Three weeks after the heartbreaking loss at the Australian Open finals, Rafael Nadal is back to the tennis courts again. And he returns on his favorite surface, clay, in the new stop on the ATP tour – Rio Open. Almost a year back, Nadal began his comeback from a seven month layoff on this very…
Frank Rijkaard was an awesome player, but his most important contribution to football might not have come on the field. Almost exactly 9 years ago, he decided to blood a 17- year- old teenager from across continents to play his first ever official match. Little did either he or the player know what was in…
It is all too common to hear any sportsman being called “great” nowadays. But, by definition, “Great” is a word that should be rationed, because otherwise it loses all meaning. It is like saying that everyone in a group is better than everyone else in the group, a clear logical impossibility. Perhaps sports journalists need…
Nature – Bold and Beautiful. Magical and Murderous. Elegant and Everlasting. Regal and Raging. Over the years, I have spent many an hour watching the genius that is Federer’s tennis. I have been inspired by such display of sheer brilliance and I inspired [some would say forced and they may not be entirely wrong] many…
Sportz Cosmos’ Tribute to The Great One: Our Sports Writer Rajkamal Vasu pays tribute to the Mumbai Maestro. One of my earliest memories of reading about sports is an article I read around 15 years ago. The year was 1998. I was back home during the summer vacations, enjoying a well-deserved break from what was…
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