Young guns blazing

Patriot takes a look at some of the young players who could make their mark in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England The ICC cricket World Cup is the biggest prize in all of international cricket and any cricketer would love to get a shot at it. With the huge viewership of the […]

Street kids do India proud

In the prelude to the ICC Cricket World Cup, a team of eight children from slums in Mumbai and Chennai lifted the maiden trophy Amid all the General Election madness playing out since April, a special victory for India in cricket didn’t get the attention it deserved. A bunch of slum kids from Mumbai and […]

Cricket’s biggest carnival

As the top ten cricket teams face each other for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England, Patriot analyses the strengths and weaknesses of each team, and who will likely lift the trophy on July 14 at Lord’s — India The team that we will look forward to most are Virat Kohli’s men in […]

Handling pressure

With Virat Kohli emphasising on the need to handle pressure situations in the upcoming World Cup, we take a look at how India has performed in such situations in the past At a press conference ahead of the departure for the World Cup in England, India captain Virat Kohli said that performing under pressure holds […]

The world at her feet

Brishti Bagchi, the first footballer to be selected for professional trials in Spain, speaks exclusively to Patriot about her foot balling journey and the condition of Indian women’s football Brishti Bagchi, a 25-year-old footballer hailing from Bengaluru, made history as she was selected for the final trials for the reserve side of Madrid Club de […]

Strikes of the season

As the 2018-19 English Premier League comes to a close, Patriot takes a look at the 10 best goals of the season The English Premier League 2018-19 season came to a close on Sunday, May 12, with Manchester City lifting the trophy for the second consecutive season. In terms of goal scored, 2018-19 has been […]

The best eleven

Patriot picks the team of IPL this season, listing the best 11 players from the tournament The Indian Premier has now reached its final stages with the playoffs in progress. In the past few weeks, in the group stages, there were 56 matches played by the eight teams. Like every year there have been the […]

The little magician

Patriot settles the debate once and for all. Lionel Messi is indeed the greatest footballer of the world. Here’s why Eighty-four minutes of the first leg of the Champions League between Liverpool and Barcelona had passed. The Catalans were leading 2-0 in spite of a strong showing by the Reds. And then, Fabinho fouled a […]