Every now and then sport produces a moment that challenges an old assumption
This rocket-like free kick from Manisha was one of those moments
Challenged the assumption that raw football talent doesn’t exist in India
Our real challenge is to locate it early and build an ecosystem that can nurture it
Because the rockets are clearly there.
We just need more launchpads
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💪🏽
People often say in soccer,
“The conditions are the same.”
The pitch is the same.
The ball is the same.
The match time is the same.
But are they really?
Imagine a team full of players who compete professionally in Europe or the U.S. facing a team of players who work full-time jobs and play soccer on the side.
Training environments.
Practice time.
Recovery.
The amount of time they can dedicate to the game.
Can we still say the conditions are the same?
On the pitch, everything may look equal. But the conditions that bring players to that pitch are not.
The starting point is never truly the same.
Still, soccer is a sport where a team can win even when the starting conditions are different.
That’s why when those gaps are too large, directing all the criticism at the players after a defeat often misses the bigger picture.
Tennis players at the top end really must be the fittest athletes in any sport.
5 hours in this heat and no proper breaks in an individual sport will never not impress me
With Meg Lanning's departure from Delhi Capitals, Jemimah Rodrigues as captain of the side would mark an important chapter not only in WPL but also in Indian cricket.
Former Mumbai captain. Mature & multifaceted at 25. Played a World Cup semi knock for the ages.
Time is ripe.
- India Won U-19 Women's WC.
- India Won Women's World Cup.
- India Won Women's WC for blind.
- Now India Won Women's Kabaddi WC.
WHAT A HISTORIC YEAR FOR INDIA IN WOMEN'S, THEY MADE PROUD INDIA AT THE GLOBAL WORLD. 🙇♂️🇮🇳
Dexter Capital has announced a new policy offering paid leave to employees with daughters pursuing sports professionally
- 3 months paid leave per year if the daughter plays at the National level
- 6 months paid leave per year if she plays at the International level
This. This is how change begins.
Not with slogans, but with policies that let girls dream and parents support those dreams without guilt.
I am soo happy for the team & all the pioneers who deserved this trophy. But Mithali hugging that trophy healed something in me. Someone who dedicated her last years of career just to win that WC, it was fulfilling. More than raising that trophy, she just wanted to hug it. 🫂❤
Out of all things, my respect for the Mumbai crowd just keeps increasing.
They watch women cricket with the same passion as men cricket. Even during the WPL, there is always a good crowd in the stands.
And today when team was struggling, they never stop cheering and motivating the players. 🫡
Tonight has the potential to turn India's dream into a global reality.
I don't know how to say this any better: Indian women lifting the Cup will lift women's cricket world over.
So, there's a larger context. This Cup could do to women's cricket what 1983 did to men.
Amen! 🤞🏾