Time to prime the pump

Tuesday 3 November '09

After a roller-coaster ride in the run-up to the Ranji Trophy, the Bengal cricketers will finally get down to business at the 22-yard strip on Tuesday when they take on Maharashtra in Pune in the Ranji Trophy opener.

Shukla to be retained as Bengal skipper

Tuesday 27 October '09

After much heartburn following the disastrous campaign in Dhanbad, the CAB mandarins seem to have decided that it’s too late now to change the Bengal captaincy.

Bhowmick quits East Bengal post

Tuesday 27 October '09

East Bengal coach Subhas Bhowmick put in his papers on Monday, bringing his dismal tenure with the Kolkata club to a premature end.

Cricketer battles for life, docs say spine surgery critical

Tuesday 20 October '09

A day after Bengal cricket’s young turk Avik Chowdhury met with a car accident, doctors attending to him at the Ruby Hospital said his future depends on a critical spine surgery he is expected to undergo soon.

How’s that?

Sunday 11 October '09

You must have heard of cricketers who have taken to full-time umpiring after an active career in the game. Cricket is replete with such examples.

Eden to host Sri Lanka ODI this winter

Saturday 10 October '09

For cricket fans in Kolkata who are starved of quality action, there’s finally some good news. Come winter, Eden Gardens will host an India versus Sri Lanka one-dayer — the city’s first international cricket match after two-and-a-half years.

Again, national selector has no place in CAB

Thursday 8 October '09

One year into his job as national selector, Raja Venkat continues to be left out of the scheme of things at his home turf.

Indian captain Jhulan bags Nike contract, CAB switches to Reebok

Wednesday 7 October '09

There’s finally some good news for the poorer cousins of men’s cricket in India. The skipper of the Indian women’s team, Jhulan Goswami, has been roped in by sports apparel major Nike.

BCCI to pursue direct talks with ICC on WADA

Monday 21 September '09

A day after the Union sports ministry indicated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was cold-shouldering it on the WADA issue...

Archer from Iran now fighting a different kind of battle

Monday 21 September '09

Back in the late 1980s, Ebrahim Ranjbar was a strapping young soldier from Tehran, serving on the battlefront during the long...

BCCI to pursue direct talks with ICC on WADA

Monday 21 September '09

A day after the Union sports ministry indicated that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was cold-shouldering it on...

40,000...seats Eden will lose if it hosts Test in Nov

Wednesday 16 September '09

It’s an unavoidable sacrifice that Jagmohan Dalmiya & Co will have to make for the sake of the much-needed revamp of the Eden Gardens.

‘Austere’ FinMin promises Astroturf funds for Kolkata

Sunday 13 September '09

In the midst of the intensifying debate on austerity measures for MPs, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had some good news on offer for the ailing Bengal Hockey Association (BHA) on Saturday.

RANJI RETURN, BUT AT WHAT COST?

Friday 11 September '09

If Sourav Ganguly goes ahead with his new-found plans of returning to first-class cricket, then he better get ready to face a few hard questions first from the CAB before gearing up to don the Bengal shirt in the Ranji Trophy.

Acid test for Bose, but Ranji captaincy to stay with Shukla

Saturday 5 September '09

Just as the debate over Bengal captaincy was picking up fast, the Cricket Association of Bengal gave an interesting twist to the drama.

Drunk chess star dozes off, concedes match at Kolkata Open

Friday 4 September '09

In an unusual incident at the ongoing Kolkata Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament on Thursday, a top-rated French player had to concede his game after he couldn’t sit through his match against his opponent.

Drunk chess player dozes off, concedes match at Kolkata Open

Friday 4 September '09

In an unusual incident at the ongoing Kolkata Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament on Thursday, a top-rated...

Eden may get India-Lanka Test this November

Thursday 3 September '09

For cricket-starved sports fans in Kolkata who are dying to catch some action at the hallowed Eden Gardens, there’s finally some good news.

Dispute over IPL deal: BCCI slams the door on IMG

Sunday 30 August '09

In a startling development, the Indian cricket board has snapped ties with high-profile event organisers International Management Group (IMG), which conducted the first two editions of the IPL Twenty20 carnival.

Mumbai airport ‘demolishers’ bag Eden makeover job

Saturday 29 August '09

The construction company that helped rebuild the airports of Mumbai and Chennai will now be seen bringing down the famous stands of the Eden Gardens.

City sisters cross Strait of Gibraltar

Wednesday 19 August '09

Till recently, it was about Rashmi alone. Now, the ace swimmer from Kolkata has found a partner in her plunge for bigger exploits.

BCCI plans coaching manual in Hindi and regional languages

Sunday 16 August '09

The BCCI is finally planning to break the language barrier for Indian coaches who often face problems while interpreting English lessons to cricketers.

BCCI, NCA to launch their new coaching handbook in Hindi

Saturday 15 August '09

In a country where cricket coaches have a perennial language problem when it comes to interpreting coaching lessons in English to budding cricketers from rural and suburban India, the national cricket Board is planning to break the barrier.

From Jharkhand’s troubled zones to the 22-yard pitch

Saturday 15 August '09

At a time when the Union Ministry is busy devising long-term plans of tackling the Maoist situation in Jharkhand’s troubled zones, a former international woman cricketer is going about a similar a mission in her own way.

Waugh lauds skipper Ganguly in CAB’s annual handbook

Friday 14 August '09

It’s perhaps the most unlikely place where Sourav Ganguly would find rich accolades being showered upon him. Specially, if the words of praise are coming straight from one of his staunchest critics Steve Waugh.