Competitive sporting event returns in India with Football I-League qualifiers
The first competitive sporting event in India since coronavirus-induced restrictions were imposed will begin with I-League qualifiers at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Five teams- Mohammedan Sporting, Bhawanipore FC, FC Bengaluru United, ARA FC and Garhwal FC – will play for a position in the I-League. All five participating teams have followed strict Covid-19 protocols. They were kept in...
Champion Naomi Osaka chose US Open to fight racial injustice; took back to the famous history of ‘sports protests’
Naomi Osaka has been dominant in this year’s US Open. She not only won the championship but triggered her support for the fight against racial injustice by wearing masks with names of Black Americans. With her focus on racial injustice, Osaka joined a community of sports protesters whose history goes back a long way. Naomi Osaka’s Masks Round One- Breonna Taylor Round...
History entwined: Singapore Pickleball from early 1990s to modernity
The picturesque island city-state of Singapore has a rich Pickleball history. It is the oldest Pickleball-playing nation in Asia where the sport started in the early 1990s. Singapore is the only Asian country which had hosted one of the most important persons in Pickleball- co-inventor of the sport and Congressman Lt-Gov Joel Pritchard in 1996. How it all started It was...
Saurav ‘Monty’ Guhathakurta- a Football fanatic representing an entire spectrum and conveying the message of all sporting fans
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject” – Winston Churchill. Yes, a die-hard fan of sports can be described like this only. Saurav ‘Monty’ Guhathakurta is such a person who himself being a Football player loved the sport with all his heart and now travels across the globe to watch Football matches from...
HaBaWaBa Festival- the unique grassroot-level Waterpolo programme- set to become HaBaWaBa Academy for covid crisis this year
Waterpolo is said to have developed around 1870. It was included in the Olympics in 1900, just 30 years after its inception. There is a constant effort to develop the sport in new countries. HaBaWaBa Festival plays a major role in developing the sport. This year, however, HaBaWaBa will change to HaBaWaBa Academy for covid crisis. Historical Facts of Waterpolo As...
India’s mixed relay team’s Asian Games silver upgraded to gold after Bahrain’s disqualification
The Indian 4x400 Mixed Relay team's silver medal in 2018 Jakarta Asian Games has been officially upgraded to gold after the disqualification of original winners Bahrain due to a doping ban handed to one of its runners. The Indian quartet of Mohammad Anas, M R Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv of the Mixed Relay team are declared gold medallist in...
“Pickleball Global’s vision is to provide a perfect structure to Pickleball in terms of ranking and organizing tournaments….” Jan Papi
Poulomi Kundu, editor of Sportsavor, in conversation with Jan Papi, the founder of Pickleball Global- the organisation associated with Pickleball sport technologically. Since its inception in 1965 at Bainbridge Island by three American gentlemen, Pickleball has travelled far and wide. The sport is now played in several countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Pickleball is a highly social...
A new era: Retaining the iconic green-maroon jersey, ATK Mohun Bagan embraces a fresh journey
The Board of Directors of ATK Mohun Bagan decided to retain the iconic green and maroon jersey as a new journey starts for the two Kolkata Football teams. In January 2020, the 131-year old Mohun Bagan Football Club merged with Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) when the owner of the ISL side, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, bought 80% of shares of Mohun...
Talimeren Ao- A physician but a footballer who was independent India’s first Football captain
Talimeren Ao was a frontline footballer who captained India in their first international Football match. Besides being a talented sportsman, Ao was a physician by profession. North-east India has gifted Indian Football with some brilliant talents who by their individual brilliance played a huge role in putting the Northeastern states on par with established Football regions. But the story started...
“I was always honest in my approach during my playing days and still try to stay like that……”- Tarun Dey
A small-town boy, made big in Kolkata Football. Tarun Dey, true to his name, reflects youth, vibrancy, vitality. In an exclusive interview with Sportsavour, he shared some precious moments of his playing career that are definitely some of the best anecdotes of Kolkata Maidan. It was a time when Kolkata chanted Football, a time when the city dreamt and slept...