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In the lap of nature

Wednesday 4 November '09

Apart from golf, farming is another passion that keeps Jesse Grewal, a Class-A teaching professional certified by the Indian Golf Union, busy.
‘Seniors performed when it mattered’

Tuesday 3 November '09

Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting may have been deprived of most of his team mates in the ongoing series, but the 24-run win in Mohali seems...
Nayar hopes to make a mark

Tuesday 3 November '09

When defending Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai open their 2009 campaign against hosts Punjab at the Sector 16 stadium on Tuesday...
Inspired by Milkha, 77-year-old returns as champ

Monday 19 October '09

Harbhajan Singh Aulakh, 77, still remembers the time when he and his younger cousins at village Aulakh Brian in Gurdaspur, Punjab...
Dharamveer hopes to keep mentor Baljit’s dream alive

Saturday 3 October '09

When the Indian hockey team travel to Canada on Friday for their seven-match test series, there will be one team member who will do more...
Vijender on top of the world

Wednesday 30 September '09

Middleweight boxer becomes first Indian to be ranked No 1 in his category....
I was outplayed, admits Vijender

Sunday 13 September '09

The last time Vijender Singh met Attoev Abbos, he defeated the 2007 world light heavyweight champion 10-7 on his way to a bronze medal at the Asian Boxing Championship....
‘Only gold will do this time’

Friday 11 September '09

In December last year, forced to miss the AIBA World Cup in Moscow due to a back injury, Vijender Singh was disappointed...
Vijender one step away from history

Thursday 10 September '09

For top seed Vijender Singh, playing defensively has been an important tactic over the last few months. On Tuesday night, riding high...
Dinesh in quarter-finals, Jai Bhagwan knocked out

Tuesday 8 September '09

One of the things which light-heavyweight boxer Dinesh Kumar had emphasised after his first-round demolition of...
Smooth start for Dinesh, Nanao loses

Monday 7 September '09

For Dinesh Kumar, the first-round defeat at the Beijing Olympics to Algeria’s Abdelhafid Benchabla still hurts....
Vijender fights into pre-quarters

Sunday 6 September '09

Justifying his top seeding in the middle weight category at the world boxing championships, Vijender Singh punched his way...
Nanao opens with stroll, Jai Bhagwan in Round 3

Saturday 5 September '09

After 2008 world youth champion Nanao Singh won his opening-round bout against Azerbaijan’s Mamishzade Elvin at the world championships....
Jai Bhagwan only cheer as Akhil loses opener too

Friday 4 September '09

Of the many things the Indian boxing team has shared over last two years, opening-round success has been common.
Jitender disqualification adds to India’s troubles

Thursday 3 September '09

Some months back, when Beijing Olympics quarter-finalist Jitender Kumar changed his category from flyweight (51 kg) to...
‘I could have been boxing’s role model nine years ago’

Sunday 30 August '09

Nine years have gone by, but the quarter-final against Andy Fedchuk during the Sydney Olympics still hurts Gurcharan Singh as much today as it did then.
Silver lining

Sunday 30 August '09

Every weekend for the past few months, a couple of cars leave the National Institute of Sports in Patiala to hit the highway to Chandigarh. With Vijender Singh and Akhil Kumar driving...
Cuba on their minds as boxers get ready

Monday 24 August '09

When the Indian men’s boxing contingent leaves on August 27 for the World Boxing Championships in Milan, most of the boxers...
‘NIS is like university’

Monday 24 August '09

When Jai Bhagwan won silver at the Asian Boxing Championship in Zhuhai, China more than two months ago, his team mates...
Gunning for gold, says Mary Kom, as women’s boxing gets Olympics nod

Friday 14 August '09

Three years ago, when India emerged as the leading contingent with four gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the 2006 Women Boxing Championships....
Injured hockey player admitted in AIIMS for 10 days, Sports Secy says ‘trying to contact him’

Thursday 30 July '09

Almost a decade ago, a young Baljeet Singh Dadhwal visited the Chandigarh Hockey Academy with his father Sarabjeet Singh.
Baljit should stay mentally strong: Jugraj

Tuesday 21 July '09

Jugraj Singh knows a thing or two about making a comeback after a career-threatening injury. And according to him, India goalkeeper Baljit Singh Dadhwal’s mental strength...
Boxer Manpreet achieves world championship dream

Saturday 18 July '09

In 2005, a teenaged Manpreet Singh ran away from his village to his uncle’s house in Pathankot to take part in an Army recruitment drive....
Confident boxers ready for medal charge

Friday 17 July '09

While National Institute of Sports, Patiala, is host to any number of sportspersons at any given point of time, early mornings are generally quiet by an outsider’s standards.
Hurting Jeev out of British Open

Wednesday 15 July '09

Jeev Milkha has pulled out of British Open due to a nagging rib injury two days before the year’s third Major gets underway at Turnberry, Scotland.
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