Murray rounds off tennis’ annus mirabilis

Four hours and fifty four minutes. That’s the time it takes some athletes to run two marathons. And it’s the time it took Andy Murray to battle Novak Djokovic, blustery winds, physical pain, mental pressure, a nation’s expectations and the weight of history before he reached the finish line – a hobbling, understated kiss of

Tendulkar and the retirement question

Discussing Sachin Tendulkar has never been easy. He lends himself to arguments. Most of these arguments are like giant fractals – each made up of smaller, similar sounding mini-arguments. To debate Tendulkar is to be caught in a whirlpool and bombarded with streams of thought from tangential directions. So I have tried to rip the present Tendulkar