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The Sports Column By Sandeep Dwivedi
The Sports Column is a weekly column by Sports Editor Sandeep Dwivedi
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India didn't lose to Ireland and England. It lost to its own excuses
July 26, 2026 8:49 am
Unfit players, a wicket-taker left serving drinks, and a captaincy saga nobody will end: the wash-out in the UK exposed exactly what Indian cricket refuses to fix
Never mess with Messi: A lesson Spain can learn from Bellingham's bravado
July 18, 2026 7:46 am
FIFA World Cup 2026: After his first-half stare-down, Messi had set up both of Argentina's late goals to send England home.
Djokovic finally has love; the wins are what’s slipping away now
July 11, 2026 7:17 am
He has the trophies. For years, he didn’t have love. This Wimbledon, with his children watching, he finally has both on his own terms.
Why Ronaldo and Salah went straight on the biggest penalties of their careers
July 04, 2026 9:38 pm
Why do the best players in the world, men who can thread a pass through four defenders, sometimes come apart with nothing between them and the goal but a set of gloves twelve yards away?
That Summer of '86 when Maradona, Socrates changed our sleepy town forever
June 13, 2026 8:12 pm
Remembering the Rajkot tales about a cobbler who fell in love with Germany because of Schumacher, how the Joshis ended up supporting Brazil and Socrates taught young minds the definition of 'Cool'
Suryakumar Yadav: Batsman who pushed boundaries, captain who crossed a few of them
June 06, 2026 9:23 pm
A daring T20 innovator, he explored the areas on the cricket field that no other Indian player had ventured into. But he will also be remembered for breaking a tradition, not shaking hands with Pakistan captain at Asia Cup.
How Bhuvi didn't allow the young fearless batsmen to run away with this IPL
May 30, 2026 5:52 pm
As a rookie bowler, he notched Sachin Tendulkar's first duck in domestic cricket, now at 36, he makes young pretenders pay for their impetuous ways.
For Virat Kohli, the home stretch to the 2027 World Cup isn't feeling very homely
May 23, 2026 7:41 am
Kohli's recent public remarks give a hint about the rather prickly relationship with head coach Gautam Gambhir and chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar. They also give off a whiff of mistrust.
Riyan Parag vape row: It's not the smoking, it's the culture at Rajasthan Royals
May 02, 2026 5:50 pm
There was a time when cricket's dressing rooms smelled of cigarettes and no one cared but now when a captain vapes in the dressing room as casually as players sip tea this is a certain red flag.
Batsmen playing like golfers and dead tracks are hurting IPL with a thousand cuts, and killing Tests
April 25, 2026 10:27 am
IPL's flat pitches and golf-swing gospel are producing batsmen who can't leave a ball. A Mohammed Shami spell in Lucknow showed the damage. The WTC table shows the cost.
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‘Beauty with brains’: Miss Universe India finalist resumes work at Google in Bengaluru
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When Umanga Kumawat stepped onto the Miss Universe India stage, she represented Madhya Pradesh and competed for a crown. Just weeks later, she was back to something far more familiar — a regular day at work. The engineer, who finished among the top 20 at Miss Universe India 2026, recently gave Instagram users a glimpse of her routine at Google's Bengaluru office.
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