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The Indian IDOL
Sachin Tendulkar has been able to address us all, and yet engage individually with each of us. S. Ram Mahesh narrates his own Tendulkar Experience.

Cricket
Sachin’s ‘circle of life’
Sachin Tendulkar’s incredible journey hasn’t been without roadblocks. He has been through phases of failures, threat from injuries and the pressures, but he has overcome them with poise.
TOUR DIARY
Many moments to cherish
Sourav Ganguly is India’s first left-hander with over 7,000 Test runs. He reaches a century of focus and solidity in Mohali, writes S. Dinakar.
INDIAN CRICKET LEAGUE
Second season begins with a bang
A spectacular Opening Ceremony ushered in the second edition of the Indian Cricket League in Hyderabad. There was good spectator support. A. Joseph Antony reports.

On The Ball
W.V. RAMAN COLUMN
The class of Tendulkar
While his aggregate may probably be surpassed by someone in the years to come, I seriously doubt if anyone can be as great a human being as Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.

Tennis
APPRECIATION
Jankovic’s beauty lies in her willingness to struggle
Jelena Jankovic is like a sculpture you need to ruminate over for a while before you identify her beauty. She can’t out-hit and out-power her opponents, so she must annoy and outsmart and outrun them. Which she does, to the point where opponents look like they want to sue for harassment.

Football
Heskey rides high again
The burly forward, much maligned in the past, is currently enjoying a renaissance after a strong international return in England’s 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.
WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Another heart-breaking game for Wales
It would be impossible to claim that Germany did not deserve victory, given their overriding superiority throughout, but the timing of Trochowski’s goal left Wales understandably deflated, writes Stuart James.
ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP
Chelsea sounds a warning to rivals
For the second successive league match Chelsea faced a team expected to do well against them and simply shredded their opponents. And this time they did it with a virtual reserve side, writes Paul Wilson.

Kicking Around
BRAIN GLANVILLE COLUMN
Where are England’s ’keepers?
Gordon Banks’ glorious one-handed save from Pele in the England-Brazil World Cup match of 1970 in Guadalajara was among the best in the history of the game.

Chess
INTERVIEW/PETER LEKO
‘Kramnik, Anand have nothing more to prove’
Peter Leko, the man who was Viswanathan Anand’s second against Anatoly Karpov in 1998, is now assisting Vladimir Kramnik, the player he challenged for the world crown in 2004, at the on-going World Championship. He is very happy about the match. “The world deserves this,” he says in a chat with Rakesh Rao.

Forumula One
CHINESE GRAND PRIX
Advantage Hamilton
After the disaster in Japan, the McLaren driver’s dominant performance in Shanghai was the perfect antidote which sees him go to the final race at Interlagos with a seven-point lead over Ferrari’s Felipe Massa.
FIA proposals to cut cost
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has revealed drastic cost-cutting measures to help Formula One teams through the world’s financial crisis. The use of standard engines from 2010 is just one of the proposals outlined by FIA ...
FOCUS
It’s psychological warfare
With the World Championship set to be decided in Interlagos on November 2, many well-wishers, including former champions, will counsel Lewis Hamilton to exercise caution. But it would be best for the Briton to go with his instincts and try to win the race, writes Richard Williams.

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