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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...
Churchill, Bagan renew season rivalry

Sunday 26 April '09

Billboards mentioning the names of Gourmangi Singh, Okolie Odafa, Lalkamal Bhowmick and Bhaichung Bhutia...
Strikers missing, but Dempo remain upbeat

Tuesday 21 April '09

With the I-League season over, Dempo SC are heaving a sign of relief. The rigours of extensive travelling are out of consideration and their focus seems to be back.....
How the league was won

Sunday 19 April '09

With Churchill crowned champions after more than six months of exciting, back-and-forth lead changes, Saikat Sarkar pieces together the football season that was
Day after title, Churchill coach says he’s quitting

Saturday 18 April '09

A day after Zoran Djordjevic created history by becoming the first foreign coach to lift the I-League title...
Stakes high for Bagan in ‘just another match’

Thursday 16 April '09

There was a clear sense of urgency on Wednesday in the way the hoardings for local matches were hastily replaced by those for the I-League showdown between Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan.
Stakes high for Bagan in ‘just another match’

Thursday 16 April '09

There was a clear sense of urgency on Wednesday in the way the hoardings for local matches were hastily replaced by those for the I-League...
Rozario in pursuit of coaching excellence

Wednesday 15 April '09

The Indian football team, East Bengal FC and now Salgaocar SC — Stanley Rozario’s coaching job has made him a frequent traveller over the last one-and half years.
No glitter, but still a star

Thursday 9 April '09

Eduardo Lacerda shot into the limelight during his three -year stint with Mohun Bagan. Rechristened ‘Du’ by the fans, the Brazilian defender enjoyed a fair bit of success with the Kolkata club before it came to an abrupt halt due to an injury.
Odafa’s journey, from defence to attack

Tuesday 7 April '09

If there’s been one goal machine in Indian football over the last two years, it’s Churchill Brothers skipper Okolie Odafa....
Two decades later, Chapman moves on

Wednesday 8 April '09

Former India international Carlton Chapman has had a long association with the Tata Football Academy.
In city, World Cupper of Indian origin tackles roots query, Zizou theory

Sunday 5 April '09

Hundreds of street children thronged St Columba’s School on Saturday morning, waiting for a man they had never seen or, as was the case with most, never heard of.
Nationals happy to shed ‘joint champions’ tag

Saturday 4 April '09

The Lieutenant Governor’s Cup title clash between Indian Nationals and Amity United wasn’t played amid fraternal bonhomie even though the two teams are promoted by the same group.
Dhorasoo in I-League? Sporting, EB eye former France midfielder

Thursday 2 April '09

Former France international Vikash Dhorasoo’s visit to India for a promotional event in the Capital this weekend has one more angle to it.
N-E’s ‘own’ close to making it big

Wednesday 1 April '09

The tradition of producing national-level footballers hadn’t quite begun in the valleys of the North-East back in 1983 when PD Sawyan.....
Blame it on foreign hand, or the lack of it

Saturday 28 March '09

After his team bowed out of the fifth Lieutenant Governor’s Cup following an abject surrender to Jammu and Kashmir Bank, BSF coach Avtar Singh was in flashback mode, rekindling the memories of his playing days.
‘Football suffered during militancy’

Tuesday 24 March '09

Since he last led India on a football field in 1987, Jammu and Kashmir Bank coach Abdul Majeed Kakroo has not let go of the jersey with the country’s badge stitched on it.
Defender scores one for father

Thursday 19 March '09

Indrajeet Kashyap can’t play the game he loves because of a physical disability. The sweet shop owner, however, is living his dream through his son, Suraj.
Dempo upset two-time AFC Cup champs

Wednesday 18 March '09

If playing two-time AFC Cup champions Al Faisaly in the same tournament in their own backyard was tough, Dempo SC came out tougher with a 4-3 win......
Okorie, Heroes part ways

Tuesday 17 March '09

After the goalless draw against Pune FC on Saturday ended New Delhi Heroes’ chances of qualifying for the main round of the I-League division II...
Consistent Manan gets U-19 call

Saturday 14 March '09

When the opportunity to improve on last year’s numbers — 290 runs and 12 wickets — came along, Delhi all-rounder Manan Sharma didn’t hesitate in grabbing it with both hands.
Unpaid, unsung at ND Heroes

Saturday 14 March '09

One of the high-budget clubs in the Capital, New Delhi Heroes have faced the effects of recession: the ownership has changed hands from a corporate body to a sports management company and the club had to let go more than half-a-dozen players.
Martins leads Dempo to 1-0 victory

Wednesday 11 March '09

On the eve of Dempo SC’s AFC Cup match against Syria’s Al Maged, coach Armando Colaco had doubts over his team’s striking form......
Honours even in Delhi derby

Wednesday 11 March '09

Only a handful from Delhi travelled 25-odd kilometres to the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon for the derby between the Capital clubs Simla Youngs and New Delhi Heroes.
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