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Our Olympians face their first big hurdle: no pocket money so farSubscriber Only
August 06, 2004 02:38 IST
Over the last few days, India’s best athletes have left these shores for the Athens Olympics, seen off by beaming officials and even Sp...
Fri, Aug 06, 2004M&M plot their way out of Olympic dust trapSubscriber Only
August 01, 2004 02:58 IST
Until a year ago, the Olympic Shooting Centre at Markopoulo near Athens was like any other rubble-strewn construction site. It’s now co...
Sun, Aug 01, 2004Let’s build sport, not stadiums: DuttSubscriber Only
July 23, 2004 00:07 IST
Curbing unnecessary expenditure, especially in the form of mammoth stadium complexes mushrooming all over the country, will be a key part of...
Fri, Jul 23, 2004Athens first priority, rest after that: DuttSubscriber Only
June 12, 2004 00:00 IST
The resignation by V K Malhotra, chairman of the All India Council of Sports, has been accepted and the Sports Ministry would be appointing ...
Sat, Jun 12, 2004History awaits hoopstersSubscriber Only
September 25, 2003 00:00 IST
The Indian cagers are just a match away from making history in the 22nd Men’s Asian Basketball Championships, currently on at Harbin, C...
Thu, Sep 25, 2003India almost slam-dunked before meet beginsSubscriber Only
September 24, 2003 00:00 IST
India’s win over Kuwait today at the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championships at Harbin, China, is even more creditable given...
Wed, Sep 24, 2003How Anju Did ItSubscriber Only
September 07, 2003 00:00 IST
She won her first event — a lemon-and-spoon race, at age four — after hours of practice. Her finest hour, the bronze medal at the ...
Sun, Sep 07, 2003Anju’s lateral thinking after the climb: Aiming for 7 meters nowSubscriber Only
September 01, 2003 00:00 IST
A day after her historic jump and the related drama, Anju Bobby George can afford to brush aside the adversaries going into Saturday’s ...
Mon, Sep 01, 2003Anju makes quantum leapSubscriber Only
August 31, 2003 00:00 IST
Anju Bobby George achieved the impossible on Saturday night — a bronze medal at World Athletics Championships in Paris — the best ...
Sun, Aug 31, 2003I’m relaxed, I have nothing to lose: AnjuSubscriber Only
August 30, 2003 00:00 IST
The first task accomplished, and 24 hours ahead of the second, Anju Bobby George was relaxing in her Paris hotel room reflecting on the poss...
Sat, Aug 30, 2003Odd couple on level playing fieldSubscriber Only
August 29, 2003 00:00 IST
Fourth floor, Room No. 1429 at Ashok Hotel. Mamta Kharab, the hockey player from Rohtak, is wide awake, though it’s past her normal bed...
Fri, Aug 29, 2003SAI lab needs shot in the armSubscriber Only
August 14, 2003 00:00 IST
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) needs to pull up its socks — and in double quick time — if it wants to gets the International ...
Thu, Aug 14, 2003‘Lab staff goofed, Sunita got away’Subscriber Only
August 14, 2003 00:00 IST
Sunita Rani has returned to the track, her coach Renu Kohli has been recommended for the Dronacharya Award but the doping controversy that h...
Thu, Aug 14, 2003Beenamol pips Anjali to the postSubscriber Only
August 10, 2003 00:00 IST
The volte-face of the Arjuna Award committee in wake of Sports Minister Vikram Verma’s directive was expected. After a long discussion ...
Sun, Aug 10, 2003A runaway hit at BusanSubscriber Only
December 26, 2002 00:00 IST
At Busan this year, India ran its most successful lap on the track away from home. The 13 medals, courtesy our runners, throwers and jumpers...
Thu, Dec 26, 2002Irani heroes: The vanishing tribe of Indian cricketSubscriber Only
November 03, 2002 00:00 IST
WHEN the Irani Trophy was instituted in the 1960s, the aim was three-fold: to mark the successful completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy...
Sun, Nov 03, 2002AAFI probe: Running in circles getting nowhereSubscriber Only
October 22, 2002 00:00 IST
The Sushil Valson panel probing the Sunita Rani issue began work today even as the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) formally announced the stri...
Tue, Oct 22, 2002Last chance for Busan hopefulsSubscriber Only
September 07, 2002 00:00 IST
A few hopefuls will put up their last-ditch efforts to get on to the Busan Asian Games bandwagon during the three-day 42nd National Open Ath...
Sat, Sep 07, 2002Manchester drug disgrace: Govt knew there was suspect in teamSubscriber Only
September 03, 2002 00:00 IST
Finally, the word is officially out on what had been whispered in private: Krishnan Madasamy, the Indian weightlifter who won gold at the Co...
Tue, Sep 03, 2002CGF snatches medals away from RaiSubscriber Only
August 23, 2002 00:00 IST
Finally it is official. Twenty days after the Commonwealth Games got over, Satheesha Rai has been stripped of his medals after the Games Fed...
Fri, Aug 23, 2002Hyderabad girl Mithali breaks Test recordSubscriber Only
August 18, 2002 00:00 IST
Maybe now her mother can watch her play.An innings of sublime strokes backed by great confidence culminated in 19-year-old Mithali Raj makin...
Sun, Aug 18, 2002Whodunit: How clean lifters turn dirty abroadSubscriber Only
August 06, 2002 00:00 IST
If weightlifter Krishnan Madasamy episode at the Commonwealth Games at Manchester caused a mild tremor, the case of experienced lifter Sathi...
Tue, Aug 06, 2002Anju takes a big leap from obscuritySubscriber Only
July 31, 2002 00:00 IST
Six years ago when Anju Bobby George began her career at the long-jump pit at SAI, South Centre in Bangalore, nobody gave even a grain of ch...
Wed, Jul 31, 2002Wish for gold, shooting star over ManchesterSubscriber Only
July 30, 2002 00:00 IST
They came to Manchester almost against the wishes of officials, and had much to prove. In just two days, they’ve set the record straigh...
Tue, Jul 30, 2002Big squad with small goalSubscriber Only
July 25, 2002 00:00 IST
One thing is sure, India this time will certainly make its presence felt at the XVII Commonwealth Games. The largest ever contingent consis...
Thu, Jul 25, 2002Journalism of Courage
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