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Donald Trump owns or manages courses in close to 16 countries. These are not just in the US, UAE and Europe but also in Puerto Rico and Indonesia. Till very recently, tax records show that most of them have been suffering losses. (AP)

How to know Donald Trump better? Play golf with him

November 23, 2024 1:18 pm

While there is hope that POTUS will end the PGA-LIV impasse and heads of states are preparing for dogged diplomacy an old best seller raises worrying questions about the golfer president.

Rohit Sharma with Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir during a practice session ahead of IPL 2024 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium. (PTI Photo)

Why the star-obsessed Indian cricket needs commoner coach Gautam Gambhir?

May 26, 2024 8:13 am

At a time when Indian cricket is reeling under blind devotion to preferred superstars, smitten broadcasters, fan wars and camps, the silent run-getter of two World Cup triumphs might suit the team best as a unifying, no-nonsense coach.

Sandeep Dwivedi Column: Aussies have gone soft, Pakistan are friendly, who does India hate on at this World Cup?

September 24, 2023 7:30 am

The two former World Cup champs are no longer the volatile teams that exuded brutality as cricket is threatening to be reclaimed by gentlemen leaving fans puzzled.

Hans Nieman, Magnus Carlsen, Chess cheating scandal, Maxim Dlugy, Magnus Carlsen's cheating allegations

Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann: Cheating confessions, insinuations and a sore losing tantrum

September 24, 2022 4:25 pm

Weekly Sports Newsletter: The pieces that were once on the board seem to have come alive and stepped off the board to be in the real world. The world waits for them to choose the squares they would move to - white or black.

Pakistan's small-town cricket revolution springs from greater democratisation

September 11, 2022 3:17 pm

Weekly Sports Newsletter: Naseem Shah, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haris Rauf and Khushdil Shah are Pathans with Khyber roots. Had Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Wasim Jr been fit, Pakistan would be pretty close to being called Pathan XI.

For T20 big-hitters like Asif Ali and Hardik Pandya each ball is a virtual set-piece, a standalone event

August 27, 2022 7:08 pm

Weekly Sports Newsletter: T20 cricket, especially for its MVPs who take stage when the game is on the boil, is no longer seen as a 20-over game in true sense. It’s now a contest of 120 balls.

Sports, A Musical: How Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan helped Pakistan World Cuppers? Why Sachin Tendulkar heard Bryan Adams on loop?

August 21, 2022 9:07 am

Weekly Sports Newsletter: Nusrat's voice had the power to transport listeners to a world without worries, and It also helped Pakistan win the 1992 cricket World Cup.

India's global T20 take over shows that being first is overrated

August 14, 2022 7:24 pm

Weekly Sports Newsletter: Most of cricket's innovations were born in England but India has the knack of embracing the idea whose time has come.

Teen singing star, Justin Bieber's mate, Miley Cyrus one-time boyfriend and now CWG swimming gold medalist

August 06, 2022 9:18 am

Weekly Sports Newsletter: The Cody Simpson story shows sports can also attract those with global fame, super stardom and everything that money can buy.

Why would Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Yuzevendra Chahal want the world to see their leg-pulling session?

July 30, 2022 1:13 pm

Weekly Sports Newsletter: On a non-match day, probably to ward off the boredom of a long tour, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Rohit Sharma connected on Insta Live.