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

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Women who inspire us daily

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

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Why India doesn’t qualify for the FIFA World Cup despite its 1.4 billion people

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.

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Why are we building a sports company?

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

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What has Shaolin Soccer got to do with Chak De! India

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

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The newest Thapa on the block

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

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The life of an Indian pro footballer

‘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

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The football factory of North-east India

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

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The answer to India’s sporting culture problem

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

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Taekwondo ? Football ✈️ The American Dream

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

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