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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
TopicWomens sports

Topic: womens sports

Women’s sports are missing out on a key ingredient of success—women viewers

Women are positioned as peripheral consumers of lifestyle products adjacent to sports, not core consumers of sports entertainment. This represents a massive market inefficiency.

Athlete Santhi Soundarajan won 12 medals for India but here’s why you can never see her run

In 'The Day I Became a Runner', Sohini Chattopadhyay looks at Indian history through the lens of women's sports.

Indian rugby isn’t elite or male. Sweety, Beauty, Sapna from rural Bihar rule the field

The rugby championship wins have been a decade in the making — a lone ranger coach’s search for talent, convincing conservative parents, explaining rugby to cricket-crazy Indians.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.