Stories By Valentine Wilson
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/ 3 weeks agoHyderabad’s sporting heartbeat thudded in school quadrangles and college maidans
Before leagues had sponsors and trophies had brand logos, Hyderabad’s sporting heartbeat thudded in school quadrangles and college maidans. Long before...
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/ 1 month agoWinds Of Change: ‘Partnerships’ Made For Each Other, On And Off The Sporting Field
Winds of change is blowing across women’s cricket. Some sensational, some dramatic, some emotional. It is also not just matching up...
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/ 2 months agoLords of the Ring: Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh’s golden era of boxing
Boxing, once upon a time, was not just a sport in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh — it was a spectacle. The...
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/ 2 months agoCitadels Without Fire: How the YMCAs in Hyderabad have lost their sporting soul
YMCAs were once citadels of character. Places where discipline was drilled, confidence cultivated, and leadership forged long before “personality development” became...
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/ 2 months agoSecunderabad stories: When stylish khel khiladis ruled the Gymkhana grounds
Those were the days when Secunderabad inhaled and exhaled sport. Horse racing, cricket, football, hockey, and polo too, were not just...
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/ 2 months agoDiamonds in the Rough: Secunderabad Cantonment’s Sporting Goldmine
If Hyderabad’s Old City was football’s folklore, the Secunderabad Cantonment was its factory floor. This was where players were not discovered,...
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/ 3 months agoGround realities of the days gone by!!
This is nothing, but a total recall. A rewind into those ‘golden’ environs. Reminiscing the good old infrastructure (read ground) that...
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/ 3 months agoJaane kahan gaye woh din… Legacy of Hyderabad cricket is nowhere around now
There was something romantic about the cricket in Hyderabad. That charm has, however, faded over the years. Hyderabad cricket’s horizon was...
