Sports

Development and Sports

Qatar’s Rocky Road to 2022

Researched by Swagam Dasgupta Written by Sreeradh Radhakrishnan 2017 was a turbulent year for the State of Qatar. Qatar’s involvement with regional actors such as Hamas...

Two Sides of a Coin: The Intimacy Between Sport and Development

Co-authored by Parkhee Rattan and Tanay Gokhale Last month, the University of Basel awarded an honorary doctorate to one of Switzerland’s biggest sports stars, Roger Federer. Arguably the...

Mixed-Gender Tournaments and Women Coaches: How Sport Is Becoming a Breeding Ground for Feminism

Co-authored by Chirag Chinnappa, Sreeradh Radhakrishnan and Siddhant Sachdeva The movement for gender equality within India’s sports industry reached a major milestone in 2017 when...

The Indian Grand Prix: Where Has It Gone?

Researched by Yash Budhwar Written by Tanay Gokhale Between 2011 and 2013, India hosted three editions of the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit...

Let’s Talk about Match-fixing in Professional Sport

Researched and written by Tanay Gokhale Sports has long been a source of leisure activity for the masses. But with the advent of globalization and the...

Behind Closed Doors: Corruption in the World of Sports

Researched by Sathya Sahay Written by Sreeradh Radhakrishnan In 2015, US federal authorities released cases against several top officials of FIFA, after several corruption charges...

Tracing FC Barcelona’s Tryst with the Catalonian Movement

2017 will go down as another important year in Catalonian history as Catalonians went to vote on a referendum that decided whether they continued...

The Ripple Effect of Doping in World Sport

Doping has always been a big problem in the world of sport, but as of late, it has grown into an increasingly fierce opponent....

Through Bhiwani’s Eyes: A Tale of Boxing in India

In modern-day India, the game of boxing does not command a significant fan following, which commentators often attribute to the lack of discernible international...

Indian Hockey: Playing with a Fractured Spine

The Indian men’s hockey team is the most successful team in Olympic history with 8 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. As India’s...