Baseball in India: Rounding the bases from Manipur to Lucknow to New Delhi
Cricket is far and away the sport of choice in India, but its distant-cousin baseball has been slowly making inroads in the world’s second-most-populous […]
Monday Motivation: Indian “Faith Runner” Samir Singh runs nearly 10,000 km in just 100 days
For folks dabbling in distance running, 5-kilometer “fun runs” serve as a mini marathon of sorts, but try to imagine an amateur athlete running […]
Centuries before cricket or baseball were invented, India had gilli-danda
More than two millennia before the sports of cricket and baseball were codified, there was a similar game being played in India which later […]
Parkour passport: Freerunning with Jason Paul from Mumbai, India to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jason Paul’s love affair with freerunning began in 2005 when his best friend introduced him to the sport via a parkour documentary. From that […]
Mumbai train surfers risk life, limb and liberty for high-speed urban thrills
On any given day, nearly 13 thousand trains are running on Indian Railway tracks, transporting more than 23 million people (which translates to 8.5 […]
Take a tour of the world’s biggest football (soccer) clubs outside Europe
Almost every sports fan is familiar with hallowed football (soccer) clubs like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Manchester United, but do you know the […]
Skateboarding South India from Goa to Bangalore to Chennai
For the Westerner visiting India for the first time, just crossing a crowded street on foot can pose an interesting challenge — let alone […]
Queens of Instagram: Serena Williams, Sania Mirza, Maria Sharapova rule women’s tennis
While Serena Williams co-owns the record for consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the world with Steffi Graf, she is all alone when it […]
Meet six-time Olympian Shiva Keshavan, the fastest man in India (on ice)
India has only won 28 medals in the 24 Olympics that it has participated in since 1900, and nary a one in the Winter […]
Sadhguru shares what it will take for India’s Virat Kohli to become cricket’s GOAT
Earlir this year, Indian megastar Virat Kohli won his third consecutive Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award to go along with numerous other […]
Kings of Instagram: Jonatan Christie, Kevin Sanjaya, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting tops in badminton
Jonatan Christie has yet to assume the top ranking in men’s badminton, but the 2018 Asian Games gold medalist is at the very top […]
Top Ten Fan Cards — August 4, 2018
This week’s Top Ten Fan Cards chart sees a track card taking over the top spot. The card tally by sport has football and […]