Category: Stars Book

Monday, the 17th March 2003. The Indian team bound for the Sultan Azlan Cup had just concluded their concluding training session at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. It was a morning practise ...

In the underprivileged hamlets of the Chotanagpur plateau that straddles the northern part of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh states, tribals (adivasis) often struggle to find a few lifelines. The most visible of these is the ...

Tejbir Singh is a utility forward. He makes an impact on the proceedings on the field, when given a chance. When India lost the Champions Trophy bronze medal play-off in 2003, Pakistan coach Tahir Zaman ...

Tejbir Singh is a utility forward. He makes an impact on the proceedings on the field, when given a chance. When India lost the Champions Trophy bronze medal play-off in 2003, Pakistan coach Tahir Zaman ...

The thronging Indian fans at Hyderabad were tense at the halftime of the last league match between India and Pakistan. The hosts of the first Afro-Asian Games were trailing by a goal at lemon break. ...

Baljit Singh Dhillon is a hockey player extraordinaire. Recent example: his feats in the prestigious Senior Nehru Cup in 2003. As the semifinal between the Punjab Police and the Indian Oil Corporation meandered towards extra ...

Goal keeping is a thankless job, it is said. Tens of goals a goalkeeper saves do not count much but even a single goal that he concedes demolishes all the good work done by him ...

You hardly find Vikram Pillay without a smile on his face. Just as you seldom find him uninvolved with the action on the pitch. Clearly, the latest star from the hockey loving suburb of Khadki ...

A good four seasons ago, a cherubic, bordering on the ‘cute’, teenager from the evergreen Pamposh Hostel team, Prabodh Tirkey did catch the imagination of the discerning in the 1997 All-India Inter-SAI Sports Hostels tournament. ...

September 3, 2003: Four young men were admitted to Ludhiana’s Dayanand Medical College (DMC) Hospital for injuries sustained in a car accident near Dakoh village in Jalandhar district. While three were in not so serious ...