Moonballs from Planet Earth

Tiger Woods on the importance of winning How far does one go to win?  As far as one possibly can.  Most sportsmen would agree with Tiger Woo...

Pujara being hit a bodyline delivery from Pat Cummins Is bodyline okay now? Is anybody in the cricket media/ establishment even asking tha...

Superstar Pierre Djokovic with his people Novak Djokovic reveals the secret behind his mental toughness: "When I lost to Nadal...

Palio di Siena at the Piazza di Campo There is a general perception that a great sporting event that harks back to antiquity and deli...

“Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.”  These are the last words in Football Philosophy, a book by the Brazi...

The Rugby World Cup is on. I am cheering for the All Blacks. India is not playing, so I can swear allegiance to any team in the tournament. ...

The dust has now settled on Wimbledon 2011. We have two exciting young champions to celebrate in Petra Kvitova and Novak Djokovic. Rafael N...

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is playing at the Haymarket Theatre this summer. Advertising posters for the play are all over London...

India won the World Cup. Wow! How did we do it? (A) we cheated (B) we were lucky (C) we have a team of geniuses (D) it is written. And yes! ...

I was down at the club last night. Tennis social. Dusted off my old racket - the same Prince Spectrum composite that I had back when I was ...

The Rafael Nadal Foundation just opened a primary school in India, in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. I am especially delighted because Rafa’s na...

There really are big-point players in tennis. Just found a couple of statistical references to support this claim. Watching this year’s Wimb...

Having spent much of the last week vegging out watching Wimbledon and the World Cup, I am struck by the contrast between the slick appeals s...

Tiger Woods is now a patient at Pine Grove , a Behavioural Health and Addiction Services clinic in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is on the G...

See the player in the blue t-shirt? She is Dr Emily Ryall, Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Sport at the University of Gloucestershire. ...

The IPL, and more generally the Twenty20 format, is producing quality cricket. Commentators who liken the IPL to exhibition cricket or the ...

The word moonball has taken on an important new meaning: a type of squash serve. This serve is played from the right-hander's forehand c...

Having lived through the tumult of the Beijing Olympics through the last two weeks, today is a good day to step back and reflect on what the...