From royal past to a corporate present
Although the roots of modern polo are in Southasia, until recently the sport's future in the Subcontinent seemed tenuous.
Fatima Chowdhury | Jul 28, 2007
Caste and the sporting status quo
As long as caste continues as the overwhelming factor in India, all-round sporting glory will be elusive, and Indian teams will continue performing disastrously globally.
S Anand | Jul 12, 2007
Cricket or bust
For Indian sports journalists, the decision is stark.
Siddharth Saxena | Jul 12, 2007
At play atop the world
Taking on the earth’s highest peak has devolved from a brute endeavour to a demanding sport, and now a boastful game.
Billi Bierling | Jul 10, 2007
The Ceylonese origins of Lankan cricket
The state has decreed volleyball Sri Lanka’s ‘national game’, but the citizens, of course, know it to be otherwise.
Michael Roberts | Jul 09, 2007
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