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When 16-year-old tearaway quick bowler Naseem Shah made his debut for Pakistan against Australia in Brisbane last week, he became the ninth youngest debutant…
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The annual Boxing day Test match on 26th December 2018 this time features Australia and India, a competition between two Test sides which is…
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Jimmy Connors has won 109 titles in his terrific career. Next on the list is the incomparable Roger Federer, who by winning the 2018…
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Thanks everyone. This is an interesting concept. I guess future captains will be sampras, Lendl, agassi, federer and rafa
Federer and Nadal on the same team? Get amped for the inaugural Laver Cup
Excellent piece and i echo your overall thoughts.
Sadly Shikhar Dhawan wont play the 1st 3 ODI’s as he has been given a leave of absence to attend to his wife who is unwell. No replacement for him.
I am as sure as you that it will be a series win for India, but i will put it as a likely 3-2 series win and a possible 4-1 one.
The 'A to Z' of the Australian attack will struggle against India
Absolutely correct Johnno. This year with Novak and Andy not doing will with injury and form issues it was expected that there may be a breakthrough. But still the 2 old warhorses Federer and Rafa had 2 Slams each.
what about next year. Fed will be 37. will he still be there at the top. Will Rafa have a clear year, will Novak and murray make a comeback
we will know soon
US Open 2017: Reviewed Hollywood style
Terrific article. Jimmy Connors and Amritraj played each other 7 times and it was a close 4-3 to Jimmy. They usually swapped wins, and only once a player (Jimmy) won 2 in a row. However Connors won all the 3 times them met at the Majors, twice at Wimbledon and once at US Open. One of the matches at W went to 5 sets
Amritraj-Borg was more in favour of Borg. After Amritraj won their 1st match, Borg won the next 4. Interestingly one of these was a tough 5 setter at the 1979 wimbledon which Borg went on to win , and in the semi finals he had an easy 3 set win over connors
as regards Borg and Connors, they met 23 times with Borg winning 15 and connors 8. However their matches follow an interesting attern. Borg won the 1st and then Connors the next 6. He had a 6-1 lead ober Borg who clawed back by winning the next 4 oiut of 6 to make it look slightly better at 5-8. The next ten in a row were however won by Borg to make it look lopsided at 15-8
As regards the new ABD of tennis, no views to contribute. Fully endorse what Anindya has written
The next generation of tennis superstars are knocking on the door
Wonderful complement to a wonderful writer from a brilliant Maestro who has “been there done that” and is still performing with aplomb
The next generation of tennis superstars are knocking on the door
Yes, should remain a non-issue and continue as best of 5 for entire tournament.
even for Davis Cup they are thinking of making it best of 3
Entire US Open must continue as best-of-five sets
Federer is 36. still playing super. And in AO 2017 won 3 consecutive 5 setters in QF, SF and Final. that too vs Nishi, Stan and Rafa.
if the 1st few rounds had been best of 3 in US Open this year he would have been out, lost to Youzhny
Entire US Open must continue as best-of-five sets
Thanks Stephen. Hahaha indeed you are right. I think itis just possible that someone like a david warner or a steve smith or a vrat kohli or a joe root may just cart around some hapless bowlers and get a 300. which as such will have no meaning
All about 300s in Test cricket
Hoad has won 4 Grand Slam titles/. Rosewall has won 8
Tennis' three best players to never win a Grand Slam
Mecir was a terrific player. The Big Cat could devour anyone he wanted whenever he wanted to
Tennis' three best players to never win a Grand Slam
Good points. Yes Berdych is in fact number 4 on the list
To be honest i chose on the basis of number of ATP matches won .
Tennis' three best players to never win a Grand Slam
Jadeja is a bowling allrounder and stokes a batting one. Yes, jadeja has the ability to score a crucial 30 or more, and he has improved tremendously as a bowler in the last year
Spinning all-rounders deserve their due
Thanks Matth. I agree that Shakib is hard done as Bangladesh has much fewer oppurtunities to play.
Spinning all-rounders deserve their due
I Have no idea . Thanks Jonty. Let me write to the editors
Spinning all-rounders deserve their due
Thanks. Bot for the appreciation on my piece and these inputs as well
Justin Gatlin, drug cheat or one of the great modern day sprinters?
Thanks. Bot for the appreciation on my piece and these inputs as well
Justin Gatlin, drug cheat or one of the great modern day sprinters?
Chris, Super piece. Can you throw some clarity on the exact offences in 2001 and 2006. Thanks
Justin Gatlin, drug cheat or one of the great modern day sprinters?
Thats indeed wonderful that u got to see them both. Yes i agree we may not see as good Olympic Athletes in a long time
A tribute to Usain Bolt
Excellent piece. Yes it was not the ending almost all hoped for. It was the slow start which defeated Bolt, not Gatlin taking drugs a decade back. 2ndly its amusing to say that Gatlin defeated bolt, thats hard on the 21 year Christian who did it too, and also did so in the semi final
What a bummer - Usain Bolt bows out with bronze at worlds
Excellent piece
Ravi Jadeja's suspension is the only thing stopping his relentless progress
Dear Friends at Roar, There is a typo. “Triple triple” is to be read as “triple treble” which is grammatically more conventional. Thanks
A tribute to Usain Bolt
It indeed will be a challenge
Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad on the cusp of (more) pace history