Numbers game: The computer professional who is trying to fill badminton’s giant statistical hole

Badminton statistics are notoriously hard to find and a Danish computer professional, Jens Christiensen, hopes to change that.

Abhijeet Kulkarni

· Jul 16, 2020 · 10:07 am

The story of Shankarrao ‘Buwa’ Salvi: The selfless administrator behind kabaddi’s exponential growth

The Maharashtra-born Salvi devoted his entire life to the growth and development of the sport without gaining financially from it.

Kaushal Shukla

· Jun 06, 2020 · 10:35 am

How Mumbai’s North Stand Gang became one of the most recognisable Indian cricket fan groups

A group of die-hard fans united for a collective cricket experience in 2009 and within a decade, became an institution in the stadium and on social media.

Zenia D'Cunha

· May 05, 2020 · 09:47 am

An engineer who became an essential part of Indian football: Meet Unni Paravannur, man behind @fni

FNI, Indian football’s most popular platform, currently enjoys a following of over 38,000 on Twitter while its Facebook page has nearly 66,000 likes.

Nicolai Nayak

· Apr 25, 2020 · 09:30 am

A GIF to tennis: Meet @doublefault28, a gifted technician who keeps the sport dynamic on Twitter

Alexander, who is based in Moscow, started the account to follow tennis but it has grown into a popular platform dedicated to creating GIFs in real-time.

Zenia D'Cunha

· Apr 22, 2020 · 06:00 pm

How Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay’s weekly chess column shaped India’s interest in the game

The Thipsay chess column had an unbroken run of 20 years in The Times of India.

Ashish Magotra

· Apr 17, 2020 · 03:42 pm

Guiding from the shadows: Selfless Vasant Gore shaped many a shuttler’s path to national glory

The 85-year-old, who passed away on Wednesday, was instrumental in moulding careers of national champions.

Abhijeet Kulkarni

· Apr 16, 2020 · 06:20 pm

A game of numbers: How BG Joshi became sole keeper of hockey records in India

For over four decades, Indian sports journalists have been ringing up a now-retired engineer for statistics that even the associations didn’t have.

Abhijeet Kulkarni

· Apr 14, 2020 · 01:00 pm

A passion for cricket and love for numbers came together: Story of India’s stats man Mohandas Menon

Cricket broadcast changed completely in the 1990s and that’s when Menon saw an opportunity for a career switch from HR to statistics.

Vinayakk Mohanarangan

· Apr 10, 2020 · 10:00 am

Cricket during times of coronavirus: Cult of Youtuber robelinda and his golden footage collection

Rob Moody has an extensive collection of old cricket footage that has kept fans going with no live cricket to watch.

Vinayakk Mohanarangan

· Mar 31, 2020 · 09:05 am