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22 ARTICLES
Paris 2024 gave us a glimpse of how AI can reshape sport
From helping organize events, enhancing broadcasting experience, curbing cyber abuse and conducting error-free judgments, the Olympics used artificial intelligence in a big way. There may be more in store at the upcoming Paralympics.
16 Aug 2024
Why Vinesh Phogat’s Paris disqualification weighs heavy on the sport
The disqualification of the wrestler—denying her a shot at an Olympic gold medal—for being a mere 100 g over the limit, begs the question: do the rules around weight need a rethink?
07 Aug 2024
Smriti Mandhana, Virat Kohli and the story of a bad patch
Outcomes on the field depend far more on the mental state of the player than on the level of skill or that unquantifiable thing we call form.
04 Apr 2023
Why Indian women cricketers are still knocking at the doors of greatness
This Indian women’s cricket team is skilled, but to become world-beaters, they need more than skill, they need commitment from the board.
07 Mar 2023
The women’s IPL is a chance to dream big
Women’s cricket needs urgent fixing. But an opportunity, however delayed, is now at hand to create something beautiful.
03 Jan 2023
Volleyball’s silent revolution
From 50 teams in the first season to 393 in the ongoing third season of the league, the Brahmaputra Volleyball League is silently changing societies across villages.
06 Dec 2022
Virat Kohli’s march from faking intensity to redefining impossible
Kohli’s innings against Pakistan at the World T20 is a reminder of how supremely gifted athletes break through invisible mental barriers and enter the “zone”.
01 Nov 2022
Mythologizing the ‘spirit of cricket’
The commentariat’s moral grandstanding over Deepti Sharma’s run-out of Charlie Dean seems to suggest that neither the existing laws, nor the umpires’ decision, nor the MCC’s imprimatur matter much.
04 Oct 2022
Indian football’s own goal
Recent events show how one man’s manipulations can pressure even the apex court into reversing decisions taken for the good of sport.
26 Aug 2022
The chronic quest for power at Indian sports federations
Power-hungry heads have led to three federations—football, hockey and table tennis—being brought under a court-appointed committee of administrators and the first two facing the threat of a ban by global governing bodies.
02 Aug 2022