India women lost the cricket world cup final by 9 runs. I watched the whole match, happy with the way things were going, expecting an Indian win as the match proceeded. India, however, collapsed from 191–3 to 219–10. I could only watch, open mouthed. Never felt this heartbroken. Even more for Mithali Raj. read more
New Zealand had been the world's best Rugby nation for decades and yet somehow had managed to choke at pretty much every Rugby World Cup except the first one (1987). In 1995 we made the final but were beaten by Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman (at least that's what the movie tells me). read more
Of all the numbers associated with the event – 32 teams, 64 matches, 736 players, each team’s odds of winning – some of the biggest (with the exception of the World Cup’s reported $11.5 billion price tag) are the numbers of people who will be watching. read more