Sportsworld is a defunct Indian sports magazine that was published by the Ananda Bazar group

Ananda Publishers

Ananda Publishers is a large publishing group with headquarters in Kolkata. It publishes numerous Bengali books by many renowned authors. It has one of the largest stalls in the Kolkata Book Fair, and is often awarded a prize for its stall. Ananda Publishers is the division of ABP...

 from the 1970s to the 1990s. Published in Calcutta, the magazine was one of the two major English-language sports magazines in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, But it was sold to other. the other being Sportstar

Sportstar

Sportstar is a weekly sports magazine published in India by the publishers of The Hindu. Its headquarters is in Chennai. The magazine covers sports in India. It also has an extended and lengthy coverage of cricket, the unofficial national sport of India...

, published by The Hindu Group

The Hindu Group

The Hindu Group is a publishing organization located in Chennai. The initial publication of The Hindu Group was The Hindu, a daily newspaper that began as a weekly in 1878.-Hindu Group Publications:...

 in Madras. The magazine was the home of young journalists such as Rohit Brijnath

Rohit Brijnath

Rohit David Brijnath is a veteran Indian sports journalist. Early in his career, Brijnath was a key member of the now-defunct weekly magazine Sportsworld, where he wrote alongside young journalists such as Mudar Patherya and Andy O'Brien. He has also worked for India Today and has written a...

, Mudar Patherya and quizmaster Derek O'Brien

Derek O'Brien (quizmaster)

Derek O'Brien is an Indian television personality and Member of Parliament. He hosts one of the longest-running game show on Indian television, Bournvita Quiz Contest.- Early life and career :...

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