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Who’ll be the last team standing?

Sunday 15 June '08

Reputations have been forged, destroyed and forced into reconsideration as every ninety minutes of this year’s Santosh Trophy have unfolded...
Karnataka pay the penalty

Saturday 14 June '08

Sanath Kumar at least deserved full marks for consistency — Karnataka’s No 12 missed a wide range of sitters throughout this Santosh Trophy semi-final against Punjab...
Giant-killers strike again

Friday 13 June '08

Bengal's Shankar Oraon kicked the ball into the waiting net with as much strength as frustration could muster.
In Santosh semis, Services hope to finish with a smile

Thursday 12 June '08

Going by tradition, Services had no historical right to be part of the Santosh Trophy semi-finals. But this year, with every...
Stunned, Goa sent on early holiday

Wednesday 11 June '08

Karnataka ‘keeper Gumpe Rime’s desperate punch to keep the ball out in the closing moments of their match against Goa...
High-five for Punjab, Services retain clean sheet in quarters

Tuesday 10 June '08

Monday’s itinerary was one that dripped significance off every team sheet - the second Pool A semi-final spot was there...
Hosts’ run ends after loss

Monday 9 June '08

The few minutes of football that had to be played between Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab following Saturday’s fracas...
Bengal, Goa come to the party, finally

Monday 9 June '08

The folk music blaring from the speakers at the Bakshi Stadium today was perhaps a desperate attempt to banish yesterday’s events from public memory.
Passionate hosts take things too far

Sunday 8 June '08

If passion was measured in goals, Jammu and Kashmir would already have been declared champions of the Santosh Trophy.
INDIA'S SWITZERLAND

Sunday 8 June '08

While the mercury is steadily rising in the coniferous Swiss landscape with every feint that Cristiano Ronaldo fashions...
Nigerian imports can’t get over cricket craze

Saturday 7 June '08

“Earlier, the guns did scare us,” laughs Abioudan Martins, referring to the mass of rifle-toting policemen that dot the streets of Srinagar.
Goa, Bengal split points as crowds stay away on home team’s off day

Saturday 7 June '08

With the home team not being part of the day’s Santosh Trophy schedule, the crowd, too, decided to give the quarter-final league proceedings a miss.
Kerala ruin J&K party with 3-1 win in Santosh quarters

Friday 6 June '08

It seemed odd, the deafening roar that rocked the Bakshi Stadium came at an insignificant moment in the first Santosh Trophy...
Ishfaq under Delhi fire

Thursday 5 June '08

Just a few days ago, it was the fierce stares of Oliver Kahn and a few sharp words from Mark van Bommel that Ishfaq Ahmed had to contend with.
College champ Somdev prepares for life in the ‘real world’

Saturday 31 May '08

Many have been there, done that. Trophies won, honours collected, hopes raised.
Think again, Paes tells Bhupathi

Friday 23 May '08

In the midst of Leander Paes’s usual volley of words, came a succinct summing up of the never-ending saga that is now...
Out of the red mist, coach Youzhny gives tips on anger management

Wednesday 21 May '08

Russian tennis players have painted themselves in glittering hues all over the world’s tennis circuit, but often...
Glorious history a thing of past for Muller

Tuesday 13 May '08

The big serve is now used to dismiss much lesser players, and sometimes it fails to do even that; the booming groundstrokes don’t have half the power...
Indians master Japanese

Sunday 4 May '08

After more than two hours of many fist pumps and rallying cries, Motoaki Kita simply refused to believe his match was over.
Finishing blues

Monday 14 April '08

The irony, perhaps, was not lost on Prakash Amritraj and Rohan Bopanna. Their recent stormy letter to the All India Tennis Association derided Leander Paes...
No bumps along the road

Sunday 13 April '08

One particularly enthusiastic flag-wielding Japanese fan resorted to perching himself precariously on a railing at the RK Khanna Stadium today...
India take off, Japan crash

Saturday 12 April '08

Hosts one step away from World Group play-offs after Bopanna, Amritraj earn hard-fought wins
India keep fingers crossed

Friday 11 April '08

Rohan Bopanna declared fit for crucial Davis Cup weekend, Prakash to play second singles
‘The most important thing is I believe in my team’

Thursday 10 April '08

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were on the same side of the net after seemingly an era, but a few moments of that practice session, too...
Nishikori holds the Kei for Japan

Wednesday 9 April '08

Japan is known for producing the best electronic gadgets, but not for tennis prodigies.
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