Soccer punch

Last year, on July 28, India took on the United Arab Emirates in a World Cup qualifying return match in New Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium.

A fresh field of opportunities

It is boom time for Indian football. The first AIFF Regional Academy in collaboration with FIFA kicked off at the Father Agnel School premises in Navi Mumbai on May 1.

Boys, ready to be Men

Once you get into the swanky Doha International Airport, it takes time to sink in. India’s under-23 Olympic team boys were no exception.

'Baichung Bhutia, who?'

Without grooming quality talent, Indian football will continue to scrape the bottom of the barrel, Subrata Bhattacharya, Mohun Bagan's technical director and one of the best defenders this country has ever produced, tells Ajay Rana

Boys, ready to be Men

Soccer Punch

Last year, on July 28, India took on the United Arab Emirates in a World Cup qualifying return match in New Delhi’s Ambedkar Stadium. An hour before kickoff, rain lashed the venue. But the heavy downpour did not dampen the spirits of the spectators.

A fresh field of opportunities

It is boom time for Indian football. The first AIFF Regional Academy in collaboration with FIFA kicked off at the Father Agnel School premises in Navi Mumbai on May 1.

"It is not the duty of journalists to hand criminals over to the police"

Nakkheeran Gopal, the only regional journalist known all over India, shares two similarities with the now slain forest brigand Veerappan. One is the element of resilience ingrained in his character. The other is – as everyone can see – the trademark handlebar moustache that hides half his face.

Crime Time: How and why journalists get involved

Days after United Kingdom’s biggest tabloid News of The World, under editor Rebekah Brooks, shut down, a report in Mail Guardian (published from South Africa) said reporters were under intense pressure to get exclusive stories by whatever means necessary. It triggered a worldwide debate on the ethics of journalism.

Tomorrow’s Golden Girls

The nation’s busy sporting landscape is undergoing a sea-change and a steady stream of aspiring world champs are beginning to emerge from varied disciplines. Archery, badminton, boxing, squash and table tennis are the five different sports in which these remarkable teenagers are proving their mettle by registering victories over fancied rivals at the national and international levels.

Sports Movies, We've Ever Seen

Although it is essentially a standard Hollywood film, Invictus, directed by Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood, is our favourite sports movie not because it possesses any exceptional cinematic qualities.

Why cricket and its stars hold sway over our minds

They spilled on the roads, countless faces painted with national colours, waving the Tricolour, airing slogans as India broke into one large and spontaneous celebration of the conquest of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 on April 2. There have been few more telling demonstrations of an outpouring of collective national pride than late that night. That cricket is one of the few refuges for nationalism was then cast in stone.