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TennisIntercept Does Not Mean Backhand: Riyadh, Bab el-Mandeb and Tennis's Open LedgerIt was seven minutes past two in the morning. The heater in my Liverpool flat...
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World CricketCaps 217 and 218: Cricket's Records Need Identity, Not Just a NameOn the Pune night desk that evening, the same name lit up the screen twice —...
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KabaddiCommonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Vice-Captain — The Three Columns the Announcement Left BlankIn the third do-or-die raid, the captain picks who walks onto the mat — not t...
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Asian CricketRaipur's 19/4: The Real Story Buried Under Niki Prasad's Debut InningsFour things are missing from this scorecard, and those four absences are the...
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FootballTwo 1-0s, 180 Minutes, Zero Goals: Zamalek Return to the Group Stage — and Abderrahim Taleb's Praise Reads Like a Scouting ReportSixty-third minute of the second leg in Cairo. APR's right winger beats his m...
BadmintonDenmark Open: An Se-young's 47th Title, and the Ankle in the Deciding Game That Matters More Than the RecordOdense, October 18. The Denmark Open women's singles final had reached the...
Field HockeyEighteen Names Promised, Sixteen Delivered, and a Ticket Someone Else Declined: Auditing Bangladesh's Asian Champions Trophy EntryThe count did not add up. The Bangladesh Hockey Federation's release said...
World CricketCaps 217 and 218: Cricket's Records Need Identity, Not Just a NameOn the Pune night desk that evening, the same name lit up the screen twice —...
FootballNine from Nine and Thirty-Nine Goals: Barcelona's Record, and a Scoresheet You Should Not TrustI opened that match report last week and my eye did not go to the scoreline...
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