Mentor, protege combine to clinch doubles

Monday 25 September '06

It's not a coincidence that the three WTA doubles titles Sania Mirza has won have come in partnership with Liezel Huber. With the Hyderabad Open in 2004

BAI pushes Govt for a perfect 10

Tuesday 8 August '06

Recent performances boost hope of all clearance for Madrid

Breaking tradition: No to long camps, defensive football

Monday 7 August '06

Houghton sees World Cup 2014 as realistic goal for India to qualify

Nowadays we are happy with even the Saff Cup: Balaram

Wednesday 28 June '06

He is considered one of the finest footballers the country has ever produced but today Tulsidas Balaram is a disillusioned man.

TTFI not to renew coach’s contract

Tuesday 20 June '06

Even for someone who has seen red-tapism at its worst in his seven-month stint as the senior India coach, the Table Tennis Federation of India’s decision not to renew his contract after the Doha Asian Games must have come as a surprise to Benone Cristian Grigore.

Brazil have the stars, England the riches

Wednesday 31 May '06

The net worth of England players far exceed the earnings of the talented Brazilian pool

German connections could help put Iran in second round

Tuesday 23 May '06

Germany 2006 will be Islamic Republic of Iran’s third visit to the football World Cup and this time, they seem to be better prepared to make it to the second round.

It takes a team to tango

Thursday 18 May '06

Soccer celebrations come in various shapes and sizes, all exhilarating

With nothing to lose, India set to gamble

Wednesday 3 May '06

Anup Sridhar to play doubles as well versus Denmark in the quarter final

‘Everybody can see what is going on’

Friday 21 April '06

It’s almost as if Sourav Ganguly has given up hope. With his name not figuring in the team for the one-day matches in the West Indies, the former India skipper seemed a bitter man today.

Dhoni stamps his mark, England seal match

Thursday 13 April '06

It was the kind of pitch that bowlers won’t turn their backs to. First, Lancashire teammates James Anderson and Sajid Mahmood banked on the even bounce, stuck to basics and took three wickets to restrict India to 223.

Bagan fall to Samurai thrust

Sunday 9 April '06

He believes in the Samurai philosophy, keeps his hair tied during matches as a mark of ‘‘respect towards opponents’’.

Bhutia sees red over Left ‘bias’

Friday 31 March '06

Sourav Ganguly and Bhaichung Bhutia are the two biggest sporting icons of Kolkata, but their current fortunes couldn’t have been more contrasting.

Kamal sets agenda for a bigger stage

Wednesday 29 March '06

Indian men gear up to move into elite group in table tennis

Sharath Kamal ho gaya

Sunday 26 March '06

Indian paddler downs nemesis Segun to keep date with a second gold medal

Fransa disband after AIFF nod for AI

Thursday 23 March '06

The Fransa Pax football team is no more, or that is what chairman Mickky Pacheco would have the All India Football Federation and anybody who would care to listen, to believe.

Now a gold spread on the table

Tuesday 21 March '06

Things just seem to be getting better and better for Subhajit Saha.

Aparna’s gets free practice in Jakarta

Friday 10 March '06

It finally took her mother to persuade Aparna Popat to attend the pre-Commonwealth Games camp in Indonesia and it looks like she may have taken the right decision in the end.

Paddlers hope for one gold, at least

Friday 10 March '06

The rise of standard in Indian table tennis can be gauged from the fact that the squad is now thinking in terms of at least one gold from the Melbourne Games. It is not surprising, given that they had won two golds in the Commonwealth Championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2006.