Like their football, it is the golden age of Belgium's hockey. From nowhere the Red Lions have reached unprecendented heights over the last few years. But sadly they have always fallen short of laying their hands on the trophies.
Paceman Tim Southee skittled Sri Lanka's top order with a five-wicket haul to put New Zealand in a commanding position on the opening day of the first Test in Wellington on Saturday.
Indian hockey follows a familiar, worn-out script every time a major tournament comes around. First, expectations soar and emotions run high. Then, when the team invariably fails, autopsies are conducted, acrimony sets in and the blame game begins.
The final weekend of the long-winding Hockey World Cup will see some exciting clashes as defending champions Australia go up against the Netherlands and Belgium take on England in an all-European clash.
He may be Bangladesh's biggest cricket star, but Mashrafe Mortaza insists he is not another Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricketing superhero-turned-prime minister.
Mike Brearley will always have a unique place in the world of sport. The 76-year-old former England captain, a great thinker of the game, dwelled on modern day cricket and India captain Virat Kohli in a chat with TOI.
Esha Singh, all of 13, upstaged a field consisting Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu to win gold in the senior category of the women's 10m air pistol event at the recent shooting nationals held in Kerala.
It wasn't quite as wild as the curator had envisaged. It also wasn't as difficult as the one at Wanderers in Johannesburg that India had encountered at the beginning of the year, as Virat Kohli had predicted.
The Indian team management took a bold step on Friday morning by including four frontline pacers in the playing XI for the second Test against Australia on a lively, grass-covered pitch at the Optus Stadium.