The Sports Encounter · A history in ten episodes
The Story That
Refused to End.
A small newsroom. A world of sport. An interrupted journey, and an ambition that returned. Discover the people, pages, and turning points behind The Sports Encounter.
ORIGINAL PAGES · PRESERVED FROM OUR PAST
Why this story matters
Before today’s headlines,
there was a beginning.
The Sports Encounter began around 2010, when Jawad Hussain, his brother, and a friend set out to build a sports publication. Surviving pages record its development from an early WordPress site into a multi-sport portal with an international contributor network.
The original operation eventually stopped amid difficulties the founder recalls as technical attacks, advertising problems, and lost visibility. The exact closure date remains uncertain. In 2026, Hussain revived the editorial project at thesportsencounter.com through a new publication and technical operation.
This ten-part history brings the surviving pages together with his testimony. It recognizes the contributors who helped build the publication and distinguishes what the archive shows from what is remembered or still unresolved.
For the publication we are building today, explore About Us and meet our current contributors.
Read the complete series
Ten chapters. One enduring ambition.
Begin at the start, or choose the chapter that catches your eye. Every episode connects to the full story.
- 01
Episode 01 · The beginnings
Before the Portal, There Was a Blog
An early WordPress page preserves the modest beginnings of Sports Encounter. Its headlines, desk credits, and unfinished presentation reveal a publication beginning to find its identity in 2010.
- 02
Episode 02 · The beginnings
From Blog to Sports Newsroom
By October 2010, Sports Encounter had a custom portal, featured coverage, sports sections, ratings, and polls. The surviving pages also preserve credits for the people maintaining its website.
- 03
Episode 03 · The ascent
The World Cup That Changed Everything
Jawad Hussain remembers the 2011 Cricket World Cup as a breakthrough. His recollection of more than 150,000 monthly users remains a personal account, separate from the surviving website evidence.
- 04
Episode 04 · The ascent
A World of Sports Under One Roof
Sports Encounter expanded beyond cricket into a broad sporting menu. Its 2011 and 2012 pages show the editorial choices, specialist sections, and international outlook behind that growing coverage.
- 05
Episode 05 · The people
The People Behind the Headlines
The archived Workforce page preserves a contributor network that extended beyond the founding team. Jawad Hussain recalls that most contributors volunteered, giving the publication time, reporting, and specialist interests.
- 06
Episode 06 · The ascent
At the Top of Our Game
The developed Sports Encounter homepage brought together specialist coverage, reader tools, multimedia, and advertising space. Its archive records ambition and activity without supplying audited evidence of commercial success or audience size.
- 07Under pressure
Episode 07 · The crisis
When the Website Came Under Attack
Jawad Hussain recalls hacking incidents that disrupted the original Sports Encounter. The account preserves what he remembers while separating operational consequences from technical details that the surviving evidence cannot establish.
- 08A fight to survive
Episode 08 · The crisis
The AdSense Crisis and the Battle for Survival
The founder recalls suspected malicious advertising clicks and damaging Google actions. This episode separates his account from unverified enforcement details and examines why the missing distinctions matter to TSE history.
- 09
Episode 09 · The later years
The Newsroom That Kept Publishing
The later archive preserves a publication still carrying sports reports. Its changing designs and dated stories help reconstruct the final period while leaving the original newsroom’s exact closure date unresolved.
- 10A new chapter
Episode 10 · The return
The Dream Returns in 2026
The Sports Encounter returned in 2026 on a new domain. Its revival carries forward an editorial ambition while acknowledging the interruption, the contributors, and the unfinished work of preserving its past.
The journey at a glance
From the first page to a fresh start
What the surviving record shows, with recollections identified where the archive is incomplete.
- 2010
Early WordPress pages preserve cricket, football, and boxing reports. The publication’s surviving company profile also lists 2010 as its founding year. The exact launch day has not been established.
- October 2010
Supplied screenshots show a developed portal with featured coverage, categories, article ratings, polls, and visible technical credits.
- 2011
The founder remembers a breakthrough audience during the ICC Cricket World Cup, recalling more than 150,000 monthly active users. Historical analytics are unavailable. Later supplied pages show a broader editorial layout and event-related masthead treatment.
- March 2012
The homepage gives dedicated space to several sports alongside reader tools, media, a live-score area, and advertising spaces.
- 2013 and 2014
Supplied pages preserve reporting and changing designs. They do not establish who controlled every version or precisely when the original newsroom ceased operating. The founder recalls the website eventually disappearing around 2014.
- 2026
The editorial project returns at thesportsencounter.com. It is a new publishing operation continuing the founder’s ambition after an interruption.
- August 10, 2026
The current website’s central A Celebration of 5000 ODIs feature is dated August 10, providing a documented milestone in the revived publication’s historical coverage.
From the archive
The pages that tell the story
Original screenshots of the publication, preserved as documentary evidence.
Explore all 17 archive exhibits
Period labels describe the supplied archive material and are not authenticated capture timestamps. Screenshots retain their original presentation, including third-party material visible within those historical pages.
The people behind the pages
A newsroom is more than a masthead.
The original Workforce page preserves a geographically varied contributor network. Jawad Hussain recalls that most contributors volunteered their time and specialist interests.
We acknowledge that collective effort without inventing a definitive roster from small, difficult-to-read archive text. Read The People Behind the Headlines for the fuller account, or meet today’s contributors.
Two addresses. An interrupted history.
The ambition returned in 2026.
The founding newsroom used sportsencounter.com. Today’s publication operates at thesportsencounter.com after an interruption. Later activity at the former address should not automatically be attributed to the founding team.
Continue with The Dream Returns in 2026, and explore the revived publication’s historical storytelling in A Celebration of 5000 ODIs.
A transparent historical record
About the evidence
This series brings together original screenshots supplied by the founder, surviving public records, and his testimony. A page date is not necessarily an archive capture date. Missing images or styles can reflect archive replay rather than the experience of the original audience.
The archive does not establish historical audience totals, the identity of attackers, or the grounds of Google actions. Recollections and unresolved details remain clearly attributed in the relevant episodes. Read our Editorial Policy and Corrections Policy for the standards guiding the publication.
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