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Gqeberha Test: Bavuma's 179 turns 110/6 into 425/9, but the clock is South Africa's real opponentDay three at St George's Park, Gqeberha. Australia 3/1 at stumps, South Afric...
Kishan's adductor strain and Mayank Yadav's unexplained exit: what India's two changes for the 2nd T20I actually revealOn my desk in Pune I did not open the scorecard first. I opened the toss line...
A Blank Ledger Is Not a Clearance: The Athletics Report That Arrived With No Names in ItBefore the Federation Cup in April 2026 I built a single-page PDF: every...
The 38.3% Figure: When the Recovery Story Collides With Household DeprivationThis commentary on Pakistan's Multidimensional Poverty Index begins with a...
Sixteen Names and an Eighteen-Man Claim: A Tactical Audit of Bangladesh's Asian Champions Trophy EntryThe rain in Bengaluru was heavy enough that evening that I had to shut the...
Bangladesh's 33-20 Win in Dhaka: Second-Half Explosion, But Defence and Goalkeeping Questions RemainBangladesh's women's handball team beat Nepal 33-20 at the Dhaka court. On th...
Nortje Out of the WTC Decider: South Africa Lose Their Enforcer and the Shape of Their AttackThe ball that ended Anrich Nortje's series was not the last one he bowled. It...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Vice-Captain: The Three Questions Missing From India's Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 AnnouncementThe circular arrived on a Monday afternoon. It carried the captain's name —...
Svitolina-Monfils Split: Tennis's Biggest Power Couple Breaks, and the Question Is No Longer the Relationship but a Career SystemI still have a hand-drawn scoresheet from the 2026 Chennai Open. Daniil...
Eleven Runs, Six Balls and the Collapse Nobody Filed: The Real Story of India's Christchurch WinThe loudest sound at Hagley Oval that evening, before the floodlights took...
Women's Under-19 World Cup: 41 Matches, 39 Rows and Two Empty ColumnsForty-one matches. Four grounds. Two countries. And when I added up the...
The Empty File: In the Transfer Window, Rumours Sell and Evidence Doesn'tThe last night of the window. In a Dubai studio the producer is in my ear —...
Konstas's 149: A Flat WACA Deck, an 0-3 Western Australia, and the Unresolved Test Recall QuestionThe WACA scoreboard read 371 when Sam Konstas walked back, 149 from 131 balls...
The Mark Is There, the Wind Reading Isn't: The Empty Column in Indian Women's Athletics ReportingLast month a report landed on my desk. Nine sections, three columns in each...
T1's Macro Crisis: Caedrel's Warning Before CKTG 2026 and Its Real CauseIn that room in Shanghai in 2026, when Forsaken was caught, the silence came...
Stop Calling Iran an Upset: 18-27 Was Structure, Not AccidentJakarta, 24 August 2026. The semifinal scoreboard is still pinned in my...
Pakistan's Late Withdrawal Devalues the Commonwealth Kabaddi Crown — and the Real Question Stays UnansweredThe inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship is scheduled at the Veer...
160 on the Board, 119 in the Equation: Bangladesh's Real Opponent Is the CalculatorThat number will be on the dressing-room wall — a total of 160, and a conditi...
Valverde, 116 Touches, and an 'Apology' With No ReceiptIt is two in the morning in Colombo. The Leipzig match is running for the...
The Record Before the Record: India's Scattered Junior Athletics LedgerOn my desk last week lay a photocopy — the entry list of the 2026 Kerala Stat...
Kishan's adductor strain and Mayank Yadav's unexplained exit: what India's two changes for the 2nd T20I actually revealOn my desk in Pune I did not open the scorecard first. I opened the toss line...
A Blank Ledger Is Not a Clearance: The Athletics Report That Arrived With No Names in ItBefore the Federation Cup in April 2026 I built a single-page PDF: every...
The 38.3% Figure: When the Recovery Story Collides With Household DeprivationThis commentary on Pakistan's Multidimensional Poverty Index begins with a...
Sixteen Names and an Eighteen-Man Claim: A Tactical Audit of Bangladesh's Asian Champions Trophy EntryThe rain in Bengaluru was heavy enough that evening that I had to shut the...
Bangladesh's 33-20 Win in Dhaka: Second-Half Explosion, But Defence and Goalkeeping Questions RemainBangladesh's women's handball team beat Nepal 33-20 at the Dhaka court. On th...
Nortje Out of the WTC Decider: South Africa Lose Their Enforcer and the Shape of Their AttackThe ball that ended Anrich Nortje's series was not the last one he bowled. It...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Vice-Captain: The Three Questions Missing From India's Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 AnnouncementThe circular arrived on a Monday afternoon. It carried the captain's name —...
Svitolina-Monfils Split: Tennis's Biggest Power Couple Breaks, and the Question Is No Longer the Relationship but a Career SystemI still have a hand-drawn scoresheet from the 2026 Chennai Open. Daniil...
Eleven Runs, Six Balls and the Collapse Nobody Filed: The Real Story of India's Christchurch WinThe loudest sound at Hagley Oval that evening, before the floodlights took...
Women's Under-19 World Cup: 41 Matches, 39 Rows and Two Empty ColumnsForty-one matches. Four grounds. Two countries. And when I added up the...
The Empty File: In the Transfer Window, Rumours Sell and Evidence Doesn'tThe last night of the window. In a Dubai studio the producer is in my ear —...
Konstas's 149: A Flat WACA Deck, an 0-3 Western Australia, and the Unresolved Test Recall QuestionThe WACA scoreboard read 371 when Sam Konstas walked back, 149 from 131 balls...
The Mark Is There, the Wind Reading Isn't: The Empty Column in Indian Women's Athletics ReportingLast month a report landed on my desk. Nine sections, three columns in each...
T1's Macro Crisis: Caedrel's Warning Before CKTG 2026 and Its Real CauseIn that room in Shanghai in 2026, when Forsaken was caught, the silence came...
Stop Calling Iran an Upset: 18-27 Was Structure, Not AccidentJakarta, 24 August 2026. The semifinal scoreboard is still pinned in my...
Pakistan's Late Withdrawal Devalues the Commonwealth Kabaddi Crown — and the Real Question Stays UnansweredThe inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship is scheduled at the Veer...
160 on the Board, 119 in the Equation: Bangladesh's Real Opponent Is the CalculatorThat number will be on the dressing-room wall — a total of 160, and a conditi...
Valverde, 116 Touches, and an 'Apology' With No ReceiptIt is two in the morning in Colombo. The Leipzig match is running for the...
The Record Before the Record: India's Scattered Junior Athletics LedgerOn my desk last week lay a photocopy — the entry list of the 2026 Kerala Stat...