From the publishers of THE HINDU
VOL.30 :: NO.04 :: Jan. 27, 2007
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From the publishers of THE HINDU VOL.30 :: NO.04 :: Jan. 27, 2007 |
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Bright futureNandita Sridhar's Cover Story on Sania Mirza (Sportstar, January 20) was absorbing. In Indian women's tennis, Sania's achievements, notwithstanding her early exit from the recent Australian Open, are epoch-making. How many `firsts' Sania has to ...
A momentary lapse of reasonSport requires opposition and polarity for survival; sport is, however, already divided along enough lines to be further sectioned along racist ones. Racism must be kept out of sport, not snuck in under other names. The decision of the Gibbs appeal will be watched with interest, for it signals intent, writes S. Ram Mahesh.
Prising open the doors of prejudice Sport has a part to play in knocking down the walls of detestation and replacing them with high plateaus of understanding. It can help mankind reach beyond colour, faith, gender and the other things that are allowed to cloud the picture, writes Peter Roebuck. INTERVIEW Steve Waugh is his hero Prince has made the right strides this season. His valiant but fruitless 97 in the first Test against India at the Wanderers was a knock oozing character. Then, his first innings 121 at Kingsmead proved a match-winner. The South African spoke to S. Dinakar. 
A funny gameBuchanan has added new dimensions to cricket coaching: a skill which he regards as holistic, based on the premise that, if a coach can educe a well-rounded and complete person, the process of that education will also result in that person's development into a competent cricketer, writes Frank Tyson. RANJI TROPHY 
The unsung heroesThe Plate division matches do not figure in the schedule of the National selectors, who are busy watching the Elite group and following the `exploits' of the Indian team at the international level, writes Vijay Lokapally.
The `final' barrier England's inability to join the ranks of the champions is an embarrassment, even for a country with a barely disguised preference for Test cricket, writes Rory Dollard. The best and the worst of England England has been in three World Cup finals and has finished runner-up on all the occasions. Vijay Lokapally looks back on the team's fortunes through eight editions of the event. 5 GREAT INDIVIDUAL BATTLES When Border outwitted Imran Fiery fast bowlers, smart captains, childish skirmishes, pay back times... the World Cup has had them all. Over to Andy Hampson. 5 GREAT MATCHES Five run-outs Three finals and two semi-finals figure in this Andy Hampson list of gripping games. SOUTH AFRICA/OVERVIEW Proteas yet to bloom That magnificent win over Australia at The Wanderers in March 2006 has shown the potential of South Africa. But for the team to realise its promise, it needs to win more consistently, writes Andy Hampson. Factfile
Points to ponder The BCCI has to either go in for 10 teams in the Elite group or create a new group of Super Elite.
An eventful weekWe tend to over-rate the importance of sport when we talk of an Indian sportsperson's fortunes on the field being faithfully followed by a billion people, writes Nirmal Shekar in his diary.
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