Cover Story
Farewells and fare thee wells
Mumbai Indians, the champion team of the IPL, won the Champions League too! It was a fitting farewell gift to Sachin Tendulkar in his final season of the Twenty20 format! Vijay Lokapally takes stock.
Cricket
FEATURE
a core player
With his well-documented injury problems, it seems rather certain that Shane Watson's long-term future lies more with his batting than bowling, writes Priyansh.
INTERVIEW
unyielding fielding
"If each guy saves me one run, it gives me ten runs. Margins in most 20-over games come down to three or four (runs)," Jonty Rhodes, the Mumbai Indians' coach, tells N. Sudarshan.
Shooting
INTERVIEW/RONJAN SODHI
80 per cent of shooting is between the ears
"I don't see myself continuing in the sport after the Rio Games. I want to give it my best shot and get that Olympic medal," says Khel Ratna Ronjan Sodhi in a chat with Kamesh Srinivasan.
Rowing
FEATURE
sculling success
The Indian rowers dish out a noteworthy performance in the Asian Championship in China recently, claiming one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. By V.V. Subrahmanyam.
Boxing
FOCUS
the Mary Kom of Andhra
Nikhat Zareen is only 17… but she has decided to brave it out in boxing. V.V. Subrahmanyam profiles the teen.
Athletics
FOCUS
sprint, the glory of Tamil Nadu
There were quite a few sprinters from Tamil Nadu who felt special that evening in Kochi. Apart from Augustine, there were four others from the southern State who had sparkling gold medals dangling around their neck. By Stan Rayan.
ASIAN SCHOOLS MEET
India shines
There were some superb individual efforts from the Indian contingent at the Asian schools meet in Malaysia. P.K. Ajith Kumar has the details.
Football
KICKING AROUND
celebrating arsenal
The principal director and shareholder of Arsenal today is the American billionaire, Stan Kroenke. There could hardly be a greater contrast than with Sir Henry Norris. Where Norris was dominant and dictatorial, Kroenke is almost always absent. By Brian Glanville.
STARWATCH
playing his part
Kieron Gibbs is now hoping a new health regime will help keep him injury free for Arsenal this season and could end with a recall to the England World Cup squad. By Jim van Wijk.
Steadily rising up the rungs
Despite making his first-team debut in April 2008, Jonjo Shelvey had to wait until Charlton's FA Cup third-round tie against Norwich in January 2009, for his first goal, one which made the 16-year-old the club's youngest ever goal-scorer. By Andrew Lawton.
Chess
FOCUS
lalith, s fruitful journey
What is 20-year-old GM Lalith Babu doing to climb the chess rungs? J. R. Shridharan finds out.
FOCUS
making steady progress
Koneru Humpy is pleased with her recent performances which propelled her rating back to 2600 from 2589, writes J.R. Shridharan.
Krish Chawla
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Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad
