Mihir Vasavda

On Wednesday, officials from the Esports Federation of India (ESFI) are likely to meet sports secretary Sujata Chaturvedi to seek permission from the government for the participation of Indian gamers in these two games.

It took seven seasons for the ISL to fall in line with the previous existing AFC rule of having a maximum of four imports in the 11. Ironically, in the season they chose to implement it, the AFC changed its criteria.

It’s important for India to realise all that pace is of no use unless they combine it with patience.

It was a near-perfect execution of the ‘3D’ dribble and all Jyoti had to do was tap the ball into an empty goal, which she did.

Men, women teams to play doubleheaders this weekend against Spain.

While two French goals came late into the match, when India had committed a lot of men forward, the bigger concern for chief coach Graham Reid would be the profligacy inside the attacking third.

The newcomer has skills reminiscent of older namesake, and the drag-flicker from Attari is keen to impress on debut in FIH Pro League.

Sunil Chhetri, the league’s joint-highest all-time scorer, with 49 goals, wasn’t even in the picture when Parag Shrivas took the throw-in.

India has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. What does this mean? Does it affect athletes' participation? Why have the Beijing Winter Games been so controversial?

A tour of this nature, routine for most sports, would usually go unnoticed but this outing for the country’s mountain bikers marks a significant policy change for Indian sports that is now targeting disciplines that offer a bulk of medals.

PSG playmaker has had it tough throughout early life, but the 2018 Asian Player of the Year is the biggest reason fallen giants are title contenders.

Swedish coach questions Asian body's organisational wisdom in delaying informing of positive results.

After withdrawing from tournament they were hosting due to Covid outbreak, India sets eye on future challenges.

It is learnt that almost a dozen members of the Indian camp tested positive for the virus, leaving them with no other option but to pull out of the crucial encounter, thus leaving their campaign in tatters.

All time scorer’s absence is something the team will have to live with during Sunday's their must-win Group A encounter of the AFC Women's Asian Cup.

State accounts for eight of the 23 players that make the Indian Asian Cup squad with Chaoba Devi grooming five of them

Having battled many odds just to play football, the Melli Baanovaan bring same resilience to hold India to a 0-0 draw in Asian Cup opener.

Team, minus an injured skipper Rani Rampal, will play Asia Cup opener against Malaysia on Friday

Hosting the Asian Cup is part of AIFF's top-down approach but the tournament is a golden opportunity for the hosts to prove mettle; India play Iran on Thursday.

Dennerby, the first foreign coach of India’s women team, faces an unenviable task: to take an inexperienced team, which is brimming with potential, past the group stage in its first appearance at the Asian Cup since 2003.

In light of the controversy around Elgar’s ‘non-dismissal’, Hemant Buch, a professional with experience of working on more than 100 Tests, feels chances of foul play are remote even though some technicians at work may differ in skill level.

Mumbai had been reporting the highest number of cases for any city in the country till a few days ago, but there are clear signs now of the surge stabilising. On Tuesday, the city reported only 11,647 new cases, almost half of what it was reporting a few days ago.

🔴According to Aaditya Thackeray, state minister and president of the Mumbai District Football Association, the players and officials “will be in bio-bubbles and have testing protocols set for their own safety”.

Last August, the 28-year-old became the first Indian to sign for a top-tier club in Croatia, HNK Sibenik.