Thanks to the cricket rigmarole, rather unduly delayed is this piece about the hockey Olympian Leslie Claudius, who passed away recently. He was the only player to have donned India colours in four successive Olympic Games in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960, when he captained the team, in Rome. It was most unfortunate for him to have been denied the gold in the final as in the previous three Olympics.

When the heart is set on achieving something distinguishing and it doesn’t come off, frustration sets in and that is expressed in various forms, ranging from sheer ranting to crimes, big and small. Sr

For some time now the Australian Open tennis, the year’s first Grand Slam event, has provided shocks to the followers of the game in general and the seeding committee in particular.

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Stop-volley. That is a term special to tennis. The present generation of followers of the game may not be familiar with it. It is a shot that has been virtually tossed high into the gallery.

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While there is no gainsaying the fact that Sachin Tendulkar stands head and shoulders above his contemporaries, what has been totally ignored is that his 50th Test century made no difference to the hu