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The Nobels and the Age Problem

Science is a young person's game. An award to a young scientist could free up that person to do productive work, or help win more grants by enhancing reputation, argues Devangshu Datta.

Football Extras: 'Playing top Asian sides key for India'

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Arunachal: Where Elephants Roam at 10,000 feet

'This is the only place on earth where Elephas maximus climbs to these heights.'

CL T20: Sydney Sixers hope to maintain momentum

Australia's in-form Sydney Sixers start outright favourites but will have to guard against complacency when they take on spirited English qualifiers Yorkshire in their second Group B encounter of the Champions League Twenty20 in Cape Town on Tuesday.

CLT20: Super Kings will be wary of Watson and Sixers

Featuring players who shone at the World Twenty20, Australia's Sydney Sixers might prove to be quite a handful for the Chennai Super Kings when the two teams clash in their opening Group B encounter of the Champions League T20, in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Clarke opts out of Champions League T20

Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has opted out of the New South Wales (NSW) squad for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India next month citing heavy workload with the national team.

Haywards too good for JCT

Dudu Omagbemi scored twice in a 4-1 victory in the National Football League.

Write the Wallabies off at your own risk

Sanjeev Aga: The middle class CEO

Revenue and profitability are more important to the Idea Cellular boss than the ranking of the company.

Australia were too flamboyant

Australia upset All Blacks, enter World Cup final

'Without Laxman the batting is not clicking'

'There are two factors that are affecting India's performance. One, of course, is the absence of Tendulkar, the other is V V S Laxman,' says Chris Cairns.

PVI and MVPI after the IPL league matches

PVI and MVPI after the IPL league matches.

PVI 43: Eight lessons from the IPL auction

It's interesting to look back at the IPL player auction in February 2008 and see if there are some lessons to learn from an event that shook the cricketing fraternity. These are random thoughts, and appearing in a random order, but influenced by our paisa vasool analysis.

IPL: How are the countries faring?

After the first week of the DLF IPL, the Australians appeared to be dominating. From the second week onwards, especially after Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds left, the Indians seemed to be gaining ascendancy with fine performances from Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, the Pathan brothers and M S Dhoni.

Paisa Vasool Index: Captains check

Virender Sehwag of Delhi Daredevils is currently the best performing captain. Shane Warne of Rajasthan Royals and V V S Laxman of Deccan Chargers offer the next best value for money, partly because they carry smaller price tags than the other captains.