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Listen to Rakshith say he dropped a tear when Virat celebrated his 100 and Nikhil keep up with his Rishabh Pant Tirade! We discuss India's chances in the upcoming T20 World Cup, dissect the Squad that will go to Australia and the selection worries for the Indian Think tank.

Manchester United had a complete U-turn in fortunes and find themselves ABOVE Liverpool. For a team that is struggling and has issues all over the pitch and also off-the pitch it is hilarous to find Europe's best team 2 places under United just above the Relegation zone. In this episode we talk about the Liverpool game and how the team turned up after over a year of painful watching. United has also brought in Casemiro, the world's best defensive midfielder (probably). Things are looking up for United, until we go and Lose to Southampton ofcourse.

FIFA has banned India and there is sooo much that is wrong with Indian Football right now. Listen in as 2 very passionate Indian Football fans discuss the sorry state of affairs that we find ourselves in. IT IS ABOUT TIME FOR ALL OF US to Stand. Up. For. Indian. Football !! We talk about how AIFF has been running for the last 34 years, How the ISL came to be and the Contract that is signed to sell Indian Football to a Private company with no guarentees on any Footballing aspect, How AIFF got banned, Praful Patel's Role in it, The Players who are facing the brunt of all these Politics, The bleak future that Indian Football is facing! 

Manchester United haven't gotten off to the best of starts this season. With a game against Liverpool just around the corner, dark clouds are looming over Erik ten Hag and his men. Is it the players, is it the management or is is the owners? What are the challenges that lie ahead as United plan their resurrection? Join us as Nikhil and Rakshith review the games against Brighton & Brentford and try to get to the bottom of what has been going wrong for this team. Please Follow, Like and Support us on Spotify and Instagram where we are trying to create a fun Sports Community.

Formula 1 goes on a Summer Break and we are here to talk about all the latest happenings in F1. The silly season is truly up and running with Vettel's retirement sparking a host of changes. Alonso to Aston Martin, Oscar Piastri to Alpi... oh! Never mind... to Mclaren? Where will Ricciardo go now? The Title race has been exciting in the sense that Max Verstappen is running away with it while Ferrari are caught napping in the Strategy department. Will Mercedes make a come back in the second half of the season? All this and more on the latest episode of The Sports Half Podcast. Max Verstappen 1 Red Bull Red Bull Pierre Gasly 10 Honda Alpha Tauri Sergio Pérez 11 Red Bull Red Bull Fernando Alonso 14 Renault Alpine Charles Leclerc 16 Ferrari Ferrari Lance Stroll 18 Mercedes Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team Kevin Magnussen 20 Ferrari Haas Yuki Tsunoda 22 Honda Alpha Tauri Alexander Albon 23 Mercedes Williams Guanyu Zhou 24 Ferrari Alfa Romeo Nico Hülkenberg 27 Renault Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team Daniel Ricciardo 3 Mercedes McLaren Esteban Ocon 31 Renault Alpine Juri Vips 36 Lando Norris 4 Mercedes McLaren Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes Mercedes Nyck de Vries 19 Mick Schumacher 47 Ferrari Haas Sebastian Vettel 5 Mercedes Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team Carlos Sainz 55 Ferrari Ferrari Nicholas Latifi 6 Mercedes Williams George Russell 63 Mercedes Mercedes Valtteri Bottas 77 Ferrari Alfa Romeo 

An fun and wild episode where we predict the Premier League Table for 2022/23. Which team is going to be crowned Champions of England? and who will scrape it out to avoid the Relegation spots? Who is going to win the Manager Sack race? and Which players aer going to be the top scorers and biggest flops of the season? All this and more... Please Follow, Like and Support us on Spotify and Instagram where we are trying to create a fun Sports Community. Show points: Arsenal | Aston Villa | Bournemouth | Brentford | Brighton Chelsea | Crystal Palace | Everton | Fulham | Leeds Leicester | Liverpool | Man City | Man United | Newcastle Nottingham Forest | Southampton  | Tottenham | West Ham | Wolves Pep Guardiola | Jurgen Klopp | Steven Gerrard | David Moyes  | Erik ten Hag Eddie Howe | Thomas Frank | Thomas Tuchel  | Patrick Vieira | Antonio Conte Graham Potter | Steve Cooper  | Mikel Arteta | Bruno Lage | Jesse Marsch Marco Silva | Scott Parker  | Brendan Rodgers  | Frank Lampard  | Ralph Hasenhuttl

Join us as we talk in length about everything that has been happening at Manchester United recently. We talk about Ten Hag's Red Devils, latest Transfer news, Pre-season Hype and more. Talking Points: Have we seen the last Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United? Can Maguire keep the the Captain's Arm band and also stay in the XI? Will Frenkie De Jong be like another Sneijder Saga? 3 out of the box strikers to chase - Tammy Abraham, Dominic Calvert Lewin (DCL) and Lautaro Martinez Lisandro Martinez Youngster Impress in Preseason - Zidane Iqbal and more...

Virat Kohli has lost his form and has been struggling for a while now, which is very uncharacteristic of him. It has been 3 years since he last scored an International Hundred.  In this episode, Nikhil, Rakshith and Sanjay are back after 2 years of Hiatus to talk about the burning questions in Sport. Virat Kohli, 7 Captains in 7 Series, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah as a Captain?, Is Rishabh Pant the future India Captain?, all these and more on today's episode. Hear us on Every Wednesday at 4:20pm!

Arsenal FC have had a wretched start to their English Premier League Campaign. Can they fight back to the top 4 places over the season? What is exactly wrong at the Football Club? Is it Arteta? Is it the Kroenkes? Or is it just a bad squad that's plaguing Arsenal's Fortunes.  We discuss Arsenal for 30 mins to figure out where they are headed. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesportshalf/

In this episode, we review Game 1 of Bengaluru FC and preview the season ahead in ISL. We will miss the atmosphere of the West Block Blues this year. We put out a lot of content on Instagram so be sure to follow us there. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesportshalf/

[2:00] - Why you should watch Indian Football [3:40] - Sunil Chhetri plea to fans [4:00] - Fans importance in the game [4:50] - Structure of Indian Football leagues [5:40] - How the ISL started [7:30] - Fsdl owning the league - Controversy [8:30] - ISL branding; big name players [9:30] - I-League history [11:20] - Merger of ISL and I-League and its benefits [15:30] - Why the merger has not happened yet [17:20] - Benefits for the teams winning the ISL and I League [18:30] - Roadmap to AFC competitions [21:20] - What to look forward to in the upcoming ISL season [23:35] - New rules in the ISL

It was a year of "Same Old" for RCB. The Calculators were out. And it was a case of giving false hope to the supporters in the end. We go on, however. 

3 Bangalore Boys get excited over the chances of RCB winning the IPL for the first time in their history. *Touchwood* Let's not jinx it.  (1:00) - Dependency on top order (2:30) - Padikkal exceeding expectations (6:00) - Shivam dube showing the importance of a supporting role  (7:15) - Massive improvement of RCB's bowling performances (8:50) - Washington Sundar's brilliant economical performances (10:25) - Yuzi Chahal's importance in the team (13:50) - Chris Morris brining in much needed experience in the death overs (17:00) - All round balance from top to bottom  (19:55) - Virat Kohli back in form  (22:15) - Do we feel RCB are good enough to go all the way? (25:00) - #Bengaluru Believes - get it trending (26:30) -  what you can expect from the podcast in the coming weeks

Episode 2 of the IPL Mini-Series: The Indian Premier League has seen some nail-biting finishes. At the thick of the action in the tournament are the Talented, Young Indian Cricketers. In this episode we talk about: (1:21) - Young Indian Talent Indian Batsman- (2:33) - Sanju Samson (3:36) - Devdutt Padikkal (6:12) - Mayank Agarwal ? (8:13) - 2021 T20 World Cup, Let's play the youngsters (9:56) - Indian Bowlers (12:05) - Rahul Dravid's Work Behind the Development of the Youngsters Hit Follow on your preferred Podcast listening App Follow us on Instagram "The Sports Half Podcast" (@thesportshalf)

The Indian Premier League kicks off the rather dull Cricket season into full gear. Two Royal Challengers Bangalore fans discuss the chances of their team. Can RCB finally clinch an IPL title? Do we have enough Batting firepower? Will our Bowlers come short again, like every year? Which are the top teams to watch out for this IPL? All this and more... This is the first installment of our Special IPL Mini-Series. We can't wait for the excitement to build in this season of IPL.

In this episode of The Sports Half, we bring to light the fan culture that prevails across the country. Indian football has come a fair way since the Indian Super League has popularised the sport and made it more accessible to fans.There is a beautiful...

In this episode of the Sport’s Half, we talk about the hard-hitting, lower-order Wicket Keeper Batsman who transitioned through his career, not only as a player but also as a human being. .We talk about his journey from the railway station of Kharagpur...

The football season is upon us in these covid, social-distancing times. We talk about why Manchester City's Ban was lifted, meaning 5th place doesn't get a champions league spot. The Premier League is headed for a nail-biting finish with 3 teams,...