Paul Fein

1 week ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Paul Fein |Sunil Gavaskar

“I feel like I’m born for this sport.”– Novak Djokovic, winner of a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal “Given the same chance as others have had, blacks would dominate our sport as they have done in other sports.” – Arthur Ashe, in 1988 “You train the tennis player very similar to an N.H.L. player.

2 months ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Paul Fein

India will bid for a third title when it begins its ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday. India won the tournament in 2002 (joint-winner with Sri Lanka) and 2013, before losing to archrival Pakistan in the final in 2017. Only two-time champion Australia has won the ICC Champions Trophy as many times as the Men in Blue.

2 months ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Kavita Menon |Paul Fein

Priya Mishra seized her opportunity in style. After waiting patiently on the sidelines for an entire season, the young leg-spinner proved she truly ‘belonged here’ in just her second Women’s Premier League (WPL) match for Gujarat Giants. In a dominant six-wicket win over UP Warriorz at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday, she made an immediate impact, claiming the crucial wickets of Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, and Deepti Sharma.

2 months ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Paul Fein

Nabil Bentaleb could not have scripted his comeback any better after the Lille midfielder marked his return to the side following a heart attack last year with a goal in Sunday’s 2-0 win at Stade Rennais. The former Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United player suffered a cardiac arrest on June 18, and there were doubts about the 30-year-old’s future in the game.

2 months ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Mohandas Menon |Paul Fein

ICC Champions Trophy (1998-2017) – a statistical surveyThis 50-over tournament started in the late 1990s when one-day cricket was probably at its peak popularity. The ICC Champions Trophy, as we know it today, was called the ICC Knockout. The first edition was lapped up by both television viewers and the host nation Bangladesh purely for the exciting high-octave cricket it generated.