Nimmy earns coveted wim chess title
For five months, Kerala’s women chess champion Nimmy A. George has been ruing a lost chance she had in Chennai. It was not until Thursday that she finally got her opportunity to get over that disappoi
Revolutionary change?
For nearly a decade, Kerala has wanted playing in the Elite Division in Ranji Trophy Cricket and with each passing season, the State has made it a notch closer.
Now, the BCCI technical committee’s re
Behind the gold and silver
In early 2010, Thrissur girl Chitra Chandramohan had given up a still blossoming career in weightlifting and decided to take up coaching.
Those close to her never questioned her intuition, for she ha
No burden too heavy for Rajan
On normal days, you will find E.C. Rajan in his blue shirt, lifting sacks of vegetables or construction material in Ernakulam, but on competition days he puts on a weightlifting belt and goes hunting
All eyes on Kerala duo
It is destiny that brings veteran volleyball players Tom Joseph and K.J. Kapil Dev together in the Indian team after three years.
For more than three Olympics, the duo has won and been part of many
A walk to London
Let us be realistic about India’s Olympic aspirations in athletics. Historically, only the legends Milkha Singh and P.T. Usha believed that winning a medal at the Olympics in athletics was possible.
‘In IPL keeping has taken backseat’
Syed Kirmani is not a typical old-timer who prefers to ‘keep away’ from the glitz and fervor of the Indian Premier League, but he maintains that the art of wicket keeping has been crouched down in the
Kerala ‘gains weight’
From the obscurity of the ill-lit Sports Authority of India centre in Thrissur, two youngsters are getting set for a 32-hour journey to the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific which is getting ready t
Prasanth adds to Royal prowess
Prasanth Parameswaran aka Puli was an overnight hero, a name that came from nowhere one fine evening at the Ferozeshah Kotla and a week later was consumed by a ‘Gayle storm’.
The turbulence caused by
Club football in tatters
As United Sikkim Football Club prepares to join its cousin Shillong Lajong in the I-League next season, Kerala will rue the near death situation of club football in the State.
We speak to a few men,