Women’s Football: The next big opportunity in Indian sports
The recently concluded Asia Cup saw the men’s cricket team lose to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Despite a positive start and an initial winning momentum, India derailed in the second round. It
The recently concluded Asia Cup saw the men’s cricket team lose to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Despite a positive start and an initial winning momentum, India derailed in the second round. It
Did you know? Several states worldwide celebrate International Women's Day as a public holiday. The idea was triggered back in 1908 when 15,000 women in New York protested against d
8 in 10 players drop out by 18 years of age Millions of aspirants take up football in India as kids. However, research shows that over 80% of them drop out by the time they become 15-18-year-olds.
Because 2 out of 3 schoolchildren in India are unfit. There are 330 million+ children in the age group of 5-17 in India. Meaning there could be 220 million unfit children in the country. W
It was 2007. Chak De! India was the buzzword that year in Indian cinemas. The movie had all the ingredients that evoked a true sense of patriotism. Kabir Khan, a former hockey star, was tainted as so
It was just a few weeks back, when the Indian Women’s team made headlines in the sports section of multiple news publications. For the first time in the country’s football history, India played B
‘Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.’ — Aristotle Rohit Kumar is a 24-year-old Central Defensive Midfielder who started playing football at age 13. Rohit’s reverence and
Last year, out of the 270 registered footballers in the Indian Super League (ISL), around 100 were from the North-east. Which means one-third of India's top football league players are from the eight
India has competed at the Olympics since 1900 and attained 35 medals in total. It is 53 short of what neighbors China won at the Tokyo Olympics itself. India's seven medal tally at the Tokyo
What does a youngster do when they outperform peers in a particular field? They prioritize achieving more, right? Err, wait. Not all. Let's take Samyak Kumar's example. Sam