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...
While IOC President reaffirms successful delivery of the Olympics, test events postponed due to travel restrictions
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach reaffirmed that there will be successful and safe delivery of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, starting on 23 July with the Olympic Games and 24 August with the Paralympic Games.” Thomas Bach explained the reasons for which IOC is confident about the Olympics Games this summer. “In the last couple of...
The ‘Unstoppable’: Rugby girl Sandhya Rai rises from tea gardens of Bengal to become the face of world Rugby campaign
She is the daughter of a tea plucker. Perhaps she would have followed the same profession. But Sandhya Rai pursued a vocation that is completely out of their world. Sandhya found Rugby as her future. Now, at 20, she has been chosen the ‘Unstoppable’ Indian face of a global campaign by Rugby’s world governing body. Sandhya Rai was born in...
An overview on how dehydration affects our sports performance
High intensity exercise bouts sometimes lead to dehydration. But dehydration is often overlooked and that affects our sports performance. Prolonged duration of physical activity can cause an increase in the body’s core temperature. This leads to loss of fluids and electrolytes due to increased sweating causing dehydration. Dehydration occurs when your fluid loss exceeds the fluid intake and your body is...
CUP ROYALE – F1-themed racing on water and how it could change the future of marine navigation
A water race broken into 20 ocean races and 20 harbour races- Cup Royale promises a new concept of boat racing. In a conversation with Poulomi Kundu, Editor of Spotsavour, Ralph Brown - the Initiator- speaks about the volume of this event and its potential to change the marine industry as a whole. How likely is it for you to...