Boria Majumdar

Exactly two years ago, in the very same month of August, Arshad Nadeem stunned the world. With two throws of over 90 metres in six attempts in Paris, he dethroned Neeraj Chopra and created a massive stir. While Neeraj had to settle for silver, Arshad won Olympic gold for Pakistan, in what was perhaps the greatest moment in the country's sporting history.

India's men's and women's hockey teams are set to begin their World Cup campaigns, with the focus now shifting from the jersey controversy to performances on the field.

Glasgow 2026 is done, and it is time to go home. While the Indian campaign has been stellar, Team RevSportz too has done its absolute best here at the Games. As a young organisation that is less than five years old, we had, much like in the case of Paris 2024, made an ambitious plan for Glasgow. Coming to Glasgow a month in advance to do a recce and then bringing a team of three to the Commonwealth Games was considered crazy. How could we spend so much money? How would we generate revenue? Is this model of sending multiple journalists to a Games sustainable?

Men’s cricket doesn’t define the Indian sports landscape. Rather, it is a very small part of the whole story. Yes the money is there. At least for the time being. But even men’s cricket will be under scrutiny as was the case during the FIFA world cup.

Tejaswin Shankar made an interesting observation about Neeraj Chopra. He said that had it been anyone else, they would probably have quit international sport and moved on, unable to survive the intense scrutiny that Neeraj constantly lives under. He is right.

Five years have passed since Neeraj Chopra rewrote Indian sporting history by becoming the country's first Olympic champion in athletics. Yet, whenever I think back to that unforgettable evening in Tokyo, every moment remains as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

With the Indian teams in the Netherlands and Belgium preparing to begin their World Cup campaigns and make their mark, it is an apt time to look back at India's only Hockey World Cup triumph in 1975.

Ahead of the Hockey World Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands, India captain Harmanpreet Singh and vice-captain Hardik Singh spoke exclusively to RevSportz about the team's preparations, mindset and ambitions for this crucial phase of the international calendar.

In all, how India manages its athletes could decide the Asian Games medal count. And also, the badminton world championship and WTC campaign.

Unlike football, where the manager is the real boss of the team, cricket has been and always will be a sport where the captain is the ultimate authority. If there is ever a clash between the captain and the coach, as was the case between Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli a decade ago, it is the captain who eventually prevails. From that standpoint, the Sri Lanka series is a very important one for Shubman Gill.