Vaishali Bhardwaj is a freelance sports journalist who specialises in analysing, commenting and spewing out her general thoughts on English, Spanish and French football.
Vaishali graduated in Microbiology at the famous and well-renowned Imperial College London before taking a U-turn and deciding to pursue a career in her first passion – sports journalism.
She currently writes for FourFourTwo and has written for a number of other publications such as BBC Sport, The Guardian, The Times, Clean Sheets All Round and Football Italiano as well as having maintained the London borough of Barking and Dagenham websites for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).
Vaishali works as a presenter and producer on the Round-Up Show, the weekly football discussion show on Break London Radio, and hosts the World Football Minute news bulletins and formerly the World Football Insider podcast on Beyond the Pitch.
She is also currently covering the London 2012 Olympics for London Youth Games and other publications.
For more information, please see Vaishali’s official Facebook page and her official Twitter page. Or simply leave a comment here.
Posted by Rite$h on December 12, 2009 at 15:12
cool reviews on all the games, keep up the good work
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on December 13, 2009 at 20:43
Thanks Ritesh for the good feedback. Keep on leaving comments on my blog too, I am always interested to hear what people think!
Posted by Muddassir Hussain on December 14, 2009 at 22:31
Hello Vaishali,
I am currently studying my AS Levels at sixth form and I am looking to become a sports journalist/broadcaster, having read your blogs I am extremely impressed with your work, your analysis is very accurate and on this basis I would like to ask you for some advice. As mentioned above, I am looking to follow in a similar carear to yours, however I don’t understand how to get work experience in places like BBC, if you could give me some advice I will be greatly pleased.
Thank You
Muddassir Hussain ( A huge Los Blancos fan)
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on December 15, 2009 at 21:21
Hi Muddassir
Thanks for your comment. I am always ready and willing to give advice to any budding journalists – I will send you an email with some tips that hopefully will help!
Keep on reading and leaving comments as I am interested in reading what you think on some of the topics I write about especially concerning Real Madrid as I see you are a fan!
Posted by Muddassir Hussain on December 20, 2009 at 17:16
Viashali, I am very greatful that you replied to my post, however you mentioned that you sent me some tips for guidance, but I haven’t recieved it yet, if it’s not too much trouble could you please re-send it to the email address below,
BTW, how good was that performance against Zaragoza, Gonzalo Higuain on his way to the Pichichi,
Kind Regards
Muddassir Hussain
(s.muddassir.hussain@hotmail.co.uk)
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on December 20, 2009 at 18:02
I have now re-sent the email to you – not sure why it didn’t send in the first place, but hope the advice helps.
Yes the match was definitely a thrilling one – Higuain has been one of my favourite players for some time now and I could see a few seasons back that he would become a great player – he just keeps getting better and better! Got a new blog coming up on the match later on today so watch out for that!
Posted by muddassirhussain on December 21, 2009 at 00:58
hello, i took your advice and created a blog, I am getting there slowly but it’s quite hard to get used to at. If you could invite me as a contact, as i am not sure how to at the moment.
http://www.muddassirhussain.wordpress.com
Posted by Muddassir Hussain on December 29, 2009 at 16:41
Hello Viashali,
Hope you had a good christmas. I am writing to you asking if you know any developments or truth in the story that Real want to sign Man United’s Vidic and Chelsea’s Ivanovic.
Happy New Year
Muddassir
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on December 31, 2009 at 00:30
Hey Muddassir
Thanks for the New Year wishes – happy New Year to you too, hope you have a good one.
Well certainly reports here in England and in Spain seem to suggest that Real want to buy Vidic in the summer transfer window with Manchester United looking to perhaps buy Bruno Alves from Porto as a replacement. The Times and The Sun both did stories on it yesterday and Marca, the Spanish sports newspaper, did a front page story on it in yesterday’s edition.
There have been rumours circulating for some time that Vidic wants to leave England although he has denied this but I think if Ferguson can get a replacement for the player, we may see him leave in the summer as Real will want to boost their defensive options. In terms of Ivanovic, I am not so sure Chelsea would want to part with any of their players this season especially with their title hopes, especially in the January transfer window.
I hope that goes someway to answering your question! I am sure many of these stories will be surfacing soon now that the transfer window is open so I will keep an eye on it and let you know of any more developments.
Posted by Lilo on January 27, 2011 at 12:48
Hola! So you are a journalist in England? Which of the football leagues do you write about? Only the Primera Liga?
Posted by Adam on February 21, 2011 at 01:18
Hi Vaishali,
I would also be keen to receive the tips you mentioned in the comment above,would this be possible?
Thanks,
Adam
Posted by Phillip Jones on March 17, 2011 at 17:49
Lilo – I think she writes about English, Spanish and from what I can see from her tweets, French football too
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on March 17, 2011 at 23:25
You’re right! Like Phillip said, I cover English, Spanish and French football Lilo. Hope you are enjoying the blogs
Posted by Jonny Silver on March 18, 2011 at 16:52
Hi Vaishali
I tried to find an email address for you but had no luck so thought i’d send you a message on here. You’ve written quite a few articles for us on Four Four Two which have been fantastic. It would be great if you could drop me a line on jonny.silver@absoluteradio.co.uk to explore further ways of working together over the course of the season
Best
Jonny Silver
Communications Exec
Absolute Radio
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on March 18, 2011 at 21:52
Hi Jonny
I’ve sent you an e-mail and look forward to speaking with you soon.
Kind regards
Vaishali
Posted by Pav Gill on August 7, 2011 at 19:33
Hi Vaishali,
I am a Broadcasting and Journalism student at university and I have always hoped to have a career as a sports journalist. I came across your blog and it has inspired me even more. However, I can’t seem to find any work experience placements.
I would really appreciate any advice or help you could give me.
Kind regards
Pav
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on August 15, 2011 at 00:15
Hi Pav
Can you give me your e-mail address so that I can send you some information?
Thanks.
Vaishali
Posted by Parvinder Gill on August 15, 2011 at 20:51
Hi,
Yeah it’s pav-gill@hotmail.co.uk.
Thank you so much for your help.
Kind Regards
Pav
Posted by thegeeman on August 23, 2011 at 03:32
Keep up the good work. I always liked your blogs.I have a new home defutebol.net- bobby.gee@hotmail.com
Posted by Imran Hassan on December 31, 2011 at 02:12
Hi Vaishali
I was hoping to get in contact, I am one of the co-founders of the Asian Football Awards (www.asianfootballawards.co.uk).
Please email me directly so we can possibly arrange a call.
Kind Regards
Imran
Posted by Vaishali Bhardwaj on December 31, 2011 at 15:07
Hi Imran
I have sent you an e-mail. I look forward to speaking with you soon.
Kind regards
Vaishali