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Sandip G
Sandip G, Delhi-based, writes primarily on cricket and football. He pens a weekly football column, Total Football. In 15 years of sports journalism, he has covered a vast spread of sports, including World Cups in three different sports (cricket, football and hockey).
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August 04, 2025 09:46 IST
The profiles of centre-forwards have kept changing through times, teams and tactics; functions were defined and redefined. The contemporary avatar should perform the functions of both the classical centre-forward as well as the false nine.
Mon, Aug 04, 2025
Mohammed Siraj emerges as India’s talisman: From the heartbreak at Lord’s to a heroic winning performance at OvalSubscriber Only
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Siraj’s fate is akin to generations of batsmen in the Sachin Tendulkar era, whose crucial contribution never saw the light of day in the shadow of the great batsman.
Mon, Aug 04, 2025
At £150 million price tag, why Alexander Isak is the hot striker available in transfer windowSubscriber Only
July 28, 2025 08:43 IST
Versatile upfront, ability to press hard and win duels make Newcastle forward generate interest from Liverpool, Arsenal as race for his signature heats up in summer transfer window.
Mon, Jul 28, 2025
India vs England | Washington Sundar: The new monk, who stood unconquered at ManchesterSubscriber Only
July 28, 2025 00:15 IST
Coming in at No 5 for the first time in his Test career, all-rounder's maiden Test century gives India a hard-fought draw as he underlines his emergence as a MVP
Mon, Jul 28, 2025
Record breaker Joe Root has Mount Sachin Tendulkar in his sight after scaling another peakSubscriber Only
July 25, 2025 23:30 IST
But for a shocking plummet of form, Joe Root will surpass the loftiest peak of all and sit atop Test cricket’s run-piling chart
Fri, Jul 25, 2025
IND vs ENG: England recycle Liam Dawson, the allrounder who had binned Test cricketSubscriber Only
July 22, 2025 19:34 IST
The left-arm spinner who is a very handy lower-order batsman had given up on Test cricket but Bashir’s injury has opened the door for him.
Tue, Jul 22, 2025
How dictatorship killed cricket’s dream and patronised football in Italy and ArgentinaSubscriber Only
July 21, 2025 20:28 IST
If Benito Mussolini's arrival put an end to cricket in Italy, in Argentina it was far worse, with Juan Peron & his wife going all out to wipe the game out of the country
Tue, Jul 22, 2025
England vs India: Ravindra Jadeja, the greatest fighter for his team in his timeSubscriber Only
July 15, 2025 23:04 IST
Coming through hard times and having to prove doubters and cynics wrong have brought a steely resolve in the all-rounder, who has made his value known over a long time.
Wed, Jul 16, 2025
Explained: Why Ravindra Jadeja is India’s finest all-rounder since Kapil DevSubscriber Only
July 15, 2025 17:53 IST
Ravindra Jadeja might not yet have the aura of Kapil or Imran or Botham, nor the dizzying numbers of Kallis, but he is certainly among the finest all-rounders of his era and India’s best behind Kapil. Take a look at the figures.
Tue, Jul 15, 2025
Why Luis Enrique feels Ousmane Dembélé should win Ballon d’OrSubscriber Only
July 14, 2025 09:32 IST
A ledger of 38 goals, 16 assists, three trophies and his aggressive pressing all season could be enough to make him the favourite.
Tue, Jul 15, 2025
The famous slope at Lord’s: the history, mystery, and impact on the way cricketers behave on the groundSubscriber Only
July 10, 2025 09:49 IST
The 8-foot 2-inch slope at Lord’s, where the third Test begins today, has been around forever, but batsmen and bowlers, in particular overseas players, take time to adjust to it. This is the story of a geographical anomaly that sometimes exerts almost as big an influence on the game as the players themselves.
Thu, Jul 10, 2025
Smiles of Diogo Jota, tears of Darwin Nunez, how do athletes cope with tragic losses of lives?Subscriber Only
July 07, 2025 09:01 IST
The reality of his loss would sink in only when they assemble for the pre-season on Tuesday
Mon, Jul 07, 2025
Bazball’s inflexible conformity to non-conformism leaves world dominance out of England’s reachSubscriber Only
July 06, 2025 23:55 IST
Bren and Ben can't keep bullying teams on placid tracks and delude themselves of it being the path to Test immortality
Mon, Jul 07, 2025
Diogo Jota obituary: The shadow striker who lit up AnfieldSubscriber Only
July 03, 2025 19:30 IST
Jota was killed in a car accident in Spain. He was 28, father of three children and had married his partner two weeks ago.
Thu, Jul 03, 2025
Thunderstorms and scorching heat wave threaten next year’s FIFA World Cup in the USSubscriber Only
June 30, 2025 08:39 IST
The ongoing Club World Cup has witnessed two matches suspended because of thunderstorms as experts warn of similar stoppages and extreme hot conditions in 2026 World Cup to be co-hosted by US, Canada and Mexico.
Mon, Jun 30, 2025
Why successful fourth innings chases are becoming more common in Test cricketSubscriber Only
June 28, 2025 14:56 IST
Of the 79 instances teams have achieved 250-plus targets, 15 were wrought this decade, which is roughly one-fifth of all fourth-innings heists
Sun, Jun 29, 2025
Why Argentine club Boca Juniors’s fans have invaded Miami, and why they said sorry to Messi at Club World CupSubscriber Only
June 23, 2025 10:21 IST
The blue and gold tide have washed the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with an estimated inflow of 50,000 fans, and taken over the beaches, streets and pubs of the sunshine city
Wed, Jun 25, 2025
FIFA’s flawed Club World Cup: A glorified post-season club friendly, a progeny of greed, not a tournament where quality is prioritySubscriber Only
June 16, 2025 09:23 IST
FIFA Club World Cup: Forget economics, the current qualification path, derived from maths and complicated co-efficiency formulas, and not hinged on immediate form, holds the quality of the product as its biggest casualty.
Mon, Jun 16, 2025
When Temba Bavuma’s understated players ‘rubbished’ the perceptions about them and stitched a dreamSubscriber Only
June 14, 2025 18:10 IST
It ends years of hurt and heartbreaks, brain-fades and miscalculations, fallibility and freeze, tears in the rain and aches under sun, that had the cricketing public both empathise and ridicule them.
Sun, Jun 15, 2025
Despite sore hamstring, captain Temba Bavuma keeps his end of bargain in WTC finalSubscriber Only
June 14, 2025 00:42 IST
Temba Bavuma, despite the visible discomfort of a sore hamstring, played a captain's knock.
Sat, Jun 14, 2025
WTC Final: A ton worth the tonne for Aiden Markram and South AfricaSubscriber Only
June 13, 2025 23:13 IST
Set a stiff target of 282 to win the World Test Championship, Markram’s unbeaten century puts Proteas on track to end their ICC title drought, need 69 runs with 8 wickers in hand to win the final
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
WTC Final in knife edge after another 14-wicket daySubscriber Only
June 13, 2025 00:19 IST
After Cummins six-fer that shut South Africa to 138, Carey's 43 helps Australia recover from 73/7 as final hangs in balance
Fri, Jun 13, 2025
Pat Cummins takes 300 Test wickets: Australia’s creator, destroyer, preserverSubscriber Only
June 12, 2025 23:26 IST
Getting the game-turning breakthroughs has been his calling card, be it the countless Ashes, series against India and South Africa, or the many finals he has influenced
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
WTC Final, Day 1: After Kagiso Rabada’s elite bowling and Steve Smith’s gritty batting, Aussie quicks put South Africa on the backfootSubscriber Only
June 11, 2025 23:49 IST
South Africa’s batting line-up is incredibly thin on grand-stage experience; and the trifecta of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood did what they do best to peg back the Proteas.
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur miss opportunities to make claim for place in Leeds TestSubscriber Only
June 09, 2025 23:38 IST
Heading to the first Test against England at Headingley India still undecided on seam all-rounder slot as Nitish and Thakur failed to make sustained impression
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