Taking Football to the World: 48 Teams at the 2026 World Cup
Co-authored by Sreeradh Radhakrishnan & Siddhant Sachdeva
The inaugural Football World Cup held in 1930 was not even close to the global showpiece that it...
High Hopes: Athletes’ Case for Legalising Cannabis
Co-authored by Siddhant Sachdeva & Sreeradh Radhakrishnan
In April 2018, former Golden State Warriors player Matt Barnes revealed in an interview that he used cannabis...
Racism on the World Stage: Russia and the FIFA World Cup
Written by Kartik Sundar
Imagine having slogged on the football field day in and day out for your entire life, all to work up to...
The Gambling Industry’s Legal War: Searching for the Line Between Luck and Skill
Written by Kartik Sundar
After a gruelling five days of high-stakes competition, the Delhi Panthers emerged victorious in the first season of the Poker Sports...
Virtual Battlegrounds: Where “Digital Athletes” are Making a Strong Case for Themselves
Written by Kartik Sundar
When ESPN first broadcasted “The International” in 2014, they were met with waves of criticism from their base audience. For the...
Racial Quotas: Right-ing the Wrongs in South African Cricket
Co-authored by Sreeradh Radhakrishnan and Parkhee Rattan
In Depth
Despite their reputation for choking in major tournaments, South Africa has been among the best sides in...
Turning Back Time: Cricket in the USA
Written by Arvind Pennathur
It is peculiar that cricket, the second most popular sport in the world, is practically non-existent in arguably the most influential...
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...
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...
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....