Aditya Chaudhuri

Japan’s Momiji Nishiya, wrote herself into the record books as the 13-year-old Japanese became the second-youngest gold medallist in Olympic history, winning the inaugural women’s skateboarding street competition. She also became the youngest Olympic champion for her country, breaking Iwasaki Kyoko’s record at the 1992 Barcelona Games for 200m women’s breaststroke at the age of...

When New Zealand won the WTC final in June, although it might have broken a billion Indian hearts, the win might just also have saved world cricket. The underdogs had punched above their weight to beat a system that is rigged to fail. It is no secret that over the last decade or so, world...

Cricket’s newest format makes its debut this summer in England. The Hundred is a 100-ball cricket competition that will feature some of the biggest names across world cricket. Eight teams, branded across eight cities, will have women’s and men’s teams fighting for the ultimate glory over a period of five weeks. The tournament starts on...

Days ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, official broadcasters Sony Pictures Sports Network have signed a multimillion-dollar deal with 11 sponsors for the upcoming event. The deal sees Coca-Cola, Hero Motocorp, JSW and MPL come on board as Co-Presenting Sponsors while RBI, Visa, Lenovo, Byju’s, Herbalife Nutrition and Association of Mutual Funds in India join as...

Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, wanted cricket to be included in the very first modern Olympiad in 1896. Although that did not happen, the sport did make a one-off appearance at the 1900 Games in Paris, where an amateur team from Britain comfortably defeated a weak French side, but since then cricket...