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Battling through tough times

During his heyday, goalkeeper Baljit Singh was considered to be one with lightning-fast reflexes. Quick to get off his line to avert any crisis, the Punjab player had a reputation of being the best between the sticks for India. But what unfolded on a dry and tiring day in July, 2009 changed the man forever. Busy polishing his skills at the national camp in Pune for a four-nation tournament, the…

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Setting lofty standards

Satnam Singh is slowly gaining ground at NBA, one of the most demanding basketball leagues ‘One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time,’ says Rocky Balboa, enacted by the Sylvester Stallone, to his trainee Adonis Johnson (Michael B Jordan), the biological son of his one-time fiercest rival Apollo Creed, in ‘Creed’ — a 2015 spin-off to the world-famous movie franchise ‘Rocky’.…

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Indian football coach Stephen Constantine feels that one needs to set realistic goals and that the national team requires more exposure before challenging the big names of the continent. A year ago when Stephen Constantine was handed over the reins of the Indian football team for the second time, no one knew what to expect. Will he be another disaster like Wim Koevermans under whom the national…

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Harmanpreet set for big test

Youngster’s impressive run has earned him a senior national team call-up for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Harmanpreet Singh has been dribbling away since his childhood. While back then it was with an imaginary ball using his father’s farming tools in the fields of Jandiala Guru township, a village on the outskirts of Amritsar, now it’s with his prized possession — the hockey stick. “Bachpan se hi…

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The Modi Files - Part 1

The Modi Files – Part 1

The Modi Files – Part 1.

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Stability in managment has helped us come through difficult times, says Arthur

When Arthur finally agreed to talk

The gaffer himself

For Dempo SC, the New Year definitely seems to have brought some good fortune! After finishing as the semi-finalist at the Federation Cup, the golden eagles came out as a team with renewed spirits as the team went up one notch with its third win in as many games in the second phase of the I-League.

I got an opportunity to catch up with its gaffer to know what has changed in…

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