Can Baichung dethrone India's longest-serving CM?

Can Baichung Bhutia's Hamro Sikkim party pose a challenge to Pawan Chamling who has not lost an election in 24 years?Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Soccer star Bhaichung Bhutia walks the ramp......

Politics too is a team game just like football: Bhutia

Pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party’s S S Ahluwalia who has the backing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Trinamool Congress nominee Baichung Bhutia said the real issue in Darjeeling hills was......

Why Baichung wants to eject Chamling from office

'Chamling's legacy is toxic.''7 out of 10 teenagers in Sikkim abuse drugs.''The youth are dying and the future looks bleak.' IMAGE: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, India's longest serving......

Baichung Bhutia aims higher

Despite having attained iconic status in India through years of top level performances, footballer Baichung Bhutia still strives to raise the bar.The gifted striker retains the hunger to score more......

Spotted: Baichung Bhutia in Sikkim

Reader Nitin Chitre sent us this picture. 'Here is Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia. The photograph wastaken during my tour to east India, Sikkim. My son Jay, who is a football freak, was......

'Indian football should look at Uzbekistan, Jordan'

'Even with modest leagues, they have structure, they produce players, and they qualify for big tournaments. India need to study those models and not just corporatise or commercialise football.'......

Bhutia yearns to bend it with Beckham!

Former India football captain Baichung Bhutia tells Laxmi Negi the IPL-style football IMG-Reliance league will not only bring in some of the world’s leading players, but spectators......

AIFF's attitude on Bhutia issue flayed

Decks were cleared for Baichung Bhutia to play for East Bengal in the I-League, but disconcerting voices have come out from within the All India Football Federation on the "lackadaisical" manner in......