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Jaydeep Basu
Cut, Copy, Waste: Indian Sports’s Social Media Has Been Co-Opted To Serve A Nationalist Agenda
07 Feb 2021
In times of crises, arise the PR stuntmen, whose slick messaging and wordplay has become a feature of sportspersons Twitter feed in recent times. The problem isn’t what is being said, the problem is…
Jaydeep Basu
Exclusive | State Associations Write to AIFF Demanding Elections
30 Nov 2020
Following the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF’s) request to the Supreme Court requesting extension to the tenure of its Executive Committee and office bearers, 21 state associations have…
Leslie Xavier
ATK Mohun Bagan vs SC East Bengal: Both Managers Claim Moral Victory, One Leaves With Three Points
28 Nov 2020
In the aftermath of a game that has dominated the headlines in a week of many, the coaches of both clubs — ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal — claimed their teams played better than the other. The…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
Safety Concerns Shroud IFA Shield With Organisers & Clubs Unclear About Covid-19 Protocols
21 Nov 2020
Questionable Covid-19 framework — none in fact for the nine Kolkata teams in the fray — with a broad plan based on responsible behaviour from individual players, and without any biosecure bubble, the…
Jaydeep Basu
East Bengal Faces a New Identity Crisis, Lost In A Web of Its Own Making
20 Jun 2020
Blindly rushing into an agreement with Quess Corp that transferred all sports rights to the corporate partner, East Bengal now face the humiliating prospect of being denied the right to play football…
Jaydeep Basu
Amphan And Covid-19: The Double Blow Has Rocked Foundations of Bengal Football
26 May 2020
For academies already struggling for financial aid because of the damages inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the super cyclone has added a new devastating blow. For most, training facilities, and…