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Dhyan Chand
Tue, August 30 2016
Photo: When Dhyan Chand tried his hand at cricket
Dhyan Chand was a part of three Olympics-winning sides, in 1928 (Amsterdam), 1932 (Los Angeles), and 1936 (Berlin).
Sun, August 27 2017
Don Bradman: 10 jaw-dropping anecdotes about cricket’s greatest-ever batsman
Donald George Bradman is considered to be the greatest batsman who has played the sport
Sun, August 31 2014
National Sports Day: Cricket’s television revolution has inspired other sports
On National Sports Day, we look back at the role of television in inspiring sports beyond cricket.
Fri, August 01 2014
Revealed: How Sachin Tendulkar was nominated for Bharat Ratna in matter of just 5 hours!
Report mentions Dhyan Chand was set to be awarded Bharat Ratna along with Prof. CNR Rao.
Tue, May 02 2017
Don Bradman meets Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand and Don Bradman met once. Unfortunately, no known photo of the two legends together exists.
Fri, February 07 2014
Rajeev Shukla calls Sachin Tendulkar’s Bharat Ratna debates baseless
If Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president, Rajeev Shukla is to be believed, then hockey lovers in this country should not feel hard done by the fact that Sachin Tendulkar has got the Bharat Ratna, and not Dhyan Chand. He said that they should feel happy and the late Dhyan...
Tue, February 04 2014
Sachin fans delighted on him winning Bharat Ratna
Sachin Tendulkar‘s fans are elated that their icon has won the prestigious Bharat Ratna award. Though almost the entire country is rejoicing at Sachin’s feat, still there are a select few who feel that hockey legend Dhyan Chand should have been conferred on with the award instead of Sachin. Fans waxed eloquent...
Sun, September 14 2014
Sachin Tendulkar and Bharat Ratna — a magnificent epilogue, but an epilogue all the same
Sachin Tendulkar receiving the Bharat Ratna reminds the writer of a tale of Zen mastery.
Sun, June 29 2014
Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar: Decision was taken on Day 1 of his 200th Test
The decision to confer Tendulkar with Bharat Ratna was taken on Day 1 of his 200th Test.
Sun, November 24 2013
Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar: Dhyan Chand should have received the award first, says Ram Vilas Paswan
Former union minister and current Rajya Sabha MP Ram Vilas Paswan is of the opinion that legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand should have got the prestigious Bharat Ratna award ahead of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.