Gangtok
GANGTOK - Girls representing the Sikkim Cricket Association are practising hard to make their way into the national team.
GANGTOK - Even as cricket fever builds up for the 2011 World Cup that will see 16 teams in action in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, of late, in a first of its kind event, women in Sikkim are showing a keen interest in playing the sport.
GANGTOK - A soccer club in Sikkim is providing a platform for hundreds of enthusiasts of the game.
GANGTOK - In order to preserve the essence of its culture, Sikkim is trying to revive its age-old traditional sports like archery, and bamboo fight, which are an indispensable ingredient of the culture of the state.
GANGTOK/KOLKATA - India's football captain Bhaichung Bhutia says he is not "tense" over his six-month suspension by his Mohun Bagan club and will challenge it.
