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Most exciting challenge: Hankinson

Thursday 9 July '09

While Indian football is still some time away from a big-player signing, Tim Hankinson’s appointment as Salgaocar SC coach might just be a step forward.
DSA blames postal delay for transfer fiasco

Tuesday 7 July '09

The Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) came under fire from one of its clubs for allegedly missing a deadline the Capital’s football association would have wanted its affiliated teams to follow.
Ratan’s Goa dream finally comes true

Saturday 4 July '09

Goa has long been beckoning stopper Ratan Kumar for reasons other than the tourist hub that it is.
Carrying forward the legacy

Saturday 27 June '09

It was a post practice phone call last year that prompted an elated and slightly confused JCT coach Sukhwinder Singh to regroup his players in the tiny village of Panjaur in Punjab.
‘It came to me as big surprise’

Wednesday 24 June '09

The Indian women’s cricket team returned from the World Twenty20 in England to virtual anonymity, but for one member of the squad, the celebrations were not denied, merely delayed.
English scouts to keep an eye on Simla Youngs

Tuesday 23 June '09

The last time Simla Youngs played in the Welsh International Super Cup, the boys missed the title by a whisker.
What has the Sports Minister done for football in India, asks coach Houghton

Friday 19 June '09

MS Gill said Indian national team could lose to Australian school team, coach takes him on
Shillong boys take the road back home to I-League

Wednesday 17 June '09

Marlangki Suiting and Romeo Sukhlain-better known as team mates at New Delhi Heroes’s — began their football in obscure fields in the valleys of Shillong.
‘Can’t wait for Camp Nou’

Saturday 13 June '09

Sunil Chhetri is still unsure of his second shot at a foreign club — Coventry City — but in the meantime another foreign ‘surprise’ awaits him and his India team mates.
‘Lost’ Lalawmpuia back from the shadows

Friday 12 June '09

Three years ago, when PC Lalawmpuia walked out of the big gates of the Tata Football Academy...
On top of the table

Wednesday 10 June '09

Winning 11 out of 12 titles on offer in a tournament isn’t anomalous when your team has a mix of the best of former...
Back to same old phase?

Saturday 6 June '09

Tejinder Pal Singh, Jai Prakash Yadav and Shreyas Khanolkar — the ‘rebels’ back into the Railways fold — have about 12,500 first-class runs and 326 wickets among them.
Yashpal counts the gains

Saturday 30 May '09

In a team where some of the stars faded halfway through the tournament and the rest fell like shooting stars — Yashpal Singh wasn’t among the pushovers.
Delhi’s seven: Capital gets its biggest I-League haul

Thursday 21 May '09

Aside of the fact that they all hailed from the Capital, it would have been difficult to find what else was common among Sunil Chhetri, Sumit Thapa, Vinay Singh, Praveen Rawat, Avdesh Pal, Pronoy Roy and Manish Maithani till the last season.
Dempo’s knock-out punch

Wednesday 20 May '09

Dempo SC’s efforts to establish themselves at the Asian level seem to be paying off. The Goan club thumped two-time champions Al Faisaly....
Chhetri gears up for Goa stint

Wednesday 20 May '09

As Dempo SC’s starcast — already loaded with five India players — get ready for another addition within the next couple of days, the star himself remains unassuming.
‘I will never play for Delhi’

Tuesday 19 May '09

Amid a star-heavy line-up Delhi defender Avdesh Pal had little space to figure in Dempo SC’s playing XI all through the season.
Dempo can seal berth with win

Tuesday 19 May '09

Dempo SC, who gave national-level trophies a miss this season in their quest for international success, face what is their most important....
After one year on the bench, Vinay itches to get going

Thursday 14 May '09

For once, Sunil Chhetri wasn’t the cynosure. At the Santosh Trophy trials at the Ambedkar Stadium on Wednesday, the Delhi probables instead huddled around Churchill Brothers goalkeeper Vinay Singh.
Roy makes the big league

Wednesday 13 May '09

The last one year couldn’t have been more contrasting for Delhi goalkeepers Rajat Guha and Pronoy Roy.
Chhetri provides the spark

Tuesday 12 May '09

The swollen right ankle that forced him to skip more than one-third of the I-League has still not healed, but Sunil Chhetri’s presence at the Ambedkar stadium for the Santosh Trophy trials has volumes to speak for himself and Delhi.
‘Delhi have a better chance’

Tuesday 5 May '09

Leading the pack seems to have become an old habit for Delhi ‘veteran’ Pushpender Kundu. At the Ambedkar Stadium on the first day of the Santosh Trophy trials...s
Indian girls aim to win, fair and square

Thursday 30 April '09

They have the ability to rip apart opposition defences, but match results will not be the only thing on their minds when Tanvi Bhargava...
Different strokes: team mates once, now worlds apart

Tuesday 28 April '09

Meeting classmate Amit Sharma figures in Sunil Chhetri’s to-do list every time the India striker returns home.
Super Bagan win in style

Tuesday 28 April '09

Mohun Bagan striker Jose Ramirez Barreto left the field with a bleeding face two minutes before time, but the dugout was in raptures...
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