Reportage
Jamshedpur FC: The club Tata built, and walked away from
Tata Steel spent Rs 321 crore and nine years building Indian football’s most credible club. Jamshedpur FC’s nine-year run ended on an unpaid invoice of Rs 55 lakh.
Governance
Reportage
The league that lifted Indian volleyball
While the national body cycled through suspensions, a privately run league built the pipeline that powered India’s bronze at the AVC Cup.
Reportage
Passported out
India spent 18 years turning away footballers who wanted to play for it. A proposal now with the Prime Minister’s Office would reopen the door, if New Delhi and FIFA can agree on what nationality means.
Reportage
What Genius Sports really wants from Indian football
Why Genius Sports, a NYSE-listed B2B sports data and technology firm, has bid Rs 2,129 crore for the Indian Super League—a competition it cannot legally monetise in India. The mystery is what exactly it’s buying.
Reportage
From S Tendehar to the ICC: Cricket’s long hunt for its own game
For nearly four decades, cricket has chased a digital mirror worthy of its devotion. Time and again, it has come close, only to misplace the moment. Now, the ICC believes it has finally assembled the pieces. What waits beyond that belief is the hard part.
Reportage
India-Pakistan: Cricket’s costliest fixture goes missing
Pakistan’s proposed forfeit undermines JioStar’s $900 million tournament and the ICC funding system that sustains the game. Cricket has monetised the rivalry for years. The ledger finally became too heavy.
Reportage
Indian football’s impossible restart
How the ISL is attempting to rebuild in 39 days what took a decade to construct
Analysis
The $40 billion reset
Capital is flowing, franchises are multiplying, and participation is surging. But India's sporting infrastructure is being constructed in real time — and the gap between commercial momentum and institutional readiness has never been wider.