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Mahavir Phogat plans sports complex in native village
19 Jan 2017 4:21 PM ISTn the limelight after a blockbuster biopic depicting his struggles to raise champion wrestlers Geeta and Babita Phogat, Mahavir Phogat plans to...
The year that was
2 Jan 2017 3:14 AM ISTA rising starIn her first Olympics, PV Sindhu beat Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara to become the first Indian in an Olympics badminton final. On the biggest...
Boris wins Kolkata with charm and nostalgia
26 Dec 2016 4:40 AM ISTCliched as it may sound, but he did come, see and conquer. That is the summation of Puma Legend Boris Becker’s trip to Kolkata who filled the day–long...
A Golden Year for Cristiano Ronaldo
19 Dec 2016 2:31 AM ISTBobby Fischer-Boris Spassky, Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali, Johan Cruyff-Franz Beckenbauer, John McEnroe-Bjorn Borg, Sachin Tendulkar-Shane Warne; these...
Rough Air: Airplane crashes that changed the game
12 Dec 2016 2:11 AM ISTM Most of the times in order to judge the potential talents of someone, like a sportsperson, the idiom ‘Sky is the limit’ is used. But there are...
Carrying the baton
27 Nov 2016 10:00 PM ISTHaving spent nearly a decade in Hockey India – first as its secretary general and then its president – Narinder Dhruv Batra has ensured that Indian...
Paes to smash world records this year
20 Nov 2016 8:44 PM ISTIndia’s most decorated tennis player Leander Paes said on Tuesday that 2017 will be a year of world records for him. “2017 will be a year of world...
Beating the blues: Black and white
20 Nov 2016 8:42 PM ISTTop clubs and sports bodies in Kolkata are badly hit by demonetisation to a great extent, though the lack of running events and shades of...
Playtime Nostalgia
13 Nov 2016 10:50 PM ISTA well-spent childhood can gift one a trunk full of beautiful memories to treasure for the rest of his or her life. Games like ring a ring o’ Roses,...
Behind the burqa: Sports and religion
6 Nov 2016 9:39 PM ISTIn some countries, sports seem to have religious connotations while in others religion takes precedence over any form of sports. In a country like...
Spinner’s subcontinental web
29 Oct 2016 8:16 PM ISTSpin has always been the most essential part of cricket in the subcontinent. Barring Pakistan, who has primarily been famous for pace, India,...
Sizzling Souvik
23 Oct 2016 10:58 PM ISTThe scoreboard reads thus: Delhi Dynamos FC stands at the third spot on the table with 6 points from 4 matches. They won their opener 3-1 against...
Saving Soil for a Secure Future
19 April 2025 9:14 PM ISTSelf-afflicting tariff tempest
19 April 2025 9:11 PM ISTDemystifying the Delimitation Dilemma
19 April 2025 9:08 PM ISTOn a Slow Burner
19 April 2025 9:00 PM ISTIndia’s health insurance ricochet
19 April 2025 8:57 PM IST
Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer get married in intimate ceremony
21 April 2025 12:58 PM ISTEmraan Hashmi shares his opinion on how actors should stay relevant
21 April 2025 12:53 PM ISTLandslide-hit Jammu-Srinagar NH remains closed, restoration work may...
21 April 2025 12:48 PM ISTBJP announces Raja Iqbal Singh as mayoral candidate for upcoming MCD...
21 April 2025 12:40 PM ISTPolicies our govt is working on will shape future of next 1,000 years:...
21 April 2025 12:34 PM IST