The appeal to bring in new blood has grown louder after star-studded Indians were handed a second humiliating 0-4 drubbing in an away series in six months. The wounds suffered by Team India Down Under

An element of shoddiness notwithstanding, Mohun Bagan carved out a much-needed 2-0 over Pailan Arrows to return to winning ways in Friday’s I-League tie at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan here.

For the t

When Irfan Pathan made his debut in 2003-04, he impressed against a near-unbeatable Australian side in both forms of the game Down Under.

Eight years later, Australia no longer have that aura of invi

The script four years ago was as good as over soon after it started. Any youngster, irrespective of how talented he is, finds it extremely difficult to get going Down Under especially when coming on t

Before the current series, it all looked rosy for India. On paper and recent form they appeared to have the edge — with bat and ball — over a struggling Australia.

Yet, no matter how difficult to sw

It would certainly be a tremendous achievement if East Bengal go on to score a hat-trick of Federation Cup titles.

At the moment, though, all what matters to the team is crossing the semifinal hurdl

It may be billed as an international friendly on the Fifa calendar.

But for Argentina, their game against Venezuela here on September 2 is anything but ‘friendly.’

Put another way, the clash at the

New Zealand were already on the back foot when it was announced ahead of the opening one-dayer against India here that skipper Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum would be sitting out the game. Virat Kohli then took over, his authoritative 105 steering India to a testing total that in turn set up what was a comfortable 40-run win for Gautam Gambhir’s men here on the day.

Chess wizard Viswanathan Anand’s achievements are enough to confirm him as the best sportsperson of all time, believes Surya Shekhar Ganguly, the country’s next best bet in the game.