A Tribute to India’s Golden Boy: Neeraj Chopra
By Kartik Warrier In big multi-sporting events, by default, almost every Indian fan keeps a tab on the track and field events, even if these events contain a relatively smaller number of Indians. The reason for it? Nothing can match the excitement and glamour of athletics. An event might last only for 10 seconds, but…
Paris 2024: Olympic Swansong for Sindhu?
By Kartik Warrier India has won a total of 30 Olympic medals, since gaining independence. A whopping 9 of them have been won by the Hockey Team, leaving us with 21 individual medals. Just 19 individual Olympic medallists since wrestler K.D. Jadhav won a bronze medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. Further narrowing down,…
Paris Olympic Games 2024: Badminton
By Athul P.S. And the Summer Olympics are back after 3 years. The previous edition, originally meant to be held at Tokyo in 2020 was instead held a full year later in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. Due to the widespread impact of Covid in Tokyo at the time, the events were conducted behind…
Preview: Copa America 2024
By Athul P.S. South America’s international continental tournament, the Copa America is set to kick off this Thursday. This will be the 48th edition of the oldest active continental football competition in the world. Since 2015, CONMEBOL seemingly just haven’t been able to stick to its quadrennial cycle, having hosted a one-off centennial and COVID…
Preview: UEFA Euro 2024
The 2024 European Championship is just around the corner. Europe’s quadrennial international competition is set to kick-off on the 14th of June, returning after 3 years. As one might recall, the previous edition, Euro 2020, was played in 2021, due to complications brought about by the COVID pandemic which impacted Euro 2020 especially hard. 2020…
Thank You Sunil Chhetri!
By Siddu Sriram The Man. The Myth. The Legend. The title’s cliché but it applies perfectly to the football inspiration, Sunil Chhetri. Born on 3rd August 1984, at a time where football was not very popular, Chhetri had shown an innate love towards the game. Born into an army family, Chhetri constantly had to change…
The Final Showdown: UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2023-24
By Athul P.S. The Final of the 23-24 UEFA Champions League is upon us. This year, the magnificent Wembley Stadium will play host to Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, when they fight it out to get their hands on the iconic Champions League trophy, in the biggest game in club football. This will be the…
Preview: ICC T20 World Cup 2024
By Siddu Sriram Summer is in the decline, but do not think you’re going to respite from the heat. Don’t make any plans for the next one month and just get ready to scream, curse, jump in joy, bang your fists and above all, experience a rollercoaster comprising extreme highs and lows. It is time!…
Preview : IPL 2024
Time to blow the trumpets! The “Toughest 20” is back, and while this might sound cliched, there is so much to look forward to. 16 years since the inaugural season, the league has grown from strength to strength. According to stats, the per game cost for the IPL is just second to the NFL, with…
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A glimpse through the tenure of the Indian National Football Team Coach, Igor Stimac. And should he continue post the recent Asian Cup debacle? The date-14th January, 2019. India just a few minutes away from sealing a historic Round of 16 berth in the AFC Asian Cup, 2019. And then, disaster. Bahrain gets a penalty.…
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