First came the CD hailing the Left Front's achievements in West Bengal and then came the sharp denial from the soccer trio, including Baichung Bhutia, about their awareness of it being used in the......
Perhaps never before had so many celebrities converged on the soil of this city of nawabs on a single day.The occasion was the marriage of Sahara group chief Subrata Roy's two sons and the guest......
India will need to travel back in time and seek inspiration from football greats Tulsidas Balaram and Chuni Goswami to deftly dribble around and sidestep the West-imposed price cap on exports of......
Maidaan draws out more yawns than yays, observes Sukanya Verma. Underdog sports stories are as life-affirming as they are formulaic. What distinguishes the decent ones from the drags is vision.......
IMAGE: Former India footballer IM Vijayan. Photograph: SAI Media/X After being conferred with the Padma Shri award, former captain of the Indian football team Inivalappil Mani Vijayan, popularly......
IMAGE: P R Sreejesh, who retired after winning a second successive Olympic hocky bronze in Paris, is currently the head coach of the junior men's team. Photograph: P R Sreejesh/X Former men's......
IMAGE: Sunil Chhetri will play his final India match vs Kuwait in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: AIFF / X Sunil Chhetri's father-in-law and former coach,......
Iconic former India footballer Chuni Goswami, who captained the 1962 Asian Games gold-winning team and also played first-class cricket, died, in Kolkata, on Thursday after suffering a cardiac......
In a heart-warming tribute to his former teammate, Franco Fortunato recalls that “The team that won the Gold Medal in the 1962 Asian Games was a fantastic bunch. But Chuni was above all. He......