HEART TALKS

Owing to the Coronavirus crisis, the selected athletes for the Olympics are facing a real challenge to remain both physically and mentally fit. Sportsavour got in touch with Mreenal Chakraborty, the Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Mental Toughness Trainer, to get his take on the whole situation. The Olympic …

To achieve what Cricket has commercially, Golf has a lot of catching up to do. Brand guru Harish Bijoor, who has created business plans on Golf for clients in Japan and Italy, in an exclusive chat opened up on what will it take to transform the sport in India. Sponsorship- …

Global Sports Policy Review (GSPR) is an e-journal established by Subhrajit Chanda, a young law student, that promotes all kinds of sports among students, researchers and enthusiasts by addressing overall sports curriculum and sports policy.    The spirit of sport spreads far and wide; it touches lives across boundaries and …

Poulomi Kundu, editor of Sportsavor, in conversation with Jan Papi, the founder of Pickleball Global- the organisation associated with Pickleball sport technologically.  Since its inception in 1965 at Bainbridge Island by three American gentlemen, Pickleball has travelled far and wide. The sport is now played in several countries across North …

A small-town boy, made big in Kolkata Football. Tarun Dey, true to his name, reflects youth, vibrancy, vitality. In an exclusive interview with Sportsavour, he shared some precious moments of his playing career that are definitely some of the best anecdotes of Kolkata Maidan. It was a time when Kolkata …

Pavan Patel was a student of Tennis at Van Der Meer Tennis Academy at Hilton Head in USA and later started teaching Tennis from 1998. After gathering much experience, he moved back to his homeland in Ahmedabad with a motive to promote sports and sportsmanship among young kids. Recently, he …

There will be no Wimbledon 2020 this time in England. The Championships The Championships has been cancelled by the All England Lawn Tennis Club due to Coronavirus pandemic, first time since World War II. This was to have been the 134th edition of the event. It will now take place …

Sunil Valavalkar is regarded as the ‘Father of Indian Pickleball’ who first played Pickleball in the USA. An avid sportsman, Valavalkar was so much impressed with the game that he started promoting it in India. In 2008, he took the initiative to form the All India Pickleball Association (AIPA), the …

Gianni Infantino was re-elected FIFA president unopposed at the 69th Congress of FIFA in Paris. The 49-year-old Swiss was the only candidate and the traditional vote was replaced with a round of applause at the Congress. Infantino replaced disgraced former president Sepp Blatter in February 2016, serving a shortened first term after …

There are so many firsts that has happened for Pickleball India in the last few months. While there were the 1st Superleague and the 1st Women’s Tournament in Mumbai, a first-of-its-kind Pickleball Academy with a dedicated court was opened in Bengaluru. There was also the 1st major controversy in Indian …