Paresh Das

Down Memory Lane: The Barcelona Hockey World Cup, Where It All Started

Scorching the artificial turf in front of 20,000 boisterous fans in Rourkela, now accepted as hockey’s own home, has been…

January 18, 2023

India’s Tokyo Performance: Happy With Mediocrity?

Australia has a population of 2.54 crore, but prides itself of a huge sporting culture. In the just-concluded Olympic Games…

August 19, 2021

Tokyo 2020: Indian Hockey Rediscovers Itself

Languishing on the sidelines for four decades, Indian hockey  turned a new leaf in the Tokyo Olympics. Though the team…

August 6, 2021

Test Cricket Is Alive & Kicking

Before the advent of the limited-over avatar of the game, Test cricket was regarded as the purest and highest form…

January 12, 2021

Failure To Put Middle Order In Order Cost India Dearly

England, known to be the favourites before the World Cup began seven weeks ago, lifted the crown though the cliff-hanger…

July 16, 2019

A Sense Of Déjà vu As India Inches Towards Winning World Cup

As India squares up against New Zealand in the semifinal of the cricket World Cup at Manchester on Tuesday, after…

July 8, 2019

World Cup: India Yet To Sort Out Its Best Eleven

Even before the Indian squad was picked for the World Cup cricket championship in England and Wales, there was an…

July 3, 2019

No Matter Whether India Wins The World Cup Or Not, It’s Brimming With Talent

As I sit down to write this piece, back to back upsets have turned the 12th edition of the World…

June 5, 2019