The Indian Super League has generated a lot of hype regarding its claim of developing the nation into a potent force in the world of football. 12th October witnessed the start of this tournament amidst a lot of expectations. Soumashish
Every four years, around the time of the greatest show on this planet, football songs waft out of the radio in increasing frequency, comforting reminders of decades of elusive victory. The whole point of a football song is to serve
Sport is not art. Sport is not aesthetic. Sport is not the story of superhumanly athletes soaring above the phoenix. Sport is an organized mass-murder of human aspirations, of high-flying hopes and a celebration of bloodied capitalism. When the FIFA
The opportunity to host the U-17 World Cup has handed AIFF’s “Lakshya 2022” program a new lease of life. Arunava Ray discusses the feasibility of the whole project and the issues debilitating India’s quest for glory. FIFA president Sepp Blatter
The IOA – and Indian sport administration in general – has been plagued by incompetence and corruption. Now, after much national embarrassment and international censure, things appear to be changing… but Shamya Dasgupta wonders if these aren’t superficial and grudging
Michael Schumacher played a relatively dangerous sport for his entire career without sustaining significant physical injury; yet he now lies in a coma, facing an uncertain future. In a way, though, doesn’t this unfortunate event capture exactly the precariousness that
The night of 30th June, 2013 shall go down memory as one of intense drama in Rio De Janeiro. The red carpet had been rolled out. The photographers primed. Inside the refurbished Maracanã Stadium, thousands of Brazilians erupted as Neymar
In the history of sports, the last quarter century has been marked by staggering commercialism that has threatened to devour the very spirit of sports. Yet, Manchester United’s former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired this year, was able to
A nation of damp eyes greeted the arguably biggest watershed moment in Indian sports when the mic replaced the bat in Sachin Tendulkar’s hands on 16th November, 2013. Can we cope with this late goodbye, wonders Shamya Dasgupta… The medals don’t mean anything
The event of a boxer coming out and being somewhat accepted opens up many closed doors in sports. Will the masculinist hegemony of sports finally end? Asks Shamya Dasgupta. “I have and will always be a proud Puerto Rican.