Giving back to cricket: Arvind Solanki's first trainee in Under-19 team for Oz tour

LUCKNOW, Aug. 2 -- After playing for India in the 1998 Under-19 World Cup, all-rounder Arvind Solanki could play just two domestic matches in his two-year stint with the Uttar Pradesh team in 2001-02,... Read More

For Chunar youths, swimming is a mission, a way of life

LUCKNOW, Aug. 1 -- Over 300 boys and girls swim everyday in the Ganga in Chunar with a mission as they know that swimming has been the only thing which can shape their careers and give them a better l... Read More

Coach Jitu Rai still gunning for Olympic medal

LUCKNOW, July 30 -- Shooter Jitu Rai shot into the limelight with gold medals in the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games in 2014. After finishing eighth in the 10m air pistol and 12th in the 50m pi... Read More

Shooters aplenty in state but lack of range a big worry

LUCKNOW, July 29 -- In Uttar Pradesh there are over 10,000 registered shooters, including Asian Games gold medallist Saurabh Chaudhary of Meerut, and over 4,000 are still playing at the national and i... Read More

Vipraj's success bodes well for me, says coach

LUCKNOW, July 26 -- Call it destiny or something else, but for Sarwar Nawab, it's now a total new world of his cricket coaching at the PAC Ground in Barabanki. In the last year or so, the number of cr... Read More

In Lucknow, football isn't played, but lived

LUCKNOW, July 23 -- Courtesy the two losses in June, the Indian men's football team has slumped to its lowest rankings in nine years after dropping six places to 133rd in the latest FIFA rankings rele... Read More

From 'zero' to Lucknow's best, Harshit wins Italy chess tourney

LUCKNOW, July 19 -- Almost 10 years ago, in his very first chess tournament in Lucknow, Harshit Amarmani scored zero in nine rounds. He cried, and his grandmother asked him not to play chess ever agai... Read More

'Homegrown' experts make this camp conducive for UP cricketers

LUCKNOW, July 18 -- It's a cricket camp with a difference. Two hours of intense physical drills, gym sessions and a lot of running followed by six hours of rest. Thereafter, five hours of batting, bow... Read More

Change in CAL set-up unlikely as voices grow louder for fair polls

LUCKNOW, July 15 -- A change in the top set-up of the Cricket Association Lucknow (CAL) is unlikely as Justice RM Lodha Committee recommendations, which restrict individuals for a certain period as an... Read More

'Faulty' construction denting UP sports directorate's image

LUCKNOW, July 14 -- The alleged faulty infrastructure seems to have hit hard the image of the Uttar Pradesh Sports Directorate and this has made things difficult for sportspersons across the state. Th... Read More

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