IIT-D scores big on track

IIT Delhi got two podium finishes in the Formula Student Championship, becoming the first  Indian team  in history to do so A team of undergraduate students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has won prizes in two student virtual competitions. The team from Formula Racing, the student-led automobile club of IIT Delhi has won […]

Not sporty enough for DU

The decision by Delhi University to drop 12 sporting categories from its list of eligible ECA sports without clear motives has left aspiring students in the lurch Rakesh Kumar (name changed) is a national softball champion. Considered a child prodigy, he has been participating in matches and winning medals since he was just 10 years […]

Let’s pay to kick off

There has been a significant rise in pay and play footballing facilities across Delhi, Patriot finds out why Sombuddha Chaudhuri works as a software engineer in a reputed company in Gurugram. He has stayed away from his home in Kolkata for more than seven years. Naturally, he says he misses home a lot. “The thing […]

Getting a kick onscreen

Football Delhi made history this week by announcing India’s First Virtual Football Talent Hunt. But is the idea of a virtual football trial feasible? Football Delhi (the governing body of football in Delhi) has recently announced the Football Delhi Young Stars Hunt, India’s first virtual football skill contest, that would enable participants (ages 6 to […]

India’s worries down under

The Indian Cricket team has looked wayward in the ODI series vs Australia due to lack of bowling options and the hangover of the IPL

 Bad idea to run

The Delhi Half Marathon is being held on 29 November, in spite of the rise in Covid cases and recurring pollution, with hefty precautions. But runners are opposed to the idea Delhi is now witnessing a surge in Covid cases, with a record 38,501 active current cases. On average for the last 20 days, the […]

Meet the Plogman of India

Patriot catches up with Ripu Daman Bevli, India’s foremost exponent of plogging – a sport that combines marathon running and picking up litter along the way Plogging is a combination of two words, formed from ‘jogging’ and ‘plocka upp’, which is Swedish for ‘pick up’. It refers to an emerging international trend, in which someone […]

Playing for a good cause

While fans cannot engage with football players in stadiums, fan clubs in India are extending a helping hand to people during the pandemic The Coronavirus and its subsequent lockdown has forced sports to go behind closed doors. Fans are not being allowed in stadiums and until a vaccine is found, it is unlikely that fans […]