Abhimanyu Mishra made history by becoming the youngest grandmaster in the history of chess. He has bigger plans. It’s just the beginning…..  Abhimanyu Mishra was 12 years 4 months, and 25 days old when he became a chess grandmaster in Budapest–Hungary last week. The youngest in the world to do that, he broke a 19 […]

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Despite being one of the richest and most influential cricketing boards of the world, BCCI is yet to come up with a concrete plan to help ensure job security for the country’s domestic players  With two more teams set to be added by the BCCI in the ‘Super Rich Club’ of the Indian Premier League […]

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India’s defeat at the WTC is a sign of problems in the team, most important of which is the team’s dependency on a few players  Going into the sixth and final day of the World Test Championship final, the New Zealand team was staring at a possible defeat at the hands of Team India. With […]

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After inspiring generations, the legendary athlete Milkha Singh succumbed to post Covid complications on 18 June. A look at his life and achievements The first time I met Milkha Singh, it was somewhere in 1985 at the Punjab University campus playground area in Chandigarh. He was taking an evening stroll along with his better half, […]

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Nikhil Kamath using unfair means during a charity match, which he incidentally won, against the five time world champion Vishwanathan Anand has created an uproar and rightly so Last week, an unprecedented incident took the chess world by storm. Vishwanathan Anand, a five time world champion and chess legend was defeated in an online chess […]

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With the WTC approaching, the Patriot takes a look at the preparedness and chances of the Indian side against New Zealand  It was decided then and there in Gabba, Brisbane, Australia, when Team India defeated a full-strength home side without their first-choice playing eleven and also in the absence of its regular skipper, Virat Kohli. […]

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With just 45 days left to go for the Tokyo Olympics, the Patriot takes a look at the Indian contingent and its prospects for the Games  As a nation, we are more emotional and concerned about what’s happening to the suspended Indian Premier League than about our preparedness for theTokyo Games-bound athletes. With less than […]

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With the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) deciding to shift the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League 2021 to UAE, the richest cricket tournament is alive and kicking There is no question that the IPL is the heart of not just India but the world’s cricket economy. And a cancellation because […]

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