Patriot takes a look at players who have been wrongly snubbed in FIFA’s best XI for 2018-19 season In the recently concluded FIFA “The Best” award ceremony, it was Lionel Messi who took the crown of the world’s best player for a record sixth time – and that decision was unanimously accepted by one and […]

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Patriot analyses the groups of this year’s Champions League and predicts who is most likely to qualify based on the strengths of the teams involved The football season started last month when all the domestic leagues in Europe including the likes of the English Premier League and the Spanish La Liga began. But according to […]

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Patriot analyses why it is difficult for India to dream for a place in the FIFA World Cup as of yet, and how a club by honing young players is planning to make India play the tournament in 2030 Indian football scaled new heights on September 9 when they held Asian Champions Qatar to a […]

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Patriot takes a look at some of the transfers of the 2019 summer transfer window, that couldn’t grab headlines but prove to be crucial in the long run After two months of speculation and teams all over Europe splashing the cash, the transfer window finally came to a halt on the midnight of August 3. […]

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Naveen Kapoor, captain of the India Inline Hockey Juniors team, talks to Patriot about the challenges representing India at the international front, his first World Cup, World Roller Games and his favourite competition, the Asian Championship How did you get into this sport? I was in 1st grade in school and had this skating championship […]

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Three Indian footballers created history as they were selected for CD Olimpic De Xativa, thus becoming the first Indian men to become part of Spanish football Football in India has progressed a lot in the past few years. From being ranked 173rd in the FIFA rankings in 2015, the country now stands at 103rd in […]

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After a disappointing last season, and a lukewarm transfer window, Manchester United have shown both positives and negatives in the first two matches of the EPL Two games down, and the pressure is at its peak, the English premier League is certainly up and running, with all teams showing a glimpse of what might lie […]

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Steve Smith faced the worst 15 months of his career after he was banned last March. But the great Australian returned to the pitch with a bang March 2018 was one of the darkest phases in Australian Cricket history. The sandpaper gate incident rocked the team, as three players – Steve Smith, David Warner and […]

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