result; there are few draws

Updated On: 18 Sep 2021 | 12:00 AM IST

Pulling the plug

Naomi Osaka's run-in with the tennis authorities, shines a light on just how poorly the world tennis bureaucracy is equipped to deal with a young superstar confronted with mental health issues

Updated On: 04 Jun 2021 | 11:16 PM IST

Game changers

The last thing world football needs is more games

Updated On: 29 May 2021 | 12:33 AM IST

India's epic test

Down 1-0 after the Adelaide Test, in which India collapsed to its lowest-ever total - 36 - in the second innings, not many had bet on an Indian recovery. But they did it, with elan

Updated On: 23 Jan 2021 | 12:08 AM IST

Exploring ambivalence

As an "espionage" novelist, le Carre broke what may be called the Ian Fleming mould

Updated On: 18 Dec 2020 | 11:48 PM IST

Umpired out

The Ranji Trophy dates back to 1934. Currently, the competition is played initially as a league, divided into three tiers.

Updated On: 14 Mar 2020 | 12:50 AM IST

Tapping talent

There really is no point in cribbing about the standard of Indian football despite its 1.3 billion-plus population

Updated On: 22 Feb 2020 | 1:19 AM IST

Days to come

We don't know where this proposal is going to end up, but we do know that Test cricket is becoming less and less feasible in commercial and financial terms, with every passing Test

Updated On: 01 Feb 2020 | 1:08 AM IST

Le Carre's moral compass

The perfect metaphor for the moral ambiguities that Le Carre explores is caught in Smiley's relationship with his wife, Lady Anne

Updated On: 18 Jan 2020 | 1:44 AM IST

The universal language

The ubiquity of the Internet on computers and mobile phones has made cross-cultural consumption substantially easy

Updated On: 28 Dec 2019 | 3:29 AM IST

Woodstock at 50

Woodstock would be the last time Joplin and Hendrix would play before a substantial crowd: both died in 1970

Updated On: 24 Aug 2019 | 2:50 AM IST

Suarez reformed?

Suarez's appeals on the pitch against Chile can be considered the lightest of moments in top-tier football

Updated On: 13 Jul 2019 | 1:57 AM IST

Ole revolution

A month and a half ago the possibility that Man United would be among the Champions League spots would have seemed fully in the realms of fantasy

Updated On: 09 Feb 2019 | 1:43 AM IST