Shifa Jahan is a US Sports editor at EssentiallySports. She comes with three years of experience in content creation and covering all things sports, and hence brings her staunch insights to the ES editorial desk. Shifa, an Olympic sports and Combat sports enthusiast started off with ES with coverage of surfing and pole vaulting. As Shifa holds a dream of covering the 2024 Paris Olympics, she will be rooting for pole vaulting star Mondo Duplantis. When not creating insights about her favorite athletes, Shifa can be found penning her thoughts in her journal or exploring the beauty of different places.

From Sushi Date Nights to Joining Shaq's Clan, the LSU Gymnast Navigates Fame, Relationships, and Personal Security

Maleeha Shakeel is a Senior Olympic Sports Writer at EssentiallySports, known for covering some of the biggest moments in global sport. From the World Athletics Championships 2023 to the Paris Olympics 2024 and the Winter Cup 2025, she has reported live on events that define sporting history. Her coverage has also been <a href="https://www.olympics.com/en/news/could-oblique-seville-steal-the-100m-crown-in-tokyo?uxreference=seealso">cited by Olympics.com</a> on its official platform.

Whether breaking developments in real time, such as her widely-followed live blog on <a href="https://www.essentiallysports.com/olympics-gymnastics-news-fighting-against-setbacks-all-her-life-jordan-chiles-reveals-true-feelings-over-gymnastics-career/">Jordan Chiles</a>’ medal revocation, or crafting feature stories that explore the mental and emotional journeys of athletes, Maleehah’s work blends accuracy, clarity, and storytelling flair to resonate with fans worldwide.

As part of EssentiallySports’ Journalistic Excellence Program, an in-house initiative to hone advanced reporting, editorial strategy, and audience-focused writing, she has developed a distinct voice that focuses on people, pressure, and pivotal moments. From chronicling Sha’Carri Richardson’s sprints to capturing Letsile Tebogo’s rise, her reporting offers readers insight beyond the scoreboard.

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EssentiallySports is the home for the underserved fan, delivering storytelling that goes beyond the headlines. As a media platform, we combine deep audience insights with cultural trends, to meet fandom where it lives and where it goes next. Founded in 2014, EssentiallySports now engages with an audience of over 30m+ American sports fan on its website and 1m+ readers on its newsletters daily.

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Maleehah Shakeel is an Olympic Sports writer at EssentiallySports who covers equestrian sports, rodeo, bull riding, and Gymnastics. Maleehah’s stories revolve around various brand endorsement deals of athletes like Jessica Springsteen, Jennifer Gates, and Olivia Dunne. She has written in depth about the brand collaboration between Jessica Springsteen and Tommy Hilfiger. Being a horse back writing enthusiast, Maleehah takes avid interest in the coverage of showjumping and dressage events. When she is not covering insights about her favorite athletes, Maleehah can be found capturing picturesque moments with her camera.