From the publishers of THE HINDU
VOL.29 :: NO.13 :: Apr. 01, 2006
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Let me compliment you on the new format, news selection, coverage and design of Sportstar. No doubt, the changed format is in keeping with the modern trend in sports journalism, interests, habits and tastes. It is now a beautiful, colourful and ...
We have entered the era of Freddie. Hold on to your hats. It is going to be a bumpy ride, writes Ted Corbett.
THOSE 74 MINUTESLed by the remarkable example of their talisman, Andrew `Freddie' Flintoff, one-time petulant fat lad, now the best all-rounder in the world, the tourists made little of their injury troubles to script a famous victory, writes S. Ram Mahesh. 
A Good team manBob Taylor, now 60, is still active, selling cricket balls for Tests, holding wicket-keeping clinics and spreading the knowledge that makes him one of the great glovemen, writes TED CORBETT. Pace from God's own country Sreesanth is a new entrant to the pace pack in the Indian team. Nandakumar Marar caught up with him.
Theory, opinion, analysis... We have convenient theories about players; top stars are slotted into categories, seen and judged through a set perspective.
What is Australia's future? Certain pressmen Down Under have hailed Australia's win in the first Test in South Africa as a sign that the team is back to its dynamic best. But this is far from the truth. In fact, as a fervent Aussie, I am concerned about the future of our ...
Newlands offered a truer test of batsmanship than The Wanderers, but the South Africans were left to rue the inability of any of the senior batsmen to reach 40, writes Peter Roebuck. 
Manhas does the star turnMithun Manhas stepped in for Dinesh Mongia, who woke up with a stiff neck, and the Delhi batsman grabbed the chance to lead by example. In a tournament dominated by batsmen, Manhas struck brilliant form to guide his team to championship triumph.
Like chess, or billiards and snooker, perhaps shooting, where being overweight is acceptable and age no substantial barrier for it is a discipline that calls for more subtle virtues of hand and eye and mind, suits a nation not yet given to great feats of athleticism, writes ROHIT BRIJNATH.
Gold rush with gunsThe Indian shooters dominated the show by winning 16 gold medals. It was one more than what Australia and England managed together at the range, writes KAMESH SRINIVASAN. TABLE TENNIS WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD The gold-winning performance, the first ever, only goes to prove that with more support from the States and the Public Sector, Indian paddlers are capable of achieving more laurels in the International arena, says K. KEERTHIVASAN. TOP-SPIN, HIS WAY TO THE TOP When it mattered, Sharath Kamal used his forehand and backhand top-spins to tremendous effect, writes K. Keerthivasan. WEIGHLIFTING Exposed yet again The dope positives of male competitors Edwin Raju and Tejinder Singh take the sheen off the gold medals won by India's women lifters, writes Kirti Patil. FINAL FRONTIER BEIJING Kunjarani Devi has won medals in every prestigious event, except the Olympics, writes Kamesh Srinivasan. DIARY 
COLLECTIVE EFFORTShe is not just your regular coy woman behind her man's success. While Samaresh Jung was busy playing gold digger, his wife Anuja Jung was busy with some shooting of her own and scooped up her share of the medals as well. The duo could not ...
Alessandro del Piero, the all-time leading scorer of Juventus, has had a glittering career that has lacked only major success at international level. He could put that right as he features in his third World Cup in Germany, writes Andy Hampson. North London scrap Both Arsenal and Tottenham realise that the home stretch to claim the final Champions League qualifying berth for next season has begun, writes Brian Lee.
Mourinho and Benitez give some reason to think that the deeper coaches and managers get into tactics, the more inclined they are to make the kind of errors which most laymen would avoid.
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