Shamik Chakrabarty

Following the team’s dismal show in the second edition of the Indian Premier League,where they finished last...

It was one offer any Indian footballer would have gladly accepted without a thought...

He set the dance floor on fire,and after winning Sony’s Jhalak Dikhla Jaa III and a prize of Rs 40 lakh,Baichung Bhutia donated Rs 1.5 lakh for the cyclone victims to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

Would he dance? The question was doing the rounds in the Kolkata Maidan as Baichung Bhutia accepted the offer to be a contestant in Sony TV’s Jhalak Dikhla Jaa-III.

The criticisms and brickbats notwithstanding,former Australian captain Steve Waugh has stood by John Buchanan even as the Kolkata Knight Riders’ horror run in the IPL continues.

The All India Football Federation’s best coach award notwithstanding,Churchill Brothers management seems not too keen to retain Zoran Djordjevic as their coach for the next season.

After several rumours of his quitting the club,Okolie Odafa has finally renewed his contract with the Churchill Brothers for the next season....

It’s not easy to comeback from the retirement and face 140 kph thunderbolts. Sourav Ganguly fumbled and was humbled during his 12-ball -1 run stay at the crease against Deccan Chargers at Newlands in Cape Town on Sunday.

They set the stage,invited the big stars by spending crores and expected a therapeutic outcome. It turned out to be a damp squib instead.

A day after Mohun Bagan beat Dempo and kept their I-League title hopes alive,the green-and-maroon management upped the ante by shooting off a letter to the All India Football Federation...

In an attempt to standardise footballers’ contracts and reduce arbitration between players and clubs...

Last two years have seen Sunil Chhetri establish himself as India’s top striker alongside Bhaichung Bhutia.

From 2002,when he first arrived on the scene and was a bundle of insecurities,to earning India’s No 1 marksman tag,Sunil Chhetri has come a long way.

On the face of it,a comparison between Tiger Pataudi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni appears to be out of place.

His consistency notwithstanding,a section of the Indian cricketing fraternity was always sceptical about his ability to play a long innings....

Kolkata Knight Riders’ director of operations John Buchanan is set to appoint as many as four captains for the second edition of the IPL.

West Zone forced East to an abject surrender on Wednesday,lifting their ninth Deodhar title with an emphatic 218-run win...

A bunch of talented youngsters against a group of big stage veterans can well sum up the East Zone vs West Zone Deodhar Trophy final on Wednesday....

In the run-up to their game against Central Zone,their bowling had been a major concern for East Zone,with Ashoke Dinda and Ranadeb Bose.....

Despite his on-field swagger,Robin Uthappa comes across as a simple and friendly man.

Politicisation of the sport,exodus of players,corruption and losing the Test status - Zimbabwe cricket has seen it all in the last one decade.

When East Zone play Central Zone on Monday,the result will hardly matter. East only have to deny their opponents a bonus point to top Group...

North Zone bowed out of the Deodhar Trophy after crashing to a 65-run defeat to East Zone in a Group A match...

Virat Kohli is showing no signs of slowing down. The in-form Delhi middle-order batsman struck an unbeaten 79...