Author: Trisha Ghosal

By Boria Majumdar and Trisha Ghosal In a freewheeling chat with Revsportz, Milind Soman, Bollywood actor, model and a fitness freak, shares his thoughts on how in the last decade there has been an increased awareness surrounding matters like health, diet and fitness in India. He also talks about completing the Ironman Triathlon, the 10th edition of the JBG Kolkata marathon, and more. Boria Majumdar (BM): Milind, welcome. If we go back 20 years, there was no tradition of running in India, no clubs, no races, none of what we now see. Yet, you were at the core of this…

Trisha Ghosal One month to go for the all-important ODI World Cup. India will kick off their campaign against Sri Lanka in Guwahati on September 30. The Indian squad has been announced, and the team is currently in Visakhapatnam preparing for the home World Cup. RevSportz caught up with former India player Anjum Chopra to get her thoughts on the squad, whether home support will mean added pressure, if India are the favourites, her semi-final picks, and much more. Here are the excerpts from the interview. Boria Majumdar (BM): One month to go for the World Cup, how hopeful are…

By Trisha Ghosal Nikhat Zareen, with her World Championship titles and Commonwealth Games gold, had become the poster girl of Indian boxing and one of India’s brightest medal hopes for Paris 2024. The writer first met her in Birmingham at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, just moments after she won gold. As Boria Majumdar interviewed her, the writer was behind the camera producing it, and even then Nikhat was crystal clear: “Desh ke liye Olympic medal jitna hai.” The Commonwealth medal was special, but her eyes were always fixed on the Olympics. From that day in Birmingham to the build-up for…

Sift Kaur Samra made the Asian Championships in Kazakhstan her own by winning double gold. In a tense final, she once again handled the pressure superbly, edging China’s Yang Yujie by 0.4 points to clinch the individual gold. Alongside Anjum Moudgil and Aashi Chouksey, she also secured the team gold with an aggregate of 1753 points. In an exclusive interaction with RevSportz, Sift Kaur revealed what was going through her mind before the finals, how she deals with pressure, how academics helps her in sport, and why she is missing rajma rice. Here are the excerpts from her interview. Trisha…

Trisha Ghosal One of the best parts of this job is that you get to know players as people, not just the cricketers everyone else sees. On the field, Ben Stokes looked like a machine in the England-India series, bowling long spells, pushing through a shoulder injury, always sniffing out victory. But once the stumps were drawn, he was someone completely different. After the fifth Test at The Oval, I asked him for a picture. He looked at my accreditation, raised an eyebrow and said, “Indian media? So… writing bad things about me or good things?” I told him, “Kinda…

Madison Keys entered the US Open 2025 as one of the favourites, home turf, home crowd and an Australian Open trophy already in her bag. Her style of play, fast hands, explosive power and an affinity for hard courts, seemed perfectly suited. She began in her usual fashion, but Renata Zarazua of Mexico was ready. Staying deep, defending with grit and dragging Keys into long rallies, Zarazua forced the American to attempt winners, and Keys faltered. Keys somehow scraped through the opening set, edging a dramatic tie-break 7(12)-6(10). The second too was decided in a breaker, this time going Zarazua’s…

By Trisha Ghosal The blue courts of Flushing Meadows are ready once again. The US Open, tennis’ noisiest and most unpredictable Grand Slam, begins tonight, and as always, it brings with it storylines bursting with intrigue. From dominant champions to hopeful challengers, the fortnight ahead promises its share of brilliance, nerves and, inevitably, surprises. Sinner vs Alcaraz: Rivalry at Full Tilt On the men’s side, the conversation begins with Jannik Sinner. Over the past year, the Italian has carved out a near-perfect record, losing only a handful of matches and looking untouchable against almost everyone not named Carlos Alcaraz. At…

By Trisha Ghosal Every great season in tennis is punctuated by rivalries that redefine the rhythm of the sport. For Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina, 2025 has been exactly that, a contest of contrasts that may well shape the road to the US Open. Swiatek, the six-time major champion, has spent the year rediscovering her game. What began as a frustrating stretch, marked by semi-final exits and self-doubt, turned around in a single, defiant victory over Rybakina at Roland Garros. Down a set and a break, she clawed her way back, showing grit that reawakened the fighter within. That match…

By Trisha Ghosal The countdown is on. 45 days from now, the Women’s ODI World Cup is scheduled to begin in India. 10 New Zealand players are already in Chennai acclimatising. Australia will arrive soon for a bilateral series. The Indian team has completed a 10-day camp at Bengaluru’s Centre of Excellence and will assemble again in Vizag later this month. Preparations on the field are in full swing. And yet, the most basic detail remains unresolved: where will the final be played? The Missing Venue The plan was for Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium to host both India’s opening match…

By Trisha Ghosal I’ve seen freedom. Not the kind written into laws, but the kind you can feel, in the trembling hands of a high jumper before they leap, in the silent breath a chess player holds before making their move, in the water spray from a para-swimmer’s last, desperate stroke. As a woman in sports journalism, I didn’t just walk into this world; I had to carve my way in. And the chisel I used was curiosity, not just about who won or lost, but about what it took to get there. I wanted to know what drove a…