Monday 26 January '09
The Indian hockey team returned from their four-test series against Argentina on Sunday and straightaway left for Chandigarh...Wednesday 21 January '09
Arjun Halappa has almost everything that is needed to succeed at the topmost level in sport — skills, attitude and a proven track record. Everything but luck, that is...Tuesday
20 January '09Spaniard Jose Brasa is all set to become Indian hockey’s new foreign coach. The technical committee of the Indian Olympic Association ad-hoc body has approved, in principleFriday
16 January '09The wheels are finally moving for the appointment of a foreign coach for the Indian hockey team. Spaniard Jose Brasa, considered a front-runner for the job, is in town and on Thursday...Saturday
10 January '09The A sample of Monika Devi, the weightlifter who was prevented from participating in the Beijing Olympics at the last minute...Thursday
8 January '09Eight months after the IOA ad-hoc committee took charge of Indian hockey and promised to bring in a foreign coach...Saturday
27 December '08In cricket-obsessed India, Boxing Day celebrations have always been associated with a Test match in Australia. How things have changed.Sunday
21 December '08The dream run in 2008 saw Indian boxers pick up 11 medals at major international competitions. Our correspondent traces the four-year-long journey to successSaturday
20 December '08Shiva Keshavan is not exactly a sports star in India. The country might have come up with its best-ever performance in the Olympics this year...Wednesday
17 December '08It isn’t easy being a boxer. But then, Akhil Kumar isn’t one to take the easy way out.Sunday
14 December '08All the four Indians in the fray at the boxing World Cup on Saturday were in the red corner, but it just wasn’t supposed to be India’s red-letter day.Friday
12 December '08India's boxing bronze at the Olympics was no fluke and that the country's pugilists have arrived on the big stage was confirmed when India were assured of medals from all four of their boxers competing at the World Cup in MoscowSunday
7 December '08A lot has happened since they were knocked out of the Olympic qualifiers. But even as the players start preparing for a string of upcoming challenges, our correspondent finds the same old bumps on the long road aheadThursday
4 December '08On the death anniversary of Major Dhyanchand, it was perhaps fitting that the final of the Shastri hockey tournament at the Nehru Stadium in Gurgaon was played between the two best teams in the fray.Wednesday
3 December '08Just before the Indian boxing contingent left for the Olympics, a reporter asked Jitender Kumar his name and the discipline he was going to participate in. Unaccustomed to the media, he quietly pledged to ensure that, if nothing else, he would not have to answer that question again.Saturday
22 November '08Joshna Chinappa seems to have a special affinity for creating history.Saturday
22 November '08Joshna Chinappa seems to have a special affinity for creating history. The youngster from Chennai, who first stormed into the spotlight when she won the British Junior Open in 2005, broke new ground when she won her second WISPA title in as many weeks, winning the NSC Super Satellite No 4 in Kuala Lumpur. With this, she became the first Indian to not only win a WISPA title but win two, back-to-back.Sunday
9 November '08That Abhinav Bindra is a man of few words is no surprise. But if the 26-year-old who, contrary to his carefully-crafted image, is seen having a hearty laugh, and asserting that he is “a normal guy”, it surely is a surprise, though, quite like his Olympic gold, a perfectly pleasant one.Thursday
2 October '08After the furore created by its selection of coaches for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the All India Tennis Association...Saturday
27 September '08The IOA ad-hoc committee named Harendra Singh as “coach in-charge” of men’s hockey, a decision that raises more questions than answers.Sunday
21 September '08Indian hockey continues to amaze. A day after the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation protested MK Kaushik’s appointment...Saturday
20 September '08The most notable omission in the list of Indian Olympic Association Ad-hoc Committee’s 48 probables who will form the core group of Indian hockey...Friday
19 September '08When the list of 48 probables was released by the IOA selection committee on Wednesday...Wednesday
17 September '08More than six months after India’s Olympic qualifiers debacle, and four months after the Indian Hockey Federation was...Monday
15 September '08Saina Nehwal doesn’t believe in half measures. The 18-year old shuttler might have missed out on a medal at the Beijing...
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