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Chris Gayle has a 'very big bat'

Gayle is an abject listener and a reckless talker, but even he would have listened to some of these tales fixedly

Virat Kohli: Pushing the limits

The secret to Virat Kohli's phenomenal success lies in his fitness and a tenacious urge to be the best

Has Twitter gone off-course?

Trolls, abuses, threats - has Twitter changed for the worse? The authors find out

Master of the mat: Narsingh or Sushil?

The feud between Narsingh Yadav and Sushil Kumar for an Olympic wrestling berth has turned ugly, with neither man ready to cede ground

Yann Martel in Pi's shadow

Only greater local participation can help prevent disasters such as forest fires: Rajesh Thadani

Head to head with Ecologist

A lot of heart, but not enough

Traffic, inspired by real life incidents, promises a lot at the onset but eventually fails to live up to it

Now, on to the sequel

Our focus should be on winning medals and not on goodwill ambassadors: Akhil Kumar

Interview with Olympian boxer

Vintage recall

Once a rage on Indian roads, the Yezdi motorcyle and its cult are stronger than ever

When entertaining goes boring

The problem here goes beyond the quality of cricket. This IPL season has had to confront the inevitable fear of viewer fatigue; the kind that broadcasters and organisers dread the most

A swansong and a slugfest

The author previews the two biggest fights of 2016 slated to take place this weekend

England, West Indies eye the final flourish

A clash of contrasting styles, the ICC World T20 final in Kolkata on Sunday gives both England and the West Indies a chance to create history

Cricket in a fix

In Fixed!, journalist Shantanu Guha Ray examines the allegations of corruption levelled against players, cricket administrators and bookies in the last two decades

World T20: Why Dhoni can no longer afford to be on auto-pilot after Tuesday debacle

In a group that also includes Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh, recovery won't be easy

Bureaucrats should not be made scapegoats in the tussle between Centre and state: T S R Subramanian

Interview with former Cabinet secretary

In the line of fire

In the age of slam-bang cricket, not only the players but umpires too need safety gear

Inside New Delhi's healthiest building

In a city with the worst air quality globally, Kamal Meattle has built a building that is among the purest in the world

The improving fortunes of Indian hockey

India's third-place finish at the Hockey World League Finals is a timely reminder of the improvement the team has made under Roelant Oltmans. But one must not get carried away

Controversy stumps Delhi cricket

Former players say mismanagement has put the Delhi and District Cricket Association in ruins. The author finds out if it can be salvaged