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Prior to the pandemic, for the past few years, there had been a steady and happy trend in the rise of women’s sport. Will the pandemic curtail this trend?
Arup Ghosh has been a fan of German football and Bayern Munich for over 50 years and he was recently rewarded with a Bayern jersey and a special message from Lothar Matthaus.
In this comprehensive interview, Dr Mark Kovacs shares his eclectic sports expertise on the seldom-covered but highly important subject of rhythm in tennis.
The Indian gene is prone to high fat deposition in periods of no exercise or high calorie intake. Most of this fat deposition is focused around the belly.
I don’t think this (the coronavirus outbreak) would be of any particular hindrance on the participation of women in the sport.
These are tough times for the sportspersons — irrespective of gender — and the associations are taking every step to help them during the crisis.
In the fourth part of the analysis, we take a look at the youngest, oldest captains and the best all-rounders in Test cricket while leading a side.
For players like us who only feature in the 50-over format, it is also challenging because it takes time to peak.
As days progressed, we saw Lockdown 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0. It was unexpected, but COVID-19 is so dangerous that these measures had to be in place.
Half the population in the world is women and girls, so if you want society to grow in every sense, this is the opportunity.
I take this period as an important one to analyse my game and myself better. I had back pain a few months ago, so will take this period to recover well.
As long as the women’s game is treated equally with the men’s, the game will go on without a hitch — players will adapt and we can go back to normalcy soon.
India being a developing country where the women’s game was just rising, I do fear the game is going to take a back seat amid COVID-19.
When live sport begins, the guidelines for broadcasters are something that we will have to discuss. You may not be able to have so many people in the stadiums.
If the COVID-19 pandemic does not subside, then there is doubt over the Olympics even in 2021.Having won a quota place, I do not want to let go the opportunity.
I don’t think anything will get affected much once we come out of the pandemic, only the Tokyo Olympics-special training plan will change.
...the major expenses of a player are travelling for tournaments and the travel expenses of the coaching staff. Since there are no tournaments now, that cost is not a burden.
Efforts are now on to resume sports in regions where the virus is seemingly under control, but where does women's football stand in the scheme of things?
From a string of cancellations to fears of a fall in investment in the women’s game, here are the developments from biggest tournaments from around the world.
Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj feels live sport has that physical element to excite someone sitting at home. It is education and entertainment.
It was shocking to hear that a badminton player went to the extent of calling the country a joke after he missed out on an award nomination.
Former England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott was famous in his playing days for insisting that luck had nothing to do with success. He believed it was ability.
Morne Morkel, who after quitting international cricket a couple of years ago went on to feature for Surrey, speaks to Sportstar on a range of issues.
Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz, who pioneered reverse swing, admits the rule change of not shining balls with saliva will have an impact on the art.
With the Premier League set to resume in a fortnight, Wolves have nine games to close down the gap and storm to a debut Champions League season.