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  COVER STORY : A Defining Decade 2000-2009
All Sports Magazine's team of experts chronicle the developments of the last decade in five major sports - cricket, football, F1, tennis and golf - in this decade-end Special Issue packed with exciting pictures and pin-ups. Also featured are the achievers in Indian sports for the decade and the year gone by.
  Cricket
  
T20 revolution rolls on -The Noughties will have pleasant memories for almost all the major cricket playing nations. India too can look back with satisfaction, climbing to the top in both the ODI and Test formats and spawning a T20 revolution after its sensational triumph in the inaugural world championship.
  Football
  
Small is beautiful -Tactical changes have irreversibly altered the dynamics of football on the pitch; but off it, it's payback time after a decade of excess for the European clubs which have been living dangerously beyond their means.
  Formula One
  
Wheels of change -Formula One's fortunes soared and dipped according to the swings of the economic pendulum in a turbulent decade which saw India too mark its presence at the high table of motorsport.
  Tennis
  
The Greatest of all time? -Roger Federer was the dominant force in the men's division in a decade where power tennis ruled the roost while the Williams sisters generally steamrolled the opposition in the women's section.
  Golf
  
Asia Rising! -Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam were the dominant personalities on the greens in the men's & women's sections respectively, but Asia's star has been rising rapidly in the golf firmament.
  Athletics
  
Steady improvement - Indian runners will find it tough to snatch the top spots in the upcoming Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, which will be dominated by the Kenyans and Ethiopians, like always. But they will be hoping to better their timings yet again.
  Indian sports
  
Exceptional highs, abysmal lows -A historic individual silver and gold at the Olympics, a T20 World Cup win in cricket and the failure of the men's hockey team to qualify for Beijing were some of the eventful episodes of the decade gone by.
 
ACHIEVERS 2009 - The year 2009 was a period of consolidation for Indian sport. There were quite a few success stories in different disciplines, some expected like in cricket, chess, billiards and golf, and others unexpected like in Formula One, football and volleyball. The 'men in blue' flannels failed to retain the T20 World Cup but the Test squad achieved the prestigious distinction by being crowned No 1 team in the ICC world rankings. There were mixed results in other disciplines but there was much to cheer as India ascended the podium with increasing regularity. Here are some of the best Indian success stories of 2009.
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Exceptional highs, abysmal lows - Sometimes, the best advice comes from the most unexpected sources. For example, the one that came from Didier Drogba's eight-year-old son, as the 31-year-old Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker reveals. The unstoppable powerhouse also talks about falling over easily, roller coasting through his career and the mental shape Chelsea are in. And, of course, the chances of the Ivory Coast finally fulfilling Pele's famous prediction about an African nation lifting the World Cup.
 
  
It's possible to run below 9.58- The fastest human on earth, Usain Bolt, talks about his phenomenal year, the secret behind his record-breaking feats and a desire to meet Sachin Tendulkar in this exclusive interview with All Sports Magazine.
  Coming of age
  
Yuvraj Singh can decimate any attack with his explosive batting in limited over cricket. He now has a chance to earn his spurs as a Test great in the years to come.
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January, 2010
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