Paranjpe recalls Tendulkar's century on Ranji Trophy debut

How did how a reluctant, chain-smoking, beer-swigging footballer captain the greatest football nation in the world?Dhruv Munjal salutes the memories of Dr Socrates. IMAGE: Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend. Photograph: Allsport/Getty Images Of Zico and Socrates, memories of another Cup In Brazil, the ball is the world Scanning through Andrew Downie's Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend, you're tempted to compare, for his affable smugness and towering persona, the ...

IMAGE: Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane watches over a team training session. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images It is hard to view Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane's playing career as anything other than outstanding. Arguably the finest midfielder of his generation, he would feature in many all-time best elevens. But Saturday's Champions League final against his former club Juventus is a reminder that the Frenchman hasn't quite had it all his own way. When Juve signed Zidane from French ...

Putting his controversial relationship with Leander Paes aside, Mahesh Bhupathi, on Tuesday, recollected the golden days he shared with his estranged doubles partner and said their achievements for Indian tennis may not be replicated ever. "You have to put controversy aside… both of us together, what we were able to achieve as a team from 1996 to 2002, I don't think it will ever be replicated in the sport of tennis," Bhutpahi said at the book launch of 'A History of Indian Sport Through ...

Second Division I-League football team Real Kashmir FC will become the first club team from the valley to play on a foreign soil when they take on third-tier Scottish League club Stenhousemuir in July this year. "We have been invited by Stenhousemuir FC to play a pre-season friendly at their stadium at Larbert on July 8. The boys are excited about the prospect of getting an opportunity to play against a quality side which will help them improve their game," an official of the Real Kashmir FC ...

Arsenal host Manchester United on Sunday in a clash crucial to both clubs as they try to finish the season in the top four of the Premier League.We look at five standout matches between the clubs.MANCHESTER UNITED 0 ARSENAL 1 (October 1990 - Division One) IMAGE: Manchester United and Arsenal players fight on the pitch. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Allsport The animosity between the clubs could perhaps be traced back to this fixture at Old Trafford, when the result was largely forgotten following ...

'The ball barely made it to the hole, giving rise to a heady exhilaration and bemusement that only Woods' adroitness could -- and perhaps still does -- invoke.'Dhruv Munjal on the greatest golfer of all time. IMAGE: The Augusta Masters is the only tournament Tiger Woods ever dreamt of playing and winning. Photograph: Mark J Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Throughout his storied career, Tiger Woods has routinely served up staggering reminders of his paranormal talent: The now legendary ...