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The Slow Death of Italian Football
Italy’s failure to qualify for the World Cup might be heartbreaking, but it’s not shocking. The writing has been on the wall for a while now.
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Men’s Test Cricket Has Been Around for 144 Years. In 2021, It Gets Its First Woman Umpire in Claire Polosak
Claire Polosak created history as she became the first woman to officiate a men’s Test match. A fourth umpire in the India vs Australia series, she’d said that she “probably had to work a little bit harder [than men]” to get there. That’s Polosak speaking for all working women.
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Was Ambati Rayudu Really Given a Raw Deal?
A year ago, if anyone had told Ambati Rayudu that come the World Cup, he would be sitting at home, disgruntled, hurt, and announcing his retirement, he would have laughed. There are countless players like Rayudu whose sporting dreams remain just dreams, but each unfulfilled dream is different from the other.
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Cricket is Religion, Sachin is God, Arjun is Jesus
We wish Arjun Tendulkar luck in his endeavour as a cricketer. If Baby Tendulkar possesses even half of Papa Sachin’s humble approach to fame, we have no reason to worry.
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Does England’s 481 Against Australia Sound the Death Knell for Bowling?
Cricket is no longer a contest between bat and ball. It’s Virat Kohli vs Steve Smith vs Joe Root vs Kane Williamson. Bowlers do not exist to create their own legacies, they merely exist as a hindrance to a batsman’s legacy.
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Jasprit Bumrah and the Art of Finishing Our Long Wait
I grew up at a time when a victory for India was equated with hitting the ball rather than the stumps. When “Indian fast bowler” was a paradoxical term and a cautionary tale. That’s why Jasprit Bumrah feels like a miracle.
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Rahul Dravid: The Man Who Would Never Be King
If Indian cricket was a fancy omelette stuffed with mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, Parma ham, and cheese, Rahul Dravid would choose to be the salt.
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The India-Pakistan Ad Wars Might Be More Biting than the Game
World Cup games between the two nations are not as exciting as they once used to be, but despite the lopsided nature of contest, the rivalry couldn’t get anymore bitter. The ads from Star Sports and Jazz TV have started a war of words on social media. And it could be more melodramatic than the game itself.
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So Long Lasith Malinga, the Oddball of Cricket
No matter how offensive his action might seem to aesthetes, Lasith Malinga’s success has paved the way for fresh innovation in the art of bowling. Today as he plays his last ODI, he will be remembered for redefining what a fast bowler could be in an era where cricket itself is undergoing tectonic changes.
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Mo Salah – 1, Islamophobia – 0
As world leaders advocate stricter immigration policies and hostility toward Muslims around the globe rises, that one of the world’s most loved footballers should be a Muslim, is a sweet irony. Mohamed Salah is not merely an icon of the game, but as Liverpool fans call him – a gift from Allah.