Sportsworld (magazine)

Sportsworld is a defunct Indian sports magazine that was published by the Ananda Bazar group[1] from the 1970s to the 1990s.

History and profile

Sportsworld was started in 1983.[2] The first editor of the magazine was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Published in Calcutta, the magazine was one of the two major English-language sports magazines in India. It was sold to the other magazine Sportstar, published by The Hindu Group in Madras. The magazine was the home of young journalists such as Rohit Brijnath, Mudar Patherya and quizmaster Derek O'Brien.

References

  1. ↑ M. Rahman (15 February 1989). "Sudden death". India Today. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Sangita P. Menon Malhan (2 August 2013). The Toi Story: How A Newspaper Changed the Rules of the Games. HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 35. ISBN 978-93-5029-664-6. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.