Boost for boxing: Rs 80 lakh every yr

Wednesday 2 August '06

Indian boxing has received a huge boost with the Mittal Champions Trust agreeing to pump in Rs 80 lakh per annum to promote the sport, including funding for a foreign coach.

Manavjit traps gold, India silver

Friday 28 July '06

Manavjit Singh Sandhu had been dreaming about a World Championship medal for quite some time...

Berth for Rathore off nail-biting finish

Monday 22 May '06

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the guest of honour at a Special Olympics Bharat function here the other evening.

First for India: women’s world boxing meet in Hyderabad

Wednesday 26 April '06

The success of MC Mary Kom, world champion from Manipur, seems to have put Indian women’s boxing firmly on the international map.

Stadiums in disrepair, but no one’s worried

Monday 3 April '06

New Delhi Games Organising Committee secretary-general Lalit Bhanot says conscious decision not to have infrastructure ready before 2009, want the venues to look in prime condition when the Games begin

Another panel, another charade

Friday 31 March '06

IWF assigns two to find the hows and whys of the Melbourne dope scandal

EPO theory: red herring or red alert?

Thursday 30 March '06

As they wipe the egg off their collective face, sports officials are trying to figure out how Tejinder Singh and Edwin Raju escaped the net at the SAI lab here.

It had to be today: Rathore

Friday 24 March '06

It was a story of nerves and determination for the gold winner

One way out: award scheme for ‘clean’ sportspersons

Friday 24 March '06

What makes Indian athletes, especially weightlifters, take to doping? One main reason, given the financial insecurity of most Indian sportsmen, is the money that comes to those who win medals at top international events.

Finally, Ravindran gets starter’s orders for CWG

Saturday 18 March '06

It was a case of justice delayed, not denied. Masseur M Ravindran will soon be on board a Singapore Airlines flight to Melbourne, to join the Indian contingent there.

Melbourne is fun & Games for Indian officials

Thursday 16 March '06

The Nabi arrest puts into perspective just how — and how many — sports officials are Melbourne-bound, or already there.

The Melbourne masseur mystery

Friday 17 March '06

India could have been spared the embarrassment of the Diwan Asghar Nabi episode but for the actions of top brass at the Sports Authority of India...

Melbourne is fun & Games for Indian officials

Wednesday 15 March '06

The Nabi arrest puts into perspective just how — and how many — sports officials are Melbourne-bound, or already there.