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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicSports fans

Topic: Sports fans

LaLiga match between Gimnasia La Plata & Boca Juniors abandoned due to violence, 1 fan dead

Buenos Aires security minister stated the fan died of a heart problem. Authorities say fans were trying to forcefully enter the full stadium & police used rubber bullets & tear gas to stop them.

Choose commentator, trawl data feeds: How this app brings you sport with personal touch, live

FanCode, the platform showing the ongoing India-West Indies series, is following global trend of companies introducing aspects of AI & advanced tech in sports broadcasting.

How Covid pandemic robbed football teams of their home ground advantage

According to researchers at University of Salzburg, while emotional support from the stands play significant role in home-field advantage, there is "unconscious favoritism" by referees.

The many joys of watching Indians at Tokyo 2020. But it’s the commentary that excites more

Want to cry tears of joy watching Indian athletes in Tokyo? Let Sony's Olympics coverage add to it.

Novak Djokovic can be the GOAT of tennis. But he won’t be loved like Nadal and Federer

Novak Djokovic now shares record 20 Grand Slam men’s singles titles with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. And yet he is the clear outcast in the tennis' Big Three.

Live sports has resumed, but data shows TV audiences have not fully returned post-Covid

A crowded sporting calendar and a multitude of networks providing content suggests TV packages may no longer be delivering value to viewers.

Sports fans, here’s how not to let your team’s wins and losses destroy you

Appreciating great athletes is one of the ways to get good vibes from sports and beat defeat blues.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.