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Vijay’s big sporting bet: Chennai set for new Olympic City, Motor Sports City to nurture young talent

TN's Sports Development Authority will develop an integrated Olympic-standard complex with sports arenas, high performance training centre, medicine centres & accommodation facilities.

Swachh Bharat stops at the stadium gate as athletes battle filthy, unusable toilets

Broken lights, clogged toilets, overflowing bins and unbearable stench are routine at sports venues across India, writes a competitor. Basic hygiene remains India's forgotten sporting challenge.

Sharmila Dhankar endured abuse at 19. Now, she has won India’s first para-athletics gold

40-year-old Sharmila Dhankar has ended India's 20-year wait for a para-athletics gold in the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Ex-players take tennis body to match point: Delhi HC orders AITA constitution rewrite, polls by 30 Sept

The court accepted the need for urgent reforms after former players  Somdev Devvarman & Purav Raja challenged AITA’s compliance with sports laws, election rules & tenure norms. 

SubscriberWrites: A Nation That Forgot to Play

In the end, the measure of progress is not only GDP or technology, but the energy and spirit of its people. A country that plays together stays together.

High manufacturing costs & weak branding holding back India’s sports equipment exports, says NITI Aayog

Report on sports equipment flags 10-20 percent cost disadvantage vs China, lays out $ 8.1 bn export roadmap with cluster push and fiscal support.

Sunil Joshi Pavilion—Karnataka cricket honours one of India’s spin bowling veterans

The pavilion was inaugurated during the Ranji Trophy final between Karnataka and J&K. The recognition honours Joshi’s contribution to Karnataka and Indian cricket. 

Meet Neeraj Goyat — two lives, one boxer and a lot of noise

From a viral backstage clash in Dubai to reality-show fights and influencer feuds, the boxer’s career shows how attention, conflict, and sport now travel together.

Ahmedabad bags 2030 Commonwealth Games. India’s sports infrastructure gets a leg up

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

From Delhi’s Golf Links to Uttarakhand’s hills, 2 Indians chase glory in Mixed Martial Arts arena

Jason Solomon & Angad Bisht represent contrasting journeys shaping India’s future in MMA, a sport that hasn't picked up much pace since it was first televised in the country 13 yrs ago.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.