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Rohit Brijnath

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ARTICLES BY ROHIT BRIJNATH

Sports professionals play for the contest, so even stadiums forced by the pandemic to remain empty have not come in the way of riveting games. Getty Images

Opinion | A stranger, quieter, clearer sporting world

4 min read . 26 Sep 2020

‘The Weight Of Gold’ documentary, narrated by Michael Phelps, explores the mental health issues which athletes confront. (Getty Images)

Opinion I Athletes aren’t products, they’re human

4 min read . 22 Aug 2020

Chi Cheng (No.6) with (from left) British sprinters Dorothy Hyman, Anita Neil and Madeleine Cobb at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre for the AAA Championships, London, on 19 July 1969. (Getty Images)

Opinion I Asian heroes in the shadows

5 min read . 17 Jul 2020

Virdhawal Khade in the men’s 100m butterfly heats during the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome on 31 July 2009. (Getty Images)

Opinion | Sometimes, it’s just a matter of time

5 min read . 26 Jun 2020

Running on the road helps the writer sweat off his ennui and rediscover space. (Photo: Getty Images)

Running at the speed of a serious conversation

5 min read . 15 May 2020

Greg Louganis during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Getty images

15 things you should experience in sport

5 min read . 13 Mar 2020

India cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues. (Photo: AFP)

In the world of sports, January means beginnings

4 min read . 03 Jan 2020

Abbas Ali Baig (second from left) was the manager of the Indian cricket team that toured Australia in 1991-92. (Photo: Hindustan Times)

Opinion: The kissing of Abbas Ali Baig and other stories

5 min read . 15 Nov 2019

The ‘short-panted sages’ Rafael Nadal (left) and Roger Federer celebrating a point on the sidelines during the Laver Cup. (Photo: Getty Images)

Opinion I Who the f*** are these guys?

5 min read . 27 Sep 2019

Maldivian swimmer Aishath Sausan at last month’s World Aquatics Championships. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion I Athletes on the outskirts of fame

5 min read . 24 Aug 2019

Spectators boo Australia’s Steve Smith as he walks off the pitch.getty images

The booer sees sport as only win and lose

5 min read . 21 Jun 2019

Ghosal is a racehorse, the first Indian male to be world No.10. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion | Saurav Ghosal and the hunger for consistency

4 min read . 18 May 2019

Former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly; Muhammad Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee; and Björn Borg’s coach, Lennart Bergelin. Photo: Alamy, Getty images

Opinion I The relentless search for better

4 min read . 23 Mar 2019

Novak Djokovic in action during his Australian Open final win over Rafael Nadal. Photo: Alamy

Opinion: The beautiful savagery of perfection

4 min read . 15 Feb 2019

Jasprit Bumrah bowls during Day 3 of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India in Melbourne on 28 December. Photo: William West/AFP

Why you gotta love Jasprit Bumrah

4 min read . 18 Jan 2019

A still from ‘Free Solo’, a documentary on Alex Honnold on his quest to perform a free solo climb of El Capitan in 2017.

Opinion | A solitary athlete living on the edge

4 min read . 08 Dec 2018

A file photo of Geet Sethi. Photo: Hindustan Times

Opinion | The art of stretching time and talent

4 min read . 10 Nov 2018

Last week, Prithvi Shaw became the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut. Photo: AFP

Old sport, new ways: smells like teen spirit

4 min read . 14 Oct 2018

Team Japan competes in the Artistic Swimming Team Technical Routine at the Asian Games in Jakarta. Photo: Getty Images

Opinion | Beyond podium finishes and prime patriotism

4 min read . 14 Sep 2018

Croatia’s Luka Modric reacts at the end of the 2018 Fifa World Cup final. Photo: AFP

When athletes fall: A summer of defeat

5 min read . 28 Jul 2018

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