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Take a bow! We’re 373 years old

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The city turns 373 today. Thanks to diligent historians like Dr Muthiah, we are able to keep track of the age of Chennai, or Madras or Madraspatti-nam or Chennaipattinam.

Nearing 400, the city has f

Laxman’s batting was full of aesthetic values

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VVS Laxman’s languid presence will not grace the Test batting crease again, which is a pity because modern cricket needs a counterpoint to sport that has become big business. In an era of instant grat

Majestic Bolt takes the Olympic world by storm

Withdrawal symptoms involving the hands and the TV remote, laptop keyboard, tablets, mobile phones and other electronic devices are certain to afflict those couch potatoes who took an extra interest in the London Olympics for two weeks and more.

King Bolt poised to achieve sprint legend status

Champions are known not to do different things. They do things differently. And he did so with chutzpah that only the best in the world can bring about.

Compassionate Saina may open up sporting floodgates

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It is her compassion that shone through. Her empathy for a fellow athlete lit up the dramatic night on Super Saturday at the Olympics.

Her opponent had just folded, her dream shattered as well as th

Taking part, not winning, is Blade Runner’s achievement

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Oscar Pistorius will be the first amputee athlete to take part in the Olympics. He will be featured in the 400 metres individual event and the 400 metre relay team of his nation.

South Africa has do

Taking part, not winning, is Blade Runner’s achievement

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Oscar Pistorius will be the first amputee athlete to take part in the Olympics. He will be featured in the 400 metres relay team of his nation.

There is a great lack of depth in present day Test cricket

Maria Sharapova’s victory in the French Open is laudable for a diva coming back after painful injury to hit the high notes again.

RIP-ROARING SUC CESS

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Stirring finishes in close games that went the distance, a great final in which the result was open well into the very last over, greater cumulative eyeball and arena attendance figures than in the pr

The stars seem to foretell another Chennai triumph

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The sea of yellow at Chepauk on Sunday will be further testimony to the awesome reputation Chennai Super Kings are gathering as a team. Soon, they may be in the class of the Boston Celtics (17 NBA tit

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.