Beyond The Scoreline

July 10, 2016. It was late evening at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport when a message from an acquaintance in...

At a wedding reception in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, nearly a decade ago, one of the guests struck up a conversation...

Syed Nayeemuddin always loved to stay at Hotel Bombay Orient, opposite to Karims in Old Delhi. Khalid Jamil exults after...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino.  So, someone who’s allegedly linked to a 'cricket' corruption can also pick a national 'football' coach? The...

Amalraj introduces Mohammad Akbar, Surajit Sengupta and Moidul Islam to legendary actor Dilip Kumar during a Rovers Cup match in...

Inept player selection, age-cheating and almost zero activities in most states have jeopardised India’s youth development programmes. Last year, Jharkhand,...

At Phagwara station, we virtually dragged ourselves out of the train. The rush was overwhelming. It was a Saturday, and...

Nahari I was sad to hear the death of Mohammed Rafiquddin, 60, legendary nahariwala, who was popularly known as Kallu...

The last time I had covered a football match at the Salt Lake Stadium was in September, 2011, when Lionel...

Zico Zico, Alessandro Del Piero, Nicolas Anelka, and even Marco Materazzi. Big names, yes, but they aren’t carrying any magical...