Cricket in India: How IPL stole the MaidaanWhen the Tendulkar era began, superheroes appeared on the cricket field. Their legend was improved by advertising, particularly the Cola Wa...
10 May, 2024, 11.04 PM IST
Asian Games: Parul Chaudhary takes sensational 5000m gold, Annu Rani emerges on top in Javelin throwIndian athletes had a successful day in track and field at the Asian Games, winning six medals. Annu Rani won gold in the javelin throw, be...
04 Oct, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
Did India miss 1950 World Cup for playing barefoot? New book debunks theoryThe new book 'Box to Box: 75 years of the Indian football team', edited by noted football journalist Jaydeep Basu and young journalist Saya...
29 Sep, 2022, 09.19 PM IST
1960 Rome Olympian and former national football coach SS Hakim deadIn his more than five-decade association with Indian football, Hakim, a Dronacharya Awardee, has also been an assistant coach to late PK Ba...
22 Aug, 2021, 01.56 PM IST
Former Asiad gold medallist footballer Fortunato Franco deadHe was 84. The AIFF confirmed the news of his death but did not specify the cause of his demise. Franco is survived by his wife, son and da...
10 May, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
Meet Diego Forlan: An accidental footballer for whom success was slow in comingForlan is an anachronism in an age where precocity is celebrated, and prodigies, deified.
16 Nov, 2019, 03.34 PM IST
India, look at Ghana’s historyIn so many ways, the early football history of the two nations is similar. Both were once the pioneers for their continent, before spending...
17 Oct, 2017, 12.40 AM IST
The 9-1 Loss to Myanmar in 1971 continues to haunt India's national football teamWhile the 10-1 loss against Yugoslavia in the 1952 Olympics remains the worst ever score-line, if one keeps in mind that the game was playe...
27 Mar, 2017, 01.52 AM IST
From Ash Barty to Ajit Agarkar, stars who excel in more than one sportApart from being a top tennis player, Ash Barty is also a fine cricketer.
31 Jan, 2017, 12.07 PM IST
Rio Olympics: Will the biggest contingent of Indian athletes result in the highest ever medal haul too?Rio 2016, which is slated to take place from August 5 to 21, is already gearing up for what could be one of the most controversy ridden gam...
24 Jul, 2016, 01.39 PM IST
Mann Ki Baat: Government constructing 5 lakh farming pools, says PM Narendra ModiIn his monthly radio programme, he also asked the farming community to use less fertilizers and more modern technology, like the Farmers' A...
27 Mar, 2016, 06.09 PM IST
Serious changes required in AIFF functioning for Indian football's turnaroundThe number of clubs breaking into the Second Division and I-League is few. I-League, this season, failed to have a 14th team.
04 Feb, 2014, 11.11 AM IST