MANUJA VEERAPPA
What was AITA doing?
One of the first Indian tennis players to make it to top flight tennis tournaments, Vijay Amritraj has worn many hats — athlete, commentator, even actor. The 58-year-old who at the peak of his career beat world-class athletes like John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors is saddened by the current state of Indian tennis, albeit the off-court action.
Lee at London? Sania may have the final say
After days of intense drama laced with equal measures of threats and hurt in what has been a war of words, the All India Tennis Association hammered out a compromise formula, deciding to send two team
On-court chemistry did it: Sania Mirza on winning French Open
On a grey but cool night in Paris, Bengaluru’s Mahesh Bhupathi ended his three-year Grand Slam drought partnering Sania Mirza to the French Open mixed doubles title on Thursday night.
New dad Bhupath
Ashok’s convoy has marathoners on run
Participants at the TCS World 10K Run on Sunday may have had their reasons to participate – from plain competitive spirit to charity. But home and transport minister R. Ashok and his convoy had a few
Hockey skipper Bharat Kumar Chetri ready for new role
From being in the wilderness to getting a recall, and then being named skipper, life’s always been full of surprises for India’s new hockey captain Bharat Kumar Chetri.
The first goalkeeper to captai
Govt pays for insult to hockey team
A day after the Indian hockey team returned home having won the Asian Champions Trophy in China, the players refused to accept Hockey India’s “incentive” of `25,000 because they felt the amount was “insulting”.
“We spoke to skipper Rajpal Singh and asked him to convey our feelings to
All credit to young team: Indian hockey team coach Nobbs
A little over two months ago when Australian Michael Nobbs took over as the Indian hockey team coach, he was welcomed with controversies.
Whether it was senior players’ walking out of the camp or Sa
‘I felt unwanted and that hurt a lot’
Fate they say plays a very crucial role in our lives. At times it can turn cruel too. I, for one, was a victim of a cruel twist of fate.
5 more athletes flunk dope tests
It will probably go down as one of the worst days for Indian athletics. With quarter-mile relay specialist Sini Jose also testing positive for anabolic steroids, following Mandeep Kaur’s exposure the previous day, it probably sounds the death knell of India’s Olympic relay dream.
Tee-nacity
As a toddler I moved to Bengaluru from Dharmapuri along with my parents and two brothers.
