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How Saudi Arabia’s sports ventures will affect global brands

How Saudi Arabia’s sports ventures will affect global brands

Saudi Arabia’s dominance in the sporting world has been well-documented over the last few years, and it is only likely to grow. Questions, subsequently, are constantly raised about the sponsorships...

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Cristiano Ronaldo's Binance issue points at a larger crypto-football problem

Cristiano Ronaldo's Binance issue points at a larger crypto-football problem

In November 2022, Binance launched an exclusive Cristiano Ronaldo-themed NFT collection in what was the start of the Portuguese star’s multi-year partnership with the company. A statement on the company...

Rock and a third place: Manchester United men’s 2022–23 season review

Rock and a third place: Manchester United men’s 2022–23 season review

Second-highest points tally in the league since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement a decade ago. End of the team’s worst trophy drought in three decades. Given how the season started, things...

Give me more of RCB 

Give me more of RCB 

I sat down with optimism and hope before the Royal Challengers Bangalore took on the Gujarat Titans last Sunday, just like I sat down before Rahul Dravid’s men took on...

Following such a dominating display, I thought it’d be wise to look back on India’s journey before and during their current head coach, Thomas Dennerby. 

Indian women’s football: Before and during Thomas Dennerby 

The India senior national women’s football team recently capped off their 2024 AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Round 1 in some style as they tore apart hosts Kyrgyzstan 9-0 on aggregate. ...

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How Cristiano Ronaldo's move has helped Al Nassr and football in Saudi

How Cristiano Ronaldo's move has helped Al-Nassr and football in Saudi Arabia

Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Al-Nassr after his exit from Manchester United garnered a fair amount of attention. That wasn’t because of the very fact that it happened, but because of...

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Empires aren’t built in a day but for Graham Potter they can disappear in one 

Empires aren’t built in a day, but for Graham Potter they can disappear in one 

A process warrants time only if logic and the evidence on display suggest that it will result in long-term success. That’s why the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City...

Viacom dominance in Indian sport

The Viacom18 dominance across Indian sports

Much like sports itself, sports broadcasting has gradually become an industry that is also becoming a tool through which larger world structures are staking their claim to various sports across...

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RCB name Ben Sawyer head coach for WPL 2023

The Hyderabad E-Prix shows how far India is from organising motorsport events

There is an age-old saying: “the fans make the sport”. The bottom line is that sports needs fans, and it's the fans who make the sport what it is. In...

Age fraud in Indian football — A plague long denied

Age fraud in Indian football — A plague long denied

At an Under-13 youth league match in the national capital, the two competing teams were clearly poles apart in terms of physical build, biological progression and facial and muscle characteristics....

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