Football is fast replacing cricket as Mumbai&rsquo;s favourite sport.

Time for kick-off?

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Thanks to CWG 2010, Delhi University students find themselves homeless.

At the sacrificial altar

Dortmund has been an amazing ride with lots of decisive games and action. The Sofia Rules may have jazzed it up or it's simply that everybody is spoiling for a fight. By round six, everyone had suffered at least one loss.

CHESS #637

The face of golf in South Africa is changing for the better.

Walking the fairways

A tennis match at the Wagah Border may be a distant dream, but Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Quereshi are giving it their best shot.

Giving peace a chance

Ruslan Ponomariov scored big when he took Dortmund with a +4,-1,=5 performance that equated to 6.5 points. Le Quang Liem was second with 5.5 points. The Vietnamese debutant was the lowest-rated participant.

CHESS #638

Wrestling may not be high on eyeballs or spectator interest but when it comes to medals, it doesn&rsquo;t lag behind other sports.

Rumbles in the ring

That fairytale tournament, with India edging out Pakistan in a tense final in Johannesburg, seems part of a misty past when India&rsquo;s cricketers stood tallest amongst the game&rsquo;s great players.

The cost of sponsorship

It&rsquo;s all about the money for cricket&rsquo;s apex managing body.

Putting BCCI in its place

The statistical study of chessplayers&rsquo; ratings by Leo Battesti has kicked off a storm. It&rsquo;s been pointed out that several national federations have their own internal rating systems similar to the Fide rating but not the same. The USCF for example, has a national rating system. Hence, quite a few active players would not be represented on the Fide databases.

CHESS #632

India may be an emerging giant on the world economic stage but when it comes to sport, it&rsquo;s still a dwarf (outside of cricket). What&rsquo;s missing in the quest for global dominance, aspiring sportsmen will tell you, is financial support.

A sporting chance

Decisions at Fide's rating conferences directly impact professional income. Titles, invites and appearance fees are based on ratings.

CHESS #000

It doesn&rsquo;t really matter who you are or where you come from. This is a shared celebration.

This is your game!

Watching Rafael Nadal lift the French Open trophy at Roland Garros for the fifth time, I thought about the little ways in which the Spaniard&rsquo;s extraordinary clay-court performances in the past five seasons have intersected with &mdash; and injected a dose of stress into &mdash; my summer outings. In April 2007, on a cruise in Southampton, I managed to besiege the ship&rsquo;s slow Internet connection for long enough to confirm that Rafa had won the Barcelona Open. In Kandy, Sri Lanka, the following year, I briefly eluded my vigilant spouse&nbsp;to get online and check the draw for the French Open&hellip;and then fretted for the next two hours about the dangerous David Nalbandian being in Rafa&rsquo;s quarter. (I needn&rsquo;t have worried.

He&#39;ll always have Paris

Zimbabwean cricket&rsquo;s journey to redemption may have just begun.

Heal the wounds

This is the 124th edition of The Championships, as they are called.

Grass & others stories

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the Williams sisters will be the main draw, yet again.

Wimbledon: A preview

Michel Di Capua on how watching football is like reading fiction.

The rhythm and the edge

Anatoly Karpov is campaigning actively with road-shows and internet releases. The 12th world Champion has Serbian WGM Alisa Maric as his Vice-Presidential candidate.

CHESS #633

Michel Di Capua on the mesmerisingly interconnected nature of global football.

Everything is connected

The English have shed their hooligan tag at the football World Cup.

Taming of the football fan

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