Swimming: Catching up with the best
Strange are the ways how opportunities shape our lives. When Englishman John Boland arrived at the 1896 Olympics as a spectator he had little idea that fate had already reserved the first tennis singl
A coach who crafted victory
Every great coach leaves behind an era of optimism and a legacy of winning. Be it the colossal European football leagues or a school’s hockey team, what is left behind after the coach parts ways with
Prisoners roll out chapatis and chicken curries
Pampering the taste buds of Keralites are some unusual chefs -- prisoners, who are rolling out chapatis and preparing chicken and vegetarian curries for those outside the four walls of the jails.
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Jimmy now in Liverpool
Twenty-five years after the demise of Jimmy George — the shining star of Indian Volleyball — his legacy is scaling new heights. Volleyball tournaments in memory of the legendary spiker are getting pop
Black...? Then line up here, don’t jig!
Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself, says the Holy Bible. But, are we doing it? Not, if one is to go by the experience of these Nigerian students. Their neighbours don’t want them. They’ve no pla
Chirag United Kerala faces fans’ ire
'No matter what, you should support the team’, was Thierry Henry’s reaction following his outburst with an Arsenal fan after the North Londoners lost to Swansea in a crucial EPL match earlier this mon
One man’s venom, another’s headache!
Customs officials at CIAL recently seized 16 concealed condoms filled with a mysterious content. They tried every method to identify the substance. It was in the end they knew the liquid actually was
Snake venom in condoms; 2 held
Snake venom worth more than Rs 5 crore and concealed in condoms was seized by the Customs at the Nedumbassery airport here on Thursday.
A citizen of Ecuador and his close aide were arrested for the
Kerala XI to go places
Talk to the golden generation of football lovers in Kerala and they will acquaint you with the pride they derived from winning a Santosh Trophy.
The last time they felt the euphoria was when Sylvest
Blunders that pushed U-16 out
One of the lessons sports offers other than the sweetness of victory and the bitterness of defeat is resilience. This is what the Under-16 Kerala football team was in their last match against Pondiche