Sharda Ugra

In early May, Hindustan Times published a story by football writer Dhiman Sarkar that should have tr...

Among the many rumours that abound our news cycle, came the pearl: the government was planning to of...

This wrestlers’ protest, unprecedented in Indian sporting history, has exposed to a wider public eve...

On December 12, there was much celebration over the onset of an athlete-centric age in Indian sports...

If there is a word to describe the tone of the All India Football Federation’s 24-year strategic roa...

It’s that time of the year again. Awash in nostalgia—Thomas Cup! The hockey women! Avinash Sable! Ni...

How did the first plaintive cries over Qatar22 reach you these last few weeks? From that deliciously...

Qatar 2022’s trademark slogan is ‘All Is Now’ with the previous buzzphrase ‘Like No Other’ now rarel...

While you read this, six athletes—a footballer, steeplechaser, swimmer, badminton player and chess w...

A little over a month ago, when India’s prodigy GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated world chess ch...

What kind of saddo does interviews on vacation? But then again, what kind of sports journo would ign...

After every Commonwealth Games in this millennium, India has felt this way - buzzed from 50+ medals,...

It’s been weeks since FINA, ruling body of world aquatics, announced their regulations preventing th...

It’s that time of June which means Wimbledon’s coming – in its eye-pleasing logo-free, splendiferous...

After news of the Thyagraj Stadium being emptied of athletes, only to have Delhi’s Principal Secreta...

For the golf-removed, first, the introductions. Meet Avani Prashanth, 15, who has shaken off that go...

When Lakshya Sen steps on to the court at the Asian Badminton Championships in Manila starting on Tu...

Lost in the smoke and mirrors, fumes and noise around the Kashmir Files, Indian football re-opened a...

Post the 2013 release of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, we’ve been put on a steady diet of baby formula sports ...

It’s been a pretty wretched January for Indian sport and no, this is not about cricket. On January 8...

Of the 11 overseas teams at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, one name caused instant curiosity. Iran. Debu...

From the field and the court and the ring, 2021 has showered us with awe, astonishment and delight—a...

When the legendary Billie Jean King declared that the WTA Tour was “on the right side of history”, s...

Neeraj Chopra has spent the past few weeks at the National Institute of Sports Patiala trying to tun...

This is not a carefully thought through review of Break Point docu series (Zee5) about the Leander P...

If Wrestling Federation of India’s misdirected furies, aimed at elite athletes and private organisat...

In December 2019, when in Bangalore, he was just Mahdi. A refugee going by one name, a metal worker ...

This story is only being told because, well, Abhinav Bindra tells it himself. In public, randomly, w...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please start making notes about 2021’s summer of sport. Keep a...

To process what Milkha Singh still is to our sport, put an Indian athlete in the 400m final of the T...