

Friday 31 July '09
Contracting chicken pox grants life-long immunity from the disease but for India’s top shuttler Saina Nehwal....Sunday 2 August '09
M.C. Marykom, who gets the Khel Ratna this month, is the most successful woman in amateur boxing historySunday
26 July '09The image of a 6’2” human spring, leaping high in the air and staying there longer than most could, made Jimmy George a legend in Indian volleyball....Saturday
25 July '09In 1999, Pankaj Shirsat, weighing just under a quintal, was struggling to make the India kabaddi team with its 80kg cap....Wednesday
22 July '09Saina said she would prefer remaining low-key in the lower half of the draw at the August 10-16 World Badminton Championships before the real competition begins in the QFs.Sunday
19 July '09The future of basketball in India could well be in Chhattisgarh’s steel city where a basketball academy scouts for tall girls and boys and grooms them for the court. THE SUNDAY EXPRESS travels to basketball’s nursery in Bhilai by our correspondent photographs by Ashish Shankar....Wednesday
15 July '09It doesn’t suit Virdhawal Khade’s craft to sport a moustache. Advanced research in swimming points to any form of body-hair piling on the crucial...Monday
6 July '09Sayali Gokhale faced a tricky time at 17-19 down in the opening set of her Tata Open final...Sunday
5 July '09The guy across the net on Sunday could have some answers to the finishing problems that have been leaving...Sunday
5 July '09Busy training young players, Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand are regarded as the architects of India’s...Friday
3 July '09Near misses are on his mind as he strolls the aisles of the CCI courts on the eve of the Tata Open All India ranking tournament.Friday
3 July '09Near-misses are on Chetan Anand’s mind as he strolls the aisles of the CCI courts on the eve of the Tata Open All India ranking tournament.Wednesday
1 July '09Jamie Bonsels doesn't pretend to be an Englishman who was lured by adverts of Incredible! India, and took the first flight out to Mumbai.Wednesday
1 July '09Jamie Bonsels doesn’t pretend to be an Englishman who was lured by adverts of Incredible India.Saturday
27 June '09If Lin doesn’t get you, Xin can. China’s three famous Wangs — Chen, Lin and Yihan — were joined by unheralded...Friday
26 June '09Saina Nehwal’s quick rise seems a little dreamy for the Indian mind accustomed to sporting mediocrity...Thursday
25 June '09After a memorable week in Jakarta, Saina Nehwal took her challenge to Johor Bahru...Tuesday
23 June '09There was a ferocity in Saina’s eyes when she was decimating Lin Wang’s challenge in the decider at Jakarta.Monday
22 June '09Just before leaving home for a series of tournaments, Saina Nehwal, who had been following the French Open keenly....Sunday
21 June '09Saina Nehwal has perhaps dreamt of this Sunday many times over: of a title match-up against a Chinese.Saturday
20 June '09The badminton world is said to be divided into Chinese and non-Chinese challengers (read: the rest of the world), with their respective fans piggy-backing....Friday
19 June '09Faced with an opponent who chose to retaliate in kind every time Saina Nehwal mounted an attack on her in the Indonesian Super series pre-quarters...Wednesday
17 June '09Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy had scripted and canned Oscar-acclaimed shots of a Mumbai slum boy’s fictional journey to millionairedom last year....Saturday
13 June '09Anup Sridhar was outplayed 21-11 21-8 by Thai Boonsak Ponsana within 24 hours of his shock victory over world No 2 Peter Gade...Friday
12 June '09Nine quiet weeks spent exclusively on building his strength after the looming question mark over his fitness have seen shuttler Anup Sridhar...