
February 15, 2006 00:26 IST
While Bangalore gaped at its first close sight of the powerful Sania Mirza groundstrokes, Martina Muller was left wishing for blinders to sh...
Wed, Feb 15, 2006
February 15, 2006 00:00 IST
Tennis players sagging under bulky kitbags are not known to add a baby-crib to their traveling baggage. Time and tolerance for a cranky kid ...
Wed, Feb 15, 2006
February 14, 2006 00:35 IST
You thought Japanese ingenuity was restricted to sleek automobiles and gadgetry? It’s seeped on to the tennis court as well, with a pac...
Tue, Feb 14, 2006
January 24, 2006 00:00 IST
Mumbai were conquered and Uttar Pradesh had just entered their third Ranji Trophy final ever, their first in eight years. So how did the pla...
Tue, Jan 24, 2006
January 24, 2006 00:00 IST
“Life goes on,” Mohammad Kaif clucked and said casually, distancing himself from any of the cameras fretting over his omission fro...
Tue, Jan 24, 2006
January 23, 2006 00:16 IST
The Mumbai-Uttar Pradesh tie at Wankhede is interestingly poised, reckon blokes from both sides on the third evening of the five-day semifin...
Mon, Jan 23, 2006
January 22, 2006 00:00 IST
Trust Mohammad Kaif and Suresh Raina to bring along the sheen and buzz to an otherwise routine Ranji Trophy semifinal at the Wankhede. The t...
Sun, Jan 22, 2006
January 21, 2006 00:00 IST
A Mumbai bowler’s brief has progressively extended to include batting, batting long and finally batting consistently well this season. ...
Sat, Jan 21, 2006
January 20, 2006 00:00 IST
Mumbai are used to playing without stars. Just that the team looks vulnerable, trying to plug the hole left by Wasim Jaffer’s 112.60 ru...
Fri, Jan 20, 2006
January 16, 2006 00:00 IST
A Kenyan won the Sunday run and to be brutally frank, Mumbai, which breaks into ’Dus bahaane’ be it Ganapati, Dandiya or the end-w...
Mon, Jan 16, 2006
January 06, 2006 01:17 IST
Having conquered Asia with ease, India’s women cricketers now gear up to visit Australia in February, their first full tour Down Under ...
Fri, Jan 06, 2006
January 03, 2006 00:45 IST
It’s not our abilities or gifts which define who we are, but the choices we make.Trideep Rai couldn’t have dreamt that up for a re...
Tue, Jan 03, 2006
December 26, 2005 00:06 IST
Having booked his ticket to Pakistan, riding on a stupendous 267 early in the season, Wasim Jaffer today took the field against Tamil Nadu w...
Mon, Dec 26, 2005
November 28, 2005 00:55 IST
The sight of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag padded up and walking in upfront must have been a mighty scary one for bowlers. The two na...
Mon, Nov 28, 2005
November 15, 2005 01:52 IST
If there was ever a 90 degrees turn to a sporting career, Talwinderjit Singh’s switch of disciplines quite literally fits the bill. Pro...
Tue, Nov 15, 2005
October 27, 2005 01:25 IST
You know foreign players are in town when the tournament menu card at the MSLTA (Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association) explains idli-sa...
Thu, Oct 27, 2005
September 11, 2005 01:32 IST
It’s not the best of the times for an Indian sportswoman to be sitting smug at 18, content with doing the routine. Not when a fellow 18...
Sun, Sep 11, 2005
August 23, 2005 02:54 IST
Think humble existence, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) doesn’t exactly jump to mind. With the just-released balan...
Tue, Aug 23, 2005
August 12, 2005 01:07 IST
Nagesh Kuknoor’s fascination with blue obviously didn’t end at Hyderabad. In his newest offering ‘Iqbal’ — to be re...
Fri, Aug 12, 2005
July 19, 2005 02:02 IST
For the first time in six years, an Indian cricket team will be without a single representative from Mumbai. The exclusion of Ajit Agarkar, ...
Tue, Jul 19, 2005
June 27, 2005 01:28 IST
If spotted on the Mumbai maidans today, those snap-second reflexes by a rookie would have ensured him a reckoning with national selectors. B...
Mon, Jun 27, 2005
June 12, 2005 00:53 IST
Every time Willie Hetaraka wondered about his role in putting this unfancied nation on rugby’s world map, he’d dream of how there&...
Sun, Jun 12, 2005
June 03, 2005 01:40 IST
As a fidgety fourteen-year-old, Nasser Hussain dreaded Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. And, it wasn’t maths classes at school that h...
Fri, Jun 03, 2005
December 18, 2004 00:00 IST
The Australians proved to be too formidable for Ritwik Bhattacharya and Sourav Ghosal as the Indians found the going too tough against Byron...
Sat, Dec 18, 2004



