How a Rio nightmare forged India’s greatest Asian Games comeback in 28 years Mirabai Chanu’s silver in Japan closes a wound that started with depression in 2016 and grew into a business built… Updated: September 23, 2026 17:45 IST
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100,000 TV sets, ₹70 cr & an elephant: The Asiad that built India’s sports business How a broke government, a baby elephant named Appu and a 1–7 hockey humiliation turned Delhi 1982 into the blueprint… September 22, 2026 11:52 IST
501 athletes, 310 debutants and Rs 800 crore: India’s Asian Games push in numbers Sports Ministry says Rs 702.86 crore was spent under ACTC and Rs 97.84 crore through TOPS as India prepares to… September 21, 2026 18:31 IST
Indian basketball all set to have its IPL moment New league to be an entertainment product: CEO September 20, 2026 00:25 IST
Stakeholders need to act more responsibly The Asia Cup final was a replay of the men’s tourney when India refused to accept the trophy from Pak’s… September 20, 2026 00:03 IST
India’s first F1 driver scored just 5 points. His second act is worth Rs 178 crore Narain Karthikeyan chased Formula One on borrowed sponsorship money and mailed VHS tapes. Nobody expected the second act to be… Updated: September 19, 2026 14:50 IST
Why did a Pune poultry company buy English football club Blackburn Rovers? The Venky’s story In 2010, a Pune-based poultry group paid £23 million for 99.9% of Blackburn Rovers, becoming the first Indian company to… Updated: September 18, 2026 19:08 IST
Before cricket’s billions: When Indian football ruled the money game Long before cricket became a billion-dollar broadcast juggernaut, Indian football ruled sports economics through packed bamboo stands and massive gate… Updated: September 18, 2026 16:31 IST
Google Trends: Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya drive cricket searches in India Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya are trending on Google in India, with searches surging amid India’s upcoming West Indies series… September 16, 2026 14:50 IST
Why India just blocked its own national football teams from the Asian Games A ranking chart, a government memo and 14 months of hard training just kept two national teams out of the… Updated: September 16, 2026 14:53 IST
Why India-Afghanistan T20 series is not on JioHotstar despite Rs 5,963 cr BCCI deal JioStar paid ₹5,963 crore for BCCI’s India home cricket rights, but the India-Afghanistan T20I series is not on JioHotstar. Here’s… Updated: September 15, 2026 18:22 IST
US Open vs Women’s Asia Cup: The huge prize-money gap between Sunday’s champions Alexander Zverev and India’s women cricketers won major titles on the same Sunday. But the financial rewards attached to those… Updated: September 14, 2026 17:38 IST
Cow-dung courts to 6 Grand Slams: This tennis prodigy built Rs 216 cr empire in second act Sania Mirza spent two decades turning her own body into an asset that won six Grand Slams. Now, at the… September 13, 2026 05:30 IST
Golf tourism: Why India should be on the golf map India is poised to become a major golf tourism hub by blending world-class courses in Kashmir, Bengaluru, and Goa with… September 13, 2026 00:32 IST
Inside the billion-rupee bet on Abhishek Sharma’s nerve How a teenager from Amritsar became the world’s top ranked T20 batter, and why his strike rate is now worth… September 12, 2026 05:30 IST
Lionel Messi reaches preliminary deal to become majority owner of Spanish club Eldense Former Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi is set to expand his football investment portfolio, with Spanish second-division club Eldense… Updated: September 11, 2026 18:17 IST
