As I left home reluctantly for airport this late Thursday evening, I may have, in a nutty moment not unusual for sport-lovers, been wishing my Bengaluru flight, already delayed by two hours, was held up further. And no, I wasn't thinking about cricket, or Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee's surgical strike on the BCCI brass.
I was thinking wrestling, and not the film Dangal but the real thing. I had just seen real-life Babita Phogat lose to Sofia Mattsson in a short, one-sided 46 seconds. Then a familiar-looking figure stepped on the mat, in a red silk wrap. He
I was thinking wrestling, and not the film Dangal but the real thing. I had just seen real-life Babita Phogat lose to Sofia Mattsson in a short, one-sided 46 seconds. Then a familiar-looking figure stepped on the mat, in a red silk wrap. He
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