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Sporting Spirit

Sunday 22 November '09

A near impossibility needed Dr Anirban Sengupta’s attention. Former Indian football team captain Prasun Banerjee was the victim...
Batting Big…

Sunday 22 November '09

Chesteshwar Pujara loves to score big in the Ranji Trophy. Pujara now wants to make a mark in Twenty20.
Resurrecting Ishant, the Ganguly way

Sunday 15 November '09

Success is a fickle mistress and Ishant Sharma is learning this the hard way. The lanky pacer from Delhi shot into prominence during the 2007-08 Test series in Australia prompting experts to call him the next big thing in Indian cricket.
India’s sunday morning blues

Monday 9 November '09

Once the dust settles over this seven-match one-day series, only one question is likely to remain....
Coming in as replacement, Bollinger grabs his chance

Monday 9 November '09

It has been a long wait for Douglas Bollinger. The left-arm pacer, who has led the injury-hit Australian bowling since he got into the playing XI in Delhi....
India up for must-win tie

Sunday 8 November '09

In the land of early sunrise for the penultimate one-dayer of the series against Australia, the Indians hope to end their nightmare soon....
‘Miles to go, but maybe Manish is another Climax in the making’

Thursday 29 October '09

Karim Bencherifa’s already impressive CV got a significant boost after Mohun Bagan’s fiver against their arch-rivals East Bengal. His team won 10 I-League matches...
Sweet Revenge...

Monday 26 October '09

Edeh Chidi rose from the ashes, Mohun Bagan fans rejoiced. For 34 years Bagan fans bore the wounds of conceding five goals to their arch-rivals.
Selectors mull over appointing Sourav Bengal captain

Sunday 25 October '09

How about Sourav Ganguly taking charge of a disjointed Bengal team and making it a close-knit unit? The Bengal selectors are toying with the idea after Laxmi Ratan Shukla & Co cut a sorry figure in the East Zone T20 meet at Dhanbad.
‘This derby will be one of the most important matches of my career’

Friday 23 October '09

Bhaichung Bhutia has played the most matches for the country in his 16-year-old and still healthy career...
‘This derby will be one of the most important matches of my career’

Friday 23 October '09

Bhaichung Bhutia has played the most matches for the country in his 16-year-old and still healthy career....
2018 World Cup: India must start now, says Troussier

Saturday 17 October '09

Philippe Troussier wants to do something for Indian football if he is approached by the All India Football Federation...
‘CL performances will be considered’

Saturday 10 October '09

Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels IPL, or rather Twenty20s, shouldn’t be considered as a selection platform for orthodox cricket.
We have an outside chance to win I-League: Subrata

Thursday 8 October '09

Subrata Bhattacharya tasted immediate chemistry with Chirag United when he took over the reins as coach last season.
Defensive improvement...

Wednesday 7 October '09

Mohun Bagan coach Karim Bencherifa’s approach to the I-League is not very complicated. “You got to win almost all your home matches and soft away matches...
Champions League is opportunity to perform on world stage: Tiwary

Saturday 3 October '09

Manoj Tiwary seems to be in sort of a dilemma after he got the news of his surprise inclusion in the Delhi Daredevils squad for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
We have to play as a team: Bhutia

Thursday 1 October '09

Bhaichung Bhutia has asked for patience as he formally signed up for East Bengal on Wednesday...
Bhutia makes East Bengal move official, says will take time to shake off rust

Thursday 1 October '09

A day before the I-League kicks off, Bhaichung Bhutia formally signed up for East Bengal on Wednesday, but the Indian captain indicated...
Dissecting Bagan’s plight against Odafa

Wednesday 23 September '09

Churchill Brothers rolled over Mohun Bagan for the second time in a fortnight and the former Mohun Bagan players are fuming.
‘Somdev will break into top 100 by year end’

Tuesday 22 September '09

Ultimately it came down to a make or break tie-breaker in the third set. Cometh the hour cometh the man. Somdev Devvarman showed he had a lot of nerve to go into the business.
It’s now or never for Tiwary

Thursday 17 September '09

For Manoj Tiwary, the upcoming season should be the one to resurrect his chequered career, a national selector feels that way.
IFA’s Best Coach award may go to TFA

Thursday 10 September '09

Tata Football Academy (TFA) coach Vijay Kumar is likely to be adjudged Best Coach of the IFA Shield. A three-member committee comprising ex-India footballers Sudhir Karmakar...
Give Bhowmick some more time: Rozario

Tuesday 8 September '09

“In big clubs, you got to give results, otherwise you are not supposed to stay,” Subhas Bhowmick had said when he took over the reins from Stanley Rozario.
Rozario stands up for Bhowmick

Tuesday 8 September '09

A win against arch-rivals Mohun Bagan is perhaps more important for East Bengal than anything else. There can be no other explanation...
‘Bhaichung was special right from the outset’

Sunday 6 September '09

For Bhaichung Bhutia it was a journey to the unknown when two former India stars, Bhaskar Ganguly and Surojit Sengupta, spotted him and gave him the offer to come to Kolkata. The boy from Tinkitam was only 16 then.
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