Sport is now as much about the game as money, tamasha, showmanship

Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak, warns Shekhar Gupta. As I left home reluctantly for the airport, I may have, in a nutty moment not unusual for sport-lovers,......

'God help us': Government faces more flak for Chauhan's appointment as NIFT chief

The appointment of cricketer Chetan Chauhan as chairman of premier fashion designing institute National Institute of Fashion Technology drew more condemnation of the Modi government on Sunday from......

DDCA gave money to fraud companies without verification, says Kirti Azad

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirti Azad, who has been campaigning against alleged corruption in Delhi's cricket body, on Sunday addressed a press conference in New Delhi but did not take the name of......

'Neha spreads good vibes in all the lives she touches'

'It may be just coincidence but my first release after marriage is Soorma and it has brought me recognition that I've never experienced before.' Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.  ......

Bishen Bedi backs revival of Indo-Pak series

Former India cricket captain Bishen Singh Bedi has extended his support to the revival of Indo-Pak cricketing ties, saying the sport should not be mixed with politics. "We are living in free India.......

Former Pak Great, Mushtaq Remembers Bedi, Yearns for Junagarh

'I would love to go to the place where was I born and grew up in. The nearest I came to visiting Junagarh was when I played the Dilip Sardesai benefit game in Ahmedabad.' IMAGE: Former Pakistan......

Bedi and Azad backed by Olympians to oversee BCCI reforms

IMAGE: Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi. Photograph: PTI. Hailing the decision of the Supreme Court to appoint a two-member committee to oversee reforms in the Cricket Board after the......

'West Indies have not kept spin tradition alive'

Former off-spinner Lance Gibbs, who once held the world record for taking maximum Test wickets, does not think the West Indies have kept up the tradition of spin bowling as well as the Indians have......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......