He moved from business journalism to investigative sports reporting in the 1990s, editing the Inside Track column for the Sunday Times.

His output as the BBC's head sports writer included a regular blog on the Corporation's website.

[2] It was reported that Bose was unhappy with the forthcoming move of the BBC Sports Department from London to Manchester, which would have required him to relocate.

[citation needed] He regularly broadcasts on radio and television in the UK and on overseas channels on sports, race, Indian politics and Commonwealth issues.

His books include False Messiah: The Life and Times of Terry Venables (Andre Deutsch, 1997), A History of Indian Cricket (Andre Deutsch, 2002), Manchester Disunited (Aurum Press, 2007) and The Spirit of the Game (Constable, 2012).

He told Paddy O'Connell on Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme that he went to school with the Indian cricketer Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar.