crown

Subscribe Now

FOLLOW US

Sign in

Home / Author / Amit Kamath

Amit Kamath

Amit Kamath

Amit Kamath is with the sports desk in Mumbai. He covers football, cricket, wrestling, shooting and kabaddi.

Articles by Amit Kamath

Hockey India League: Dabang Mumbai beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards 4-3

Dabang Mumbai beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League.

Updated on Jan 24, 2017 18:00 IST

Saina Nehwal backs 21-point format, demands hike in prize money for Superseries

Saina Nehwal has expressed her reservations over the new 5x11 points system that has been experimented by the BWF.

Updated on Jan 10, 2017 18:18 IST

Premier Badminton League: Sung Ji Hyun halts Carolina Marin’s juggernaut

Mumbai Rockets’ Ji Hyun Sung returns a shot to Hyderabad Hunters’ Carolina Marin during the women single of Premier Badminton League (PBL).

Updated on Jan 5, 2017 06:55 IST

Premier Badminton League: Chennai Smashers defeat Bengaluru Blasters 5-0

Chennai Smashers' PV Sindhu celebrates her win over Bengaluru Blasters player Cheung Ngan Yi during the women's singles of Premier Badminton League (PBL).

Updated on Jan 3, 2017 17:58 IST

From Olympic medal to Superseries victory, a year to remember for PV Sindhu

PV Sindhu had a great run in 2016 as she clinched her first Superseries title and then produced a brilliant performance in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Updated on Dec 30, 2016 18:11 IST

Ana Ivanovic, Anna Kournikova: 2 red-hot beauties who suffered tennis burnouts

Updated on Dec 29, 2016 14:46 IST

Dangal inspires UP to name pro-wrestling league team after Aamir Khan’s movie

The UP franchise in the pro wrestling league has Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat in their ranks, on whose lives Amir Khan’s Dangal is based

Updated on Dec 27, 2016 15:03 IST

The Strongest, Moron, Meat Commission, Fotballaget Fart are just football teams!

Bolivia's The Strongest team poses during their Copa Libertadores football match against Brazil's Sao Paulo, at the Hernando Siles stadium, in La Paz Bolivia, on April 21, 2016. The Strongest were crowned Bolivian champions for the 12th time when they beat arch-rivals Bolivar 2-1

Updated on Dec 26, 2016 16:49 IST

Kerala Blasters coach calls some Delhi Dynamos players ‘lightweight’

Kerala Blasters defeated Delhi Dynamos 1-0 in the first leg of the ISL semifinal on Sunday.

Updated on Dec 12, 2016 15:55 IST

ISL 2016 Semis: Kerala Blasters beat Delhi Dynamos 1-0 in close encounter

Kervens Belfort scored the winner for Kerala Blasters against Delhi Dynamos in their Indian Super League encounter.

Updated on Dec 12, 2016 16:00 IST

ISL semifinal: Kerala Blasters look to blunt Delhi Dynamos’ attacking power

Kerala Blasters have never defeated Delhi Dynamos at home.

Updated on Dec 11, 2016 11:18 IST

ISL: Kerala Blasters coach Steve Coppell unhappy with playing at home first

Kerala Blasters will take on the Delhi Dynamos in first leg semi-final at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, on Sunday.

Updated on Dec 10, 2016 16:56 IST

Why football-mad Kerala could lose out on ‘marquee matches’ at the U17 World Cup

Kochi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was the first stadium to get ratified by a high-level FIFA delegation in October.

Updated on Dec 7, 2016 15:39 IST

La Liga needs more teams to challenge Real Madrid, Barcelona, says Frederic Kanoute

Frederic Kanoute striker spent seven seasons with La Liga outfit Sevilla between 2005 and 2012.

Updated on Dec 3, 2016 18:55 IST

PV Sindhu’s great run: The best wins of the badminton star in 2016

Fresh from her China Open Super Series Premier triumph, PV Sindhu stormed into the semifinals of the Hong Kong Open, although hopes of an all-Indian clash was dashed after Saina Nehwal lost in the quarters on Friday.

Updated on Nov 25, 2016 17:07 IST

Mumbai City FC beat Chennaiyin FC 2-0 to seal ISL semifinal spot

Krisztian Vadocz of Mumbai City FC celebrates after scoring against Chennaiyin FC at the Mumbai Football Arena in on Wednesday.

Updated on Nov 24, 2016 06:11 IST

I-League, ISL merger: Sunil Chhetri wants 20-team unified Indian league

Sunil Chhetri (R), who plays for Mumbai City FC in the ISL and is skipper of I-League champions Bengaluru FC, feels a bigger Indian league could ensure more talent coming up through the system from places not traditionally known for football in the country.

Updated on Nov 23, 2016 12:27 IST

Did not dwell too much after AFC Cup final loss: Sunil Chhetri

Sunil Chhetri has said he did not dwell too much into Bengaluru FC’s AFC Cup loss to Iraq Air Force

Updated on Nov 29, 2016 16:57 IST

Mumbai City FC’s Sunil Chhetri enjoys day off with ‘bun maska’, ride in ‘local’

Mumbai City FC’s Sunil Chhetri travelled in a local train on Sunday.

Updated on Nov 21, 2016 04:44 IST

T20 World Cup for the Blind: Pakistan could play in India

Apart from India and Pakistan, eight other teams — Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal — will compete at the tournament.

Updated on Nov 17, 2016 07:00 IST

As per Sports Minister Vijay Goel, Tokyo Olympics will happen in 2017

Sports Minister Vijay Goel committed the gaffe in a tweet about the recently held Conference of State Ministers and Secretaries of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Updated on Nov 17, 2016 16:17 IST

MS Dhoni’s days as India captain not numbered: Gilchrist

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left, and teammate Virat Kohli direct fielders to take their positions during their fifth and last one day international cricket match against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam, India, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Updated on Nov 10, 2016 16:32 IST

ISL: Kerala Blasters in trouble after players ‘disrespect’ National Anthem

On October 14, before the Kerala Blasters FC vs Mumbai CIty FC match at Kochi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the home team players and player escorts kept their hands on their chest during the National Anthem. The audience at the stands imitated the players thereafter.

Updated on Nov 10, 2016 12:48 IST

I’d love to be sporting director at Arsenal in the future: Robert Pires

Arsenal manger Arsene Wenger (R) and former footballer Robert Pires (L) are seen prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 quarter final match.

Updated on Nov 7, 2016 07:09 IST

Ashique Kuruniyan: From school dropout to new Villareal recruit

Muhammad Ashique Kuruniyan, who is an academy product of ISL franchise FC Pune City, will play for Villareal CF

Updated on Nov 5, 2016 11:17 IST

Thierry Henry scores no goals, but wins over plenty of hearts in Mumbai

Thierry Henry (C) interacts with young players from the Arsenal Soccer School during a promotional event in Mumbai on October 26, 2016.

Updated on Oct 27, 2016 08:58 IST

The forgotten story of kabaddi’s tryst with Hitler, the Olympics

The HVPM contingent went to Berlin to demonstrate to the Western world the importance for India of practises like kabaddi and mallakhamb

Updated on Oct 26, 2016 13:16 IST

India’s dominance on kabaddi mat continues

India’s dominance in kabaddi is commendable but the sport needs more active participation from more countries.

Updated on Oct 23, 2016 06:39 IST

For Indian kabaddi team, defeat is not an option

The kabaddi mat has been the Indian team's domain ever since the sport was inducted into the Asian Games in 1990.

Updated on Oct 22, 2016 09:59 IST

Team USA at Kabaddi World Cup a hastily assembled unit filled with rappers

David Ritchey, who plays as a defender in the USA kabaddi team, is a rapper and a bass guitarist in a band back in USA.

Updated on Oct 16, 2016 11:27 IST

1
2
3
...

© 2026 HindustanTimes