European Super League: The breakaway Football tournament that puts UEFA Champions League in turmoil
Twelve major European Football clubs join a new European Super League (ESL) that is considered to be a breakaway tournament from the UEFA Champions League. Format In an exponential development in European Football, a new league is set to venture out ‘as soon as practicable’. The inaugural edition of European Super League aims an August start in which two groups of...
In a first, four Indian sailors together qualify for the Olympics; Nethra Kumanan becomes the first Indian woman sailor to qualify directly
In a historic first, four Indian sailors- Nethra Kumanan, Vishnu Saravanan, KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar- qualified for a single edition of the Olympics. Nethra Kumanan achieved the feat of becoming the first Indian sailor to have booked a place at the Olympics directly. Nethra Kumanan At the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman, Nethra Kumanan finished sixth and was placed second...
Schumacher legacy continues: After nine years of Michael Schumacher’s accidental retirement, his son Mick debuts as F1 rookie
The Schumacher is returning to Formula 1 as Michael Schumacher’s son Mick makes his F1 debut in the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix. Nine years after legendary Michael Schumacher’s final Grand Prix, his son Mick Schumacher will make his debut with the Ferrari-engined Haas team at the season-opening race in Bahrain - an event won by Michael in its inaugural season...
History created: C A Bhavani Devi becomes first Indian fencer ever to qualify for the Olympics in Fencing
Fencer C A Bhavani Devi scripted history by becoming the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics in Fencing. It has been an extremely testing period of time for C A Bhavani since last year. Bhavani who is an Indian Sabre fencer, was preparing for the Women’s Sabre World Cup under reputed coach Nicola Zanotti at Livorno in Italy....
Mithali Raj becomes the first Indian woman cricketer to cross milestone 10,000 in all formats of the game
With 10,001 runs in all formats of the game, Mithali Raj becomes the first Indian woman to achieve the feat and stands only behind former England skipper Charlotte Edwards who was the first woman to reach 10,000 runs in international Cricket. As Mithali Raj flicked South African medium pacer Anne Bosch through square leg for a boundary in the third...
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Japan to host the Games without overseas spectators
Kyodo News Agency confirmed that the Tokyo Olympics 2020 that was rescheduled in 2021 will be staged without overseas spectators due to public concern over the coronavirus and the spread of more contagious variants. The Japanese government has decided to exclude overseas spectators during Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics as part of efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus....
Cricket is religion and cricketers are God; yet, in India, no cricket stadium is named after a cricketer
The recent name change of Sardar Patel Stadium to Narendra Modi Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad has given rise to a question. Why in India there is not a single Cricket stadium named after a cricketer, while this country preaches Cricket as its religion and considers cricketers as God? As Ishant Sharma bowled the first delivery of the Test match...
AIFF goes the e-sport way; set to conduct national tournament to select teams for FIFAe Nations Series 2021
India is set to join the FIFAe Nations Series 2021 and will conduct a national tournament to select the Indian team. It is time for official e-football in India. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced that it will conduct a national tournament from 20 March to 4 April, 2021 to select the Indian team for its maiden appearance in...
“Without complaining and saying that we need to develop, I took the initiative myself by setting GSPR….” Subhrajit Chanda
Global Sports Policy Review (GSPR) is an e-journal established by Subhrajit Chanda, a young law student, that promotes all kinds of sports among students, researchers and enthusiasts by addressing overall sports curriculum and sports policy. The spirit of sport spreads far and wide; it touches lives across boundaries and broadens its gamut among people of different professions. And so,...
Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour (IWTT) appeals AITA to shift registration of disabled players to online process
The Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour (IWTT), the organisation that promotes Wheelchair Tennis, has appealed All India Tennis Association (AITA) to enable the process of online registration for disabled Tennis players like the able-bodied players. The disabled Tennis players have to go through a lengthy process of registration for tournaments organised by AITA. The players have to manually pay the registration...