When Arun Lal and Ravi Shastri floated a cricket players’ association, there was hype and perhaps some hope that it will succeed. It didn’t, presumably because the purse-string is irrevocably controlled by BCCI. Whatever that failed the association, not many tears were shed. It wasn’t to serve larger interests of Indian sports if only for […]
Controlling CAB
A storm is slowly brewing in the famed corridors of CAB, the Cricket Association of Bengal. Jagmohan Dalmiya, who has presided over its affairs for more than a decade, is now being shown the door by Bengal’s political leadership. The Chief Minister who weighs words before letting them out, is decidedly against Dalmiya’s continuation. There […]
The football tragedy
Everyone agrees football is a nice game. It’s an embodiment of speed, skill and stamina and above all a perfect harmony of playing eleven. It’s thus no wonder that Argentina’s drubbing of Serbia by six goals to nil was a toast to watch and hailed as the finest game so far in the present edition […]
Football House of India
[First posted on Sunday, February 12, 2006] Unknown to many, a brand new HQ of All India Football Federation (AIFF) has sprung up at Dwarka in West Delhi. A 3-storey structure on a modest 2000 sft, AIFF’s head office will cater to many needs rolled in one destination. To start with, it’ll house the inevitable […]
Dada, come back..
[First appeared on Sunday, October 23, 2005] So went the chant after Sourav’s scintillating century at Rajkot. His is a great effort, what with scathing attack on his performance for quite some time. Sourav is a team-man and a sound leader, who has gone extra length to prove his worth. Critics say he’s no longer […]
Football plan of India
I usually start from the back page of newspaper after briefly scanning frontpage headlines. The frontpage stories are often predictable, specially if you’ve seen late night news on the TV. More so now since the World Cup is on in right earnest. Not the back page. The back page smells of an unknown quest like […]
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