Paresh Das

Scorching the artificial turf in front of 20,000 boisterous fans in Rourkela, now accepted as hockey’s own home, has been a new experience for the world’s elite hockey players. The 16 best…

Australia has a population of 2.54 crore, but prides itself of a huge sporting culture. In the just-concluded Olympic Games in Tokyo, athletes from Down Under took home 46 medals, 17 of them…

Languishing on the sidelines for four decades, Indian hockey  turned a new leaf in the Tokyo Olympics. Though the team failed to qualify for the final of the men’s championship despite a…

Before the advent of the limited-over avatar of the game, Test cricket was regarded as the purest and highest form of the sport. It was played over five days and enjoyed immense following.…

England, known to be the favourites before the World Cup began seven weeks ago, lifted the crown though the cliff-hanger of a controversy-ridden final could have gone New Zealand’s way as…

As India squares up against New Zealand in the semifinal of the cricket World Cup at Manchester on Tuesday, after a fine run in the competition despite a suspect middle order, the exploits…

Even before the Indian squad was picked for the World Cup cricket championship in England and Wales, there was an unending debate as to who should bat at No. 4. Views swung from one end to…

As I sit down to write this piece, back to back upsets have turned the 12th edition of the World Cup cricket championship, being played in England and Wales, into a topsy-turvy affair,…