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Coronavirus lockdown cripples Rs 2,000-crore Jalandhar sports industry

A sports goods manufacturing hub, Jalandhar produces nearly 70% of total India's sports goods

Action replay: A jog down memory lane through some finest sporting moments

As we sit at home and miss live action, the wondrous phenomenon of sport has delivered so many past glories that we will probably never run out of things to see

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If any participant contracts Covid-19, the event will be "frozen" and finished six months later

All sporting events are cancelled. Value them more when they return

As much as so many of us live and breathe sport, catastrophes such as these help put things into perspective

NZ rugby league team decides to stay back in Australia amid Covid-19 threat

At a meeting on Thursday players said that with the support of their families they will play matches in Australia as long as the league continues

Oman Open: Sharath beats top-seed Freitas, ends decade long title drought

Despite being a game down, the 37-year-old Indian recovered well to outclass top seeded Marcos Freitas of Portugal 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 17-15 in the summit clash.

Maria Sharapova wants to be clear: She is retiring, not quitting

A 6-foot-2 Russian who punctuated her flat groundstrokes with piercing shrieks, Sharapova made one of the most extraordinary journeys in sports

Tapping talent

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

India's next sports champions are being handpicked from tribal communities

Poverty, societal restrictions, family pressure - many of these athletes have overcome great odds to do what they love

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The Women's Title match went down to the wire and it was consistently exciting

Message for people running Manchester United: Stop taking fans for granted

The Burnley game felt significant, a seminal moment where a sense of disillusionment had outstripped all hope and optimism

Sports and politics

Sportspeople should be free to exercise their views

The quiet brain of the athlete

The brains of fit young athletes dial down extraneous noise and attend to important sounds better than those of other young people

Year in Review: Mankading to WC final, top 5 cricket controversies of 2019

Business Standard lists the five controversies in world cricket that drew a lot of attention during 2019

Nike's fastest shoes may give runners even bigger advantage than we thought

Runners who wear Nike's fastest shoes may have a 4 to 5% advantage over others during races

13th South Asian Games: India makes record medal haul but wins fewer golds

India has topped the medal tally of every South Asian Games since its inception in 1984

South Asian Games 2019: India continues to lead medal tally; Nepal second

As the events of the sixth day of the games close, India has won 81 gold, 59 silver and 25 bronze medals taking the tally of medals to 165.

The Magical Magyars and their considerable influence on European football

Football writer Jonathan Wilson reminds us of a time when the Magical Magyars shaped the world of football

Asian Championships: Deepika strikes gold, Ankita wins silver in archery

The duo had earlier secured an individual Olympic quota for the country by storming into the semifinals of the event

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Alexander Grischuk beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the finals of the Hamburg Grand Prix, winning 2.5-1.5 in Rapid tiebreaks