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Hyderabad Win, Draw & Win A Game Again, Thanks To Roca-Colaco Magic
09 Jan 2021
Liston Colaco’s brace in the last 10 minutes won Hyderabad FC a game they never should’ve had any chance of losing after taking a 2-0 lead. For NEUFC the wheels seem to have come off this season of…
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Kerala Blasted Away as Odisha Register First Win of Season
08 Jan 2021
Two struggling sides with two beleaguered managers met on the Indian Super League (ISL) pitch yesterday. In what was eventually an eventful game, it was Kibu Vicuña who left with a sword dangling…
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New Year, New Rules: Wrestling Takes the Plunge, to Hold Nationals But With Glaring Oversights
01 Jan 2021
The Wrestling Federation of India has decided to conduct its senior nationals in three venues, separating categories, between January and February of the year. Their protocols, while designed with…
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The 2020 Yearender: Learning to Write on Sport Again, And Refusing to Accept a New Normal
31 Dec 2020
With sport being transmitted digitally everywhere the meaning of live sport has changed. In these times, press interactions, mixed zones and spectators have become distant dreams. An art form…
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ATK Mohun Bagan Play for a Point, Not To Prove But To Gather
29 Dec 2020
Antonio Habas' ATK Mohun Bagan have made it a habit of scoring late goals and holding out slender leads. But against Chennaiyin FC they were lucky to escape unscathed, and no matter their coach’s…
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NorthEast United Felled By Aniket Jadhav Goal and a Crucial TP Rehenesh Save
19 Dec 2020
From the age of golden strikers, Indian football has now entered the age of goalkeepers. Every team in the ISL starts with an Indian under the post. Three of them have saved penalties this season. TP…
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Sports Persons and Farmers, Bound by the Cause, United Against Ignorance
08 Dec 2020
While eminent sports persons marched down to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to return their awards in solidarity with the farmers’ protest, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), a body supposed to safeguard…
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ATK Mohun Bagan vs SC East Bengal: Both Managers Claim Moral Victory, One Leaves With Three Points
28 Nov 2020
In the aftermath of a game that has dominated the headlines in a week of many, the coaches of both clubs — ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal — claimed their teams played better than the other. The…
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The Poetry of Diego Maradona, and Hateful Truth in It
27 Nov 2020
Diego Maradona’s football has been described recently as poetry, and in his death poetry has been extinguished in the game. Except, just as difficult as it is to understand and appreciate poetry in…
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Silent, Inert or Watchful? What is the AIFF’s Game Plan to Address the Elephant in the I-League Room?
14 Oct 2020
Live sporting action has returned to India. The action though hasn’t been restricted to the field at the I-League qualifiers in Kolkata. Over the past few days a club, a club owner, a coach have been…